Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Have you ever been sure you've read a book, but when you went to re-read it, nothing seemed at all familiar? So it was with this book, which I would have sworn I read years ago (long before this blog). After watching the recent mini series, I thought it would be good to re-read. While reading, I kept waiting for that moment of recognition - and it never came! Of course, some things seemed familiar because I had just seen them depicted on the screen, but.... Maybe I only thought I read the book? Who knows. 

In any case, there isn't much I can say about this book that hasn't already been said. Many of the concepts and events seem slightly dated, as they are products of the time in which the book was written, but at the same time the universal themes (including, in my opinion, "what does it mean to belong") always apply. It's a classic for a reason and well worth a read. 

Color-Coded Reading Challenge 2021

 Bev at My Reader's Block hosts this fun challenge, which you can read all about and sign up for here. Over the years I have really enjoyed finding books to fit this challenge, with brown being the most challenging overall. I'll update this post with links as I fill in the categories.

Read nine books in the following categories:

1. A book with "Blue" or any shade of Blue (Turquoise, Aquamarine, Navy, etc.) in the title/on the cover. Searching for Sylvie Lee has a blue cover

2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red (Scarlet, Crimson, Burgandy, etc.) in the title/on the cover. The Moving Pictures has a predominately red cover

3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Maize, etc.) in the title/on the cover. The Poison Squad has a yellow cover

4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green (Emerald, Lime, Jade, etc.) in the title/on the cover. The cover of The Woman before Wallis shows a green dress 

5. A book with  "Brown" or any shade of Brown (Tan, Beige, Sand, etc.) in the title/on the cover. I'm using The Henna Artist for this one, since Henna is usually a brownish color

6. A book with "Black" or any shade of Black (Jet, Ebony, Charcoal, etc.) in the title/on the cover. The Only Good Indians has a mostly black cover

7. A book with "White" or any shade of White (Ivory, Eggshell, Cream, etc.) in the title/on the cover. The Hate U Give has a mostly white cover 

8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Magenta, Pink, etc.). 

9. A book with a word that implies color in the title/on the cover (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Shadow, Paint, Ink, etc.). Me - Elton John has a rainbow effect on part of an otherwise black and white cover

It's my 10th Blogaversary!!

Happy Birthday to this blog!! 10 YEARS!! I am honestly shocked to my core that I have managed to keep this blog going in any fashion for an entire decade. WOW! 

Since the last several years have not been great for reading for me, this year I am going to do my 2 favorite reading challenges: The Color-Coded Reading Challenge and the Mount TBR Challenge, but I am not going to do them "officially" by signing up and etc. I'll make a separate post for the Color-Coded Challenge so I can start all over with that one, but I will just continue last year's Mount TBR post and keep posting books to that. Links here:

New Color-Coded

Continuing Mount TBR

I don't really do New Year resolutions, but this year I decided to set goals each month - things like drink a certain amount of water each day, take a certain amount of steps each day, and of course read at least 1 book per month. I'm hoping that keeps me on track. 

What are your plans for reading in 2021?