Every now and again, I go into a reading mania. I love reading, but often I experience a kind of distress that I can’t read as much as I would like to. And no, in case you haven’t heard, most librarians do not get to read while they are at work (but if you know of a place that allows that, seriously let me know…especially if they are hiring) Especially in my line of work, I see so many wonderful books come across my path each day and I know that I will never be able to read them all…but I can try. In the past week, I’ve read:
- The Oracle Year by Charles Soule- my review will post Monday
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (part of my Popsugar challenge this year, a book that I meant to get to in 2017 but didn’t)
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- Ban This Book by Alan Gratz (a middle grade children’s book that was unexpectedly fabulous and also fulfilled part of my Popsugar challenge, a book that was mentioned in another book)
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (how did I not know about this series that came out in the early 2000s? I heard about this one on a BookRiot All The Books podcast and I have already checked out the next 2 books in the series from the library.)
All of that, plus I went to mt library’s Friends of the Library Book Sale and rounded up a mess of fabulous looking paperbacks, including one that is a romance centered around the general manager of a phone sex company called Call Girls and that same company’s new programmer (Something to Talk About b Dakota Cassidy). It will be a new series for me, but books with a wild and crazy premise are a delight to read sometimes. I also get a little thrill from thinking of the scandal it would cause if I recommended a book like this at work.
Trying to get through as many books as possible is a lofty goal that many people undertake. The popularity of the Goodreads Annual Reading Challenge is evidence of this. This is the first year that I have actively participated in the challenge (as well as the Popsugar and Read Harder Challenges at work). At first I set myself the goal of 52 books this year. It seemed lofty when I started out because I had been in a little bit of a reading slump at the end of 2017, but as my love for reading reignited, I updated the goal to 100, but I will probably be pushing that even farther to really challenge myself. I have to say, it’s way better than challenging myself at the gym or trying to pay off my student loan debt.
Up next on my TBR pile:
Small Country by Gael Faye
What You Don’t Know About Charlie Outlaw by Leah Stewart
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis
Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Popsugar challenge)
Interested in the Popsugar challenge? Check it out here. It’s a fun way to expand your literary reach and find new authors and genres.
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