Warning: Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping What I Read in November won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I download a few extra audio books this month. Your support of my reading habit is always appreciated! After reading a ton of books back in October, I was hoping to have another book filled month. It turns out that moving is exhausting and I spent far more time napping and watching movies this month than I did reading. I have no regrets, given how many books I've completed this year, but I'm going to work extra hard in December to finish as many books as possible. I am looking forward to a book related year-in-review post and to finally decide what my favorite book of 2016 really was! I’m using the following scale, courtesy of ...
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Collaboreads | The Wonder
Yesterday was Collaboreads day, but I was trapped in a tiny room with Sophie for 3+ hours and never got a chance to publish my post. I guess it's a good thing since I didn't actually finish the book until after the appointment was over anyway. Amber is taking a bloggy hiatus, but you can visit Rachel to see what everyone else read this month and to find out a little bit about this bookish link up. The criteria for today was to read a "foodie" book. I know what you're thinking, this doesn't exactly fit the bill. I actually downloaded the audiobook version of My Life in France and had every intention of reviewing it for today's yesterday's post, but I didn't get started in time and I knew there was no way I could finish. The Wonder was my BOTM selection a few months back and I had forgotten ...
What I Read in October
Warning: Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping What I Read in October won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I download a few extra audio books this month. Your support of my reading habit is always appreciated! October was the busiest month I can remember in recent history and, somehow, I managed to read more books than in any other month this year. I'm not sure how that happened, except I spent so much time packing and running errands alone, that I blazed through three audiobooks this month. I read two nonfiction, self-help-ish books -- one for Bible study and another because, Whole30 -- and both of those read really quickly. Add to that, many evenings piled in bed with my people, plowing through the first installment of Harry Potter and we ...
What I Read in September
Warning: Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I download a few extra audio books this month. Your support of my reading habit is always appreciated! September was a month filled with audiobooks. I somehow managed to accrue quite the stash of Audible credits over the summer, so I've enjoyed redeeming those for new reads over the past several weeks. Of the four books I managed to finish, only one of them was a physical book! The other three, I devoured during morning commutes and afternoon jogs. I'm guessing that as the temperatures continue to fall over the next several months, I'll be checking more and more audiobooks off of my list. I used to run to music only, but listening to ...
Collaboreads | A Banned Book
Tomorrow, Amber and Rachel will be hosting another round of Collaboreads and this month's prompt was to read a book that had been previously banned. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was one of my favorite books from high school and college. I have multiple copies of the original paperback, acquired from one too many thrift store adventures, and this beautiful hardcover was a birthday gift from my favorite roommate during my freshman year of college (Hi, Ali!). When I was thinking about what book to choose for this month's link up, I briefly considered Harry Potter. I haven't ever read it before (I know) and I was planning to wait and read it with the girls over the holidays, but it might be en route with a scheduled delivery date of... TOMORROW. I looked at several lists of banned ...
What I Read in August
Warning: Affiliate and sponsored links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might mean that I download a few extra audio books this month. Your support of my reading habit is always appreciated! At the end of July, I was up to thirty books for the year. I'll admit to thinking I'd be way ahead at this point, but it's been slower going than I expected. Part of me thinks that having a goal has been more hindrance than help, but I'm determined to finish the year strong either way! After a pretty dismal July, I'm proud to say I have my reading mojo back. I might not have tackled ten books this month, but I'll consider these four a win. Josh worked so much this month and the kids have been exhausted from their return to ...
What Ella Read | Part 1
Disclosure: Affiliate links appear in this post. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. A few days ago, Ella asked me if I would help her start a blog. Of course, I think she's adorable and that a blog written by a ten year old girl would be super fun, but I asked some questions about exactly what she wanted to share. I asked her to brainstorm a list of post ideas and promised we would talk about it. For now, she's going to be sharing periodic posts about what she's reading. I've actually had lots of questions about how we read with the girls and what their favorite kinds of books are, so I thought this might be a fun feature to share with you. She'll be participating in a reading challenge ...
Collaboreads | And the Mountains Echoed
I was so excited when I heard Amber and Rachel were resurrecting the Collaboreads link up this month! You all know I love to read and sharing my monthly posts is one of my favorite things to do, but joining other readers in a monthly link up? Sold. I highly recommend hopping over to visit each of them tomorrow. I had to post a day early since tomorrow is Wardrobe Wesnesday! This month's book criteria was to read a book by an author of a different race or ethnicity than your own. I mentioned last month that reading books my african american authors was something I wanted to pay more attention to, so I considered choosing something from that list, BUT this book has been on my shelf for three years and I've started it twice, but never finished. I ...