Showing posts with label TBR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TBR. Show all posts
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Monthly Wrap-up: July 2017
- Charlie turned 3 months old.
- Rain.
- Exhaustion.
- Good books.
- New car!
- More rain.
- There isn't enough hours in the day.
I read some good books in July, as you can see by their ratings below. Dangerous
🌟🌟🌟🌟 4/5
🌟🌟🌟🌟 4/5
🌟🌟🌟🌟 4/5
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5/5
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5/5
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
The Stats
Total Number of Books Read: 3
Total Number of Fiction: 3
Total Number of Non-fiction: 0
Total Books Sent for Review: 0
Total Books Read from My Shelves: 1
Total Library Books Read: 2 (Dangerous Girls was from Rivited)
Formats Read:
Physical Books: 0
eBooks: 2
Audio Book: 1
Genres Read:
Young Adult, Mystery,Suspense, Contemporary, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction
Total Books Read in 2017: 15
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Mid-year Book Freak Out Tag 2017
This tag has been making its rounds on Book Tube recently, so I decided to give it a try. Although this isn't the original creator for this tag, I first came across it on BooksandLala's channel.
🎆1. Best book you've read so far in 2017 🎆
🎆2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2017🎆
🎆3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to🎆
🎆4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year🎆
🎆5. Biggest disappointment🎆
🎆6. Biggest Surprise🎆
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
🎆7. Favourite new author (debut or new to you) 🎆
🎆8. Newest fictional crush🎆
None so far.
🎆9. Newest favourite character🎆
Solomon from Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
🎆10. Book that made you cry🎆
🎆11. Book that made you happy🎆
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
🎆12. Most beautiful book that you've bought (or received) so far this year? 🎆
Grandma Loves You! (Given to my son)
🎆13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? 🎆
Did you participate in the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag? If so be sure to leave your link in the comments so I can check it out.
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Monthly Wrap-up: June 2017
Yesterday Canada celebrated it's 150th birthday! Hoping all my fellow Canadians had a wonderful day.
Well I know the people in my area won't be sad to see the month of June come to an end. It rained pretty much everyday. The majority of my township was flooded out. Roads were washed out and farmers fields looked more like lakes. Luckily my family didn't have any water damage, but many we know weren't so fortunate. Hopefully July will bring sunny days.
Charles turned 2 months old on the 19th. He is doing amazing and is officially grown out of size newborn clothes and diapers.
Now onto the books..
Another month with 2 books completed. However I made great progress on two other books, but didn't quite get them finished by the end of the month.
🌟🌟🌟 The Little Shadows by Marina Endicott
Rating: 3/5
My Thoughts: The Little Shadows follows three sisters who make up a Vaudeville act in the years before and during World War I. It wasn't until the last quarter of the book that I started to get into the story. While I found parts to be interesting, I didn't have a strong connection to the characters and felt it was far too long of a book.
🌟🌟🌟.5 If You're Gone by Brittany Goodwin
Rating: 3.5/5
My Thoughts: I was sent a copy of If You're Gone by Brittany Goodwin, from the author in exchange for an honest review. This book follows a teenager whose boyfriend has disappeared. I enjoyed this emotional story and how the author chose to focus on the grief associated with losing someone.
The Stats
Total Number of Books Read: 2
Total Number of Fiction: 2
Total Number of Non-fiction: 0
Total Books Sent for Review: 1
Total Books Read from My Shelves: 0
Total Library Books Read: 1
Formats Read:
Physical Books: 1
eBooks: 1
Audio Books: 0
Genres Read:
Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary.
Total Books Read in 2017: 12
Back in January I posted 2017 First Quarter TBR: January-March from this list I have completed all but one book. That book I have yet to read is:
I hope to complete this one soon. Now here we are at the end of the second quarter. I didn't end up doing a TBR for this quarter, because well it simply slipped my mind.
And because I'm overly ambitious I have come up with another challenge for myself. For this one I have divided the books on my back-list since 2007, into years. After I have completed these I will reward myself with a Book Outlet order. Click on the link below to check out that post:
And that's all for now. I hope you had a wonderful June and happy reading.
Hosted by: Book Date
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Reading Catch-up: 2007
Since I had my baby boy in April, I have taken a step back from accepting review requests. Instead I have decided to focus the little reading time I have on catching up with some older books. Most specifically the backlog I've had on my TBR for years now. While I read from a variety of genres, I noticed that many of the books I'd like to read are among the most read in their year of publication. So I decided to make a list for myself using Goodreads "Most Popular" compilations, divided by year starting in 2007. To encourage myself to read more I will reward myself after I have completed my list for a specific year. How will I reward myself, you ask? With books of course! Most specifically with a Book Outlet order. Stay tuned for my monthly wrap-ups, where I plan to update my progress on these challenges.
Now let's travel back to 2007. Click on the link below to check out all the top books published in that year.
Here is my list from that year (including books I have already read
2007 Book Releases |
|||
| Title | Author | ||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) | JK Rowling | ||
| The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) | Rick Riordan | ||
| The Shack | William Paul Young | ||
| Sarah's Key | Tatiana de Rosnay | ||
| Shopaholic and Baby (Shopaholic, #5) | Sohpie Kinsella | ||
| The Luxe (Luxe, #1) | Anna Godbersen | ||
| The Book of Negroes | Laurence Hill | ||
| Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, #13) | Janet Evanovich | ||
| Flawless (Pretty Little Liars, #2) | Sara Shepard | ||
| Perfect (Pretty Little Liars, #3) | Sara Shepard | ||
| Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood, #4) | Ann Brashares | ||
| Plum Lovin' (Stephanie Plum, 12.5) | Janet Evanovich | ||
| War Brides | Helen Bryan | ||
| The Last Summer | Ann Brashares | ||
| The Uncommon Reader | Alan Bennett | ||
| Queen of Babble in the Big City (Queen of Babble, #2) | Meg Cabot | ||
2007 Releases Read to Date:
Current Progress:
Fingers crossed that I stick to this plan! Wish me luck.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Top 10 Tuesday: My Top 10 Most Anticipated Reads For the Second Half of 2017
Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
While most bloggers will probably chose to list new releases for their most anticipated reads, I'm going to take a different approach. I am going to feature some older books that I hope *fingers crossed* to get to over the next several months.
Have you read any of these books? Did you participate in this weeks TTT? Leave me a message in the comments.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Book Haul: May 2016
Its been quite a while since I've done a book haul because I haven't been accumulating many books for myself in recent months.
However I have accumulated quite a few for my baby boy. Back in March, my Mom threw me a baby shower and instead of giving cards, we asked that the guests bring a baby book. All the books I was given filled up an entire box. It is such a great start to his library.
At 5 weeks old, Charles is already enjoying being read to. He loves to look at the colorful pictures. Here are a few books that we have been sharing with him lately..
I found these books at my local grocery store, which carries scratch and dent books.
And here are the Kindle books I've downloaded since the new year..
Have you read any of these books? Leave me a message in the comments.
However I have accumulated quite a few for my baby boy. Back in March, my Mom threw me a baby shower and instead of giving cards, we asked that the guests bring a baby book. All the books I was given filled up an entire box. It is such a great start to his library.
At 5 weeks old, Charles is already enjoying being read to. He loves to look at the colorful pictures. Here are a few books that we have been sharing with him lately..
I found these books at my local grocery store, which carries scratch and dent books.
And here are the Kindle books I've downloaded since the new year..
Have you read any of these books? Leave me a message in the comments.
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