Bibliomane Books

I am linking up with Sandra from Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday The weather in my neck of the woods ..... Like a lot of places across the country, we are getting a snow storm!  FINALLY some winter weather!  We had about 4 inches last night and should get another 4-6 tomorrow.  Then comes the frigid weather!  Around -40 with the windchill Wednesday night.   Right now I am ....  Wearing a facemask with green tea right now.  Just finished an at-home mani-pedi.  A girl needs to pamper herself once in awhile.  Thinking about....  My sweetheart :)   On my reading pile....   Finally getting around to starting "Siddhartha".  I was chosen as The Classic's Club Clubber of the Month.  If you want to read more about my reading life - you can see their post HERE .   On my TV..... Days of Our Lives Young & Restless  Maybe some of the Chicago shows  Movi...

I am linking up with  It's Monday!  What Are You Reading?  S0 - I haven't read a word this week.  I need to remedy this immediately!!  However, I was named the Clubber of the Month for The Classics Club!  That was so awesome!  You can read the post HERE .  Learn more about The Classics Club HERE .  I am starting "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse tonight.  I began reading it once but for some reason put it down, so I will be restarting it tonight!  Written in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty, it is the story of a soul's long quest in search of he ultimate answer to the enigma of man's role on this earth. As a youth, the young Indian Siddhartha meets the Buddha but cannot be content with a disciple's role: he must work out his own destiny and solve his own doubt—a tortuous road that carries him through the sensuality of a love affair with the beautiful courtesan Kamala, the temptation of succes...

I am linking up with  It's Monday!  What Are You Reading?  I want to share my 2019 Classic goals and then do my best to actually stick to them!  I joined the Classics Club last August because I want to read more books that have withstood the test of time.  I've chosen six classic novels that I plan to read this year.  Hopefully there will be may more, but for now, these are the six that I most want to read.  1.  Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson     2. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse  3. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte  4. Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery   5.  Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy  6. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 

I had a really good reading year.  I tried to narrow the list down to 10 books - but of the 61 books that I read this year, I have 13 that I truly found exceptional - and one that truly didn't live up to the hype.  BEST CLASSIC:  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou  "Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God." "The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve." BEST THRILLERS:  3. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch  2 ,  The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins  1.  The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn    BEST CHRISTIAN FICTION:  Julia's Hope by Leisha Kelly (My review is HERE )  BEST YOUNG ADULT:  The Selection by Kiera Cass   Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon ...