Category: reading

Yup. Still keeping this up.

The Fully Booked Reading Journal from little inklings design has several different reading challenges. I tackled them last year but did not post them here. This year I made graphics. Plus, there’s a few so each gets its own post.

Here we go again! 26 in 26 Buzzwordathon – Reading + Cover Fully Booked Reading Challenge Reading Rainbow + Cover Challenge – Fully Booked Nonfiction Book Box Books HRYCED New Release + Series NetGalley Catch Up TBR Takedown r/fantasy HRCYED – Finishing Series Category

The end of the year has come and with that, so has the time to reflect on last year’s goals and lay out my reading goals for the next year. Overall, I would say that I had success with most of my goals although some of them did not quite turn out the way I…

For a book about a remarkable, seemingly never ending journey, the narrative went nowhere. I understand leaving elements ambiguous but Westerbeke left far too much unanswered. In fact, when the reader thinks the main character has finally received some relief, Westerbeke seemingly undoes all of it. I’m beginning to wonder if The Seventh Veil of Salome was…

Ward has absolutely gorgeous writing. I did not expect her to give the mom a point of view as well. She handled that with care and clearly established the distinctions between the two narrators. Ward never has easy topics in her books so be forewarned but the writing is heartfelt and profound. I had a…

The most I can say about this book is “why bother?” In a rather small book, Rogak attempts to tell the story of three different women who participated in some way that could be seen as propaganda. Not only does the length of the book prevent depth but Rogak dilutes that further by splitting the…

I did actually have a decent reading experience while reading this book. Finding out, though, that this book won the “History and Biography” category of the Goodreads Choice Awards over all of the other books in the category – and I haven’t finished the category yet – soured my opinion of the read. I appreciate…