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1LoisB
Hi guys!
It's been about 2 years since I last posted. I found that I was reading books just to keep my book count up and thought that I should be doing something else with my time. So I did - computer games!!!! This was not a valuable use of my time, so I'm going to try reading again. I hadn't given it up completely as I belong to 2 book clubs, but I'm going to start reading because I want to, not because I have to. Now, I've got to start cataloging what I've read this year!
It's been about 2 years since I last posted. I found that I was reading books just to keep my book count up and thought that I should be doing something else with my time. So I did - computer games!!!! This was not a valuable use of my time, so I'm going to try reading again. I hadn't given it up completely as I belong to 2 book clubs, but I'm going to start reading because I want to, not because I have to. Now, I've got to start cataloging what I've read this year!
2LoisB
in no particular order:
Pre-July
1. My Stroke Of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD *****
2. What the Wind Knows - Amy Harmon ****
3. The Girl in the Castle: A Novel - Santa Montefiore ***
4. Necessary Lies - Diane Chamberlain
5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris ****
6. Sold on Monday - Kristina McMorriss ***
7. Wish You Well - David Baldacci ***
8. Song of Solomon - Toni Morrisson ***
9. Before the Fall - Noah Hawley ***
10. Nutshell - Ian McEwan****
July
11. Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran *****
12. Surfside Sisters - Nancy Thayer ****
13. To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder - Nancy Rommelmann ***
14. Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann ***
Pre-July
1. My Stroke Of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD *****
2. What the Wind Knows - Amy Harmon ****
3. The Girl in the Castle: A Novel - Santa Montefiore ***
4. Necessary Lies - Diane Chamberlain
5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris ****
6. Sold on Monday - Kristina McMorriss ***
7. Wish You Well - David Baldacci ***
8. Song of Solomon - Toni Morrisson ***
9. Before the Fall - Noah Hawley ***
10. Nutshell - Ian McEwan****
July
11. Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran *****
12. Surfside Sisters - Nancy Thayer ****
13. To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder - Nancy Rommelmann ***
14. Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann ***
3LizzieD
Welcome back, Lois.
I too was unhappy feeling compelled to read books to make up the correct number. RL also intervened and cut down my reading time. The result is that I've given myself permission to read what I can as I can and not be bothered by it. (Myself is trying to deal with this.) Unfortunately, I also play computer games - a real timesink but so addictive.
Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you have been into.
I too was unhappy feeling compelled to read books to make up the correct number. RL also intervened and cut down my reading time. The result is that I've given myself permission to read what I can as I can and not be bothered by it. (Myself is trying to deal with this.) Unfortunately, I also play computer games - a real timesink but so addictive.
Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you have been into.
4LoisB
LizzieD,
Thanks for the welcome. I so want reading to be an escape, not a task. And, I don't consider myself to be really competitive, but . . .
I'm fortunate that I am retired, so I have plenty of time to do what I want to do, and I live in a 55+ community with plenty of activities to keep me busy if I so choose, but those computer games keep calling my name!
Thanks for the welcome. I so want reading to be an escape, not a task. And, I don't consider myself to be really competitive, but . . .
I'm fortunate that I am retired, so I have plenty of time to do what I want to do, and I live in a 55+ community with plenty of activities to keep me busy if I so choose, but those computer games keep calling my name!
7LoisB
Interesting books to add to my TBR list
https://offtheshelf.com/2019/07/literary-historical-novels-you-need-to-read/
https://offtheshelf.com/2019/07/literary-historical-novels-you-need-to-read/
8LoisB
August
15. The Rabbit Girls - Anna Ellory ***.5
16. Mad City: The True Story of the Campus Murders that America Forgot - Michael Arntfield **
15. The Rabbit Girls - Anna Ellory ***.5
16. Mad City: The True Story of the Campus Murders that America Forgot - Michael Arntfield **
11LoisB
20. Brain on Fire ***
15LoisB
24. Nell and Lady: A novel ****
17LoisB
26. This Tender Land ***
