Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2021

On January 31, 2021January 30, 2021 By whitreadslitIn Monthly Wrap-Ups8 Comments

Hello everyone! It’s the beginning of a new year, and so I have new goals! This month, I have read 15 books!! That is crazy, even for me, but it is the pace I actually intend to keep up. I have set myself with a goal of reading 150 books this year. I have met and exceeded my goal of 100 for a few years now, so I thought aiming for 150 would be an actual challenge for me.

While I am aiming for 150, I am also aiming to diversify my reading. I am trying to break into genres I don’t typically gravitate toward. I am hoping to read more non-fiction and classics. And, as always, I am taking part in several reading challenges.

Let’s get into it!

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Book Review: The Four Winds

On January 25, 2021January 24, 2021 By whitreadslitIn Book Reviews6 Comments

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah ~ 464 pages ~ to be published on February 2, 2021 by St. Martin’s Press

Goodreads Synopsis:

Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance.

In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for 2021

On January 5, 2021January 1, 2021 By whitreadslitIn Book Memes4 Comments

I decided that this year I would like to try my hand at participating in Top Ten Tuesday, a meme that was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

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Yearly Wrap-Up: 2020

On December 31, 2020December 29, 2020 By whitreadslitIn Monthly Wrap-Ups6 Comments

I think we can all say that 2020 was a very strange and eventful year, even with us quarantining for a vast majority of it. I started grad school for library science this year, though I actually withdrew from my grad school program a few months later (because it was focusing on school librarianship, and I want to pursue public librarianship). I recently started a job as a library page at a branch of our local public library, and I am really enjoying it! We also moved unexpectedly this year! We moved back to Texas, which is where I grew up, so that we could be closer to my family. My daughter started in-person pre-school this year. It has been a hard year for everyone, but it has still had some great moments for me! And, I read WAY more books than I anticipated!!

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Baby It’s Cold Outside Book Tag

On December 12, 2020 By whitreadslitIn Book Tags5 Comments

I was tagged by Reg over at Bookish in Bed to do this tag. Thank you so much for the tag! If you aren’t following her, what are you doing? Go over there now and check her out. I’ll be here waiting for you when you get back…

Did you do it? Great! I was excited for this tag because it is decidedly Christmas-y and cozy and I am here for it. Here are the rules for the tag!

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Prediction Book Tag

On March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 By whitreadslitIn Book Tags10 Comments

I was tagged for this by Lili @ Lili’s Blissful Pages. I you don’t already follow Lili, you should go check out her blog right now! She was one of the first people to reach out to me when I first started my blog, and she is the absolute sweetest! Thank you so much for the tag Lili! Continue reading “Prediction Book Tag” →