A roundup of what I've been doing
Tag: reading
January 2021 updates
A roundup of what I've been doing
my reading rules
This Book Riot post made me start thinking about my reading rules and what they say about me. 1. Never crack the spine. When I was in middle school, I had a friend who would grab the brand-new paperback I was reading out of my hands and crack the spine. It was horrifying. I don't … Continue reading my reading rules
the longest books I’ve read
A while back, Forever Lost in Literature posted a list of the the ten longest books they had read. This week, I'm adding my own list.
3 on a theme: teen “boot camps”
Three books that deal very realistically with the phenomenon of the "boot camp" and how corrupt and dangerous these places truly are.
December 2018 reading round-up
Kingdom of Ash, more five-star reviews, and year-end totals.
5 reasons to DNF* a book
Five good reasons to stop reading that book right now.
reading while traveling
Apparently this is a thing I like to do: read a book set in the place I'm traveling to. Right now, I'm heading off to a weekend in Acadia, Maine, and I'm reading The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel, about a man who lived as a hermit in the backwoods of Maine for nearly … Continue reading reading while traveling
March reading round-up
# of books read: 14 audiobooks listened to: 3 ebooks read: 3 books from the Throne of Glass series: 2 graphic novels: 3 total page count: 3,998 year total page count: 12,251 Well, I still haven't beat that crazy reading streak I had in January. It does seem that I'm reading roughly 4,000 pages a month, … Continue reading March reading round-up
3 on a theme: books within books
I am often reading between 3 and 5 books at the same time, and occasionally there’s a theme that might not be remarkable in one book… but when I see it in three books, I take notice. Well, I started this blog post with three recent titles, then I kept finding more. I'll try to … Continue reading 3 on a theme: books within books