by stacia | Jan 13, 2016 | annual wrap-up, reading
Last year I did this as a two-part post. This year, I’m cramming it into one. You’re welcome? Reading in 2015 My reading goals in 2015 looked something like this: Read at least 40 books (my original Goodreads challenge goal) Read more short stories Try...
by stacia | Jan 7, 2016 | monthly wrap-up, reading
December picked up considerably from prior months, which I really enjoyed. It was nice to end a big reading year on an “up” month. Programming note: Come back next week for my Reading Year in Review. The following week, I plan to have my Writing Year in...
by stacia | Dec 2, 2015 | monthly wrap-up, reading
Umm, yes, that’s right. My monthly reading wrap-up turned into a quarterly wrap-up. Does that mean it will be 30+ books long? No, not even close. Goal of 10 books failed miserably each month. In fact, I haven’t even read 10 books total in that time. Why is...
by stacia | Sep 30, 2015 | monthly wrap-up, reading
Note: I wrote this around Sept. 8th but never published it. Oops. And now it’s almost time for my September wrap-up. Goal of 10 books achieved! Though I think I’m going to shorten my reviews here and start sending you over to my Goodreads page if you want...
by stacia | Aug 6, 2015 | monthly wrap-up, reading
Now THIS was a reading month… We’re going to jump right in because there’s a lot to cover: The Breaking Point: Short Stories – Daphne du Maurier – 3* – (July 6): Short story collections are so hard to rate. I picked this book up,...
by stacia | Jul 31, 2015 | reading
Last year, I said I wanted to start reading more short story collections. Like many ideas, it looked good on my list, but I found I was faltering when it came time to put it into practice. What do you mean, I had to actually do something to accomplish the task?...