Comments on: My year of making time to read (plus a most memorable books list) https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/ Writer, Author, Speaker Thu, 04 Jan 2024 04:00:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: ≫ Links I love – Modern Mrs Darcy https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-489948 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 04:00:25 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-489948 […] My year of making time to read (plus a most memorable books list). Good strategies (and good reads!) for anyone who wants to read more in the year to […]

]]> By: Themes for Thinkers #9 – How to Read More https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-72435 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:43:20 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-72435 […] Laura Vanderkam’s post on reading in 10 minute increments on her Kindle app helped me stop whinging about my lack of time and just start reading more.  […]

]]> By: Building (or Rebuilding) a Reading Habit, and Finding Time to Read – Being In Community https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-62328 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 02:17:40 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-62328 […] Anne Bogel’s, a homeschooling mother of four, runs the hugely successful blog, Modern Mrs. Darcy; Laura Vanderkam’s, a working mother of four and author on time management; and Gretchen Rubin’s, a writer and […]

]]> By: Sheri K https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-36391 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 03:07:09 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-36391 Thrilled to see Kristin Lavransdatter on your list. I bought a musty old copy at a used bookstore many years ago without knowing anything about the book or the author. Her story telling really does transport you to another place and time.

]]> By: WSIRN Ep 112: Your best reading year yet – Modern Mrs. Darcy https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-36390 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:15:16 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-36390 […] Also mentioned:  • Laura's TEDTalk: "How to Gain Control of Your Free Time" • Laura's blog post Making Time to Read: Supply vs. Demand • The 2018 MMD Reading Challenge  • Anne and Laura chat books and reading on Laura's podcast Best of Both Worlds, plus Laura's most memorable books list for 2017 […]

]]> By: Diane https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-36389 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:46:58 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-36389 Thank you, this was so interesting. KL is on my shelf as are others you mentioned here.
I had just finished reading Didion’s book and was going to St Johns Divine for a concert. Now knowing John and Daughter are entombed by the front alter, the concert became the second thing on my mind. But my water heater broke and had to forgo the concert. Hoping to have another chance soon.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-36388 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:31:45 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-36388 In reply to Brianna.

@Brianna- 39 (or 40!) is nothing to sneeze at. That puts you in the top 1 percent of the population, I’d imagine!

]]> By: Nelleke https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-36387 Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:21:35 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-36387 I think I detect a fellow Close Reads listener. 🙂 Great list.

]]> By: Brianna https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-36386 Mon, 25 Dec 2017 03:47:16 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-36386 Well now I feel super lazy for only reading 39 books this year. I’ll finish one more before the year is out. Officially making it a point to choose reading over tv next year.

]]> By: Katelyn https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/12/year-making-time-read-plus-memorable-books-list/#comment-36385 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 23:29:38 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7000#comment-36385 You mention with Brideshead Revisited that you like the portrayal of England between the world wars. Have you read Elizabeth Jane Howard’s five Cazalet Chronicles books? Howard follows multiple generations in a family before, during and after WWII. The family is fairly wealthy and in book #1, “The Light Years” the adult children gather at their parents’ house (the parents/grandparents are fondly referred to as the Duchy and the Brig) in the countryside in anticipation of war. I read this series during maternity leave last spring and the characters have stuck with me.

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