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Here are the books I gathered during the month of January.
California Girls by Susan Mallery
The Winter Sister by Megan Collins
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Total Books Read in January: 5
Total Books Read in 2019: 5
The World’s Best Jokes for Kids Volume II: Every Single One Illustrated
By: Swerling & Lazar
Genre: Childrens, Humor
Rating: 3/5
Murder at the Flamingo (A Van Buren and Deluca Mystery, #1)
By: Rachel McMillan
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Series
Rating: 3/5
Note: I was sent a copy of Murder at the Flamingo from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The Years Before “Anne”
By: Francis W.P. Bolger
Genre: Non-fiction, Biography
Rating: 3.5/5
Quick Thoughts: I enjoyed this book about the early career of Lucy Maud Montgomery, more than I anticipated.
Everything, Everything
By: Nicola Yoon
Genre: YA Lit
Rating: 4/5
Murder in the City of Liberty
(Van Buren and DeLuca Mystery, #2)
By: Rachel McMillan
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Series
Rating: 3/5
Note: I was sent a copy of Murder in the City of Liberty from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Total Number of Books Read: 5
Total Number of Fiction: 3
Total Number of Non-Fiction: 2
Total Books Sent for Review: 2
Total Books Read from My Shelves: 2
Total Library Books Read: 1
2019 New Release Challenge: 2
2019 TBR Jar Challenge: 1
Physical Books: 2
eBooks: 2
Audio Books: 1
From my TBR Jar:
Sent for Review:
Today marks the final day for KimberlyFaye Reads Top 10 of 2018, event. Our last topic is..
Today is the first day of #Top10of2018 hosted by KimberlyFaye Reads and our topic is:
Last year, for the first time since I started book blogging I took a break from participating in blog hosted challenges. The only one I did participated in was the Goodreads Reading Challenge. Looking back I am happy with my reading progress from 2018 and the selection of books I read, however I miss the structure that different challenges bring. So for 2019, I am going to jump back on the bandwagon and create some challenges for myself.
Here are the challenges I will be participating in this year:
In an attempt to read the piles of books I own on my physical shelf, I have decided to try out the TBR jar method. I have put all the names of the books on my shelf into a jar and I will select one that I must read each month. If the selected book turns out to be a sequel of another book I have yet to read, I will have to read the previous book first. My ultimate goal is to read one book from my physical shelf per month. Which will add up to 12 for the year. Naturally I will get to this goal faster if I am required to read more than one book off it in any given month.
Any additional physical books that I add to my collection I will put on my shelf backwards (providing that there is room), unless they are 2019 releases, in which case they will qualify for my next challenge.
I would really like to keep up with the newer books being released this year. So to do so I have decided to do the New Release Challenge.
Like the previous challenge, I hope to read at least one book per month that is released in 2019. These books may be in the form of ARCS, Library books or any physical books I may buy.
Like every year, I will be participating in the Goodreads Reading Challenge once again. I have decided to keep with my same goal for 2018 and attempt to read 40 books this year.
Will you be participating in any challenges this year? Have you set a goal for a certain number of books you’d like to read? Leave me a message in the comments.
Total Books Read in November: 4
Total Books Read in 2018: 33
The Enigma by T.C. Badcock
Genre: Historical Fiction
My Rating: 3.5/5
Shattered (Alaskan Courage, #2) by Dani Pettrey
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Christian Fiction, Romance, Suspense
My Rating: 4/5
The Shoe Box (A Christmas Story) by Francine Rivers
Genre: Christian Fiction, Audio Book
My Rating: 4/5
The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Christian Fiction
My Rating: 5/5
Total Number of Books Read: 4
Total Number of Fiction: 4
Total Number of Non-Fiction: 0
Total Books Sent for Review: 0
Total Books Read from My Shelves: 2
Total Library Books Read: 2
Physical Books: 2
eBooks: 1
Audio Books: 1
Total Books Read in September: 4
Total Books Read in 2018: 24
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear
Narrated by: Rita Barrington
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Series
My Rating: 4/5
The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens
Genre: Historical Fiction
My Rating: 2/5
Quick Thoughts: Peter Behrens The Law of Dreams follows an orphaned boy during the Irish potato famine, as he forges a new life for himself. Many historical fiction novels I’ve read doesn’t delve far into why immigrants leave them homelands. However this book did and for that I found it interesting. Unfortunately I struggled with some of the disturbing content and found it quite long. I didn’t feel as if I got to know our main character as well as the people he came across on his journey.
Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Romance
My Rating: 3.5/5
Deadly Voyage: R.M.S. Titanic, Jamie Laidlaw, April 14, 1912 by High Brewster
Genre: Middle-grade, Historical Fiction
My Rating: 4/5
Total Number of Books Read: 4
Total Number of Fiction: 4
Total Number of Non-Fiction: 0
Total Books Sent for Review: 0
Total Books Read from My Shelves: 3
Total Library Books Read: 1
Physical Books: 2
eBooks: 1
Audio Books: 1
Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme featuring our most anticipated releases to come. It is hosted by Tessa at Wishful Endings.
In the romantic tradition of The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals — transcending decades, continents, and the bittersweet workings of fate.
Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she’s been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family’s cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future.
Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. A safari guide, born and raised in Zimbabwe, Tru hopes to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding his mother’s early life and recapture memories lost with her death. When the two strangers cross paths, their connection is as electric as it is unfathomable . . . but in the immersive days that follow, their feelings for each other will give way to choices that pit family duty against personal happiness in devastating ways.
Illuminating life’s heartbreaking regrets and enduring hope, EVERY BREATH explores the many facets of love that lay claim to our deepest loyalties — and asks the question, How long can a dream survive?
Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
Here are some books by my favourite authors, that I haven’t read yet.
Mitch Albom
Kate Morton
Meg Cabot
Beth Labonte
Suzanne Woods Fisher
