I took the Goodreads 2018 Reading Challenge. Do you think I made my goal? Read about how I did and learn more about the books I did read.

I’ve read a few books in March, so I thought I’d share my thoughts on a couple. What Alice Forgot This book was written by Liane Moriarty.  It’s the third book by this Australian writer I’ve read.  One was selected by my book club, and actually, I think I was the one who picked it.  The last two I read outside of book club, but we have discussed them.  I know the others like her as an author and I will likely read more of her books. While I gave this 3 stars in my Goodreads review, I did enjoy reading it.  I really liked the other two I read –…

Right after I retired (the end of April 2016), the first thing I wanted to do was to catch up on my reading.  For years, I’d been a member of a book club (one where you buy books) and I had accumulated quite a few books to read by my favorite authors.  But with my book club reading (A Novel Group), I was struggling to read more than I had to. I was so excited about the opportunity to read for hours at a time.  Over the years, I used to read before bed at night, but that had become a challenge.  Those of you in my age group probably know…

My book club – A Novel Group – will celebrate ten years together in September.  We’ve had a few changes in membership over the years, but not many.  We started with six members and we currently have six.  It’s a good number. A Novel Group – what we’re about A couple friends from work and I decided to start a book club.  We like to read and it was another way to get together on a regular basis.  Each of us invited one other person to join the group, so we’d have six members. And of course, we had to have a catchy name.  We came up with A Novel…