The tattooist of Auschwitz

Hi!
Ready for a book review?
I just finished this book called the tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. It sparked my interest due to the name of the book more then anything else. But when I picked it up....I just could not put it down. The detailing of the main character and what he did was just so amazing. The romance was also surprising yet delightful at the same time. This book is based on an actual man called Lale and he unfortunately died back in 2006. In the back of the book has a few more details about him and three pictures of him and the woman who was the love interest within the story.
This story really hit me because I have family that were alive during that time period so anything I can get set during that period really interests me.
I will definitely recommend this book to everyone I can tell it to.

Oh hi!

Ok, it has been a crazy few days but I am still here. I finished the one book I was reading leopard's run by christine feehan and now I'm onto vegeance road by her and listening to the audiobook for Anna karenina. 
Not that far into vengeance road yet and audiobooks are kind of difficult with having small children around but I manage at least a few chapters at a time. Plus this is the first audiobook that I have ever actually listened to. I know, no judging. But I had always thought them to be the lazy way if reading since someone is actually doing the reading for you but that is slowly changing, I promise.
Also I will be posting more so let me know what you want to read about!
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Nostalgic Reading

Do any of you ever have those few books that made you fall in love with reading? You just can't quite let go of them because what if you want to read them again? I know I have some that are like this. I have at least one babysitter's club books, a few dr. Seuss books and some that I had purchased at school book fairs. Lucky thing is too that I held onto my Dr. Seuss books because my children are in the early stages of learning to read. I am hoping that they pick up my love for reading but so far it does not look like they will. That might change when they get a little older but for now, I'll just settle for teaching them the wonders of reading and let them decide on it.
What are some of your favorite nostalgic books that you have held onto? Let me know down in the comments

Why love reading?

Why does everyone seem to love reading? Why do you like to read so much? How can you not find reading to be boring?

These are just some of the questions that I hear when people find out that I love reading. To me, Reading has always been there thru everything in my life. From being bullied in school, fake friends, leaving school, having kids,getting married, all the way up to this very moment.....books have just been the one constant in my life that can always be counted on to be there. My bookshelf was given to me by a very special person in my life who is no longer with me. So I feel like my books being on that particular shelf holds that much more specialness.
Reading can also take you places without you even actually going anywhere. I am currently reading a book that is currently set in Japan. Books can take you places and be the very best friends that you can have. All while being just there. My books have survived at least four home moves and some of the books have been with me since I was a little girl. Some of them are books that I can remember my mom reading to me.
Another thing about books is that everyone has a different story about how they fell in love with reading. Some have always loved it as I have and some learned to love it later on. It's hard for me to talk about books unless I'm blogging about it because most of the people in my family do not like to read or if they read then the genres do not match up.  Its partly why I started this blog 🙂

But let me know what books you like and feel free to tell me what got you into reading and what your fave genres are...I would love to hear from you! ❤

Audiobooks

I have nothing against people that want to listen to audiobooks. I have just now gotten fond of them myself. Before,though, I always thought it was cheating in a way because someone else is basically reading the book to you. I now have an app on my galaxy s9 called castbox which is a free app for both podcasts and audiobooks. I also just now started listening to podcasts as well. Both are helpful when you are very busy or are a mother of children. I am a mother and sometimes reading doesn't happen for me. So I found that audiobooks are helpful in that respect. So far, I only download free books because I am broke as hell right now. But maybe that will change someday....hopefully soon.
If you do like audiobooks and have some on your device,whatever that may be, let me know in the comments what they are and what you think of them.

Konmarie

All I've been hearing about is the konmarie method and that is good and all but I personally think that if all my books make me happy then I am going to keep them. Thanking your things that work hard for you is a great thing to do. I highly suggest everyone do so.

Resolutions

This year I want to tackle my tbr piles. They are four stacks of books sitting on the table by my couch. It has gotten ridiculous. My book buying has gotten out of control whereas my book reading has went dry. I've been paying more attention to my knitting and crochet more so then my reading. It has gotten really sad. So this year, I want to read through at least one if not two stacks. I also want to control my knit/crochet projects but that's a different post for a different blog. Comment and let me know your bookish resolutions!