Welp, I'm pretty much in shock that summer is basically over. My kids have a little over two weeks left before school starts, but they start all of their sport activities this week! This may be the first summer ever that my reading took such a dive, but getting to soak up so many good … Continue reading July Wrap-Up // 2022
Author: happiestwhenreading
I'm a book lover of all genres - my favorites are memoir, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, and self-help/non-fiction.
My Halfway Top 10 // 2022
Halfway through 2022 already?!? How? This year is flying by...and I'm so busy in my personal life, I can see it in my reading. I just won't push through books that aren't working for me; if I find a minute to sit down and open a book, it better grab and hold my attention pretty … Continue reading My Halfway Top 10 // 2022
June Wrap-Up // 2022
June By the Numbers: Total Books Read: 10Audiobooks: 0Five Star Reads: 2Debuts: 5 (50%)Published in 2022: 6 (60%)Nonfiction Reads: 1 (10%)By Women Authors: 8 (80%)Books by BIPOC Authors: 6 (60%)Diverse Books: 4 (40%)Goodreads Challenge: 67/125 (54%)12 Friends + 12 Books + 12 Months: 5/12 (42%)Nonfiction Challenge: 6/12 (50%)Unread Shelf: 9/24 (38%)EIWTB Challenge: 11/12 (92%)A to Z Challenge: 20/26 (77%) Favorite Book of the Month: * The Love Songs of … Continue reading June Wrap-Up // 2022
May Wrap-Up // 2022
April was one of my slowest reading months and then I turned around and read a TON in May! 😂🤷🏼♀️ I was so excited for all the Summer Reading Guides that came out, and my TBR list grew by a mile! I was lucky enough to get my hands on a few of the books … Continue reading May Wrap-Up // 2022
April Wrap-Up // 2022
April By the Numbers: Total Books Read: 6Audiobooks: 0Five Star Reads: 1Debuts: 3 (50%)Published in 2022: 6 (100%)Nonfiction Reads: 0 (0%)By Women Authors: 5 (83%)By Nonbinary Author: 1 (17%)Books by BIPOC Authors: 3 (50%)Diverse Books: 1 (17%)Goodreads Challenge: 41/125 (33%)12 Friends + 12 Books + 12 Months: 4/12 (33%)Nonfiction Challenge: 2/12 (17%)Unread Shelf: 8/24 (33%)EIWTB Challenge: 11/12 (92%)A to Z Challenge: 18/26 (69%) Favorite Book of the Month: You … Continue reading April Wrap-Up // 2022
Q1 Favorites // 2022
The first quarter of 2022 has just passed, so I figured it was the perfect time to share the top five books I read from January to March. (And because I'm me, I also have five honorable mentions too!) During the first three months of 2022, I've read 35 books. If you haven't read some … Continue reading Q1 Favorites // 2022
March Wrap-Up // 2022
This month's reading started off strong, and then we got a...puppy! From that point on, my brain was somewhat scattered and my time to read sharply decreased. We've had Mac for two weeks now and we're starting to get settled in a groove, so I'm hoping I can get back to regularly reading in April! … Continue reading March Wrap-Up // 2022
February Wrap-Up // 2022
With everything going on in the world right now, it feels so silly to give superficial updates about what this month was like. Literally none of it matters when I think about fellow human beings having to flee their homes from a ruthless dictator. My heart goes out to the Ukranian people and I fervently … Continue reading February Wrap-Up // 2022
January Wrap-Up // 2022
We're already through the first month of the new year...and while I was optomistic about 2022, that optimism was shattered last week when we had to put our twelve-year-old dog down. He broke his leg walking, and unbeknownst to us, Gus had bone cancer. I am fully convinced that there will never be another dog … Continue reading January Wrap-Up // 2022
10 Books at the Top of My TBR in 2022
This will be the third year in a row I’ve participated in Whitney’s Unread Shelf Project. The idea is to read the books you already own! At the beginning of the year, you count all the books on your unread shelf and then see how successful you were at cleaning those shelves when the year … Continue reading 10 Books at the Top of My TBR in 2022
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