Why everyone needs to have a To Be Read list!!
Whether you have a written list, an Amazon wish list, a Goodreads "Want to Read" list or just buy all the books you want to read, most avid readers you come across will probably have a lengthy TBR list, and I personally think it's the best thing!
I love adding to my list when new books are released or when I see a review on an ARC someone posted. There is almost a comforting feeling about it. Like I always has a new friend waiting to meet. The best are the "bookstagram made me do it" books!
The TBR list is also the perfect gift list to provide to someone. I mean, if you love reading enough that you have a TBR list, you probably think getting a book as a gift is one of the most thoughtful things ever!
Goodreads Challenge Progress
Books Finished So Far This Year: 5
2025 Goal: 40
Goodreads Previous Year's Challenges
2024 Goal Results: Read 58 books surpassing the goal of 40!
2023 Goal Results: Read 58 books surpassing the goal of 35!
2022 Goal Results: Read 49 books surpassing the goal of 30!
2021 Goal Results: Read 49 books surpassing the goal of 20!
12 Books in 12 Months Challenge
I am so excited that I was able to complete my 2024 challenge! It was the first year I was able to do it. Now, I am looking forward to doing it again in 2025.
My list this year is so exciting as a result of my bookish friends recommending some amazing titles! As much as I love have diverse genres, I will always be more likely to read books that stick to my comfort zone. Some of these have been on my TBR for way too long and now I have reason to finally read them!
Here is to a great 2025!
2025 Update: 1 Read 11 To Go!
Bewitching Book Tours
I'm so excited to support authors by being part of amazing book tours. Check out Fast Times, Big City by Shelly Frome is a new historical fiction novel. It has been out for almost a year and is available on Kindle and in paperback and audio Thank you Bewitching Book Tours for letting me be a part of these tours.
Book Description:
Like most people, Bud Palmer felt this was just another day. Though the era was drawing to a close, he assumed his life as a sports columnist in the subtropics, in keeping with the benign fifties itself, would go on as predictable as ever.
But that particular autumn morning he was thrust into a caper that was totally beyond him, forced him to leave Miami and take the train to Manhattan, and suddenly found everything in this restless "Big Apple" was up for grabs, on the brink, at a dicey turning point.
About the Author
Shelly Frome is a member of Mystery Writers of America, a professor of dramatic arts emeritus at UConn, a former professional actor, and a writer of crime novels and books on theater and film. He also is a features writer for Gannett Publications. His fiction includes Sun Dance for Andy Horn, Lilac Moon, Twilight of the Drifter, Tinseltown Riff, Murder Run, Moon Games, The Secluded Village Murders, Miranda and the D-Day Caper and Shadow of the Gypsy. Among his works of non-fiction are The Actors Studio: A History, a guide to playwriting and one on screenwriting, Fast Times, Big City is his latest foray into the world of crime and the amateur sleuth. He lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
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My full TBR list is a work in progress! I have lists all over the place that I will begin to work on consolidating...eventually!