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Juli's 2023 Reading Journey
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January1) The Story of Owen : The Dragon Slayer of Trondheim - by E.K. Johnston
1/1 - 1/19
3 stars
263 pages
2) The Sunbonnet Babies' Primer - by Eulalia Osgood Grover
2/21-1/23
3 stars
Unpaged
Total pages read: 263
February3) The Enemy Within - by Kris Lundgaard
1/22-2/14
4 stars
157 pages
4) Rise of the School for Good and Evil - by Soman Chaining
1/30-2/22
4 stars
352 pages
5) Bitterness : the Root that Pollutes - by Lou Priolo
2/22-2/28
5 stars
60 pages
Total pages read: 832 pages
March6) Call us What We Carry - by Amanda Gorman
2/23-3/10
5 stars
228 pages
7) The Lucky Ones - by Linda Williams Jackson
3/11-3/27
4 stars
310 pages
Total pages read: 1370 pages
April8) Reset - by David Murray
3/12-4/11
5 stars
206 pages
9) The King, the Cross, and the Meaning of Easter - by Jonathan Griffiths
4/25-4/28
3 stars
44 pages
Total pages read: 1620 pages
May10) Refresh - by David and Shona Murray
4/19-5/5
5 stars
198 pages
11) The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani
3/28-5/14
4 stars
488 pages
12) Praying Backwards? Transform your Prayer Life by Beginning in Jesus' Name - Bryan Chappell
4 stars
205 pages
Total pages read: 2511 pages
June13) The Transforming Power of the Gospel - by Jerry Bridges
6/4-6/19
4 stars
187 pages
14) The Paper Museum - by Kate S. Simpson
6/12-6/26
3 stars
245 pages
Total pages read: 2943 pages
Half-Birthday Reading/LEGO Weekend!Back in the day there was the 48 Hour Book Challenge hosted by Mother Reader. Then there was the 24 in 48 Read-a-thon. With those coming to an end, my husband and I started a tradition of a Half-Birthday Reading/LEGO weekend.
He and I both have birthdays near the start of the year. With his birthday, my birthday, and another family member's birthday falling in the first three months of the year, that was a lot of cake! Not great if you're trying to watch your sugar intake. So, we started a new tradition where-in he picks his favorite cake for his birthday then roughly six months later I pick a cake. We'll sequester ourselves with books (for me), LEGO sets (for him), and loads of snacks and enjoy a fun, relaxing weekend.
Also, in the spirit of reading weekend gone by, I'll be dusting off my reading blog over at Blogger to post reviews and my time spent on bookish things throughout the weekend. Here's the link if anyone is interested: https://librarian4him02.blogspot.com.
It's 10:28 p.m. on Friday evening and I'm officially getting this thing started before I fall asleep! Book #1 is Lia and Beckett's Abracadabra by Amy Noelle Parks. Let the fun begin!
Anyone else want to join in an impromptu weekend read-a-thon? No prizes or goals, just a fun weekend of dropping everything to read.
Mod
Wow! That sounds very cool! I can't really join in on the weekend read-a-thon (I'm volunteering at a fun community event tonight), but I have your blog open and will check your updates :) Good luck!
What's the husband building with his Legos?
Tiffany wrote: "librarian4Him02 wrote: "Half-Birthday Reading/LEGO Weekend!..."Wow! That sounds very cool! I can't really join in on the weekend read-a-thon (I'm volunteering at a fun community event tonight), b..."
He's building the Atari Video Game console set.
Mod
Fun! This sounds like a fun weekend for both of you!
Tiffany wrote: "librarian4Him02 wrote: "He's building the Atari Video Game console set."Fun! This sounds like a fun weekend for both of you!"
It's definitely been a great weekend and much needed after the crazy week we had last week.
July 15) The Conviction to Lead - by Albert Mohler
7/4-4/25
5 stars
222 pages
16) Leeva at Last - by Sarah Pennypacker
7/1-7/16
4 stars
320 pages
Total pages read: 3485 pages
August17) Crocodile on the Sandbank - by Elizabeth Peters
??-8/25
5 stars
8.08 hours (I only listened for 2,75 hours because I was finishing it off)
18) Lia and Beckett's Abracadabra - by Amy Noelle Parks
7/26-8/6
4 stars
298 pages
19) Legends & Lattes - by Travis Balder
8/6-8/26
5 stars
257 pages
20) Rejoice & Tremble : the Surprising good News of the Fear of the Lord - by Michael Reeves
86-8/31
4 stars
179 pages
Total pages read: 4219 pages
Total hours listened : 2.75 hours
September 21) The Kaiju Preservation Society - by John Scalzi
8/29-9/24
4 stars
264 pages
22) Handbook for Praying Scripture - William Varner
9/8-9/30
5 stars
256 pages
Total pages read: 4739 pages
Total hours listened : 2.75 hours
October23) Nettle & Bone - by T. Kingfisher
9/24-10/20
4 stars
243 pages
Total pages read: 4982 pages
Total hours listened : 2.75 hours
November24) Rescuing Ambition - by Dave Harvey
10/8-11/8
4 stars
224 pages
25) A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens (narrated by Jim Dale)
11/26-11/29
5 stars
1 audio file - 3 hours
Total pages read: 5206 pages
Total hours listened : 5.75 hours
December26) The Advent of Glory - by R.C. Sproul
12/12-12/24
4 stars
156 pages
Total pages read: 5362 pages
Total hours listened : 5.75 hours
And with that my reading year comes to an end.Books read : 26 (goal met)
Total pages read : 5362
Total hours listened : 5.75
Top ten reads were:
10) Lia and Beckett's Abracadabra - by Amy Noelle Parks
9) Nettle & Bone - by T. Kingfisher
8) The Paper Museum - by Kate S. Simpson
7) Call us What We Carry - by Amanda Gorman
6) Reset - by David Murray
5) The Kaiju Preservation Society - by John Scalzi
4) Legends & Lattes - by Travis Balder
3) Refresh - by David and Shona Murray
2) The Conviction to Lead - by Albert Mohler
1) Handbook for Praying Scripture - William Varner
It was a good reading year. Looking forward to new reads in 2024!
Mod
Woohoo! Congrats!
Can't wait to get started! I wish you all a great year of reading in 2023!
Juli