Category: Books I Love

Are You Into YOU? Here’s Why You Should Be

I’m talking about YOU, the must-see TV series, now on Netflix, and YOU the novel by Caroline Kepnes on which it’s based.  Pick one. Better still, pick both.

The writing in the novel, published in 2014,  is witty, smart and provides the sort of biting social commentary that we saw in the fabulous Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Coincidentally –or maybe not — Flynn and Kepnes both used to write for Entertainment Weekly. Continue reading “Are You Into YOU? Here’s Why You Should Be”

Could You Read 600 Mysteries In A Year? And Pick The Best?

Assuming you love reading and that you love reading mysteries in particular, could you read 600 of them in one year? Could you then select the top five?  The top one? Continue reading “Could You Read 600 Mysteries In A Year? And Pick The Best?”

A Reading Challenge Isn’t Always A Good Thing For You

You may recall a couple of weeks ago I wrote about the reading pledge I made on Goodreads, the social media site for bookworms, to read 50 books in 2018. This was on top of the deadline I set for myself to finish my manuscript for Book 3. Continue reading “A Reading Challenge Isn’t Always A Good Thing For You”

Top Book Picks Of 2018 In 10 Quirky Categories

 

I love reading. I’ve always loved reading. I think I love reading almost more than I love writing. It’s certainly easier than writing. I didn’t think reading one book a week would be any kind of a problem. So, as I blogged last week,  I pledged to read 50 books this year in the Goodreads Reading Challenge. As of this week I’ve read 44 ( I got behind because of my own writing and edits on Book3.) Six more books to read in the next 9 days. Piece of cake!

In the meantime, here are my top picks in the following categories: Continue reading “Top Book Picks Of 2018 In 10 Quirky Categories”

My GoodReads Stats Suck & Here’s How I’m Going to Fix Them

Earlier this year, I lost my head. While working on deadline to finish Book3, and then to complete edits and revisions, I signed up for the Goodreads Reading Challenge. I pledged to read 50 books by the end of the year. You can see from the screenshot here, I am failing miserably. Continue reading “My GoodReads Stats Suck & Here’s How I’m Going to Fix Them”