Similar to many other readers, I read more books in the year 2020 than I have in any other year prior. Full disclosure, I usually don’t pay too much attention to the number of books I read or my Goodreads yearly recap. However, when my 2020 ‘Year in Books’ data came out I was so…
I was determined to finish this book before Christmas hoping it would propel me into the holiday mood I always wish for every year. The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss did exactly that.
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The process of buying a new book is always exciting but if you could make it even more so, why not right? Back in April, I received a gift card to go to Epic Books here in Hamilton. At the time the store was just doing online or phone orders, and curbside pickup. When I called to…
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At the end of March, I put up a blog post about my spring 2020 reading list and now that April is nearly over I thought I would provide an update. For the first time in a long time, it looks like I am actually going to complete one of my reading lists!
I can honestly say I have only been a serious poetry reader for about three years now. Before then, I could never really get into it, nor did I understand the point. Mind you, I never gave poetry a fair chance for me to understand it. Luckily, that did change.
I love reading (shocker) but sometimes I hate reading. Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration but there are definitely times when the last thing I want to do is crack open a book and read a chapter.
I’ve mentioned this time and time again on my blog but I’ll say it once more, I’ve always been a reader. However, I haven’t always been the reader I am today.
I’ll be the first to admit I have a problem. I make lists of the books that I own and haven’t read yet, planning to read them. But somehow I find myself at a bookstore buying new books, and that’s not even the worst part.
Even though Christmas is over the holiday season is definitely not. New Year’s is coming, and even once this holiday is over I like to hold onto the spirit of the season for as long as possible. A few ways this can be done is through the food that is often left over (we will…
As an avid reader, it used to be one of my biggest fears to be reading a book and then for some reason want to abandon it. I don’t know why, but personally, I never used to like the idea of not finishing a book I started. Now, my opinion on this topic has changed…
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