2016 Reading Challenge: Book 16 of 2016

Finally getting back into the swing of things... I feel extremely excited to have this semester behind be and to be able to read whatever my little heart desires!

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 14 & 15 of 2016

After an intense month at school I was finally able to read something I wanted to read. I'm not really sure if these should count towards my 52 in 2016 reading challenge but I'm including them anyway. Both extremely enjoyable reads!

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 13 of 2016

Another required read down, too many to go. Don't be surprised if you see some off the wall books in the near future, my mind is demanding a change of pace!

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 12 of 2016

This book I was required to read for school, but it still counts towards my 52 book challenge!

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 11 of 2016

A must read! I myself have not been very knowledgeable about politics or government throughout my life. Now that my college major requires me to get into both politics and government books like these really interest me. Hearing about the running of The White House from the staff on the inside puts a whole other spin on things. If you are even a little interested in reading this book I really suggest you do!

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 10 of 2016

I was initially excited to read this book because I thought this book would be extremely humorous. It was funny but it was also packed full of research and explained in great detail how technology has changed the dating world today. This was a great read and I would highly recommend it.

2016 Reading Challenge: Books 8 & 9 of 2016

Elin Hilderbrand is one of my favorite authors. These two books were extremely enjoyable and I loved how the second book picked up exactly one year after the first.

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 7 of 2016

This book really takes you through the daily struggles of an addict. Explaining in detail all the ups and downs along the way as well as finding the light at the end of the tunnel.

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 6 of 2016

I've had this book on my book shelf for years and have never reached for it. I am glad I finally decided to dive into this book, it was amazing!

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 5 of 2016

I really don't have much to say about this book. I was excited for a funny and easy read but this was just not my taste.

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 4 of 2016

I saw this book on my "to read" list on my Goodreads and requested it from the library. I am not entirely sure how it made it onto my Goodreads as it is a young adult book but it was a decent read.

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 3 of 2016

A very easy read but I expected a little more considering it is a Nicholas Sparks book.

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 2 of 2016

Second in his series and just as good!

2016 Reading Challenge: Book 1 of 2016

This was an enjoyable easy read to start off 2016!

63 Books Read in 2014!

As you read last year I made a goal to read 75 books during 2014. This goal was decreased to 65 and I still fell short at 63. I think I underestimated how time consuming going back to school would be. Nevertheless, here are the books I read in 2014 and the star rating I gave them.

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5 Stars: Divergent (Divergent, #1) Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1) Hush Little Baby The Affair (The Affair, #1) Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny 4 Stars: Beautiful Day Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2) Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3) Heartsick (Gretchen Lowell, #1) More than Enough: The Ten Keys to Changing Your Financial Destiny One Simple Act: Discovering the Power of Generosity Remember Me? Shopaholic & Baby (Shopaholic, #5) Shopaholic & Sister (Shopaholic, #4) Something Blue Something Borrowed The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1) The Consequences (The Affair, #2) The Death Cure (Maze Runner, #3) The Fault in Our Stars The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) The Nanny Diaries (Nanny, #1) The One & Only The Opposite of Me The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, #2) The Undomestic Goddess 3 Stars: A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity A Reliable Wife Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance Girls in Trucks Insurgent (Divergent, #2) Memory Lake One Moment, One Morning Sliding Into Home Smart Women The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir The Guy Not Taken: Stories The Island The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus Then Came You These Days Are Ours Vision in White (Bride Quartet, #1) When You Were Mine 2 Stars: A Girl Walks Into a Bar: Your Fantasy, Your Rules A Shore Thing Allegiant (Divergent, #3) Being Kendra Four Wives The Between Boyfriends Book: A Collection of Cautiously Hopeful Essays The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing The Sweet By and By What You Wish For: A Novel You're Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation 1 Star: None 0 Stars: (Read for School Purposes) Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins #1) Lord Peter (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3) Rebecca Silver Blaze (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #1) The Poetics of Prose The Purloined Letter The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) Thomas de Quincey, Collection Novels

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  In 2015 my goal will once again be 65 books - Lets see if I can make this happen this year!

50 Book Pledge 2013: I DID IT!

I finished my 50 Book Pledge by the skin of my teeth. (The day before Christmas to be exact) I won't bore you with a review of every book I read in 2013 but I will share with you my 50 book list along with my rating 1-5 stars:

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5 Stars:

Still Alice

My Sister's Keeper

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story Of A Real Fake

Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)

Safe Haven

4 Stars:

Little Earthquakes

Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood

Gone Girl

Can You Keep a Secret?

Sutton

Eat, Pray, Love

Drinking and Tweeting and Other Brandi Blunders

Defending Jacob

Evening News: A Novel

Silver Girl

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1)

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan (Shopaholic, #2)

Shopaholic Ties the Knot (Shopaholic, #3)

Multiple Bles8ings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets

My Story

3 Stars:

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

The Paris Wife

Bet Me

Love and Other Natural Disasters

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Have a Little Faith: a True Story

Fat Girl: A True Story

Her Best Friend's Brother

Capital Girls (Capital Girls, #1)

A Deep Dark Secret

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

Secrets and Lies (Capital Girls, #2)

Letters From Home

The Rules of Inheritance

Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother's Compulsive Hoarding

Me Before You

The Au Pairs (The Au Pairs, #1)

The Cinderella Pact

2 Stars:

The Secret Life of Bees

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

The Time Keeper

A Wedding in Great Neck

Playing House

Post Grad

Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom

Mothers and Other Liars

1 Star:

I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

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I notice that the more I read the harder the rate the books. In 2014 I have made a goal to read 75 books lets see what I can do!

Winner Winner!

I became addicted to goodreads.com a couple months ago. Although with my current schedule I seriously have no time to read I still wonder onto the website every now and then a find books I want to read when work slows down. There is a part of the website I truly love, its called the "giveaway" section.

This section of the website is fun for me because of two reasons... 

1. Who doesn't love free books? 

2. I get to browse through giveaways to enter and find books I would not normally stumble across.

Well, we have a winner!

I won the following books from the giveaways I entered:

I am excited to see if I enjoy my freebees.

GoodReads.com

Thank to my friend Sensibly Sassy I am addicted to goodreads.com!

I might be behind the times but goodreads.com is new to me. It is a website where you can rate books you've read, keep track of books you want to read, and let your friends know what you are currently reading. By far the best part of the website is that it recommends books that they think you might want to read based on the books you have read in the past. I also love the fact that you can find your friends and family and compare books or see what they liked or disliked about a book you are thinking of reading. I really enjoy getting book ideas from friends. (In result I have stolen probably 75% of my firends "read" books) All in all it is 100% addicting and I don't think I'll be getting anything done anytime soon... I'll be reading ;)

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