Regular readers of My Cup of Cocoa know that I tend to read a lot. I set a goal each year to finish 50 books and always surpass that number. In January 2018, I posted my top 20 to-read list for the year. The post, like most of my book and reading related pieces, was a popular one. So I thought, why not make a top to-read list for 2019 and also review how I did with last year’s lineup. A Quick Review of 2018’s To-Read List Out of the 20 books I most wanted to read Read More
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Favorite Reads, 2018 Edition
Every year, I set a goal to read 50 books and for the past 10 years I’ve met that goal. In 2018, I finished 65 books. It has become a custom for me to list my favorite reads at the end of each year. It’s fun to look back and remember all the great books I’ve read in the last 12 months. It’s also fun to share those favorite reads with my friends, family, and blog readers too. I keep track of my reading lists on Goodreads.com. It’s an amazing source of book information and once you join (for free) you Read More
9 Happiness Tips You Can Use Today
I recently finished reading The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People by Meik Wiking and wrote a review and recommendation of this great little book. You can read it here. I loved the book so much that I struggled to write a review that wasn’t way too long. There was so much information in the book’s 285 pages that I wanted to share that I ended up writing an essay instead of a blog post about it. What to do with too many words? That’s easy! Break them into two blog posts! So here is the second blog post Read More