Between the Pages

I am finally getting around to giving you the quick facts on my reading last year! These stats are straight from my yearly spreadsheet. Enjoy! 33 BOOKS Dearly In Cold Blood Where the Crawdads Sing A Study in Charlotte The End of August A Case for Jamie Night Siddartha The Stranger Hamlet 12 Angry Men Good Girl, Bad Blood Mrs. Dalloway Kisses and Croissants American Royals They Wish They Were Us Majesty (Amerian Royals II) Kind of a Big Deal The Midnight Library The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Beach Read People We Meet on Vacation Box in the Woods Finlay Donovan is Killing It A Question of Holmes Poirot Investigates Just Mercy The Inheritance Games It Ends With Us The Royal We The Royals Next Door Frankenstein The Hawthorne Legacy TOP 3 AUTHORS Brittany Cavallaro Agatha Christie Emily Henry MY GENRES

 Hello everyone! Here is a little update on my reading and book goals this week. 

 Hello everyone! Here's the review for a sequel I have been awaiting for a long time: The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. SPOILER - this series is a confirmed TRILOGY. The third book is called The Final Gambit.  SUMMARY First a little recap of the first book in this Hawthorne series presented by September Hallie's review of the first one -  "One day Avery is barely making ends meet, the next she is on a plane to the Hawthorne House, the mansion and estate of Tobias Hawthorne the Texas billionaire. One day Avery doesn't have a house, the next she is the beneficiary of the late Tobias Hawthorne's fortune. The list of questions/'catches' is long. (1) Avery doesn't know and has never known a Tobias Hawthorne in her life. (2) Hawthorne's extended family is vast and each member was close to the late billionaire. Why didn't he leave his fortune to them?" Avery is back at it again with another mystery. Or, rather, the same mystery, differ...

   There were 2,635 pages under the tree just for me this Christmas. Pages full of analysis, reviews, history, pictures, fiction, and true crime. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction; I also, as any normal person did, gave books this Christmas. Not quite 2,635 pages worth, but enough to hold my status as the reader of the family. Here lie the highlights of what this booklover was gifted this Christmas.  #1: The New York Times Book Review    125 years of literary history all bound into one beautiful book that combines my two passions, literature and journalism, is a collection of 368 pages I found myself gawking at on multiple occasions. All alone, on its pedestal in a warmly lit bookstore, stood my one true love: the one and only New York Times Book Review . Over the past couple of months and over the course of 6+ visits, at least three Parnassus employees said some version of, "That book is amazing. Inspired, really," as I stood drooli...

Hello readers! Happy Holidays from BTP! Exams are finished, gifts are wrapped (mostly), and extended family members have arrived - we are ready. While I completely and fully believe that every season is a "reading season", I contend that the most romantic time for readers is the holiday season. Fire crackling, lights twinkling, my reading session two days ago by the fire, in a cozy chair with a knit, chunky blanket, with a cold glass of ice water with just a smidgen of lemon was the peak of my existence.  I have finished a book thus far and am already into three more. I bought books, I recommended books, I borrowed books, I lent books, and I am certain I am receiving books in the coming days. I have been enjoying texting about books with friends, as we all have more time to read. I have been participating in #TistheReadson reading sprints (which are a great excuse to put that phone away and do some reading!). I love being part of bookstagram, and I am grateful for that commun...