Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading This Summer- 2022

It’s the last Friday of April and, even though there is another month until summer starts for me, I’m already making plans for the summer. One of those plans is to read. Over the past few months, I collected new books I want to read during the summer. I plan on starting to read the books next month, or this weekend, but I’m so excited to start reading them I wanted to talk about them in a post.

None of the books are new released for summer 2022, but they are young adult and romance novels that peeked my interest. Also, I have books in my collection that I didn’t finish but would like to during my summer reading spree. Finally, my reading list is long. Since I’m working in the summer and probably won’t have an actual summer vacation (Unless something pops up) I’m not sure how much energy and time I will have to read all the books on my list. I’m hopeful I’ll finish the books I already started and use my books as a way to give myself a vacation… even if I’m not going anywhere!

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The Importance of Reading and a Work/Life Balance

Around November of last year, I began to realize I really needed to have a hobby for myself. I do have hobbies, and two blogs dedicated to talking about them as well as everything I want to talk about. Yet, I still needed to do something else. I wanted to have a hobby I used to have when I was younger: Reading.

I used to read a lot as a kid, but I hated it back then because I didn’t like the books available for me to read. So, I didn’t actually become a bookworm until my mid teens. Then I had the freedom to read any book that I wanted to and was available to me. Over the years, I assembled a large book collection. I had plans to read them all, but I was always too busy with work or felt to exhausted to read for enjoyment.

In November, I started to buy myself books I wanted since the summertime. I also found new books I wanted to read and books in my book collection to read. With this many books, I could start reading whenever I wanted to. Unfortunately, I had problems getting back into the habit of reading. Continue reading “The Importance of Reading and a Work/Life Balance”

Books I’m Reading (Or Tried to Read) This Month- January 2022

It’s the new year and, after a very busy 2021, I’m trying very hard to clean up and organize my things. When I was busy, I let my organization go downhill. I don’t like it when my organization is poor, so I spent my free time this month trying to get things back into order. One of the major organization problems I’ve struggled with is with my books. I love books, but I don’t have a lot of places to store them well.

Since I’m in the process of reorganizing my books, I decided to pick up a few books I wanted to read, or already started reading, and read them or finish them. I already made a dent in my to-be-read pile of books, but I wanted to talk a little about three books that I’m reading, or, in the case of one, tried to read, and what I think of them right now.

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2021 Birthday and Christmas Self Gifted Presents Part 3: Books

Well, this is the second-to-last post in my 2021 birthday and Christmas self-gifted presents posts! After shopping at stores, I began to find many books I wanted to purchase for myself. Even though I like to receive books as gifts, I almost always ask for coffee table books or art books from a certain TV series or movie. I don’t like to ask for novels as gifts because I don’t want to ask for a book, receive it as a gift, and, after reading it, I don’t like it.

During November and December, I purchased quite a few books for myself. Although I have yet to read all of these books, I wanted to talk about them in a post while I’m still excited about them. Continue reading “2021 Birthday and Christmas Self Gifted Presents Part 3: Books”

Books I’m Currently Reading- July 2021

July has already passed, but I still wanted to talk about the books I read. I didn’t have the time to read a lot of books, but I was able to read three. I enjoyed reading, or rereading in the case of one book, them. Unfortunately, I didn’t finish them all, but I still wanted to write a post about all the books I read last month.

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Book Review: Vogue on Christian Dior by Charlotte Sinclair

Recently, while looking through my book collection, I discovered my copy of Vogue on Christian Dior by Charlotte Sinclair. When I purchased the book, I was very excited to read it, but I was distracted shortly after I began to read it and didn’t finish it. I really enjoyed reading it and wished I finished it. I had time on my hands, so I began to read it again with the intention of finishing the book.

Vogue on Christian Dior is part of a series of autobiographical books about well known fashion designers called Vogue on Designers. The series is written by the editors of British Vogue and includes books about Coco Chanel, Hubert de Givenchy, and Giorgio Armani. The book about Christian Dior is written by Charlotte Sinclair, a freelance journalist and contributing editor to British Vogue.

As someone may expect, Vogue on Christian Dior is about Christian Dior, the founder of the house of Dior. The book talks about Dior’s childhood, history before working in fashion, the founding of his fashion house, and his death. Included in the book are archival photographs of Dior, his designs, models, employees, and other photographs pertaining to the House of Dior. All the photographs were taken by the leading photographers of the time including Cecil Beaton and Horst P. Horst.

The book is much easier to read than many other autobiographies I’ve read. The way the book is written is to the point without seeming too disconnected from the subject. Because of this, the book is easy to read and a faster reader could finish the book in one or two days. Even though it is easy to read, it still contains a lot of information and focuses on the important highlights of Dior’s life.

I really enjoyed reading this book. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for a biography about Dior and his career, but knows very little about Dior and his life. I also would recommend this book to any Dior fan, even ones who are well versed in Dior’s life. The photographs in the book make it worth owning and using as a coffee table book.

Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

Books I’m Currently Reading (And What I Think of Them So Far)- April 2021

After a very busy beginning of the year, I started to pick up books and read again. I had plans to read enough books to write a new book review post every week from May till the end of August, but I don’t think I’ll reach that milestone. Especially since some of the books I thought would be good turned out to not be something I wanted to review on my blog.

Even though my reading plans are not turning out as well as I thought they would, I wanted to talk about three books I picked up to read recently and what I think of them so far. Continue reading “Books I’m Currently Reading (And What I Think of Them So Far)- April 2021”

Art, Fashion, and Sewing Books I Want to Own- March 2021

I recently began to clean out my books, dust them, and take innovatory of what books I own and which ones I don’t. After doing this, I realized there are a few sewing, art, and fashion books I would like to add to my library, including some newer releases and updated versions of books I already own. Although I probably won’t be able to buy all the books on my wish list, (Mostly because of the prices) I still wanted to write a post about a few of the books I would like to own. Continue reading “Art, Fashion, and Sewing Books I Want to Own- March 2021”

Books I Started in 2020 But Didn’t Finish (And Why)

It’s almost the end of January, but I’m slowly realizing how many things I wanted to do in 2020 and didn’t. Even though there are some very important things I wanted to do but didn’t in 2020, one of the less stressful things I didn’t do was finish many books I started to read. Since I’m starting to have some time to reading again, I wanted to talk about some of the books I began to read in 2020 but didn’t finish as well as why I didn’t finish them. Continue reading “Books I Started in 2020 But Didn’t Finish (And Why)”

Books I Wanted to Read in 2020 But Didn’t (And Why)

It’s almost the end of 2020 and, because of the problems going on in the world, I didn’t go out much. Since I didn’t go out much, I stayed home and read more books than I normally do. Although I did make quite a few dents in my reading list, I’m still sad I didn’t get around to read more books I wanted to read in 2020.

Although I will not be able to read all the books I planned to read on my list before 2020, I wanted to make a list of all the books I planned to read this year, but didn’t and will be on the top of my reading list for 2021. Continue reading “Books I Wanted to Read in 2020 But Didn’t (And Why)”