Books
I’m a day behind on posting the Book It! for October. Mostly because I was hoping to finish the 3rd novel in the Foundation Trilogy last night. I didn’t get finished, but I’m close. That 3rd book will just have to be a finish for next month instead. The Invisible Intruder The Invisible Intruder…
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How do you store your books? I recently sold my beloved bookshelf to make some room in what will soon be little Spot‘s room. It was my favorite piece of furniture in the entire house, but it was also massive. The space it lived was literally the only wall large enough to hold it that…
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What books might we be surprised to find on your shelves? The most surprising thing you would find on my bookshelves today are the children’s books. No, I don’t mean the children’s classics, like The Wind in the Willows, that I often reread. I’m talking about actual children’s books. Things like, If you Give a…
Read MoreIf you could require the next president to read one book, what would it be? It’s election year here in the US. The two major parties have selected their candidates, and one of them will most likely be the next president. Last night was the first official debate between the two candidates. My husband and…
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I feel like I’ve really been slacking at posting the the blog this month, but at least I was reading. I’m now up to 63 completed books for the year. Hopefully, I’ll do a better job of posting in the coming months. The Tower Treasure The Tower Treasure is the first book in the Hardy…
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What is your favorite series? Picking a favorite series is almost as hard as picking a favorite book. Almost, but not quite. I have two series that I genuinely love for what they meant to me as a child. The first is Nancy Drew, a series about a brilliant girl detective who always solves her…
Read MoreI’m super excited that I hit my reading goal for the year this month. I’ve now read more than 52 books, so everything else I read it just icing on the cake. With 4 months left, I may end up getting to read a lot more than I expected this year. Beyond the Ice Limit…
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What is you favorite genre? My favorite genre will always be sci-fi/fantasy. I love being able to escape my ordinary life and go on dangerous and crazy adventures from the comfort of my favorite chair. We’ve all had that moment when we’ve wanted to leave the shire, but just like Samwise Gamgee, we know it…
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Which book do you recommend to friends and family most? The books I recommend to people really depend one who they are. For example, while I love S.A. Hunt’s Outlaw King series, I would not recommend it to my friends unless they enjoyed epic fantasies or science-fiction. So here’s a list of books that I…
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How many books have you read so far this year? Thanks to Goodreads, it’s easy to keep track of the number of books I read each year. I do the Goodreads Reading Challenge each year, which allows me to set a goal for the number of books I want to read, and to keep track…
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