Good Reads- 52 Book Challenge

I love reading, which shouldn't be surprising as I love writing.  For me, the two go together like peas and carrots... I also love Forest Gump, but that is another blog for another day.  Anyways back to this post, because I love reading, but haven't really done a whole lot of it lately I decided to sign up for Good Reads's book challenge of 52 books by January 1st, 2019.

This may not seem like a lot, but I signed up in March, which means I lost a few weeks. So far I have 11 books done and I am sure 3 of them were counted twice, but I am taking it... For now.  I could legitimately catch up... fingers crossed!


So far I have read mostly smutty romance novels which is completely okay with me as they are a quick read and typically easy to set down and come back to when time allows.  I have also signed up for Amazon's Kindle Unlimited.  That was hands down the best decision I could have made, because I can "rent" books and return them which means I don't have 500 million books on the cloud.

Basically, I’m begging y’all for good book recs!

This reading challenge has also made me realize how much I would love to be a part of a book club again. However, I have NO intentions of taking that bull by the horns, so if anyone has an idea of an online one, please let me know. 

Whatcha Reading?

For as long as I can remember I have always loved books.  They inform you, teach you, take you to far away places and enrich your life as well as your vocabulary.  In the last few years I have failed miserably to really sit down read a book and retain the information I have read.  Maybe I threw in the towel on retention, because there are so many other things I have to retain from work and life in general?  Whether that is the reason or not, there is no excuse, especially when I can review the books I read here on my blog.

I tend to read romances because you can literally walk away for a year and come back and pick up where you left off.   Poetry and classics are two things I love to skim for thought provoking quotes.  Thrillers and mysteries (and I am finding biographies and non-fiction as well) I need the actual book in my hand.  I like to make notes, fold pages , etc.  Perhaps once I get my bookshelves up I will go back to purchasing books, because I really just miss them.  

As for favorite authors, I have favorite poets and authors of the classics, but I don't have any current day favorites so I am looking for recommendations, any and all of them.  Please share what you are reading and I will love you forever!

Or better yet, let's link up on GoodReads.

I currently have these on my list-

The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff

The Last Woman Standing by Thelma Adams

Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini

White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of  Class in America by Nancy Isenberg

Have you read any of them?

Happy Friday!