Books, Writing, and Content for your Reading life
Happy Birthday to me! I'm not a big birthday celebrator. I usually treat myself to something nice and spend time with my friends and family. I think there were some years I didn't eat cake. Those were the dark years. Anyway, as a birthday treat, I put together a list of all the books I [...]
Recently I've been getting more into manga and comic books. I'm super thrilled because I used to read these books back when I was in high school and college. It didn't follow me into my 20s and that makes me the tiniest bit sad. But now I want to change that. The one downfall is [...]
I've never done this before, but for some reason this winter I've been wanting to read more thrillers. Perhaps it has something to do with the shorter days and longer evenings where anything can happen to someone, but not in the nicest way. Thriller is one of those genres I love and hate. I find [...]
This year, one of my big goals is to read more nonfiction. Nonfiction is a category I've rarely explored mostly because I'm an escapist and I use reading to leave the confines of my own world and enter another. But on occasion, I do read some nonfiction. My preferred genre is memoirs and autobiographies, though. [...]
Can you believe it's already the middle of January? Sheesh! Since we're at that point in the month, I wanted to check in and say "hi, how are you?" I also wanted to share what I've read so far and my thoughts on them. While I've set myself for an ambitious reading year, my month [...]
When the year first began, Netflix released a new show called "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo," a reality TV series where famed organizer Marie Kondo comes to your house and cleans it for you. She uses her very famous method of taking everything out of your closets and shelves, holding up each thing, and asking [...]
I love a new year. New years always means new resolutions and while I have my own list of reading goals, I know some of you might be looking for something for yourself. I love that word, "challenge." It means that you're taking your regular life and trying to add more to it. It could [...]
