Tag: book recommendations
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11 Five-Star Reads You Need to Try
We are all looking for the next book that will knock our socks off and make us wonder if any book we read will ever top the one we just finished. Here are 11 reads I gave 5 stars. Fantasy Romance The Revelation of Light and Dark by Sawyer Bennett…
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5 Books to Read this Summer
Summer is usually a time of family vacations and time to just sit back, relax, enjoy the weather or a nice swim in the pool to cool down. For many book lovers, and book worms this is the perfect time to sit outside at a park under a tree, enjoy…
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5 Books to Read This Spring
Spring has finally sprung! Sort of. The weather here is still thinking about playing nice. We have certainly been seeing the April showers. I’m thinking about what to do for my flower garden this year since I still haven’t really done anything with the gardens we have. Part of what…
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Books to Get You Out of a Reading Slump
Every slump is different in its cause. They may be caused by life becoming overwhelming, or you just read the best book ever and don’t think you will ever find another book like it, or any number of things. Books are a great way to remove yourself from the overwhelming…
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2022 Best and Worst Books
2022 was not a great year of reading for me. It is probably the worst since I started tracking my reading. I only recorded around 30 books and some of these were DNFs. But of those 30 I found many new favorites. Here are a few of those favorites, and…
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9 Series I Want to Start in 2022
In no particular order, these are a few series I would still love to get to this year. Founders Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett I’ve heard many book lovers talk about this series, and it sounds like it’s something I would enjoy. Plus, Brandon Sanderson has blurbed it stating: “The…
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Recommending 19 One-Word Title Books
Whateverathon is coming back next month. Like a few other readathons I’ve participated in, there is a prompt on the Bingo boards for a one-word title. I remember a time where I would struggle to come up with ideas for this prompt. Either the books I found were in genres…
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Audiobooks for Running
When you go running, they say you should listen to music with somewhere between 120 to 140 beats per minute. This should help you keep a good cadence throughout your run. However, I much prefer listening to audiobooks when I run. Music makes me want to dance, and this could…
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2019 Favorite Books
This list is not all inclusive, but a few of the books I really enjoyed and wanted to mention again. There is one series on here I’m wondering if maybe I did hear about and just wasn’t ready for it at the time, or maybe I was living in a…
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Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean
Title: Empress of all Seasons Author: Emiko Jean Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover – borrowed from local library Summary: Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace’s enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry…