15 Books I’d Like to Re-read

I love rereading books that I previously enjoyed. It's not something that I do often because there are so many new books coming out every week, and it's hard to prioritize rereading a book when I've got ten brand new ones that I want to get to. There are certain books that I make sure to…

The Best Books I Read in 2019

2019 was a great reading year for me. A couple of these books have become all-time favorites of mine, and I'm looking forward to reading them over and over again. It was hard to narrow this list down to ten books, so here are my top 15 books of 2019. 15. $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost…

The Best Books I’ve Read in One Year of Book Blogging

As I mentioned in a previous post, today is the one year anniversary of Read Yourself Happy.  As part of the celebrations, I wanted to share the top ten best and worst books I've read and discovered in the first year of my book blogging journey.  Here are the ten best books I've read in my…

Trouble No Man by Brian Hart – A Review

Note: This review was originally published in December 2018, but I wanted to repost it in honor it being released today. It was one of my favorite books from 2018, and now that it's finally out, I definitely recommend picking it up.  Trouble No Man by Brian Hart Fiction | Post-Apocalyptic Goodreads Published by Harper Perennial…

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo – A Review

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Young Adult | Fantasy Published by Orion Children's Books Released September 27, 2016 Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-a-Million | Thriftbooks Author Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Tumblr Rating: Crooked Kingdom is the second book in the Six of Crows duology. As such, I won't be able…

The Best Books I Read in 2018

2018 was a great year for reading and one in which I read things I normally would not have, thanks to wanting more variety for this blog. There were so many great books that I read, and these are the best. For this list, I'm only including books that I read for the first time…

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – A Review

“It's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.” The Book The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Middle-Grade | Magical Realism | Supernatural | Fantasy Published by HarperCollins Released September 30, 2008 Goodreads…

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world. Query: How does the never to be differ from what never was? The Book The Road by Cormac McCarthy Post-Apocalyptic | Adult Fiction Published by Knopf Released September 26, 2006 Goodreads | Amazon…

A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir – A Review

“Curse this world for what it does to the mothers, for what it does to the daughters. Curse it for making us strong through loss and pain, our hearts torn from our chests again and again. Curse it for forcing us to endure.”  The Book A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir Published by Razorbill,…

The Greek Gods Book Tag

Time for another book tag! This one was created by Zuky at Book Bum, and I first saw it on Lori's Bookshelf Reads. The images used are from Book Bum with Zuky's permission. ZEUS: KING OF THE GODS – YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK Although I generally consider my favorite book to be Cormac McCarthy's The Road, I…