EllaQyint
Not social enough for a book club, but will interact with strangers about what I just read.
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The Wolf, the Woman, the Wilderness: A True Story of Returning Home
Teresa Tsimmu Martino
This is the first book I can categorize as 'a journey', I think. It's a story I have to keep slowing my pace for, as I can tell I'm not embracing it as fully as I could be. I know I'll be learning along the way, if I allow it. It also hits 'biography' and 'pre-2000 publication' reading goals so 👍👍.
Anyone else re-read to recapture a vibe? Travis Baldtree and S.L. Rowland books this past year, to calm and comfort me, were my go to's. I really have to find the line on when it's too much to kill a book as a fave, though 🙄
Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)
Leigh Bardugo
Ok, the chances of anyone else reading this series as well as having read the Halo Kilo five trilogy (Glasslands, The Thursday War, Mortal Dictata) are small but... anyone? 🤷. If you did you'd recognize the names of Mal and Vaz (Vasily/Vasya) as also the names belonging to our stalwart ODST's! Is it a coincidence? Probably but, in my world at least, it's an epically cool one 😎🎮
EllaQyint commented...
I'm a comfort reader 95% of the time. 5 % is all the challenge I can handle in my 50's (dotage) 🤣
Bonjour Bookaholics!
My question for you all today is... 🥁
Do you prefer books that challenge you, or books that comfort you? 🤔
EllaQyint commented...
I have a book for evening to relax, which is usually a re-read. A book in my work bag for breaks, fiction. If I get up early on a day off I'll take in some poetry, so I can really sit with it. Biography and non fiction can take the place of the evening read if I'm not too stressed and can take in something new.
I currently have 4 in my active reading list and I’d like to keep it that way, but I’m always tempted to start another. I don’t, because I just know if I add another book I’ll likely procrastinate reading the ones I’m not as invested in. How do you all manage your reading list?
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