Welcome to another one of my schemes to read more! I’ll make this little update quick because I’ve got books to read and reviews to post. I’m also still a very busy MBA student living in the United Kingdom now…did I mention that here? Oops.

At the start of 2025, I set an easy reading goal for the year: 12 books. One book a month. Easy, right? 

Anyway, after not reading a single book from January to March, I realized that I needed to buckle down (and make up for lost time). So I decided that I’d read two books every month.

As a writer, reading fiction always inspires me to write — that’s the whole reason why I started this blog. I was the writer who didn’t read enough and my writing suffered because of it. While fiction inspires me to put pen to paper—or fingers to keyboard—non-fiction informs and enhances my creativity. The more I know, the more I can pull into my stories. That’s where my big idea came in.

I picked a few themes / topics / subjects that interest me, one for each remaining month of the year, and matched a fiction and non-fiction title to each category.

Starting in April, I’m kicking things off with the goal of Falling Back in Love With Love with my fiction pick being Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly, and a non-fiction staple All About Love by Bell Hooks.

This is posting May, so expect reviews for both books soon!

x

Kait