On my nightstand: three books and an audiobook

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Hello my bookworm friends! This year has started off with a bang. I read some great books in January and will be posting some reviews soon. In the meantime, I thought I would share with you what I am currently reading:

The bottom book I have had for some time now and been wanting to read it and now is the time. It is titled, “Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos. The photography is amazing in this book. I will definitely post a review when I complete it.

The second book is my book club selection for February, and it is titled, “An Ember in The Ashes” by Sabaa Tahir. This book came out last year with a lot of fanfare at the bookstores. I have already started it and it is really good so far.

The top book is my Kindle which has the book titled, “Number the Starsby Lois Lowry and I have chosen to read along with Nicholas since this is an assigned book from school.

Some people ask me how I read more than one book. My answer is simple, “The same way I watch more than one television show.”  I typically read one book and listen to audiobooks at work. But last month I read multiple books and had no problem. I guess it depends on my mood and the type of reads. Reference, self-help, non-fiction mix better with fiction books. They are easily not confused. I don’t typically read the same genres at the same time because it might lead to confusions early on in the reading process. I hope that helps answer the question.

I hope you have something good to read on your nightstand. If not, what are you waiting for?

Happy reading!

Belinda

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Places I Find New Books to Read

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week, they post a new topic/top ten list and invite everyone to share their own answers.

The Top Ten places I find new books:

  • I browse the shelves at Barnes and Noble.
  • I read my emails of new releases from Amazon.
  • I write down recommendations from my book club friends.
  • I write down recommendations after watching booktuber’s videos.
  • I read lists based on genre on Goodreads.
  • I watch a show on TV called Well Read and write down their recommendations.
  • I watch Super Soul Sunday and write down lists of books written by the weekly guests.
  • I find great recommendations from other Book bloggers.
  • I find great books from publishers when I review books for them.
  • I find great books when I visit several used bookstores and thrift shops.

Happy Reading my friends!

Belinda

Top Ten 2015 releases that I meant to get to

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week, they post a new topic/top ten list and invite everyone to share their own answers.

This week is a list of the top 10 2015 releases I meant to get to but didn’t:

In order to respond to this request, I have to divide my responses into three categories (Books I own, E-books I own, Books I haven’t bought yet).

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So for the books I own in physical form that I didn’t get to are:

1. Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray

2. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

3. At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen

4. Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley

Books I own on my Kindle:

5. Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

6. Serpentine by Cindy Pon

7. India Gray by Sujata Massey

8. Silver Like Dust: One’s Family’s Story of America’s Japanese Internment by Kimi Cunningham Grant

9. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Books that I haven’t bought yet:

10. Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein

My hope is to get to many if not all of these books this year. Are there any books you didn’t get to last year?

Belinda

My Year of Reading 2015

Here is what I set as my reading goals for 2015 and how I did:

  • Read a total of 34 books. – I kept track of my books again on GoodReads. I am happy to say I surpassed my goal and read 38 books.
  • Read 12 non-fiction books. – I only read 4 non-fiction books. I hope to improve on this this year.
  • Complete four series:  I only completed one series (The Lunar Chronicles).
  • Write at least 6 discussion posts in 2015. – I believe I wrote only one discussion posts in 2015. I primarily wrote book reviews and shared hauls.
  • Leave 2 comments per week on other book blogger sites. – For much of the year I did keep up with this and I also left comments on booktubers that I visit frequently.
  • Read at least 3 spiritual books. – What I learned about myself this year is that I tend to dip in and out of my spiritual books. I treated them more like reference materials so I didn’t complete them.  But upon reflection, I would like to change that for 2016.
  • Read at least 1 classic books. – Nope. Didn’t happen. I got swept away with all the reading I wanted to do and never looked back.
  • Read a book that is set in a country from each of the 7 continents (Asia, North American, South America, Europe, Africa, Antartica, Australia). – I read two books -Europe, one – Africa, one book – Asia  I hope to do better this year.

I have continued to learn more about myself as I review my reading goals from 2015 as I prepare for 2016. I will write my goals for this year and write a post them which will help motivate me.

Happy reading my book-loving friends!

Belinda

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