Tag: Goodreads

• Book Review: I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

  In preparing for a trip overseas this past summer, I purchased a few ebooks for my Kindle. I wanted to be sure that once I boarded the plane, I had some choices of what I could read. Sophie Kinsella’s book I’ve Got Your Number was one of those books. I ended up reading this towards…

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  September 5, 2024

  books, Essay

  book-review, books, engaged, engagement ring, essays, family heirloom, fiction, footnotes, Goodreads, guilty pleasure, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Kindle, literature, London, novel, reading, Sophie Kinsella, tea

• Goodreads = Good Reading Habits

  I’ve been tracking my reading on Goodreads since August of 2008, so this month marks twelve years of books I’ve read, books I want to read (my “TBR” list), and sometimes, my thoughts on them. I wish I were better at writing reviews of all the books I read, but maybe this is something I…

  michardillo

  August 30, 2020

  Essay

  Aspen Hill Branch, BookBub, books, Goodreads, Kindle, Libby, MCPL, Modern Mrs. Darcy, Puccini, reading, TBR, teaching

• Have Books, Will Travel

  Some people flip through photo albums to fondly remember past vacations. Others, in today’s social media-crazed society, may look back over their Instagram posts to see snaps of time spent away with family or friends, in some exotic location, or just for a short getaway. Me? I just pull up my Goodreads list of books…

  michardillo

  November 3, 2018

  books

  All the Time in the World, Belgium, Caroline Angell, Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Cormoran Strike, Delaware, Edinburgh, France, Franz Kafka, Glasgow, Goodreads, Hunt for Red October, Ian Fleming, Instagram, J. K. Rowling, James Bond, Lewes, Liane Moriarty, Marcus Samuelsson, Marriott Courtyard, mofongo, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Niagara Falls, PBS, Pittsburgh, Priscilla Cummings, Provence, Puerto Rico, Red Kayak, Robert Galbraith, Robin Sloan, Scotland, Suzanne Collins, The Cooks Bookshop, The Hunger Games, The Last Anniversary, The Metamorphosis, The Silkworm, Tom Clancy, Two Fat Ladies, Yes Chef: A Memoir