How I track my reading

There are many different ways that a person can track their reading. I have an overly complicated system that uses a lot of spreadsheets, and I want to share it with you, as some of the features may be useful to others. Reading List The first thing I update is my reading list which has …

Why I Complete Series I Don’t Like

I have noticed that I am frequently haunted by stories that I haven't finished. You may have noticed that unlike a lot of other readers, I seldom DNF books anymore. This is for a good reason, I can't let go of the stories. They follow me around and haunt me until I give up a …

Reframe the Day Review

Requests and to-dos bombard your phone and inbox, day and night. Information and distractions claw at your time and attention. You're always busy, always searching for the finish line ... or at least the pause button. Life feels like an endless series of "what's nexts"--what's the next meeting, task, obligation, goal, achievement?

Reading Rush Wrap Up

So the Reading Rush is over, and I wanted to share with you what I did over the week. On the first day, I didn't read a lot. I just ended up reading the shortest book on my TBR, the Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue. I thought that it was quite good but did end up …

Reading Rush Day One

Yesterday was day one of the Reading Rush, and I read one book of my tbr! Unfortunately it was the shortest, but I am making progress. I had hoped to have finished my current series before the Rush, but that didn't happen, so I am still reading those, as well as hopefully finding the time …

Mid-Year Freak Out Tag

How are we half way through the year already? I'm not sure either, but it's time to do the tag! BEST BOOK YOU’VE READ SO FAR IN 2020 Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the …

Books To Read Before I Move

I'm moving back to university in the second week of July, and would like to make my way through some books that I want to read before then so that I don't have to take them with me and take up extra space. Since series have to be kept together (I didn't make up the …