Two thousand, One Hundred and Seventy-Two Pages. Three short stories, a collection of three short stories, seven novels, and a graphic novel I say that February was a great reading month for me. How Lucky Written by Will Leitch I read How Lucky mostly because I wanted something fun and light-hearted. Not to mention … Continue reading
Despite being a classic and its enormous size, once I began reading Don Quixote, I realized that the intimidation I initially felt was silly. As I embarked on this adventure with Alonso Quijano, a simple man nearing his 50s, who decided to become a knight due to his obsession with chivalric romances, was that I was in for … Continue reading My Appreciation for Don Quixote
Beginning the 2023 year off with a bang, I set a slow, steady pace, reading only six books at 2,067 pages. According to my StoryGraph Stats, my most read genre of the month was Literary Fiction, Thriller, and Classics! I even had a True Crime read in there as well. Unfortunately, the only five-star … Continue reading Wrapping Up My January Reading Month
Yesterday, while in Asheville, North Carolina, I visited Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar with a friend. The ambiance of this unique destination was out of this world, or at least not what I had anticipated. It almost felt like we had stepped right into an Agatha Christie novel. Well, without the murder and … Continue reading Adventures with Alexa at Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar
The 2023 Reading Year has commenced! However, today I wanted to go back in time to evaluate my reading statistics. When I joined Goodreads in 2020, I set my Reading Challenge to 50 books. By reading 73 books, I dominated my challenge. In 2021, I put my Goodreads Reading Challenge to 100 books concurring … Continue reading My 2022 Reading Year in Review
With nine books, 2,642 pages, and thirteen different genres, I think it’s safe to say that I wrapped 2022 with an epic selection and reading month. Among the authors were Backman, Moshfegh, and Lucy Maud Montgomery; however, I think the book that was the biggest surprise to me was Babel by R.F. Kuang. Now let's … Continue reading Concluding the 2022 Reading Year with Nine Books
I know, I know. Reading wrap-ups need to happen at the end of the month or the beginning of the following month. Still, here I am in the middle of December, writing about the books I read in November while also discussing The Bloomin’ Readathon, which I also participated in. Last year when I … Continue reading My November Wrap-Up + Participating in the Bloomin’ Readathon
Looking back at my previous blog post from earlier this year, An Introduction to StoryGraph and the Genre Challenge, I chuckle at how incredibly accurate yet contradictory my first statement is. “Despite being a millennial, I’m not inclined to navigate new social media platforms.” This is entirely true, but then I go off on a tangent about … Continue reading Completing the StoryGraph Genre Challenge for 2022
Hi bookish friends! Happy Monday. It's currently 1:36 a.m., and I'm wide awake, thanks to going to bed around 7:30 p.m. last night. I genuinely love my job, so waking up early to get started on work happens from time to time. Today’s blog post, a book tag created by Ariel Bissett, was written in October; … Continue reading The End of the Year Book Tag 📚✨
Hi bookish friends! I hope you are all doing well. I took a sabbatical over the past few months; however, I recently sat down and wrote out my thoughts on all the novels I read during August, September, and October, a total of nineteen stories. From classics to thrillers and even a few movie novelizations, … Continue reading Let’s Play Catch Up: Here Are all the Books I’ve Read in August, September, and October
Books and Mischief 