Category: reading
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Goodreads Choice Awards – YA Fantasy – Week 1: Opening Round
Reading this book helped me finish a series that I have enjoyed more than I expected. While some of the reviews I have seen were disappointed in the shift of main character from Signa to Blythe, I actually enjoyed this shift and thing that it served the overall narrative arc well. Signa was an intriguing…
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Recent Reads – The Last Few before the Goodreads Choice Awards
I nearly accomplished my goal of reading all my “required” reads before Goodreads dropped their long lists. (I have only one remaining, my Buzzwordathon book. I hope to read it over Thanksgiving Break. People often describe this book as Pride and Prejudice on the battlefield with a little magic. (Okay, so they don’t use those…
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Goodreads Choice Awards 2024 – Reaction and Plans
I wondered whether or not I would film, edit and post a video for my reaction since last year’s video did so well. I decided to go ahead and film my reaction to the long lists but by the end of it, realized that I had no desire to put together all of the clips…
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Recent Reads – November 1 – 7
I have quite a few books to discuss for this reading week thanks to two days off work as well as a goal to read audiobooks for at least 3 hours a day. This week and next week I’m prioritizing all of my “required” reads before the Goodreads Choice Awards finalists are announced. (If it…
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Recent Reads – October 25 – 31
Three of the books that I read during this time period I discussed in my recap of the October Pokethon gym. Other than that, I managed to get through five books, one not pictured above. Celestial MonstersAidan Thomas I let too much time pass between reading the first book in this duology and picking up…
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Pokethon – Fortree Gym
On Saturday, October 26, I attempted a pokethon gym – a patreon readathon for Jaderayreads. While I had books chosen for all of the prompts, I read only three. Sometimes pushing myself to read several stories in a row will make my brain rebel. That being said, I enjoyed all three graphic novels that I…
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November 2024 TBR – the One with the Goodreads Choice Awards
Since I started reading through categories of the Goodreads Choice Awards, November TBRs have proven difficult to create. Goodreads does not announce the nominees until about halfway through the month. (I will have a post up then about my plans.) Once they release those lists, I drop everything and focus on finishing as many of…
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Check In & Reframe
So much happens in a year that the idea of yearly goals, even when followed through upon, seems foolish or at the least, short-sighted. In this post, I will revisit the goals that I have already reframed at least twice already.
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Goals and Plans
My days usually pass in consistent patterns, even in the summer. I thrive on this consistency and seek to carve out a modicum through times of unusual change. This summer has come with its fair share of bumps in the road and deviations from the original plans. Before the last third of the year begins…
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For the Love of Books.
On the first day of March I found myself in a conference room at Furman attending the Furman Consortium, listening to Penny Kittle speak and becoming inspired beyond what I could have ever forecasted. I found out a mere 24 hours before that I would be attending along with the rest of the English department.…