Show Notes: Episode 12

May Bookish Brief

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What Shawna Read:
Life with my Idiot Family by Kathy and Gary Picard
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
Maid by Stephanie Land
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Romanov by Nadine Brandes

What Lizz Read:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
War Storm by
Evermore by Sara Holland
Obsidian by Jay Kristof
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

What Shawna is Reading:
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang

What Lizz is Reading:
The Colorado Kid by Steven King
Finale by

What is Shawna's Pick and Skip
Pick: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Skip: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro

What is Lizz's Pick and Skip
Pick: Muse of Nightmares (book one is Strange the Dreamer)
Skip: War Storm (really this whole series, but this book in particular)

Comments

Lizz Blogs: Books that Changed Me

I am always intrigued with the idea of books that CHANGE how you think. I was fortunate enough to experience a few of these reads as a child. Fiction stories that not only changed what I thought, but also, I like to think, changed who I became. Now as an adult these books have shifted to more non-fiction, but I still am charged and empowered by a book that makes me think and then CHANGES me. I’m not talking about books I love. There are plenty of those from childhood including titles like T he Little Princess, Secret Garden, Blueberry, Sky Running, and The Blue Fairy Book . These are titles I read again and again. Although I loved their stories, I don’t think they actually changed me. No these books are: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery is still a favorite as an adult. I got a first edition for my 18 th birthday and I cried. I think I cried because it meant I was heard, my parents, who gifted me the book, knew me, knew how important the story was to me. I...

2019 Reading Goals

Every year I sit down and decide what my reading goals will be. This used to simply include a number - what is the NUMBER of books I want to read. It was simple, this year I'm reading 40 books ... or 70 books ... or 100 books. When I first started blogging I issued a challenge to myself and my readers, a Book Bingo where each square was a different challenge. Although many people participated, I didn't enjoy it. I chose what when in to every square ... but I didn't want to read those books. A few years ago I stopped Book Bingo and just read. I read the books I wanted to read. The books I liked. I read twelve versions of Beauty and the Beast (this might be an exaggeration, but it was SO many) and read so many fantasy dystopian YA novels they all blended together.

Lizz Blogs: I Love Bookish Spoilers, said no one ever

Hey Shawna, I loved your blog last week about how you choose your next book. It made me honestly laugh out loud as I could picture you looking through your bookshelves debating which one was THE one. It also got me thinking, how do I choose my next book? I’d love to say that I put all this time and care into choosing the next world that I’m going to step into, but honestly, I’m over here just winging it (book choosing, eyeliner, life). Generally speaking, I like to choose a book I most want to avoid spoilers for. When I was working at the library I got to have amazing bookish conversations all the time. They varied from little kids telling me about their new favorite book in the Magic Tree House series to teenagers sharing an amazing YA Fantasy book they found (knowing that I would love it, I’m genre obsessed). In the world of bookish friends, I feel like “reveal no spoilers” should be a sacred rule.

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