Y'all. I have seven books currently waiting to be read for reviewing purposes. (I mean, I wanted to read them anyway, but I they're the books I've received free in exchange for reviews.) Since I'm excited about these books, and it's obviously going to be a month or so before they've all been featured on … Continue reading Spotlighting My "To Be Read" Pile
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Books Read in 2015
Books read in 2015Books Read Altogether: 152 Fiction: 121 Non-fiction: 31 Re-reads: 15New reads: 137Reviewed: 23 (plus 3 children's books) E-books read: 102 Physical books read: 50Pages Read: 38,615 Approximate pages per book: 254 Approximate pages read per day: 105 I read a book approximately every: 2.4 daysStack of books read this year equals: 119 inches, or 9 feet, 11 inches Reading broke down … Continue reading Books Read in 2015
Whatever the Cost – Book Review
Whatever the Cost By David and Jason Benham Find it on: AmazonGoodreadsFirst personTwo point of viewsNon-fiction 202 pagesAbout the BookFrom the backcover Blurb “Two nationally-acclaimed real estate entrepreneurs share biblical principles to revolutionize your work and family life, and give you the courage to stand up for what is right.”This book follows the story of highly motivated and entrepreneurial twin … Continue reading Whatever the Cost – Book Review
Questions Jesus Asks – Book Review
Questions Jesus Asks: Where Divinity Meets Humanity By Israel Wayne Find it on: Amazon Goodreads First PersonOne point of view (plus lots of quotes)Non-fiction166 pages About the BookFrom the back cover blurb Jesus rarely answered questions He was asked, but instead turned the tables by asking a piercing question of His own. Questions Jesus Asks goes through a broad spectrum of these, … Continue reading Questions Jesus Asks – Book Review
A Happy Little Milestone
There are days when I'm really not entirely thrilled about being a writer. The work that I spend on my writing seems to be way more taxing then the payoff justifies and my heart sometimes takes a nosedive. But I continue on and keep working on my writing because do you know what? Writing is a … Continue reading A Happy Little Milestone
Book Snob: Six Things that Make My Readerly Heart Happy
Last month I posted about six things that make me cringe in books. This month I thought I'd post about six things that make my little readerly heart happy: 1. Amazing and realistic relationships. It doesn't matter if it's a parent/child, friend/friend, sibling/sibling, older person/younger person, etc... If the relationship makes me root for the problems … Continue reading Book Snob: Six Things that Make My Readerly Heart Happy
Book Snob: Six Things that Make Me Cringe
Some books I've read recently are so bad that I briefly wonder if I hallucinated them. These books leave me wanting to clutch my head, roll my eyes, heave huge sighs and start a group called fellow-lame-book-readers-unite so we can commiserate together. Only, I don't like bashing particular books on-line, so that wouldn't really work out. But, … Continue reading Book Snob: Six Things that Make Me Cringe
What I’ve Been Reading
Since we left home on Friday I've been enjoying reading. I think the writing side of my brain called a time out and the reading side of my brain called a free-for-all. I've focused a good amount of time on my non-fiction reading list: I read the last half or so of Love Does by Bob Goff and could … Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Non-Fiction Books On Your To-Be-Read-List
This morning I'm linking up with The Broke and Bookish for their Top Ten Tuesday weekly feature. This week's prompt is: Ten Books You Recently Added To Your To-Be-Read List. My problem is my list hasn't changed much since this post. Therefore I thought I'd change the prompt to: Ten Non-Fiction Books On Your To-Be-Read-List because even though I read … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Non-Fiction Books On Your To-Be-Read-List
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books From My Childhood I would Love to Revisit
Today the prompt from The Broke and the Bookish's Top Ten Tuesday is: Ten Books from my childhood I would love to revisit. This one is going to be incredibly fun to share with you because not only did I begin devouring books at a young age, I had books read to me at an … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books From My Childhood I would Love to Revisit