Book of The Month discussion

How is everyone holding up during this pandemic? Are you all catching up on your TBR pile during this time? Just want to check in on all the bookies to make sure all of you are hanging in there.

I am doing my spring cleaning and reading when I can. I have moments of feeling overwhelmed, but only give myself about 30 minutes a day to think about this situation, then I shut it down and get busy. Dwelling on this is not healthy. I do what my Governor requests - which is about all I can do - then keep myself busy.

I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. Remember - this too shall pass.

I just finished Dear Edward. What a great read. Honestly it helped me so much to put everything back into perspective that we really have no idea how quickly life can change. I feel like through all of this, it has been extremely difficult to maintain a positive attitude but honestly reading has helped me so much. I found a quote yesterday by Mason Cooley. He said “Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.” I’m excited about my April BOTM Paris Hours. What did everyone else decide on?

I picked The Library of Legends for my April BOTM, which seems really interesting. I hope to get to it this month. I hit a reading lull the past 2 months so I'm planning to make more progress in my TBR this month.

I finished Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. I thought it was a wonderful read and I’ll subscribe for a free month of Hulu in order to watch the series.

I’m currently on my 17th book of the year. My goal is 60 books in 2020 (20 more than my usual) and I’m still determined to make it despite everything going on.

I picked 3 BOTM selections this month (Valentine, Beach Read and The Paris Hours) and hope they’re mostly all good.