Quick recap: Jon Acuff introduced the #EmptyShelf challenge in December. It’s pretty basic: starting December 23rd, you empty one shelf of a bookcase in your house completely. Hence, “Empty Shelf.” Then, through the entire next year, you fill that shelf with the books that you read.
To read what I read in January, click on over here. For February, click on over here. March, here. And for April, click here.
May does not have an actual shelf – we moved this past weekend, so hopefully I can get my books back in order for June’s update. We’ll see.
Anyway – here is the list of what I read in May, for a grand total of two (2!) books:
30.) Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
31.) The Conditions of Love
I chose “Hotel” to read on a business trip that I took in mid-May for a couple of reasons:
- It hadn’t been snagged in the great #bookboxup.
- When I am stressed, I always reach for “comfort books” – kind of like comfort food. There is just something about picking up an old friend and knowing that it is going to be a wonderful distraction, not leaving one more part of life to chance.
What about you? Do you re-read your favorites when you are going through a rough patch?
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