Spring Reads – 2021

Spring is almost officially here! I hope to read some fun books off my bookshelf and continue with my Reading the Classics Challenge and other challenges that I am thinking about doing in 2021. What are y’all reading this spring? Any reads you are most looking forward to? Here is my list:

BOOK CLUB READS

• Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh √
• The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers √
• Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh √
• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata √
• The Vegetarian by Han Kang √
• The Plotters by Kim Un-su √

BUDDY READALONG

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville √

2021 READING CHALLENGES

• Sherlock: The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Sherlock: The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Bible Old Testament: Genesis – Deuteronomy 
• Agnes Grey by Anne Brönte

NETGALLEY

• The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser

BOOK JARS

• Outwitting the Gestapo by Lucie Aubrac
• The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum √

OTHER

• The Heiress by Molly Greeley √
• Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin √
• The Self-Care Solution by Jennifer Ashton √
• Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
• Outer Order Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
• Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop √
• Minimalist Living by Joshua Hill
• The Art of Making Memories by Meik Wiking √
• Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca √
• A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle

Feel free to leave a comment about any of the books I’ll be reading or the ones y’all will be reading.

HAPPY SPRING READING!!!

WWW Wednesdays – May 8, 2019

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Time for another WWW Wednesdays, which is brought to you by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. If you too want to participate, answer the above questions and post that link on Sam’s page.

I’m back after a little R&R getaway! I managed to read at the beach a bit to make some progress on my Spring Reading List and complete my April Margaret Atwood reads (see A Focus on Authors Reading Challenge). I’ve started my Kurt Vonnegut reads now.

Currently Reading

Finished Reading

Focus on Authors: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood – audiobook/book = ♦ ♦ ♦ ¾
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
IRL Great Books Book Club: The Moon & the Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham – ebook = ♦ ♦
Made to Stick by Chip Heath – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ¾
Organized Simplicity by Tsh Oxenreider – book = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

*Click on the title of the book for my full review. Will have a review of Made to Stick up soon.*

Reading Next

Have you ever read anything by Kurt Vonnegut? Which Vonnegut would you recommend? What are y’all reading now? Please post your WWW links below in the comments if I haven’t already visited them.

HAPPY READING!!!

WWW Wednesdays – April 17, 2019

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Time for another WWW Wednesdays, which is brought to you by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. If you too want to participate, answer the above questions and post that link on Sam’s page.

I just decided to relax and read for the rest of the weekend, so I did manage to make progress on my Spring Reading List and my Margaret Atwood reads (see A Focus on Authors Reading Challenge).

Currently Reading

I’m doing an East of Eden readalong with a friend. We are discussing Part One this week.

Recently Finished

Focus on Authors: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg – audiobook = ♦ ♦

*A complete Margaret Atwood review will be posted at the end of the month.*

Reading Next

I’m heading on brief but much needed vacation next week, so I will miss next week’s WWW, but I am hoping to get some fun reading in. What are y’all reading now? Please post your WWW links below in the comments if I haven’t already visited them.

HAPPY READING!!!

WWW Wednesdays – March 27, 2019

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Time for another WWW Wednesdays, which is brought to you by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. If you too want to participate, answer the above questions and post that link on Sam’s page.

I did not have the best reading week. I keep getting distracted with household projects (trying to prepare my house to participate in the community yard sale in a week and a half), but I started my Spring Reading List and am continuing my David McCullough reads. (See my 2019 A Focus on Authors Reading Challenge). I will soon be starting my Margaret Atwood month! Here’s hoping that this weekend’s #8intwo Readathon will help me catch up a little and get a good start on the beast I have to finish for next week’s book club.

Currently Reading

Finished Reading

Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦

*Click on the title of the book to see my full review.*

Reading Next

Anyone else participating in the #8intwo Readathon this weekend? What are y’all reading now? Please post your WWW links below in the comments if I haven’t already visited them.

HAPPY READING!

 

Spring Reading – 2019

Spring is almost here! I will be continuing to read for my Reading the Classics Challenge and my 2019 Focus on Authors Challenge. Titles may be added based on giveaways, book club picks, etc.

Book Club Reads

• The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
• A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow √
• In the Woods by Tana French √
• The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham √
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett √

NetGalley Reads

• The Last Stone by Mark Bowden √
• The Castle on Sunset by Shawn Levy
• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson √
• Maybe This Time by Jill Mansell
• Smitten by the Brit by Melonie Johnson √
• The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White
• Summer Hours by Amy Mason Doan

Readalongs

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling √
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling √
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling √
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck

2019 Focus on Authors

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood √
• Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood √
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut √
• Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut √
• The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie √
• Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie √
• The Greater Journey by David McCullough √

Reading the Classics

• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
• The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Other

• Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam – audiobook √
• The Children by David Halberstam – audiobook
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg – audiobook √
• Becoming by Michelle Obama – audiobook/book
• Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain – audiobook √
• Made to Stick by Chip Heath – audiobook √
• Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin – book √
• The Nannie Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus – book √
• The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy – ebook

What is on your Spring TBR? Any recommendations?