Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running

In 2023 and 2024, this list included 10 brand new series each year that I wanted to start, usually including some quite well known and loved series in the fantasy genre. I’ve had really good success with every single one, including a series that is my all-time favorite, The Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons.…

When you start the year with the longest book ever to grace your TBR, you will not finish quite as many books as you usually do. With an audiobook lasting over 62 hours at regular speed, Wind and Truth, took several days to finish, even at my 3x audiobook listening speed. (Technically, as I write,…

Race #233 Marathon #17 2024 Race #12 2024 Marathon #2 Earlier this year, Houston went completely according to plan. So did CIM all the way until it didn’t. Even with that, I still had an incredible experience which left me ready for more as soon as I could get it. One of the things that…

The numbers speak for themselves. December Rather than make a yearly wrap up from scratch, I’m going to use The Storygraph’s. They do such an amazing job. It really is the best reading app out there.

It’s time to reflect on my goals for 2024 before setting my goals for the upcoming year. That brings me to my 2025 goals. I am really excited for the reading year ahead and hopefully will be able to celebrate success with these goals come December 2025.

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…