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Summer Reading 2018

June 5, 2018 by Leanne Sowul 6 Comments

It’s summer reading season! I started working on my summer reading list a few weeks ago, and it’s… ambitious. Maybe impossible. I have 37 books on there, and I’ve only finished one so far. (Can September count as summer, too? I might be working on this list all through the fall.) There are just SO […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: fiction, lighter fiction, mystery, nonfiction, reading, summer reading, thriller

100 Books In 2017: Top 10 Lists

December 15, 2017 by Leanne Sowul 4 Comments

In last Friday’s post, I described how I was able to read 100 books in a year despite a busy schedule. Today I’m going to share the top 10 books I read in each category, plus a few I do not recommend! For the full list of what I read this year, here’s a link to my […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: memoir, mystery, nonfiction, novel, romance, thriller, top 10

100 Books In 2017: How I Did It

December 8, 2017 by Leanne Sowul 6 Comments

When Goodreads asked me about my 2017 reading challenge goal last December, I rashly threw down what is, for me, a very big number. 100 books in 2017. I’d never read that many as an adult, at least not since I’ve started tracking. But I thought it was possible to reach a bit higher than […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: abandon, books, genre, Kindle, list, modern mrs. darcy, reading, recomendation

The Summer Reading List Recap

September 19, 2017 by Leanne Sowul 8 Comments

Back in June, I announced my summer reading list. It was the first time I’d ever committed to reading a specific list of books within a set time frame, and I wasn’t sure if it would go well. I generally prefer to read according to whim and mood, sometimes bingeing on a particular genre, or […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: fiction, goal, goodreads, hardcover, Kindle, list, memoir, nonfiction, reading, summer

Why You Should Get On Goodreads, Now

July 25, 2017 by Leanne Sowul 3 Comments

While talking to a fellow reader today, I mentioned my Goodreads summer reading list. I expected her response to be something like, “Which books are on the list?” Instead, she said, “What IS Goodreads?” I was flabbergasted. To me, that’s like asking, “What is Amazon?” or “What is Twitter?” But it made me realize that some of […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books, bookshelf, bookstore, goodreads, library, reading, review, share, shelves

7 Reasons To Abandon A Book

July 14, 2017 by Leanne Sowul 4 Comments

It’s the struggle of every reader. We’ve started a book, and for whatever reason, we’re just not feeling it. But we’ve already invested time and money in the book, and it feels like we need our own permission to abandon it. What Does It Mean To “Abandon” A Book? You’re mid-read, and you decide to […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: abandon, book, bored, character, read, voice

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