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This year, I'm participating in  the 2019 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge. ( For more information check out my 2019 Reading Challenge Overview post, or look up the challenge on popsugar.com.)  Here are my thoughts on the 13th and 14th books that I read. Book 13:  Eat Pray Love  by Elizabeth Gilbert I gave this book 4/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "A Book With at least 1 million ratings on Goodreads."  This book was an incredibly easy read in my opinion. I felt like her writing style flowed well, and it kept me interested enough to keep reading for the most part. There were some areas where I wanted to skip ahead, but overall, I felt it had a good flow. However, there were some things that rubbed me the wrong way a bit. Disclaimer: slight spoilers ahead.   Particularly, her view on her mental state, and how she did not want to continue taking her medication threw me off. Although I hope it...

This year, I'm participating in  the 2019 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge. ( For more information check out my 2019 Reading Challenge Overview post, or look up the challenge on popsugar.com.)  Here are my thoughts on the 11th and 12th books that I read. Book 11: Gemini  by Carol Cassella I gave this book 3/5 stars on Goodreads, but I think it really deserved 2.5 stars if half stars were an option on the app. The prompt I chose for this was "A Book With a Zodiac Sign or Astrology Term in the Title."  I struggled with getting invested in this book. The changing point of views, and the slow build to where everything came together took far too long in my opinion. By the time it did start to come together and make sense, I began to really love and understand the characters. It was just a difficult read for me to get to that point. There were a lot of moving pieces as a doctor tries to save a woman, Jane Doe, as well as...

For 2019, I've decided to participate in  the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge. ( For more information check out my 2019 Reading Challenge Overview post, or look up the challenge on popsugar.com.)  Here are my thoughts on the 9th and 10th books that I read. Book 9:  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens I gave this book 3/5 stars on Goodreads, but I think it really deserved 3.5 stars if half stars were an option on the app. The prompt I chose for this was "A Book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom."  I can't believe that it took me this long to finally read such a classic book. To be honest, I'm a little bit disappointed in myself. It wasn't a long book, and I've seen so many different movie versions, but just had never picked up a copy of the book to read. Being that it was a classic, there were definitely parts where the writing was a little bit hard to get through, but once I got into it, there wer...

This year, I'm participating in  the 2019 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge. ( For more information check out my 2019 Reading Challenge Overview post, or look up the challenge on popsugar.com.)  Here are my thoughts on the 7th and 8th books that I read. Book 7:  Goosebumps: The Barking Ghost  by R.L. Stine I gave this book 3/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "A Ghost Story."  I loved the Goosebumps books as a kid (even if they scared me a bit) so when I saw the ghost story prompt, I knew the book I chose would have to be Goosebumps. As I was reading this book, I couldn't help but think that I probably did read it as a kid, and as a kid it probably terrified me. However, I didn't remember how it ended, and so I was still excited to finish it. This book, being that it was written for kids, was a very quick book for me to read (possibly only a few hours; definitely no more than a day). The plot was ...

Here are my thoughts on the 5th and 6th books that I read for the 2019 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge. For more information check out my 2019 Reading Challenge Overview post, or look up the challenge on popsugar.com. Book 5:  Nancy Drew and The Secret of the Forgotten City  by Carolyn Keene I gave this book 2/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "A Book Featuring an Amateur Detective."  I really loved Nancy Drew growing up, and thought that this was the perfect prompt to revisit one of the old Nancy Drew books that I hadn't read. I chose this one, because I majored in Anthropology in college and thought it would be a fun way to tie Nancy Drew into something more recent in my life.  Unfortunately, I was so disappointed in this book. (Disclaimer: I'm sorry if there's some minor spoilers in my description of why.)  First, the anthropology major in me has serious issues with how the artifacts were mistreat...