Motivated to get reading!

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. -Oscar Wilde How many books have you been meaning to read and just haven’t had the time? It’s probably because you’re like most of us, battling books of mass distraction; wait, did you get

The 15 in 31 Reading Challenge – Completed

Disclaimer : I received free copies of Dear Mrs. Bird, Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore (Scribner), and How to Love a Jamaican (Random House) from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. Yes, I might have temporarily lost my reading mind friends but on the final day of July I’d managed to read

The Classics Club – Spin List (#18)

Shortly after starting my blog, I joined The Classics Club and I’m excited about my first chance at the spin list. So what is the spin list? Select 20 books from my classics club list I need to read. The moderators will pick a random number and whatever book corresponds with the book (numbered on

July TBR + goal update + a reading challenge

Disclaimer : I received free copies of The Masterpiece (Dutton Books), Dear Mrs. Bird (Scribner), and The Myth of Perpetual Summer (Gallery Books) in exchange for an honest review which I hope to provide by the end of the month. I might be *summer* crazy. I’m overdue for a vacation from the day to day

Book Journaling

Do you ever find that you’ve read a great book but can’t remember enough of the details to articulate a meaningful recommendation? Is that because you are reading so much you can’t keep everything straight? How do you keep track? In the past, I would flag pages or passages I wanted to remember for a