R. Rose's Reading Diary

 The thing I didn't want to have happen of course happened. I hit a reading slump. Something in my brain just clicked off and said, nope. Don't know what it is, or why, but it hit and it hit hard. Hence me not posting a lot on my reading diary.  I am slowly making my way through my office book club book, Birthright  by Nora Roberts. I can tell you that one is good just for that fact that not even my slump has kept me from enjoying it! It was 100% not the book I thought it was going to be, but I am enjoying the heck out of the book it is turning in to. This book feels like it came out when Nora Roberts was really hitting her stride. I think it came out either right before or after Midnight Bayou. I adore that book (and the TV movie), and feel like she was finding a good balance in her writing style there. Especially compared to something like Sanctuary , which was a fun thriller, but lacked the balance between the love scenes and moving the plot along. Birthright  is ...

 So, I am trying to set some reading goals or challenges for myself this year. There is nothing too crazy. The goal is 25 books for the year. This can include manga and graphic novels. The big ones are more about getting out of my reading comfort zone.  Some are also just kind of... just because goals.   Goal One: Read at least two fantasy books this year Fantasy has always been a genre I struggle with. While I love the Discworld books, and Lightning Struck Heart by TJ Klune, high fantasy specifically tends to send me running in the other direction. This year I am going to to make it a goal to really give a good fantasy a solid try.  I was going to also do this for sci-fi, but I seem to have a much easier time in that genre. Especially Space Opera.  Shards of Honour was my jam!  Progress: 0 out of 2 books read Goal Two: Read the "Vivid Girl" books This one is more of a "why the hell not" challenges. I bought the books for my media tie in collection, an...

 I love reading. I don't always have time to do it, but I always try to make sure that I am reading something. I enjoy regular novels, short stories, comics, manga, even visual novels. I love the written word, and I don't always have an outlet to discuss what I am reading at the time. I have odd interests, or read weird books that no one else has probably thought about it thirty years.  I also love writing, although my confidence in that realm has faltered a bit in the last decade or so.  Working on this blog informally is a nice way to get those muscles working again. This blog is just for the fun of it. A place for me to express my thoughts on whatever I am reading at the time. Who knows how long I'll keep up with it, or how frequently, but it will always be here for me when I need to rant, rave and review whatever I'm currently reading.