Before I started blogging, believe it or not, my bookshelves were completely under control. I mean, I’m not gonna claim they were all neat and tidy, but they were reasonable. In fact, I didn’t buy myself all that many books. (I say myself because I did buy my kids tons of books – I think I was making up for the lack of books on my own shelves by completely overflowing my kids’.) I felt like I couldn’t justify the […]
This post has been linked up to the 2016 Discussion Challenge One thing I’ve recently realized is that I have a hard time keeping track of comments on my older posts. I’m relatively good at replying to comments on my most recent posts – within the past few days or so – but when people go and comment on older posts, I often miss them for a while. I DO get emails about my comments, […]
Jamie over at The Perpetual Page Turner has once again created her annual End of Year Book Survey and I thought I’d join in the fun! 2015 Reading Stats Number Of Books You Read: 165 (actually 167, since I edited two books that aren’t on Goodreads yet) As I mention all the time, the unrated books are books I edited or proofread in 2015 (since I don’t review those due to the conflict of […]
Just the other day, I got a book recommendation via Goodreads from Joycedale, one of my longtime blog readers (she doesn’t have a blog or I’d link you up!). The book looked great, so I immediately added it to my TBR and requested it from the library. (Which reminds me, I have to go pick it up!) It made me realize that the recommendation feature on Goodreads can be such a great tool when it’s used […]
Welcome to the 2016 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! We came up with this challenge last year because we wanted to encourage our fellow book bloggers to not only read more (since there are already lots of challenges for that), but talk more too! Well, it was SO successful last year that we decided to bring it back! So often book bloggers mean to post more […]
Recently I’ve come to realize something. I am never bored. Ever. Certain other people in my family (who shall remain nameless) get antsy when there’s “nothing to do.” Me. Nope. Why? THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO! If I have five hours, I can sit down and read a book, write a post, browse other blogs … If I have five minutes, I can sit down and reply to a few comments. Waiting in that extra long line […]
You all know that I have major issues with finishing series – I often find myself way behind. But even those series that I’m on top of, I’ll sometimes realize when I hop over to Goodreads or see a review that I’ve missed something – the novellas. It seems like more and more often lately, every series has novellas attached to them, but I very rarely read them. I used to – back when I […]
I’ve been seeing so many thankful posts this week, and it’s made me think about the blogging things I’m thankful for. I can’t believe how different my life is today than it was three years ago, before I started blogging. It’s kind of mind boggling when I really think about it! Before I started blogging, my life revolved pretty much solely around my family. I’m a homeschooling mom, so I spend pretty much all day, […]
It might seem strange for me to write an organization post – after all, I’ve confessed on multiple occasions that I’m NOT an organized person. But that just means that I need to be extra careful about organizing when it counts! The only way that reading and blogging challenges really work is if you’ve got them organized. Now that the end of the year is coming up (hard to believe, right?), it’s time to start […]
Hey, everybody. If you’re here right now, you’ve probably noticed that things look a little different than they used to! I am SO excited to unveil my new design. The header artwork was done by Tabitha over at Not Yet Read. She has a feature on her blog called Art it Up, and I have long been drooling over her adorable designs. When I got the idea of redesigning the site, she was the first […]