I'm on track to finish 100 books in 2020. 🤩 I still have 2 more books to read, but I'm in the mood to look back on the year in books this weekend, so here we go: my favorite reads of the year by genre. Childrens / Young Adult FictionBecoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan … Continue reading 2020 Books
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2020 Books – First 60
2020 is half way over. Can you believe it? Because of COVID, I have been doing more reading than usual, and am 10 books ahead of my goal. Today I finished my 60th book of the year. I really enjoy doing these book round ups, even when they're super long and nobody else cares, so … Continue reading 2020 Books – First 60
Book Recommendations from 2019
Here is a giant dump of all of the books I read in 2019 that I loved the most. Science Fiction The Humans by Matt Haig - The story is told from the point of view of an alien sent to Earth to make sure a recently discovered world-changing mathematical formula was squashed, rather than … Continue reading Book Recommendations from 2019
13 Books
Last year I only wrote one post about the books I had read. It was a pretty long post highlighting a few of my favorite reads from the first half of the year. I never did write about the second fifty of the year, but you can always check out my GoodReads situation to see … Continue reading 13 Books
What We Remember
Over the past few days I read a book called Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. It’s the story of a friendship that spans decades. The friends are two girls, then women, named Kate and Tully. Kate has a great family and modest goals. She wants to get married and have a family. She is suggestible … Continue reading What We Remember
Big Magic Changed My Life
This week I read Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear and it changed my life. I think I say that a lot, that something changed my life, but that's how we grow. We experience something and we let it change us. We read, for example, My Notorious Life by Kate Manning and we let it … Continue reading Big Magic Changed My Life
Here’s the thing about the big green monster
I'm really good at being excited for people when they get engaged. I'm really good at being excited for people when they get a new, exciting job. I'm SUPER good at being excited for people when they get a new kitty cat or puppy dog. I'm really good at being excited for people (and also … Continue reading Here’s the thing about the big green monster
Carry On, Warrior
I've been peeking in at Momastery for a year or so now, which might sound weird because I'm not a mom, but I think that it's more than just moms who are being challenged and encouraged by what Glennon Doyle Melton is saying and doing over there. And the cool thing is that all that she is … Continue reading Carry On, Warrior
Here’s the thing about the aftermath of NaNoWriMo
In all my years of schooling I never remember editing a paper. Especially in college, when rough drafts and second drafts weren't collected for points, I would sit down the night or so before the paper was due, type it up within an hour, print it out, receive my A and move on to the … Continue reading Here’s the thing about the aftermath of NaNoWriMo
