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I'm Isabella (she/her), a forty-something book lover, librarian and mother-of-three.
I mostly read adventure and mysteries though I love to dabble in other genres and have recently started exploring fantasy. I also love language, linguistics and words in general, etymology fascinates me.
When not reading, I also enjoy crosswords & wordsearches, board games, golf & tennis, knitting & people-watching, usually while listening to either musicals or hard rock.
I'm always happy to meet other book lovers so feel free to say hi - all comments welcome.
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Sticky: February TBR
Feb. 1st, 2023 10:52 pmThe books I'm hoping to read in February are:
Leigh Bardugo - Six Of Crows
Guy Deutscher - Through The Language Glass
Stephen King - On Writing
George R R Martin - A Game Of Thrones
Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient
Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief
Patrick Rothfuss - The Name Of The Wind
Brandon Sanderson - The Final Empire
JRR Tolkien - The Fellowship Of The Ring
Lynne Truss - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Leigh Bardugo - Six Of Crows
Guy Deutscher - Through The Language Glass
Stephen King - On Writing
George R R Martin - A Game Of Thrones
Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient
Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief
Patrick Rothfuss - The Name Of The Wind
Brandon Sanderson - The Final Empire
JRR Tolkien - The Fellowship Of The Ring
Lynne Truss - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
January reading wrap up
Jan. 31st, 2023 10:36 pmI read 7 books in January:
Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins - Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Bill Bryson - Mother Tongue
Steven Pinker - The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl
JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit
That breaks down to 71% fiction and 29% non-fiction, 3 library and 4 owned, 86% print and 14% digital. The main genres were adventure, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, romance, science-fiction and young adult. My average rating was 4.11 stars
The amazing stats that thestorygraph gives also tells me the main moods were adventure, tense and dark.
It tells me the books were 57% medium-paced, 29% fast-paced and 14% slow-paced.
57% of the books were 300-499 pages long, 29% were 500+ pages long and 14% were under 300 pages.
Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins - Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Bill Bryson - Mother Tongue
Steven Pinker - The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl
JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit
That breaks down to 71% fiction and 29% non-fiction, 3 library and 4 owned, 86% print and 14% digital. The main genres were adventure, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, romance, science-fiction and young adult. My average rating was 4.11 stars
The amazing stats that thestorygraph gives also tells me the main moods were adventure, tense and dark.
It tells me the books were 57% medium-paced, 29% fast-paced and 14% slow-paced.
57% of the books were 300-499 pages long, 29% were 500+ pages long and 14% were under 300 pages.
