Thankfully Reading Day 2

It has been a great day. It was far more relaxing than I anticipated. Instead of doing my cooking in one giant block I rationed it out over the day. I just took my last batch of pumpkin muffins out of the oven so I am officially done cooking. Of course I had to sample a muffin and they are delicious. Shhh don't tell. I finished Royal We and Nowhere But Here today. Loved Royal We. It was so good. The other book not so much but you can't win every one. I was listening to A Darker Shade of Magic while I cooked today and I am really getting into the story.

I am so excited to head to my parents tomorrow for our big family Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving and it is definitely my favorite holiday. We always have a great time laughing, eating and enjoying being together. I probably won't read at all tomorrow but that's ok. I hope everyone has a terrific Thanksgiving!

Thankfully Reading Day 1

I love fall and I love Thanksgiving. It is my favorite time of year. And the last few years I have really enjoyed participating in Thankfully Reading Weekend. I decided to start today since the weekend is going to be super busy for me. I am hoping to enjoy some good books!

10 am

I am starting out with finishing up two books I started reading last week but haven't had a chance to pick up lately Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas and A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab on audiobook. The audiobook will be useful this week as I cook and drive. Cheers to Thankfully Reading weekend! 

3 pm 

I have been enjoying a day of reading, going to the grocery store (twice), editing photos and making a delicious pork chop/potato crockpot dinner. I went off recipe so hopefully it turns out ok. The house is already starting to smell delicious! 

11 pm

Dinner turned out delicious if I do say so myself! I finished The Crown of Mindnight. The last sixty pages were amazing and the ending made me wish I had the next book. My next read is The Royal We by 

Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan. I am about half way through and I am really loving it. 

More tomorrow! 

Checking In

Well I have been a failure at the blog this year! It has been a really busy year. I have mostly updated my reading progress on Instagram, Twitter and Goodreads but with Thankfully Reading coming up I decided to check in on the blog.

I have read lots of books so far this year. I have had good book luck as most of what I have read has been really great. I have also done a better job with putting a book away if I am not enjoying it. I am such a completist so that is really hard for me. But there are too many good books to keep reading bad ones! I have read 188 books so far this year. Of course this also includes books listened to.

I am doing well in my challenges. I have finished the What's In a Name challenge. I have far exceeded my Mount TBR goal of 12 books and am almost done with my 26 books challenge. I am still trucking away on the Century in Books challenge. It has definitely been a great reading year.

Thankfully Reading is one of my favorite parts of November. This is where you spend whatever time you can Thanksgiving weekend reading and relaxing instead of participating in the horror that is shopping. I hate shopping more than anything so this is perfect for me. This year I have overbooked myself on the weekend with photo sessions and a football game so I won't get in as much reading as I usually do. I plan on starting my Thankfully Reading on Tuesday which is earlier than the official start time of Thursday. 

I will let you know in my year end wrap up the books I read for each challenge and more on what my favorite books were in 2015.

A Century of Books Challenge

I was really excited to hear about the A Century of Books challenge on The Readers podcast. What an interesting idea. Basically you read 100 books one for each year. This is right up my alley. I figure it will take me a few years to complete the challenge but I am excited to do this. It will give me a chance to read books from different eras. I have decided to do the 100 books starting in 1915. I looked on Goodreads and wow there are so many good books from that year. I am excited to get started. I am just going to keep track of the books I read in this blog entry. I may every once in a while do a separate blog entry to update on books read or do some book reviews on the books I have read. Let me know in the comments what your favorite book is from each decade!

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945-- Heaven to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace

1946

1947

1948

1949-- Practically Seventeen by Rosamond du Jardin

1950

1951--The Mystery of the Fire Dragon by Carolyn Keene

1952

1953

1954

1955-- Beezus & Ramona by Beverly Cleary

1956-- Fifteen by Beverly Cleary

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968-- Ramona The Pest by Beverly Cleary

1969

1970

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976-- Interview With A Vampire by Anne Rice

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984-- Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

1985

1986

1987

1988-- Debbie: My Life by Debbie Reynolds

1989

1990

1991

1992 -- Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

1993-- The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton

1994-- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton

1995--Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton

1996--Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage

1997-- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

1998--The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

1999-- Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs

2000

2001--The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

2002

2003

2004-- The Deadly Dance by M.C. Beaton

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009-- Love Letters by Katie Fforde

2010

2011-- Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

2012-- Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

2013-- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

2014-- Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

2015--