tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26407581584845905672024-02-20T10:34:07.043-08:00Becky's Book BarnMy blog is mainly book reviews, but there are sometimes product reviews as well. I read a lot of romance, and a few mysteries, and some nonfiction as well. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-71401771787196518232017-02-10T06:32:00.003-08:002017-02-10T06:32:52.598-08:00My Cruisin' thru the Cozies Challenge So FarRead two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books)<br />
These are the level one books:<br />
- One from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.) 1. [book:Death of a Bacon Heiress|25852688] Jan. 29<br />
2. [book:The Chocolate Falcon Fraud|24611817] Feb. 8<br />
- One from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)<br />
- One from craft related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)<br />
1. [book:Close Knit Killer|15851126] Feb.8<br />
[book:Deadly Greetings|675805] Feb 3.<br />
- One from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)<br />
- One from British cozy mysteries (example: Belinda Lawrence series)<br />
- One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)<br />
- One holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)<br />
- One travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.) 1. [book:Death on Tour|9503233] Feb. 3<br />
2. [book:Top O' the Mournin'|758762] Feb. 5<br />
- One historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)<br />
- One is your choice! (freebie!)<br />
1. [book:A Body at Book Club|21895060] Feb. 5<br />
2. [book:A Body in the Backyard|16235070] Feb. 5<br />
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1.[book:A Body at Bunco|25270598] Feb 6.<br />
2. [book:State of the Onion|2261571] Feb. 9<br />
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5.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-51937513063823051382017-02-10T06:30:00.000-08:002017-02-10T06:30:04.189-08:00Cruisin' Thru the Cozies ChallengeI've done this challenge for the last several years, but this year they added categories to read, rather than just setting a goal to read so many cozy mysteries. I hesitated about joining because of the categories, but decided to after all. My goal is level 4-Sleuth Extra.<br />
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Welcome to the seventh annual Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge! I'm changing things up a bit this year. Sometimes we get hooked on one type of genre or sub-genre and don't venture out of our comfort zone. Maybe some only read culinary cozies, maybe some only animals or crafts.<br />
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To find out exactly what a cozy mystery is, check out Cozy-Mystery.com. This site is dedicated to cozy mysteries and does a great job of defining them as well as giving a list of cozy mysteries. This challenge is NOT restricted to what is on their list, it's just to be used as a guideline in case you need some hints on what to read.<br />
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Whatever you might like, I thought it might be fun to read a bit of everything. So here is this year's cozy mystery reading challenge:<br />
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Level one (Snoop) - Read one book in each of these cozy sub-genres (total of 10 books)<br />
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- One from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)<br />
- One from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)<br />
- One from craft related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)<br />
- One from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)<br />
- One from British cozy mysteries (example: Belinda Lawrence series)<br />
- One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)<br />
- One holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)<br />
- One travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)<br />
- One historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)<br />
- One is your choice! (freebie!)<br />
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Level two (Investigator) - Read all the books in level one plus an additional 10 cozy books of your choice (total of 20)<br />
Level three (Super Sleuth) - Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 10 cozy books of your choice (total of 30 books)<br />
Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire) - Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books)<br />
From the Goodreads Group:<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18355240-general-info">Challenge Info</a><br />
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Here are the rules...<br />
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1. The challenge runs from January 1, 2017 and ends December 31, 2017.<br />
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2. You don't have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year. Books can overlap with other challenges.<br />
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3. Books can be in any format - paper, audio, ebooks...it all counts!<br />
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4. You don't have to post a review, but I'm sure others would love to know about the books you are reading and may even want to add it to their reading lists.<br />
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I'm adding one more rule...<br />
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5. If you can't find or don't want to read a certain sub-genre, you can switch it out for another one of your choice. However, this can only be done one time.<br />
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I'm also hosting this on my blog and you can join there, if you want. Here's the link http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-64951866417054755192017-02-10T05:13:00.001-08:002017-02-10T05:17:36.773-08:00Goodreads <p dir="ltr">I am so happy right now. Goodreads has finally added the rereading feature. I reread books often, and have been waiting for this for years. I never knew when I had originally read a book, or how many times I had read it. I wish it was on the app, though, because that is where I usually update my books. Still, that isn't a problem. I can always go to the site on my phone when I have a reread.</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-46518829024333387402017-01-24T08:47:00.001-08:002017-01-31T05:48:38.211-08:00A Winter's Respite Readathon Results<div dir="ltr">
The readathon is now over, so here are my final stats.<br>
16th- 3 books, 827 pages<br>
17th-1 book, 296 pages</div>
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18th- 3 books, 746 pages</div>
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19th- 2 books, 732 pages<br>
20th-1 book, 424 pages<br>
21st- 4 books, 1183 pages<br>
22nd- 2 books, 750 pages<br>
23rd- 0 books, 0 pages<br>
24th-4 books, 1094 pages</div><div dir="ltr">25th-1 book, 248 pages</div><div dir="ltr">26th-2 books, 413 pages</div><div dir="ltr">27th- 1 book, 287 pages</div><div dir="ltr">28th- 2 books, 514 pages</div><div dir="ltr">29th- 1 book, 215 pages</div><div dir="ltr">I wound up reading 27 books, and 7,727 pages total. I think my readability slump is finally over. I also finished my connections challenge, so now I can get back to picking books at random rather than linking them.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-28668946028810812012017-01-22T19:52:00.001-08:002017-01-22T19:52:17.814-08:0024in48 Results<p dir="ltr">I only managed to read 4 hours and 45 minutes during the 24in48 readathon. I did get six books read, however, and I enjoyed all but one. I can't wait until the next one.</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-80017472280183028742017-01-21T14:17:00.001-08:002017-01-21T14:19:18.927-08:00My 24in48 Start<p dir="ltr">I just got home so I will be starting the 24in48 readathon now. My first book will be Love Me Forever by Johanna Lindsey. I won't even get close to the 48 hours, but I'll read what I can.</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-35260291007347087042017-01-18T08:39:00.001-08:002017-01-18T08:40:33.171-08:0024in48 This WeekendI have to work this weekend, but I'm still hoping to read 24 hours. I'm 7-3 both days, so that should leave me plenty of time. I'm still working on a <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18401971-2017-countdown">connections challenge</a> on Goodreads, and I hope to get close to finishing that. This is my second time starting it, because for some reason when I put books together to read in a row, I lose interest, and want to read something else. I'm hoping to complete it this time. There have been a few books I've forced myself to finish due to this challenge. At least it got them off my shelves.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-84756626494575076992017-01-17T12:36:00.001-08:002017-01-18T08:27:59.709-08:00Good start so far<div dir="ltr">
I read three books Monday since I was off. </div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12862673-a-dark-and-brooding-gentleman">A dark and brooding gentleman </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/429732.Echoes_In_The_Dark">Echoes in the Dark</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1429889.The_Dark_Duke">The dark duke</a><br />
I worked yesterday, and only read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8392897-the-australian-heiress">The Australian Heiress</a>. </div>
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So far, I've read 4 books, and 1123 pages. I'm about to start <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2274418.Joe_s_Girl?ac=1&from_search=true">Joe's Girl</a>. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-47362781832910558012017-01-11T15:04:00.001-08:002017-01-16T07:28:41.762-08:00Readathon <div dir="ltr">
Today starts A Winter's Respite Readathon, which lasts until the 29th. I probably won't update every day, but I will try to at least every two or three.<br />
My goal is to read at least a book a day, and more on my days off. I'm hoping to finish most of the connections challenge I am doing on Goodreads. Each book has to link to the previous one, by title, author, or publication date.<br />
I am starting with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12862673-a-dark-and-brooding-gentleman">A Dark and Brooding Gentleman</a> by Margaret McPhee, which linked to Margaret Mayo.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-50812558021261487472017-01-09T18:02:00.002-08:002017-01-09T18:02:51.205-08:0024 in 48 ReadathonFrom the site: <span style="background-color: white; color: #656e7f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">We are 22 days from the start of the next <a href="https://24in48.com/">24in48</a> readathon! With the holidays, I postponed this sign-up post but I just can’t wait anymore. Mark your calendars for </span><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656e7f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">January 21 and 22, 2017, </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #656e7f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">ready your book stacks, and prep your reading nests (yes, you do need that extra blanket).</span><br />
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If you’re new to 24in48, this is the basic gist: beginning at 12:01am on Saturday morning and running through 11:59pm on Sunday night, participants read for 24 hours out of that 48 hour period. You can split that up however you’d like: 20 hours on Saturday, four hours on Sunday; 12 hours each day; six four-hour sessions with four hour breaks in between, whatever you’d like.</div>
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And that’s it. The format never changes but it’s always an adventure.</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">I just signed up for this readathon. Depending on my work schedule, I may not be able to read 24 hours, but I will do my best. I'm hoping these readathons help me get back into reading as much as I used to. i have thousands of books on my physical and kindle shelves, and I really need to get them down. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-88076226766114978302017-01-09T07:35:00.000-08:002017-01-15T06:08:32.724-08:00A Winter's Respite Readathon<br>
From the Seasons of Reading website:<br>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;">This is the official sign up for <a href="http://seasonsreading.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/a-winters-respite-readathon-time-to.htm">A Winter's Respite Readathon</a>.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;"> Dates are January 16 - 29, starting at 12:00 am Monday the 16th, and ending at 11:59 pm on Sunday the 29th. Times are central standard time so adjust your times accordingly. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c0c0c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;">Yes, the readathon is now two weeks long! I, for one, am pretty excited about that!</span><br>
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Of course, like most readathons, the books read must be novels or novellas, adult or young adult are fine, and you can read children's books too (as long as you do read some novels too). Note: Non-Fiction is also okay! You DO NOT have to participate the entire two weeks. Join in when you can, start in the middle, end early...whatever works best for your schedule. As with all of my readathons, it will be a time for relaxed reading during which we can personally challenge ourselves and whittle away our ever looming TBR piles/shelves/libraries. </div>
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<b>This sounds like fun, and since there aren't any reading requirements for this readathon, I will join in. I'm in the Eastern time zone, so it will start at 1 am here.</b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-56117010895016388012017-01-09T07:00:00.000-08:002017-01-09T07:00:46.361-08:00Final Bout of Books Update<div dir="ltr">
Monday- 1 book, Christmas with the Single Dad by Louisa Heaton 255 pages<br />
Tuesday- 1 book, The Rancher and the Baby by Marie Ferrarella 216 pages<br />
Wednesday- 1 book, Twins for Christmas by Amanda Renee 217 pages<br />
Thursday-1 book An Aspen Creek Christmas 216 pages <br />
Friday- 2 books Reunited at Christmas 217 pages and The Makeover Prescription 232 pages<br />
Saturday- 3 books The Millionaire and the M.D. by Teresa Southwick 218 pages, Reckless by Amanda Quick 371 pages, and A Wedding to Die For by Leann Sweeney 268 pages<br />
Sunday- 1 book APuzzle in a Pear Tree 384 pages<br />
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I did pretty well this week. I made my goal, and then some. I also followed several new blogs, and joined bloglovin'. I'll be looking forward to the next Bout of Books readathon.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-55553774484368760032017-01-08T03:27:00.001-08:002017-01-08T03:27:54.335-08:00Update for SaturdayI managed to read three books yesterday since I was off work. I read The Millionaire and the M.D. by Teresa Southwick, Reckless by Amanda Quick, and A Wedding to Die For by Leann Sweeney. I really enjoyed the first two, but the third one was just an okay read.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-18436398806372816772017-01-07T08:27:00.000-08:002017-01-07T08:33:56.360-08:00Bloglovin'<a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/18421793/?claim=uzjd7p6zw56">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a><br />
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I just joined Bloglovin', and claimed my blog. I'm hoping to find more book related blogs to follow.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-85373414317420276622017-01-07T07:40:00.000-08:002017-01-07T08:34:46.527-08:00Friday BoutofBooks UpdateI can't believe this readathon is over tomorrow. I haven't done too badly, and I did read my goal of a book a day, even though they were short reads. Today, I'm reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4483320-the-millionaire-and-the-m-d">The Millionaire and the M.D.</a>, and I'm hoping to read at least one more. Tomorrow, I work until three, so maybe I can fit in a final book or two. This readathon has really helped me read more. I started a full time job a few months ago, and haven't been reading much. Hopefully, I'll get back into reading this year, now that I'm more used to working so many hours. So far, I'm three books ahead on my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/6938518">Goodreads</a> goal. I only made it 400 this year, but I'm hoping to do more. We'll see, but I'm not going to push myself this year. I made another goal to relax, and only read books I'm enjoying this year.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-85899423301628509102017-01-06T14:25:00.001-08:002017-01-07T08:35:24.769-08:00Bout of Books updateI did manage to read one book yesterday, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30073011-an-aspen-creek-christmas">An Aspen Creek Christmas</a>. Today I am reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30073010-reunited-at-christmas">Reunited at Christmas</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30687830-the-makeover-prescription">The Makeover Prescription</a>. Everything I've read this week were books I bought myself for Christmas/my birthday. I'm off tomorrow, so hopefully I can fit in two or three more books.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-59802083008742512542017-01-05T14:07:00.002-08:002017-01-07T08:36:20.880-08:00UpdateI haven't been online in a few days, but I'm still reading for the Bout-of-Books readathon. My goal was a book a day, and so far I've done that. I still haven't read anything today, but there's still time.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-57795678323775681702017-01-01T09:26:00.002-08:002017-01-06T14:29:51.867-08:00Happy New Year!I always look forward to the new year. I love setting new reading goals. This year, I lowered my Goodreads goal to 400. I started a full time job a few months ago, and that has seriously impacted my reading. I read fairly fast, but some days I haven't even picked up a book. I barely finished last years goal, so that's why I cut 2017's in half. I'm hoping to read more, but I'm just going to relax, and enjoy whatever books I do read.<br />
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I did read a short romance today, Mistletoe Daddy by Deb Kastner. It was a cute inspirational romance, and I laughed out loud several times. I think that is a good start to 2017.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-22278001929662005672016-12-21T12:03:00.000-08:002017-01-07T08:37:06.983-08:00Just Joined the Bout of Books readathon<span style="background-color: #fae8b2; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.48px;">The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 2nd and runs through Sunday, January 8th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.48px;">For all Bout of Books 18 information and updates, be sure to visit the <a href="http://boutofbooks.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #00a9ac; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bout of Books</a> blog. </b><span style="background-color: #fae8b2; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.48px;">- From the Bout of Books team </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>http://boutofbooks.blogspot.com/</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">I will try this. I don't have my work schedule, so my goal is to just read as much as possible; hopefully at least a book a day.</span></span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640758158484590567.post-49199179421799784432016-12-21T11:39:00.001-08:002016-12-21T11:40:07.051-08:00Starting AgainI decided to delete all my posts, and start over with my blog. I was just going to delete it, and create a new one, but every name I came up with was taken already. So, here's a little about me:<br />
I'm Rebecca, and I love to read. I'm 27 years old, and from the time I learned to read, I was rarely without a book. I read 700 or more books a year, and still wish I had time for more. I have been extremely fortunate to have good thrift stores and a great library system nearby, because there is no way I could afford to pay full price for all the books I read. I have slowed down a bit, because i started a full time job a few months ago, but I'm hoping to get back into reading as much soon.<br />
I have a Goodreads account, and get books for review from Netgalley and Edelweiss. I love getting free books ahead of publication. I have been lax in reviewing lately, but I fully intend to change that. I'm hoping to get caught up within the next few months.<br />
Anyway, I'll be back soon with a review post. The books I review first might be a little bit older, instead of brand new, but as soon as I get a few written, I will alternate between the newer ones, and the ones on my backlog.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440189844858417673noreply@blogger.com0