Some Reflections of 2015

 

As 2015 closes, it is a time of reflection on the previous year and looking forward to the coming year. 

This past year has been momentous, especially in regards to my mental health. I went on depression medication about a year and anxiety medication about 11 months ago and it was the best decision I made; I am a lot more relaxed and am starting to see what my threshold is for things and am starting to feel somewhat "normal", if there is such a thing. 

As for reading, there were plenty of good books that I read, but I will have more on this in the coming weeks, once I get my computer back. 

I realize that this is short, but I can't think of much else. 

First Book of the Year 2016

When I fist discovered this last year, I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I quite enjoyed it and am going to participate again this year.

Here are the books I am planning to read on January 1st:

This is an ebook

 

So it looks like I will have a busy day of reading, but these should be fairly easy reads. 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Dec. 28)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week.  It's a great post to organise yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

My week:
Read a little bit, as most of my reading happened in the previous weeks, when I had more materials on hand and wasn't recovering from a busy week of Christmas related events. I did start reading The Science of The Big Bang Theory and als started A Duty to the Dead as well.   I don't know how much I'll read tomorrow, as it is a travel day for me and by the time I get home, I'll probably be tired. 

Current Reads:
• The Science of The Big Bang Theory 
• A Duty to the Dead

What I read since my last post:
• Let it Snow
• The Beautiful Bureaucrat
• Displacement: A Travelogue
• An Age of License: A Travelogue 
• Get Jiro!
• Dashing Through the Snow 

What I reviewed since my last post:
• A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams (review)
• Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essenbaum (review)
• Travelling to Infinity by Jane Hawking (review)
• The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (review)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (review)
• Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (review)

Hope you all have a wonderful week of reading.

Sunday Salon - Ramblings

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and hopefully got some bookish  items under the tree this year. I did get the main book that I wanted, which was A Little Life.  I got some other things that I wanted, which was a Vancouver Canucks jersey and a Fitbit One.  It was nice to see my sister again and was nice to get back on the hill again; my ankle was fine, but ended up terribly sore in my upper thighs.

I also ordered a bunch of books and a Christmas CD, which should arrive shortly before the New Year. I hope to have some more reading challenges up in the next few days.  I hope you have had some time to catch-up with family and friends over the last few days.

Reading England 2016

I am going to try this reading challenge and see how well I do it this year.  I will probably do Level One, which is 1-3 counties.

If you want more information on the challenge, you can visit Behold the Stars and there is more information.

Merry Christmas

Just wanted to wish you all a wonderful Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Hope you all have a relaxing day!

For the time being

I am having issues logging into my Google account on Windows 10 so until further notice, I will be blogging via my Wordpress account. I could always blog on my phone, it is really difficult to blog here, especially when one relies on a full laptop screen to type on. So for the time being, I will be blogging at http://jaynesbooks.wordpress.com. I hope that this won't be permanent move.