How do you decide what you want to read next? Is it spontaneous? Or do you keep a running list? I think I am a blend of the two. I keep a list of books I am excited to read, but I also like to pick up whatever I am in the mood for. The list serves as a place to go back to for ideas and when I am in a brain fog with ideas. The past few years,… Read more »
Every year, I take a moment to reflect on my favorite 3 books from the prior year and to share them here. I love looking back on what I’ve read and thinking about new perspectives and ideas I’ve been exposed to through what I chose. Below is the list of what I read in 2017. There are several titles that were on my 2017 reading list, but I also went rogue for a quite of 2017. Although I have been… Read more »
Happy New Year! Although I have not actually hit “Publish” in a while, I feel like I’ve written about 18 posts in my head since the last one. However, the posts seem to be getting stuck in my head and not actually getting written. My problem is I tend to have so much to say about topics I’m passionate about, that I’m having a hard time finding enough time to write everything down. So then I write nothing. This tendency to write the… Read more »
Last year was my first year creating a reading list. Looking back on my list from 2016, I read 5 of the 11 books on theret. I’m pretty happy with that. The reading list helped me identify the books that were piquing my interest most at the beginning of the year. I used it as a loose framework. But when I got an excited about another book, I felt totally okay to deviate. With that in mind, here are the… Read more »
Looking back at this post from last year with the best 3 books from 2015 makes me so happy. Those 3 books still influence my life on a daily basis. I feel like I read a little less than usual in 2016. Or it might just be that I didn’t review as many books on the blog. Some of the books I read and liked but didn’t get to review on here were “Rising Strong”, “Why Not Me?”, “Present Over Perfect”, and “Start… Read more »
