Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running

Compared to June, I definitely slowed down. Compared to most people? Well, we know the answer to that.

Rather than stick to a strict weekly schedule, I’ve decided to produce a post every time I reach six more books read which will make scheduling and prep a lot easier. Even a few days after reading, I struggle to remember a lot of the details of this book. In this narrative, the main character…

This book concludes the duology as well as my time with reading Hope Larson graphic novels. I likely will not pick up more for the reasons I have expressed in previous recent reviews. This book concludes the mystery/adventure started and alluded to briefly in the first book. However, even though Larson lays the groundwork for…

Shortly into the month my free time will decrease significantly – alas! summer vacation has to end some time. I did also push back the longest book on my July TBR, The Dragonbone Chair, simply because I felt like I kept slogging through long books once I returned from my trip so … maybe I’ll…

I grew up as a staunch believer in the death penalty, nurtured by a highly legalistic environment. My views began to change as soon as I gradually emerged from that tightly controlled bubble, learning more about my faith and about the huge world that existed right outside. This book helped me put voice to yet…

If this narrative does not pull on year heartstrings, do you even have a heart? In all seriousness though, O’Shaughnessy wrote a narrative that shows the complexity of building a family through the foster care system. The main character’s world change when her grandmother (and guardian) dies. Her grandma assumed that her son, the main…

Just like some of the reviews from the previous post, these are shorter since I had quite a backload to catch up on. Hopefully next week’s recent reads (scheduled for this Friday) will contain reviews of my normal length. I reached the end of the trilogy and still remain ambivalent. I kept reading because the…

I enjoyed this short novel that alternated between two perspectives. The two main characters meet one summer, although technically they spent their very first day on earth together in the nursery at the hospital. Both have serious things that they’re dealing with while building a friendship through training for a half marathon. The boy loves…

I really enjoyed this one in which the author draws on her own lived experience as an overweight but fit and horse-obsessed pre-teen. This character deals with teasing from others at the barn where she rides as well as from her older brother’s friend, the latter of which often becomes inappropriate. Both she and her…

I intended to have this up last Wednesday but I thought optimistically about whether I would do anything regarding record keeping and creating a new post while on the trip. (I pre-wrote and scheduled as many posts as I could but I could not pre-write this one.) I read quite a bit this month, now…