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Reading List

Reading List

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Yesterday someone asked me if I read I lot. I said that, yes, I try to read as much as I can. She replied, “I can tell.”

That, my friends, is my idea of an amazing compliment.

I must admit, though, that lately I haven’t been reading as often as I know I should be. I blame it on my newly developed habit of TV show binge-watching. Truth is, becomes extra challenging for me to keep up with my writing when I slow down on reading, and of course this is never a good thing when you write for a living.

 

He asked his ninang @marrri__ for a book for Christmas. Little bookworm makes mommy bookworm proud! ? #Christmas2015 #littlemrc

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A few nights ago, I picked up where I left off on the last Secret Book Club BOM I started, Tender at the Bone. This was last September’s book assignment. I actually have a lot of catching up to do, because I only got to read one book from last year’s BOM list. I also skipped a few of the recommended books from the year before. That’s okay, though. I’m happy to be entering into my birth month with a list of books waiting to be read.

In the interest of keeping track of my reading progress, I thought I’d share our reading lists from the past two years here. I love how the different members of our little reading community recommend different kinds of books. It’s always fun finding new authors and series to fall in love with.


 

SBC Reading List

  • Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith / JK Rowling 
  • Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco – I’ve tried and failed many times to read this one. 🙁
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 
  • The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan 
  • Losing It by Cora Carmack
  • Arabian Nights by Sir Richard Burton
  • Belong To Me by Marisa delos Santos
  • This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
  • The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira – I loved this one! So depressing. Lol!
  • Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover 
  • Fortunately The Milk by Neil Gaiman 
  • Paper Towns by John Green
  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova – This book made me cry!!!
  • Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones
  • Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami – I read this years ago, but it’s on my re-read list!
  • Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
  • Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
  • One Summer by David Baldacci
  • Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
  • We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
  • On Dublin Street by Samantha Young – This was super funny!
  • Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
  • The Residence by Kate Anderson Brower
  • Elegance of a Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery 

I’ll cross titles off of this list as I finish reading, and I’ll update it at the end of the year, too, to include the 2016 list. Read along with me if you’d like to, then let me know if you enjoyed any of the books on this list, okay?

I also found these links (discovered through my book club, too!) bookmarked on my computer. More books to read! 

As you can see, I am slightly obsessed with book lists.

What’s on your 2016 reading list?

My Current Favorite Blogs To Read

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I blog-hop a lot. Ever since I started actively blogging myself, my love for reading blogs has grown steadily. While I love discovering new blogs to read, I do have my list of faves. These are the ones I go to regularly to check if there are any new posts. I comment as often as I can, but sometimes it can be fun to also just lurk and read. Haha. So anyway, here are my seven current fave blog-hop stops, in no particular order.

1. Joei and Me

Joei and I have been blogging friends since college I think. We’re also friends in real life, and that makes things more fun. She and I share a common love for food and for kaartehan. Whenever I am in search of new places to try, or if I want to know if a particular restaurant is good,I check out Joei’s blog. Joei and Me is the only one on my list that is not a mom blog.

2. Roller Coaster Ride

Janice is one of my first mom blogger friends. She is also one of my first WAHM friends. She and I chat like we’ve been friends for ages, when in reality we’ve only known each other for a little over a year. That for me is the stuff great friendships are made of – an instant connection that grows stronger as you learn more about the other person. I love reading her blog because the little bits and pieces of her life as a mom and a super woman totally fascinate me. I love how updated we are with each others’ lives, just like sisters, and our blogs play a big role in our being connected with each other.

3. Make It Blissful

Make it Blissful (formerly Dainty Mom) and Martine are important to me because this was the blog that unknowingly empowered me to take the plunge and become a WAHM. This blog for me is so real and so relateable, that it makes you want to go and do what you love, find your bliss, and chase your dreams. There’s an aspirational aspect to it, too. You see nice things, clean and well-designed spaces, ideas for better living, and you take those things and know that you want them for yourself so much that you go and get them. That’s why I love this site.

Coz I’m boring like that.

4. She Said, she said

I’m pretty sure I met Cyn at a blogging workshop last year. Maybe it was Blog Inspired? Anyway, I love reading the mom and daughter adventures that she and her daughter post on this blog. It reminds me a lot of the time I would spend with my mom when I was a teenager, and until today, actually. There’s so much heart in this blog, and I think that’s why I like it. You get such a happy and inspiring vibe from the entries, and you can see how both women in this mom-daughter tandem are really making an effort to live their lives to the fullest.

5. Wifely Steps

I don’t just love this blog. I love the blogger. Toni, I labyu! She likes books and video games. She’s quirky. She’s motherly. She admits that she’s not perfect, and yet she strives to be all that she can be amid the imperfection. She’s also really pretty hahaha. I met her at Blog Inspired when I was just a newbie mom blogger, and she really inspired me so much. It’s blogs like Wifely Steps that make me want to be a better blogger.

6. Momma N Manila

Mish is my idol. Seriously! When I first met her, I thought she looked so young and fresh and pretty. I was surprised to learn that she had 4 kids. She certainly doesn’t look it. She’s a great writer too, something that I aspire to be. She cooks and bakes, she crafts, she teaches yoga and is super fit. Yes, I sound like I’m fan-girling, but she’s actually my friend and we’re practically neighbors. She has an amazing little girl, Gelli who’s so much fun to be around. I ate cookies with her once, and we had fun, that little girl and I. I’ve learned a lot from Mish in the short time that I’ve known her, lots of lessons on being a mom and being a blogger, and little life tidbits, too.

7. The Happy WAHM.

If I could make one blog-related wish, it would be for Marge to write more often. Bow. She has an amazing talent for storytelling that I believe she should share with all of us. Pressure much? Haha!

So there you go, I hope you guys can check out these fab blogs too. And please share your favorite online reads in the comments. Include your own links, too, okay? Like I said, I’m always on the lookout for new blogs to read.

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