5 Stars Reads
May 14, 2026
I’ve always been an avid reader. After I retired, I had all this time on my
hands, so I read quite a few books. I
think I read over 20 one year. I opened
a Goodreads account and I bought books on Amazon and Thrift books. Of course, I didn’t give them away, I kept
them.
So, then I purchased a 2 shelf wooden little free
library in which to stash most of the books I’d read plus others. Twice now I’ve cleaned out over 90 books from
the house (hubby gets tired of tripping over my stacks) and I’ve lost track of
how many books I’ve purchased at library books sales, thrift stores, or online
for the library.
Anyway, I’m now in a reading slump. I’ve been in this
slump for over a year now. I don’t know
what is causing it. I have the TIME to
read. I just don’t have the desire. I think part of it is my eyesight. It’s getting harder and harder to read a
physical book, and I have a Kindle, but I also don’t read books there either.
That is, until I read “A Thousand Splendid Suns” and “Where
the Crawdads Sing”. Both books were 5
stars for me, especially the Afghanistan one.
Honestly, it took me a good YEAR to recover from reading that book and I
had to read a couple of fluff Dean Koontz books to cleanse my reading palate.
I keep a reading journal now and I wrote that “A
Thousand Splendid Suns” was the best book I read in 2024, which was the year I
also read “Where the Crawdads Sing” and “The Women”. Yes, I’m down to reading
about 4 books a year now! Between my sewing, picking up the grandkids three
days a week, doing ALL the chores around here, and wasting time on my laptop, I
just don’t have time anymore to read!
I picked up “Hail Mary” this morning and found that
even though it is written in first person, which I usually abhor, I really was
enjoying it, so I think that will be my next read.
I’ve been looking at snail mail clubs and trying to
decide if I want to start my own club, which would be book oriented. I
subscribed to four of them on Etsy, but I haven’t received my monthly letter
and goodies yet. I’ll let you know what
I think of them after I get all four letters.
I guess the point I’m trying to make is that these
days I don’t have TIME TO WASTE on poorly written books or mass produced ones
by authors. Don’t EVER think I’ll read
James Patterson! I did fall for one
book co-authored by him and Michael Crichton (apparently Crichton wrote the
outline) and it was… GOD AWFUL! “Eruption”
or something like that. I didn’t even
finish it. And, I’m NOT wasting my time on romance or stupid romance/fantasy or
fantasy. And, as stated above, I have trouble reading first person unless the
book is well written.
Honestly, unless the book IS well written, I’m not
wasting my time or eyesight on it. I don’t
care WHO the author is.
Who is YOUR favorite author and why?
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May 14, 2026
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