Thursday, January 22, 2015

What are you reading?

As the regulars around here may have noticed, I love to read. I love to take some quiet time in the mornings when everything is still and lie in bed with a good book. In the winter months in particular, there is no better way to start my day.

In 2013 I signed up for a challenge to read 50 books over the course of the year and enthusiastically dove in head first. However, let it be known that I am also a huge procrastinator. The reading challenge came into perfect alignment with my procrastination and I used reading as my number one procrastination device. (I also have an extremely competitive nature. Oy.)

I told myself, "How can reading be bad?" Well, there's a limit and I found that as I neared the end of the year, there were things I wished I had made time for over reading. I stopped the challenge in December with just three books to go.

This lead to my paltry reading of 14 books in 2014. I told myself that I could start a book on Friday, but had to be finished by Sunday so as not to get in the way of my work. This worked for a while, but I hit a string of disappointing books midway through the year and my reading of books dropped away almost completely.

Well, I'm ready to approach 2015 with a better attitude. I don't plan on fifty books this year, but I think I can find a healthier balance. I have a better handle on my daily work routine and habits and feel confident in my ability to stem procrastination. But I find myself a bit out of the book loop and am looking for titles to try. What have you been reading? What do you recommend?

I continue to keep my reading list here on the blog. Won't you follow along?

9 comments:

  1. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell, Landline by Rainbow Rowell, Yes Please by Amy Poehler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Fowler.

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  2. Did you read The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls? Gooood.

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    1. These are all going on my list!! Thanks, dangster! I got my Brighton library card after our last get-together — feeling bad about complaining about my lil' Hamburg hamlet library.

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  3. Rachael11:17 PM

    I am continually recommending the Flavia de Luce novels by Alan Bradley.

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    1. Thanks so much for the tip, Rachael! These sound great!

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  4. We read A LOT of the same books! Just finished The Paying Guests and liked it. Probably already on your list! I will peruse for more suggestions.

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    1. Yay! Thanks so much, Beth. This was NOT on my list, but is now!! Let me know if you think of anything else!

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  5. Anonymous4:25 PM

    Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin and also The Last Child by John Hart. City of Thieves by David Bennioff. The Secret Scripture by Sebastain Barry.

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    1. Thanks so much! I will add these to my list!

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