I REALLY love to read……

Since having my son in August of 2009 I have read 57 NEW books, I don’t keep track of books I’ve read more then once, so I know the number is higher. Since I started keeping an OCD listing of the books I read in July of 2005, I’ve read 248 books. I really love to read.

I actually am part of a book club, we’re two members strong at this point, and don’t actually meet, however, we encourage one another to read things we otherwise wouldn’t (‘War and Peace’ anyone?), and really enjoy discussing the books we “force” one another to read. We started with more people, and actual meetings, but it dwindled down to just us! (Might have been due to the threat of reading ‘War and Peace’)

I often have very strong feelings about books I’ve read, if the plot was good, if the writing was good, if it’s worth it to read anything more by the author, ect. This blog will be an outlet for my “reviews”. I assume no one will read it but me, which is fine.

I am my own book club.

My plan?

After reading a book, I will post my “review” here. I will also post “reviews” of other books I’ve read, starting with a book I read in early February;

‘The Things That Keep Us Here’ -Carla Buckley

On my simple 1-10 rating I give the books I read to help me remember if I enjoyed it, I wrote down a 10 for this one. It’s a beautifully written first novel. The world has a pandemic of a flu virus, a deadly flu virus, and the novel centers around one family dealing with it. I couldn’t stop myself from becoming slightly paranoid while I read it, there were times were the medical side of it had me honestly concerned and considering, strongly, whether my husband and I ought to build a safe room stocked with supplies. The author writes it with such passion, and such feeling, that you fall in love with every character, even the horrible ones. I read the book over two days, and I was quite sad when it was done, I really hope to see more from this author!