I usually wait until mid to late January before posting my reading plans or goals. Mainly because I'm very optimistic about my superhuman capabilities during the start of a new year but much of that enthusiasm fades over the next couple of weeks. I tend to believe I can read more than ever but reality is usually closer to how much I averaged in previous years. So, to allow myself the opportunity to dream big and then plan well, I take the ambitious goals for a road test during the first couple of weeks of the year. If they still look achievable, great! If not, I will part ways with those that are a stretch. The numbers I have an arbitrary number set in Goodreads for this year but it's not a number I will quote as I tend to change it often and it is intended to factor in the many picture books I read with my kids. But that said, there are three numbers I would like to improve this year (last year's stats in parentheses) - total number of pages read (approx. 11k), average n
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
Technically, I have completed this book, but since my review won't be up till tomorrow, I decided to share a nice quote from this book. Don't forget to come back tomorrow to read what I thought of Fireworks over Toccoa.
Lily had never seen anything like this. It was beautiful and powerful and magical. She was so fascinated, so taken by what she saw, that she didn't hear the voice that was calling out to her: "Look out! Get away from there!"~ Pg. 68, Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff.
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My teaser this week is from a great creative non-fiction collection--you can read it at bookwanderer.
Here is mine:)
If you'd like, you can check out mine here.
Have a good week and happy reading. My teaser is here