Tag: Reading
Failing My Reading Challenge (Again…)
Every year since I had started back actively reading, I tried to follow a reading challenge. While I of course set a book goal on Goodreads for how many books I wanted to read, I also attempted to find reading challenges that had different categories. This was a way to force me to read more …
April Book Recap
If you read my previous blog post on my book recap, then you know that April will be getting the blog treatment as well. I will be going back to the video format for May, but if you enjoy this format as well, let me know! This helps me plan when writing my scripts. In …
Review of “The Bookshop on the Corner” by Jenny Colgan
For my Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge, I chose “The Bookshop on the Corner” by Jenny Colgan for the category “A Book about a Librarian or a Bookseller.” In the case of this book, the main character, Nina, is both! After the library she works at is closed and reinvented, Nina must decide what to …
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Review of “Latte Trouble” by Cleo Coyle
For my Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge, I chose Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle for the category “A Cozy Mystery with a Beverage in the Title.” This mystery follows coffee shop owner Clare Cosi, as she works to solve the crime that occurred during New York Fashion Week in her shop. Can she figure out …
Review of “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart
In June 2019, I decided to try a reading challenge once more. To help me with this, I decided to create a Ravenclaw themed book jar where I placed the titles of the books from the list. This way I can cure my indecisiveness. The first book I pulled from my book jar was We …
Update on 2020 Reading Challenge
2020 is the third year in a row that I have made the goal to complete a reading challenge based on prompts. It is also the third year in a row that I have failed to complete the entire prompt set. While I was in college, I didn’t read as much as I wanted to. …
2021 Reading Challenge
CategoryBookFinishedA Book about Dealing with SuicidePlaylist for the Dead by Michelle FalkoffA Book about a Librarian or BooksellerThe Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny ColganFINISHED April 26, 2021A Book about an Interracial RelationshipThe Wedding Date by Jasmine GuilloryFINISHED February 27, 2021 A Book about how Radio, TV, or the Internet has Changed UsStealing the Show: …
Review of “Much Ado About Nothing”
The first time I read a Shakespeare play was in 7th grade. It was Romeo and Juliet, and my school was showing a Dr. Seuss version of it. I then began reading at least one Shakespeare play each year the moment I entered 9th grade. Despite how many plays Shakespeare wrote, the only ones I …
Review of “Matilda”
For my 2020 reading challenge, I had the category “Read a Classic Children’s Novel.” When I saw this, I immediately thought of “Matilda” by Roald Dahl. I had never read the book before, but I had seen the movie and heard a lot of great things about it. Usually, when I read a book after …
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