For 2016, I set myself a relaxed reading goal of 25 books. I knew I could easily read that many, so it wasn’t a challenge to read more. In fact, I wanted to prioritize reading more by making it less stressful for myself. If I had tried to shoot for 40 or 50, I know […]
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – Book Review
Goodreads summary: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box […]
The Knife of Never Letting Go – Book Review
Goodreads summary: Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows […]
Reading A Series of Unfortunate Events as an Adult
By now, many of you might have heard about the new Netflix series based on the Series of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony Snicket. I haven’t found too much information on it, but I’m hoping it will happen soon. Count Olaf is to be played by Neil Patrick Harris, and I’m excited to see how he […]
Landline – Book Review
Goodreads Summary: Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now. Maybe that was always beside the point. Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s […]
The Great Christmas Knit-Off – Book Review
Goodreads Summary: The perfect seasonal tale of how laughter, friends and wacky Christmas jumpers can mend a broken heart. For fans of Trisha Ashley and Jenny Colgan. Heartbroken after being jilted at the altar, Sybil has been saved from despair by her knitting obsession and now her home is filled to bursting with tea cosies, […]
Reading Challenges 2015-2016
In 2014, I did a reading challenge on Goodreads, and I hit my goal of 30 books in a year! I was stretched thin with work and graduate school, but I managed and it felt so great to accomplish a goal. (Visit my Book Reviews page to get a glimpse of the books I’ve read […]
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Book Review
Goodreads Summary: Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s […]
The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award
Wow, I was nominated for the Sisterhood of the World Blogging Award, which is another one of those ‘pass it along’ blog awards, allowing bloggers to connect to one another and answer questions they might not ever answer in regular posts. Thanks so much to Alice from Kiwi in Korea for nominating me! She asked […]
Making friends in Korea (finally!)
I am reading a book called The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown about vulnerability, shame, and how to be one’s authentic self (I intend to write a review of it soon, so stay tuned) and I can’t help but think God always puts the right book in my hands at the right time. At work, I’ve […]
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