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A look at the last 3 months!

On November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 By mindforbooksIn books, books2 Comments

OMG I'm so behind with blogging!! I promised myself when I started this that I would blog at least twice a month and I was doing so well and I honestly can't tell you why I disappeared for 3 months. Well there is probably a few reasons but the main one is that I am …

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Every year I go on a trip with some fellow book nerds that is book orientated. Usually we end up in London, last year we went a little further afield and ended up in Oxford to hear @veschwab give the Tolkien lecture and this year we are Oxford bound again. This time to attend a lecture by the amazing @marybeardofficial! . I read two books by her last year and she is just an incredible writer and I’m so excited. This book is basically two lectures she has given and they are eye opening. It’s a super short read but it packs a punch and I recommend it. . Really looking forward to visiting Oxford again. It’s just the most beautiful town. It looks exactly like you imagine it will look and this time I hope we make it to All Souls College! 😍

I’m glad I gave into the hype surrounding Skyward. I really did enjoy it. I was skeptical at first as I wasn’t loving Spensa but it all came together in the end and I loved it. One of my top reads of January. I talk about 7 of my 23 January reads on my January wrap up, posted on the blog today. Link in bio. . I was having trouble yesterday focusing on my current reads after finishing I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara but I got the audio for The Fifth Season today and listened to it at lunch and feel like I’m back on track again. Looking forward to getting home and picking it up tonight. Does anyone else ever find that sometimes the audio helps to push you along when you are in a rut with a book? . The Fifth Season is so far outstanding but very dense and I was feeling overwhelmed. Very excited about it now though. The audio is very good FYI! 💞

Really want to pick this up soon. I’ve been ‘saving’ a few @veschwab, which is something I like to do with authors I love, but I’ve 5 of hers unread so I think it’s safe to read this one. I think I’ll read this in March. . Today though I’m taking a reading break. I finished I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara this morning and well I’m shook to be honest. I had some fairly horrific nightmares about both Michelle and the case last night and I’m just feeling most fragile after it. Part memoir, part true crime I think the thing that got me was Michelle’s writing and how honest she was about her obsession to see this monster caught. She made everything so relatable and often used her own flaws to describe how much The Golden State Killer was consuming her. . So tonight I’m heading to bed early to watch Grace and Frankie and hopefully sleep nightmare free. I’m afraid this one is going to stick with me for a while though. ☹️

“Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out! Follow me, my reader, and me alone, and I will show you such a love!” . I finished my first #TheClassic6 read of the year last week and the word I would use to describe it is 'interesting'. . To be completely honest I hadn't a clue what was going on at times but I did find it to be very entertaining. A clear theme throughout the book was censorship and that makes a lot of sense given the time period and location. It's also just bananas but the kind of bananas I like. I had very strange dreams about Satan's Ball for a few nights as well. I'm not sure I feel about them. 😂 . Worth a read!

Trying to be better about posting this month. I’ve been so bad. The plus side to the less posting is I’ve been reading more but I’m going to try and do both in February and I’m using my Owlcrate journal to help make that happen. . #TheFifthSeason by #NKJemisin is my next read. I’m very excited about it because I’ve heard so many amazing things about it. I’ve read some truly excellent books so far this year and shock of all shocks some of my favourites have been non-fiction! 😱 This is unheard of but also exciting. So far the best have been Educated by Tara Westover and Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. I’m in the middle of I’ll Be Gone in The Dark by Michelle McNamara and LOVING it. . So, any big non-fiction readers out there who can recommend some great books?

Is there anything worse than finishing a book and not having the next in the series ready to hand so you can read it right away? Finished Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend is currently in the post on the way but I’ll tell you where it’s not. My hands! 😂 . So I’m all of a fluster with what to read so decided to pick up The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi because Paris and I booked flights for a Paris trip on Monday so it seemed a good enough reason to pick it up. 🤷‍♀️ . Only on chapter 3 so not really sure what it’s all about yet (I didn’t read the blurb) but so far I like the writing and I’m intrigued by the world building.

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