Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running

With World War II history, it’s very difficult to find new ways to tell the story and/or new stories to tell. This portion of history has definitely reached an over-saturation point. This book, however, defies that over-saturation and presents a really captivating, thought-provoking story that combines personal memoir with history. In this narrative, the author…

I wish I remembered more concrete details about my reading experience so that I could give a better review of this book. I don’t think that this is a bad book; I just remember getting to the end of the book and not feeling impressed or that I would remember much even a few days…

And with that (plus Monday’s post), I’m caught up! Now to stay that way.

I have a feeling that I will never read this many books in one month again. That’s probably a good thing.

It may not look like it but I have scaled down my TBR ambitions. (My numbers are just about as far as one can get from normal.) 26 in 26 Fully Booked, Cover Challenge, Reading Rainbow Nonfiction TBR Takedown Netgalley – audio Netgalley – eARCs New Releases

This short sports/legal-related narrative told in mixed media format was just fine. To do justice to all of the topics that the author brought up in this book, he would’ve needed at least 50 more pages minimum to give them the attention they deserved. Unfortunately, the author condensed days, weeks, and months into a very…

The trouble with books like this one is that I somehow read two books within a very short period of time that both started with “the trouble with” which has led me to conflate the plots of the two books a little bit. That being said, reading this synopsis, refreshes my memory of this book…

I really appreciated this memoir from Sara Hall. She is a runner that I have followed fairly closely over the past few years as she became more of a name in the women’s marathoning sphere, something I have found particularly fascinating, being a marathoner myself. Both Sara and Kiera D’Amato have been particular favorites of…

Going into this read, I knew that I would likely not particularly enjoy my time. Romance is not my favorite genre although a few have worked for me. Additionally, I knew that this book would have a low likelihood of success based on my track record with this author’s previous work. Unfortunately, my expectations proved…