Category: reading

As I finish off the year, I know that I will have at least two more books read this year that I have not finished at the time of writing this entry. However, I will not write up separate reviews for them since my December wrap up will go up before the next recent reads.…

Race #232 8k #19 2024 Race #11 2024 8k #1 After last year’s smashing and unexpected success, along with the success of the Spinx half, I had a lot of confidence going into this race. I did attempt to temper those expectations a little thanks to the sinus infection/cold that I’ve had for a week…

I know it may not seem like it but my pace has slowed down just a little bit. The rather large size of a few of these books also contributed to the slight slow down. This week started with the second to last day of the semester which meant that I finished one last graphic…

Since I continue to read an absurd amount, I decided to split up my recent reads to make the length a little more reasonable. (It also helps that I still have not caught up with writing reviews and this meant that I could finish writing the reviews for prepping the post to go live. I’m…

Race #231 Half Marathon #84 2024 Race #10 2024 Half #5 I went into this race with a plan thanks to my coach and the determination to follow that plan to the best of my ability even if the predicted warmer temperatures got the best of me. I also struggle with confidence in my ability…

When one reads more than 400 books in a single year – who even am I? – one would think that i would have enough books to have separate lists for different categories. While I could technically, I do not have enough actual 5 star reads to make more than one list. I, personally, cannot…

One of these days I will eventually get caught up with these reviews. Of course, I could help myself with that endeavor by reading less but we all know that’s unlikely to happen. Originally I planned for this post to cover the first two weeks of December, all of the books except for the historical…

Race #223Half Marathon #802024 Race #2 2024 Half Marathon #1Greenville Half Marathon #9 I went into this wanting a good race, a launch for my half marathon PR training. I planned to run a solid race, maybe test if I still had that marathon pace of 8:30ish in my legs.  The weather cooperated as well…

For the first time since I started this annual personal reading challenge, I managed to finish both of the lists that I “required” myself to read and made it through more than half of my “optional” list. For my reaction, I will break it down into three sections each for the fantasy and young adult…