What I Wish I Knew Before I Retired
You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout, I'm telling you why:I'm reading, shhhhh! Yup, I saw that eye roll! With the hectic pace of the past several months, I had a repeated fantasy of a deliberately unhurried November where I leisurely read Christmas stories near the fireplace. Given my recent Harper… Continue reading What’s On Your Bookshelf? T’is The Season!
In January 2021, my cohosts of this linkup and I decided to read Wuthering Heights together. Nineteen books later, we continue to explore the classics. Here are the books we've read so far, with my personal ratings beside them. What I love about book discussions is that someone's beloved five-star read is someone else's low-star.… Continue reading What’s On Your Bookshelf: Twenty Classics!
Ever feel confined by a five-star book rating system and wonder what the ratings actually mean? As it turns out, even major players in the book rating game mean different things when using the five-star system. For example, when comparing Goodreads' star rating definitions with Amazon's, we quickly see that Goodreads' three star-rating is Amazon's… Continue reading Confused About Book Rating Systems? Me too!
A Christmas Carol To help nudge myself into the Christmas spirit, I recently reread Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It provided everything I could want in a holiday, fireside read and more. I was shocked to discover it had received 10,907 one-star ratings on Goodreads (out of 1,056,409...but still)! This motivated me to write top ten… Continue reading Top Ten Reasons to Read and Love ‘A Christmas Carol’….Plus Other Great Books
Retirement Reflections 