Month: January 2019

January Reading

Posted 1.31.2019 | Thursday by Kim in Reading / 0 Comments

Foundation (Collegium Chronicles, #1) by Mercedes Lackey/Kindle -genre: fantasy -pages: 340 -rating: 5 stars/review -format: Kindle Switched (Trylle, #1) by Amanda Hocking (reread)/Kindle -genre: YA fantasy-pages: 318-ratings: 4 stars-format: paperback The Beach House (Beach House, #1) by Mary Alice Moore (purchased)/Kindle-genre: contemporary-pages: 496-rating: 4 stars-format: Kindle How to Be Mindful by Anna Barnes (purchased)/Kindle-genre: self-improvement-pages: 161-rating: 4 stars-format: paperback Intrigues (Collegium Chronicles, #2) by Merecedes Lackey (reread)/Kindle-genre: fantasy-pages: 328-rating: 4 […]

Wednesday Reading

Posted 1.30.2019 | Wednesday by Kim in Memes / 0 Comments

What are you currently reading? I’m currently reading Torn by Amanda Hocking and Changes by Mercedes Lackey. Both of these are rereads for me. Torn is my beach book, and Changes is part of the epic Valedemar series, an ever growing saga of singles, duologies, series, and shorts. It is my all-time favorite and I am constantly reading this […]

Reading List: Amazing Alliteration

Posted 1.22.2019 | Tuesday by Kim in Reading Challenges / 0 Comments

Turns out there are a ton of books out there with alliterative titles, handy for several of my challenges! Also noted… writers of the past LOVED alliteration! NOTE: Click the “2019 reading challenge books lists” tag to see all the posts in this series. Alliterative reads… Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Goodreads. Always a […]

Reading IS good for you!

Posted 1.17.2019 | Thursday by Kim in Reading / 0 Comments

The next time someone tells you have too many books, tell them you are doing it for your health. Not that this isn’t something every voracious reader doesn’t already know, but there are those that scoff. Who are those people, anyway??! But it’s true. All kinds of studies have shown that reading is good for […]

Reading List: Reading Red

Posted 1.15.2019 | Tuesday by Kim in Reading Challenges / 0 Comments

For one of my challenges, I need to read a book with a red cover. As it happens, I’d already picked up The Library Book by Susan Orlean for my Reese Witherspoon challenge, which has a bright red cover. But then it got me wondering about other red covers. NOTE: Click the “2019 reading challenge books lists” tag […]

Reading Lists: Zombie Edition

Posted 1.10.2019 | Thursday by Kim in Reading Challenges / 0 Comments

NOTE: Click on the tag to see all 2019 challenge posts. I love a good zombie read! It isn’t all guts and gore, either. Some of these listed are far from what you would expect! Zombie Reads The White Trash Zombie series by Diana Rowland. You have never read about zombies like Angel! Goodreads (6 novels) The Something Strange […]

Reading Lists: Mermaid Edition

Posted 1.8.2019 | Tuesday by Kim in Reading Challenges / 0 Comments

NOTE: Click on the tag to see all 2019 challenge posts. How about some mermaids? The mythology of mermaid lore is so varied, making these books perfect for all kinds of reading challenges from YA reads to those based on fairy tales and lore to paranormal romance. The Mer Tales series by Brenda Pandos. This was […]

Reading Lists: Nonfiction Edition

Posted 1.3.2019 | Thursday by Kim in Reading Challenges / 0 Comments

NOTE: Click on the tag to see all 2019 challenge posts. Nonfiction is a genre that I have come to realize gets a raw deal as boring and stodgy. But that is so not true! There are so many books out there on every subject in the world, beyond your typical biographies and autobiographies and […]

Reading Lists: Dystopian Edition

Posted 1.1.2019 | Tuesday by Kim in Reading Challenges / 0 Comments

I love reading challenges! I did many of them when I was actively book blogging and I still do a lot of them on my own. They are such a good way to get out of your comfort zone and diversify your reading. So, I decided to create some reading lists by genre, topic, etc. […]