This title is a bit misleading. I’m not planning to list every single book I read in the previous 30 years of my life. Quite frankly, I don’t even think I could! As an avid bookworm since I can remember, the number of books I’ve read (and reread) up until this point in my life…
What Anna Read in June 2018
Come catch up with me and take a look at what I read this past month as well as what’s coming up for next month’s goals and events. Summer is here and June has come and gone. The thing about summer in Minnesota is it takes forever to appear and then it’s gone before you…
What Anna Read in May 2018
Come catch up with me and take a look at what I read this past month as well as what’s coming up for next month’s goals and events. I’ll just come out and say this has been a weird May. The weather has been weird. I’ve been weird(er). And I have not been in the…
What Anna Read in April 2018
Come catch up with me and take a look at what I read this past month as well as what’s coming up for next month’s goals and events. In April I got serious about making some serious progress on my list of 30 books to read before turning 30. I haven’t got much time left!…
Cask & Quill Book Club – May’s Selection
April is nearing an end and I’ve decided to invite you all to read another book from my 30×30 list with me in May! I held a poll on Instagram to see what book people would be most interested in reading next month. The choice was between 1984, by George Orwell, and Beloved, by Toni…
What Anna Read in February & March 2018
Come catch up with me and take a look at what I read this past month as well as what’s coming up for next month’s goals and events. February flew by so quickly that I didn’t even get around to wrapping it up here. And now they tell me March is over, too? Unbelievable. As…
Cask & Quill Book Club Announcement!
You’re invited! If you’ve been keeping up with me on Instagram, you may have seen that this April I’ll be hosting a group read of The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath. If you’d like to get involved, it’s not too late! You can join the Goodreads group where we’ll be holding our discussions here. There’s…
What Anna Read in January 2018
Come catch up with me and take a look at what I read this past month as well as what’s coming up for next month’s goals and events. Hey, friends! Long time no chat! I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus this month to focus on running the new Cask & Quill Shop,…
Reading Resolutions: Anna’s 2018 Reading Goals
In which I discuss how my reading goals worked out last year and what I have planned for 2018. Spoiler alert: say goodbye to my TBR! There are many arguments for and against the idea of setting resolutions at the outset of a new year. The change of the year serves as a convenient marker.…
What Anna Read in November 2017
Come catch up with me and take a look at what I read this past month as well as what’s coming up for next month’s goals and events. November has come and gone already and before we know it the end of the year will be upon us as well. I still have quite a…
Immersive Reading: ‘Murder on the Orient Express’
Immersive Reading is a new series on Cask & Quill that takes you further into one book at a time by suggesting sights, smells and sounds that are evocative of each story. I’ll give you ideas that will alter your surroundings and immerse you right into the pages of your book. Visit the first Immersive…