Category: Lola’s Ramblings

Lola’s Ramblings: How do I decide to get an Audiobook?

Lola’s Ramblings: How do I decide to get an Audiobook?

In today’s discussion post I want to talk about how I decide to get an Audiobook and especially how I decide whether to get a certain book in audio or ecopy. Why I get the audio instead of ecopy There are multiple factors that can influence whether I get the audio instead of an ecopy of a book I want to read. I discuss them below. Narrator/ Sample. One of the most important things for me when deciding whether to get an audiobook is the narrator or sample. If I already know the narrator and enjoyed books narrated by that […]

Posted March 1, 2025 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 6 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Do you Read Multiple Editions of a Book?

Lola’s Ramblings: Do you Read Multiple Editions of a Book?

Recently I was reading the first book in a reworked series, the first book is new, but some of the later books are reworked versions of previously published books. It made me think of how some books get special editions with bonus content nowadays or stories like in anthologies get republished once they’re out of the anthology and then published with some extra content as an expanded edition. I sometimes struggle a bit with these, but then I also read some books that were new editions or got new editions that I really enjoyed, so wanted to share my thoughts […]

Posted February 15, 2025 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 4 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: 10 Opening Lines From Books I Read

Lola’s Ramblings: 10 Opening Lines From Books I Read

For today’s post I want to share some opening lines I liked from books that I read. Thanks to Kit from Metaphors and Moonlight for giving me the idea for this post. I looked at some of the first lines of books I read in the past year or two and compiled them in this post. For this post I always looked at the opening line of the first chapter and ignored prefaces or prologues if the book had them. It was fun looking at opening lines and finding some that would be fun to share and I also realized […]

Posted February 1, 2025 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 6 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Reading Statistics for 2024

Lola’s Ramblings: Reading Statistics for 2024

For today’s post I wanted to share some of my 2024 reading statistics. I always track a lot of things for the books I read and I enjoyed looking at some of the statistics. Reading Statistics for 2024 Some Interesting Stats Total Books Read: 193 Author I read the most books from: Laura Greenwood, I read 20 of her books this year. Book I read most often: Doll Girl Meets Dead Guy by Lidiya Foxglove, I re-read it twice last year. Physical Book read: only 1, A Different Sort of Normal by Abigail Balfe. Oldest published book I read: an […]

Posted January 25, 2025 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 12 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Reading Goals for 2025

Lola’s Ramblings: Reading Goals for 2025

Last year I set some loose goals to guide me what I wanted to focus on that year, for this year I decided to do this again and share these goals on my blog as well. These are mostly guidelines, but I don’t really mind if I don’t reach the exact number set out in these as long as I come close. Reading Goals for 2025 Read 10 Non-fiction Books. I made my goal to read more non-fiction in 2024 and wanted to continue that goal. 10 non-fiction books is a bit less than one a month so that seems […]

Posted January 11, 2025 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 12 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Review Books I Didn’t get to in 2024

Lola’s Ramblings: Review Books I Didn’t get to in 2024

There were a bunch of review copies I didn’t get to in 2024, in today’s post I wanted to list some of the review books I didn’t get to yet and hope to read in 2025. I limited it to fiction ebooks only. I also share a bit about why I want to read eahc of the books I listed. Review Books I Didn’t get to in 2024 Moon Dust in My by Hairnet by JR Creaden A scifi romance with an autistic main character, I didn’t hesitate and got this one when I saw it on Netgalley. The Sawmill […]

Posted January 4, 2025 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 6 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Top 6 Non-fiction Books I Read in 2024

Lola’s Ramblings: Top 6 Non-fiction Books I Read in 2024

One of my goals in 2024 was to read more non-fiction books. In this post I want to share my thoughts of my favorite non-fiction books of this year with a few sentences about why I liked each of these. As well as links to my original review for each of these. Top 6 Non-fiction Books I Read in 2024 ACT for Burnout by Debbie Sorensen I saw this book on NetGalley early this year while I was dealing with burnout and requested it, wanting to read more about the topic. I found ACT for Burnout a very informative and […]

Posted December 28, 2024 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 8 Comments