I used to read. A lot. I’d have stacks of books on my headboard, and I’d be in the middle of reading all of them. Have a hankering for sci-fi? I’d pull out David Weber (definitely rated R for language, so don't take this as a recommendation). Need a bit of fantasy? Lord of the Rings to the rescue. A seat-gripping, far-out novel? James Byron Huggins. A romance? Kristen Heitzmann. Not to mention classics galore in my post-teenage years.

I read less after I got married, and still less after I had the boys. The last few years I’ve hardly read at all.

2021 seemed like a good year to change that. I’m in the middle of my fourth book for the year already. ...continue reading →