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Twenty-Five Bookish Facts About Me

November 29, 2019November 28, 2019 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 6 Comments

I've seen one or people do this on BookTube, so I decided to give it a go. Trying to come up with a list of twenty-five bookish facts about yourself really makes you think about your life in books and your book preferences. My dad taught me to read when I was four years old. … Continue reading Twenty-Five Bookish Facts About Me

Sunday Sum-Up- September 8, 2019

September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 8 Comments

Want a good way to confuse your smartphone? Live 1,000 or more miles from the nearest ocean or sea and download an app that tells you when tides will be high or low. Watch it try to find the nearest beaches and give you locations in both Massachusetts and Texas. Tidal schedules will be more … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up- September 8, 2019

The Death of a Reading Challenge

July 18, 2019July 17, 2019 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 6 Comments

In which the realities of 2019 trample the good intentions of 2018.

Sunday Sum-Up, 05/26/2019

May 26, 2019May 25, 2019 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / Leave a comment

It's been a stormy week around here. A series of systems have brought a lot of storms our way, which makes for great sleeping weather assuming there isn't a lot of thunder and lightning. Which there was. Suffice it to say that the past seven days haven't always been the best for getting a good … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 05/26/2019

State of the Arc, April 2019

April 26, 2019April 25, 2019 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 2 Comments

State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats.   I only had one advance review copy for the month of April, and that was Wayfinding by M.R. O'Connor. It's a nonfiction … Continue reading State of the Arc, April 2019

2019 Goals

January 1, 2019December 30, 2018 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 7 Comments

  I don't do resolutions for the new year, but I do like to develop a list of goals for the year. Mostly, they're achievable, but sometimes I don't accomplish them. Oops. So here are some of my 2019 goals. Some are bookish, some are not. Reading Challenge: Goodreads has not asked me to set … Continue reading 2019 Goals

Try a Chapter Challenge, pt. 1

October 3, 2018October 2, 2018 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 3 Comments

I've seen the 'Try a Chapter Challenge' on several BookTube channels, and because I have several books that have been sitting on my shelves for quite some time, unread and routinely forgotten about, I thought I would give it a try. The idea of the challenge is to read the first chapter from a book … Continue reading Try a Chapter Challenge, pt. 1

How I Rate Books

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 6 Comments

Since joining NetGalley and getting my first set of approvals for ARCs, I've been giving more thought to how I rate the books I've read. I've been rating books since I joined Goodreads in the summer of 2012, but I haven't given them starred ratings here on my blog until this month. Why the discrepancy? … Continue reading How I Rate Books

On Not Liking What Everybody Else Likes

May 22, 2018May 20, 2018 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 9 Comments

  Admittedly, I've never been one of the Cool Kids. When the rest of my classmates were reading Goosebumps or teen romances (or nothing at all), I was reading Tolkien, Stephen King, or whatever fantasy author caught my eye. Even going to the library was a sign of uncool nerdiness, and I was on a … Continue reading On Not Liking What Everybody Else Likes

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One of my current reads, The Fellowship of the Ring, is a long time favorite. And by favorite, I mean I could read this another twenty-five times and be perfectly happy. . . . #thefellowshipofthering #fotr #lotr #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienfan #favoriteauthors #favoritebooks #frodolives #amreading #currentreads #bookstagram #bookstagrammer
Back in 2018, I tried to read as much fiction in translation from as many different countries as possible. A friend recommended Carsten Jensen's 'We, The Drowned' to me, so I bought a copy... and never read it. There are several unread tomes on my shelves, and I am going to make an effort to read them in 2020. . . . #wethedrowned #carstenjensen #bigbooks #tomes #tbr #2020tbr #toread #bookstagram #instabook #bookstagrammer #booksintranslation #translatedfiction #readtheworld
I first read Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising books when I was in elementary school, and am now on my third or fourth reread. I love the story and the imagery. It always seems to be a different book whenever I come back to it. . . . #susancooper #thedarkisrising #greenwitch #arthurianlore #books #fantasynovels #yafantasy #favoritebooks #tbr #bookstack #bookstagram
I wanted to start reading Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin last night, but by the time I got home and finished doing all the annoying housekeeping, I was too tired to read anything, and went to bed. Oh well. Maybe tonight. . . . #winterstale #winterreads #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #blue #booklove #tbr #toread
My December TBR. Not as many books as other months, but a lot of pages. I can't wait to start my reread of The Lord of the Rings, especially now that I have the reader's companion by Hammond and Scull. . . 📚Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper 📚Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin 📚The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien 📚The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull 📚Within the Frame by David duChemin . . . #tbr #bookstack #decemberreads #thelordoftherings #lotr #silveronthetree #thedarkisrising #tolkienfan #tolkien #tolkiennerd #booknerd
There are some books that, from the first page, you just know are going to be wonderful. That is the case with The Tiger's Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera. I am about 100 pages into it and am loving this gorgeously written story about two women who have loved each other from childhood and have a great destiny before them. . . . #thetigersdaughter #karsenaultrivera #newfavorites #amreading #currentreads #bookstagrammer #instabook #bookstagram #fantasynovels #theirbrightascendancy
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