I didn’t quite reach my reading goal of 50 books in 2021, but I read some amazing books nonetheless. And 2021 was the year I started to embrace audiobooks a little more—partly due to a Libro.fm membership that I forgot about for many months—and listened to...
The only good thing about reading far fewer books this year than last year is that it was much easier to pick favorites. I only read 30 books in 2020 (compared to 55 in 2019). My mind just wasn’t there this year. Life and work seemed busier too, but...
It was really hard to narrow down this list this year (as you can tell from how I included honorable mentions at the end for the first time). I read some very good books in 2019—55 in all. I’m currently reading number 55, Friday Black by Nana Kwame...
Well, I didn’t mean to abandon this blog for months again. And I didn’t mean to come back with yet another post about books, but here we are. I’ve missed “real” writing but haven’t made time for it. Reading is just about all I’ve been...
It was fun to wrap up my thoughts on the blog about what I read last year, so I’m doing it again. I guess I can say 2018 was a better reading year for me because I had more clear favorites than last year. Many of my overall favorites...
As far as my reading life goes, the first seven months of the year were full of winners. But some books had more of an impact on me than others. They were the more memorable ones that I recommend to people most often. I’m still fired up about them...
I get this question a lot: “How do you have time to read?” Well, for one, the different stages and demands of our lives can allow for more or less time to do many things, including reading. For example, I’m single with no children and therefore I can be...
I’ve always ascribed a certain sacredness to books. I love shopping for them, collecting them, and just having them around so beautifully filling up shelves. Reading was my favorite childhood sport, after all. There’s just something about those printed pages. Naturally, I became very anti-ereader also. “Why would...
For Black History Month this year, I decided not to buy anything and read books that were already on my shelf. I was sad that I lost a week of reading at the beginning of the month because I was moving but it ended up being a great reading month...