2019 Goals My goals this year are going to be simple. I’m focusing on the bigger picture in my life, so I have a lot of goals this year that don’t have to do with reading. There are also some bigger family things hopefully occurring in the latter half of the year so I’m... Continue Reading →
A Short Weekly Wrap-up and a Chat!
Last week was less of a dud week and more of an ‘outside forces are affecting my reading’ week. I DNF’d three books, one because I was not enjoying it and two were just wrong time kind of reads. So ultimately I finished one thing. As always a video is up if you’d rather read... Continue Reading →
2017 Reading Goals : Authors To Be Read
I’m trying to set myself a few specific goals this coming year. A lot of things are going on in real life for me, and in an effort to sort those out I’m setting some strict goals for myself. This is probably as a result of feeling like I have no control over a lot... Continue Reading →
Fall Used Book Haul
I'm trying to limit my book buying the past few months. I'm on my Read 5, Buy 1 ban. I also have limited my used book store visits severely. I finally went back last week with a sackful of books for trade. I had a goal to buy fewer books then I traded in -... Continue Reading →
Authors I Want to Complete
There are certain authors I definitely want to finish reading everything they have. I'm not good at this sort of thing but a few have made this list. I have read at least one ·Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Books read : 2 novels, 10 novellas (one full collection) I think this one is obvious. I... Continue Reading →
It’s Finally Flower Time: First blooms!
I started this blog on the tail end of summer last year with hopes that I could keep up and talk about my gardening efforts. It got cold and didn't get to continue doing that of course but everything is coming up now! We have life outside! I'm so excited to show off some of... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday 4/6/2016
This gem comes out in May and I literally made fan girl squeals when I saw who the author was. Todd Lockwood has been one of my favorite artists for years. I adore his dragons and illustrations for D&D. He also did all of the sketches and covers for the Memoirs of Lady Trent. He made... Continue Reading →
Tracking My Books
So this year I've decided to embrace my weird obsession with tracking what I'm reading. I love updating Goodreads. Organizing my bookshelves is possibly one of my favorite activities (right next to reading them) and organizing my Goodreads shelves has recently been something I do to keep myself sane during my incredibly stressful mornings. Thinking... Continue Reading →
#TBRTakedown 3.0 TBR
Yes, yes. I'm terrible at TBR's but remember around here they are 'Loose Goals'. Here is what I have for my Goals of #TBRTakedown 3.0 which starts today and runs till the 10th. Just like last time it's hosted by the lovely Shannon over on LeaningLights. Book from your most recent book haul The Jedi... Continue Reading →
2016 Reading/Blogging Goals
I still cannot believe I'm making this post. 2015 is falling away, leaving 2016 behind. Where does the time go? Seriously? Between working full-time, writing, taking care of my family and house, and reading I'm lucky I notice the days. But it's here, the end of year posting when everyone puts up their goals, plans,... Continue Reading →