Theme Post: Cozy Mysteries

In the past year or so, I've discovered the awesomeness of cozy mysteries. Everybody has a slightly different definition of what qualifies as a cozy mystery. As a general rule, blood, gore, and sex seldom appear on the page; and often the story stars an amateur sleuth, although personally I'm not a stickler for that. For me, if a mystery doesn't make me want to sleep with the lights on, I consider it a cozy. However you define cozy mysteries, the books almost always provide a fun, interesting read, and I find myself frequently picking them up. There are literally hundreds of cozy mystery series out there, so it can be a bit intimidating trying to find a good one. As much as I love this genre, quite a few of them aren't exactly up to par. To help you weed through the extensive pile, I wrote about a few that I've read and loved. Female leads feature heavily in this genre, so all of the books in this post have female main characters. There are certainly ones with male leads I intend on picking up soon, and look out for another cozy mystery themed post where I review them. 

WEEKLY RECOMMENDATIONS 2

Generally, I'm going to be trying to post these on Fridays, but I'm a day late this week. So, here you go round 2 of the Weekly Recommendations.

Reading Slumps

It's every book lover's nightmare: the dreaded reading slump. I've yet to come across anyone who doesn't experience these at some points in their lives. There are a million factors that contribute to this, whether it's not having enough time, mental health, books aren't holding the attention, or whatever else it is. Recently, I experienced one of these myself where I was reading less than my normal amount for most of August.  This inspired me to write a post and talk about some of my methods to get over a few different types of slumps I've experienced in my life.

RECENT READING LIFE

So this past month has been a little crazy for me, but I'm back, beautiful people in full force. A little bit about my recent reading life and habits; generally, I'm reading more than one book at a time because I really love diversity in my reading life. Throughout one day I may want to dig into a thick historical biography, lighten it up with a romance, and finish off being taken to a completely different world with a fantasy or science fiction book. Unfortunately, I'm not able to read with this kind of variety as often as I would like. Despite this, I still always need a few different options, even I can't predict what I'm going to feel like reading in a given day.

Weekly Recommendation 1

Hey all! So every Friday I'm going to be posting a list of five books, each from a different genre, that I loved and wish everybody would read. I'm a pretty versatile reader so hopefully there will be something for everybody on each list.

Introduction

Hello bookish internet! This is the launch of the blog 'Saved By Books' and the correlating Bookstagram account. A little bit about where the name Saved By Books came from. I have loved books for most of my life, and have been a voracious reader from a young age. I come from a family who values books and reading, which definitely played a part in the start of my love of books.

My love of reading sustained me through my troublesome middle and high school years, but in my first year of college somehow I lost my way, and I lost my love of reading and books as well. Over the next two years, I maybe read five books total, which was blasphemous for me now looking back. I was lost not only in my reading life, but also in my everyday life. I was floundering in classes and really had no direction that I wanted my life to head in, I was stagnant.

I can't remember exactly how I came across it, but one day I came across the All the Books podcast from Bookriot, and it literally changed my life. Hearing the hosts, but specifically Liberty Hardy discuss books with so much love and enthusiasm brought my love of reading back full force. After listening to just one episode I immediately went to my local bookstore and bought three of the books discussed on the show. After tearing through them, I discovered the awesomeness of the whole Bookriot family, and I credit them with not only reigniting my passion for books and reading, but also expanding my TBR to be absolutely impossible to finish. This passion spilled over into my reality, and I found myself happier than I had been in a long time, and knew what I wanted to do with my life. Anything with books, I didn't know exactly what in books I wanted to do, and I still don't, but I have a direction now, even if it is a vague one. Books have saved me more than once in my life, this is just one of the most recent examples.

Let me know how books have impacted your life, I always enjoy hearing about the power of books!