Jenni V. > Recent Status Updates

Wow. 2021’s book total may be the lowest number I've read in a long time. I'm going to be gentler with myself in 2022. Even though I generally read at random, I'm going to seek out more books that fit in my current wheelhouse (which currently appears to be short stories, poetry, and biographies). Even though I always finish the books I start, I may set ones aside to revisit at a later point. Happy Reading!

This feels weird to type out since I'm not usually personal on here but...my dad passed away earlier this month after spending November and December in the hospital/hospice. I haven't felt like reading much at all so I quit the books I'd only made it partway through and am not starting any others until 2020. I still have a few reviews to finish but will be phoning those in as well just to get through 2019.

Thanks for bearing with me clogging the timeline as I wrote review after review to try and finish up 2018. Ugh, I got so far behind but I'm finally done!!!

I hope to keep up better in 2019. So far I've already written reviews for both books I've read so I'm off to a great start.

Happy Reading!

Checked it out from the library again so the pause is over and I'm starting it up again.

hubby returned it to the library so I'm on pause with this one until I check it out again.

And now the priest has romantic feelings for a woman and while she doesn't return them, she does allow "deep kisses" and he "gently cupped her breasts with his hands and began to pray for the soul of the child who nursed at this bosom" (she's meeting with him because she's struggling with the death of her child which makes this situation even more disgusting). Still reading because I finish every book I start.

The mysterious fisherman (ugh, Jesus?) just diagnosed a woman's breast cancer by pulling down her sundress on the side of the road so she was nude in front of him and placing his hands on her breasts which caused her to go into shock and end up in the hospital.
So besides the boob obsession this is also a religious book that gave no indication it would be a religious book. The worst.

Dear Male Author,
Women don't really think about their own boobs that much (3 references by page 32). And I guarantee that the last thought a woman who is committing suicide by drowning has is not going to be about how buoyant her boobs are in the water and wondering if angels have perfect boobs in heaven.
Can't wait to fully review this one once I've finished it.

2/1 This has never happened before...I have to suspend my reading of this book. "Helpful" husband returned it to the library when I had 70 pages to go...will have to get it again as soon as I can.

3/23 Kevin got it from the library for me again so I can finally finish it!

This has never happened before...I have to suspend my reading of this book. "Helpful" husband returned it to the library when I had 70 pages to go...will have to get it again as soon as I can.

3/23 Kevin got it from the library for me again so I can finally finish it!

This has never happened before...I have to suspend my reading of this book. "Helpful" husband returned it to the library when I had 70 pages to go...will have to get it again as soon as I can.

Hey, remember how 2016 was going to be the year I DIDN'T get behind on reviews?
Yeah, about that...
Reviews soon!!!

This has never happened before...I have to suspend my reading of this book. "Helpful" husband returned it to the library when I had 70 pages to go...will have to get it again as soon as I can.

I didn't read 100 books in 2015 but 94 is pretty good.
I also completed an A-Z challenge, reading at least one book with a title beginning with each letter of the alphabet (thanks for publishing X this year, Sue Grafton!)

Getting caught up on my 2015 reviews...sorry for the newsfeed flood this month!
High hopes to review 2016 reads in a more timely manner.

Wrapping up 2014 and catching up on reviews! Sorry in advance for flooding your feeds over the next few days.

My Mandatory Reporter certification was up for renewal and the training manual I read before taking the test (100% correct, Boom!) was 129 pages. If I end up not meeting my 2014 challenge, I'm going to remember this and count it as a book! :)