Would You Rather... | #19

 

I began posting this back in 2018 and thought I would bring it back, given that my motivation to blog has returned with force. You might recognize some from prior use, but I am changing up which ones are paired together to give a variety of choices.

There's no real criteria or guidelines. Choose the nook you would love most if given a choice, justify it however you'd like.

Nook A

Nook B

Which one do you love most?

Happy Reading!
Sarah

Monday Meme #25

I am reviving this little feature after eight years. You might see a couple recycled from when I did this in 2016, but they were funny then and they are still funny now. Occasionally they will be more introspective or comforting. No matter what, they will be about reading and books.

I did start working out again for real though, after a foot injury that had me sidelined for AGES. I am currently doing the Taylor Swift work out - she prepared for the ERAs Tour by running on the treadmill and singing the entire setlist for the duration. My friend Allison is doing this with me. Keep in mind that the concert is three hours and fourteen minutes total, including quick costume changes and Taylor talking with the audience. We currently do about an hour at a time, because it is a long time on a treadmill, even going faster for the uptempo songs and slower for the ballads. But my personal goal is to do the entire setlist eventually, and run the whole thing.

Happy Reading!

Sarah

Stacking the Shelves #274

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly feature hosted by Reading Reality. It is a chance to showcase all the goodies you've collected throughout the week, whether they're bought on-line or in-store, an ARC or a final copy, borrowed from a friend or the library, physical or digital, etc

Library Treasures

And half are already on my TBR! YAY!

Happy Reading

Sarah

First Line Friday #165

First Line Friday is a weekly feature and simple to do - grab the book nearest you and post the first line. Carrie hosts this over on her blog Reading is my Superpower.

A Roman Britain scrawls a curse on the thief who has run off with a pair of her gloves.

Happy Reading!

Sarah

Spell the Month in Books | January

I am FINALLY getting around to this one, which is hosted by Jana @ Reviews from the Stacks. I have seen Marianne do this one forever and keep saying I would start...and then forget because, well, I don't know.

It's really easy. Just find book titles which spell the month in question. Jana does post optional themes for the months, if you like having that guide. I will not be using them, as themes are usually harder to do with non-fiction.

JANUARY

J 

A 

N 

U 

A 

R 

Y 

All of these are from my TBR, so hopefully it is yet another way for me to focus on that.

Happy Reading!
Sarah

Books From The Backlog #57

 

Books from the Backlog, hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books, is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your shelf unread.

I am featuring books in the order that they were added to my Goodreads To-Read shelf, so sometimes there will be a couple weeks in a row of books on the same topic.

Neglected Book of the Week

Why did I add Robert the Bruce: King of Scots to my TBR?

Because I love Scotland.

Have you read this book, or is it somewhere on your TBR? If you've read it, would you recommend it to others?

Happy Reading!

Sarah

Would You Rather... | #18

I began posting this back in 2018 and thought I would bring it back, given that my motivation to blog has returned with force. You might recognize some from prior use, but I am changing up which ones are paired together to give a variety of choices.

There's no real criteria or guidelines. Choose the nook you would love most if given a choice, justify it however you'd like.

Nook A


Nook B

Which one do you love most?

Happy Reading!
Sarah

Top Ten Tuesday | Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didn’t Get To

 

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

I am a major mood reader, so I do not really single out specific books I want to read at a specific time, unless they are author gifts, ARCs, etc. Instead, here are the last ten books I added to my TBR that I hope to get to before the apocolypse.

Happy Reading
Sarah

Monday Meme #24

I am reviving this little feature after eight years. You might see a couple recycled from when I did this in 2016, but they were funny then and they are still funny now. Occasionally they will be more introspective or comforting. No matter what, they will be about reading and books.

That's what we refer to them as in our home!

Happy Reading!
Sarah

Tackling the TBR | Week 3 | Jan 15 - Jan 21, 2024

    

Here we go!

This is year FIVE of Tackling the TBR and I finally have things sort-of under control. My ultimate goal is to get under 500 books, but I also have to be realistic - just think of all the books not even written yet that I will want to read. When I started this mess  I was at well over 5,000 books on the TBR, so to be where I am now is pretty incredible.

I will post on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and last day of the month.

Prevous Week's TBR Total: 2,135

Currently Reading

I'm posting all my ARCs in the hope it will shame me publicly so I stop getting books from the library and read these instead. Odds are 50/50 that it will actually work.

Books Read

Books DNFed: 0

Books Added to TBR:

Books Removed from TBR: 18

Duplicates Removed: 0

New TBR Total: 2,118

Happy Reading!
Sarah