January Good Reads – Jericho Sims begins

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#NewToMe2017, Author, books, Goodreads, Jericho Sims, Reading, T. Mike McCurley, Writer

 

Since this year I had to have a jumpstart for reading which began with the discovery of the New to Me challenge , I’m glad to inform you all that I did indeed find my booster pack in the form of Jericho Sims: so a big thank you to T. Mike McCurley for providing the catnip for reading.

After crossing paths during CampNaNoWriMo, T. Mike McCurley’s books  were always sitting on my radar to read yet I never got around to it and now I’m on the second book and eagerly wondering what happens next yet trying to pace myself to enjoy things more (slightly masochistic I know) but I don’t want another Game of Thrones type thing to deal with.

I don’t want to ruin the story for anyone and the first introduction to this mighty likeable character is a very reasonable buy from Amazon (or free to read if you have the prime unlimited thing which I hope gives something to the authors). I even managed to kick myself into leaving a review on Goodread which I should do for books but am often too lazy – sorry authors but I’m trying now.

Anyhow this was just a quick update and I’ll leave the links for you to peruse below:

GoodReads

Amazon

Amazon UK

 

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2017: The catch up year

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Blogging, books, Challenge, goodread, Inspiration, january, Reading

 

After finally feeling the urge to actually get moving and do something, I realised that what I need are a few nudges here and there to start the momentum and if left to my own devices I can happily just eat cheese and binge watch Netflix. So in order for this not to happen  (erm continue happening) I felt it was about time to find myself some new challenges or goals .. easy ones to begin of course.

One of the oddest things about last year is that I didn’t really seem to find the want to read, which is a strange place for me since I love reading and always have done, even as a child I would rather sit and read a book than play kerby (yes that exciting game of hitting a ball off a kerb and waiting for cars to pass) or tag with the other kids. Yet for some reason 2016 just was not a reading year..at all. In fact I can’t think of one single book I read over those 365 days which is not only sad it seems alien to me. Now I think it is time to put something in writing so this doesn’t happen to me again. How can anyone expect to write if they don’t also read? .. ridiculous!

So today I took a look around at some blog challenges and decided to register with Goodreads in order to nudge me to get at least 12 books read this year, also I found The Herd Presents blogspot that encouraged me to actually read outside my usual material. So this year I shall be trying a different genre or three.

 

Now I just have to find something to read … runs off to window shop

P.S Any recommendations are welcomed.