This book touched my soul and left it altered for the better.

No question it was CARRY THE OCEAN by Heidi Cullinan. Yes, there are books that I do buy, and I cherish all my books–whether they were purchased or gifted for my review.Īs this is a year’s end recap, it’s apt to highlight some books/series that got into my brain in the past 12 months. That’s a wonderfully rewarding experience, emotionally, and helps my pocketbook from getting TOO frayed. Authors have reached out to me and I’ve reached back, supporting their fiction in the best way I can.

I have had a great time working with Joyfully Jay Reviews, picking up some excellent reads through their platform and generally interacting with those lovely folks. I didn’t log all my reads, though there are few that didn’t get reviews there. Goodreads tells me I read 375 books this year, but it’s been more. My hubs will attest he’d much rather I gave (most of) it up, so I could just sit and veg out watching TV with him…crossing his fingers that that might ever happen. It takes hours and hours each day, in fact. I appreciate that so much, because it’s not easy reading and writing content to support the blog. Thanks for joining me on this madcap escapade! Lots of people are finding my reviews, and reading them/sharing them. If you’ve signed up to get my posts emailed, you’re in good company–140 of you special folks right now. Not bad for a relatively unknown chick who drones on and on about books. Fingers crossed that I’ll have the chance to promote some of my own fiction one day soon!įor the blog, I’ve gotten some great stats. I’ve mentioned in the past that I also write, and I’m at the point of sending out a manuscript to agents coming next week. Some years whoosh by like a snowplow burying me under, but this year I’ve had the opportunity to read some really fun books, travel and interact with fantastic authors and review-types, like myself, and enjoy many moments along the way. So…wow! The year’s end already? I’m a bit stunned, but also grateful.

College Boys by Daisy Harris