For a long time, DNFing wasn’t something I even considered. I always finished a book, whether I loved it or hated it. Then someone asked me why, and I didn’t have an answer. Why was I so intent on finishing a book I might not even enjoy. As she pointed out, life is too short […]
Aside from a shared love of reading and books, there is a universal truth about bookworms. There are no two readers alike. Go to a bookstore, or a library, or a coffee shop, or your own circle of bookworm friends. You’ll see readers of all kinds. Some are loyalists to a type, some drift from […]
Sometimes I get in a reading slump. Maybe it’s right after I’ve finished an amazing read. You know, the kind that leaves you with a massive book hangover. Or maybe I’m just in a rut. Either way, I pick up a book, I put it down. Nothing feels quite right. So what do you do […]
Anyone who knows me knows that I am the Queen of Eclectic Reading. My reading tastes are all over the map! There are times when I get in a genre groove and will read book after book in that genre. But I’m also one of those weirdos that reads four or five books at a […]
It’s no secret that I love pens and notebooks, pretty papers and washi tape. It’s also no secret that I love a good spreadsheet. These two, while seemingly on opposite ends of the spectrum, can go happily hand-in-hand for a nerd like me. I have a dot-grid notebook that I use for my reading journal. […]
I love books about the multiverse. There are so many theories about it, theories that are WAY above my ability to grasp. But I love the ways authors interpret them in fiction. I’ve read most of this list, and those I haven’t are on my TBR!
I love to listen to music while I read, making playlists for each read. One of the books I’m reading right now is The End of Oz by Danielle Paige, the last of the Dorothy Must Die series. Here’s part of my playlist for this great read: Another One Bites the Dust by KoRn Killing […]
I just finished… The Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die, #3) by Danielle Paige. This is an interesting series, based on The Wizard of Oz tales. They take place after the famous book, both in Oz and in our world. And Dorothy’s story is more than a book; it’s history. It’s a 4-book series with a […]
I just finished… Winds of Change (Mage Winds, #2) by Mercedes Lackey. It’s a reread for me, one that I love. Fun fact… it’s part of Lackey’s epic Valdemar saga, dozens of singles, duologies, trilogies, anthologies, etc. There are 37 books and counting and more than a dozen anthologies with hundreds of shorter stories. I’ve […]
One of my all-time favorite genres is dystopian fiction. There is something very thought-provoking about reading about a world that could be our own. Even if they are set in worlds that might never come to pass, there is something honest about them, the realization that what is utopian for some is always dystopian for […]
Have you ever read a book and just had your mind blown in a life-changing way? That’s one of the beauties of books and reading, the way they can rock your world in fundamental ways. These are some of those books for me! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling: I actually read […]
There is a silver lining to everything, even the coronapocalypse. Most of us have a little bit more time on our hands, even if we gained it in way we wish hadn’t. It’s so easy to get bogged down in the doom of it all. For me, it’s been all about the craftiness. I’ve been […]