I SO Wish Authors Stop Doing This {Part 1} and our Family Getaway to Great Wolf Lodge

I find that as I read different books, there are common thoughts that run through my mind. Things that I wish authors would stop doing and things that I wish authors would do more often are always among those thoughts. I present to you a new series I’m calling “I Wish Authors Would Stop Doing This” which will highlight some of these common thoughts. Aaaaand just for fun, a little glimpse into our fun family getaway to Great Wolf Lodge at the end of this post 🙂

If you follow me on Instagram, you saw in my stories that I recently started reading this book.

I don’t have much of an opinion on it yet as I’m not very far into it but I do have one opinion on something that I instantly loved…

SHORT CHAPTERS.

Oh how I love when books have short chapters! I just love flying through short chapters! It holds my interest so much better than long chapters do.

I HATE when I decide to “read just one more chapter”…and find that means I will now be reading 30 more pages. More often that not this means I won’t even begin reading the next chapter and the entire book will therefore take me longer to finish.

I SO wish more books could be written with shorter chapters. I understand that sometimes stories simply won’t allow for it at certain times in the plot…but how wonderful if they could! Break up that scene! Leave the chapter with a cliffhanger that won’t allow the reader NOT to continue reading!

The best example of a book with perfect short chapters (some even just 1 page) is THIS BOOK. There are over 100 chapters in that book…but each is only between 1-3 pages! I literally FLEW through that book because those short chapters held my interest in a way that 30 page chapters simply never could have.

I SO wish authors would STOP writing lengthy chapters!

I personally believe that the perfect length of a chapter ranges somewhere between just a few pages and maybe 10-15ish?

How about you? Do you like it better when books are written in shorter chapters? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!

And now I’ll leave you with some pictures of our family getaway last weekend to the Great Wolf Lodge (Gurnee, IL). There were 15 of us total, we all wore matching wolf t-shirts, and we had the best time.

My sister-in-law gave this to me a few months before I got married. It has come with me on every single vacation, overnight stay, getaway, etc. that I have taken over the past 10 years!

My little wolves:

Check out this video…I did the ropes course! It was terrifying.

Have you been to Great Wolf Lodge? We are big fans! This was our 5th visit 🙂

Hope you are having a great Wednesday!

Xo,

Jenny

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Sick, Reading, Coffee, and Books

My daughter has been sick. There is nothing worse than when your child gets sick! She was home from school for a few days last week and spent her time sleeping, reading, and watching episodes of her current favorite tv show (Bunk’d). I bought her a present to cheer her up (shown with the humidifier which has been running every night for over a week in her room):

Her and I quietly reading together. And yes, the bulb in her closet is pink 🙂 Obviously.

Last week was hard and I was exhausted. I dropped my coffee all over the floor as I was desperately quickly trying to brew it because I was so tired from being up with my sick daughter the night before. As soon as my son came into the kitchen and saw this, he thought that the coffee grounds were ants and he promptly freaked out. Recap: I was dealing with a sick daughter, upset son, huge mess, and NO coffee all at the exact same time. #momlife

Thankfully now it’s a new week and she’s feeling much better but I do think this nasty cough might be around for a while. Ugh.

In book news, if you follow me on Instagram you know that I officially gave up on this book. I found it VERY unrealistic and VERY boring. Not to mention that I kept pronouncing the main character’s name the wrong way. It has gotten fantastic reviews from others who have stuck it out. My general rule is when I use words like “stuck it out” that means it’s not a book I need to read, lol.

Also, if you follow me on Instagram you know that I’ve been receiving some very exciting book mail lately! My dear friend Melissa over at Chick Lit Central mailed me these 2 books and I’m SO excited! I’m halfway through reading Things You Save In A Fire and I’m enjoying it so far 🙂 Full review coming soon!

Rochelle Weinstein sent me an advance reader’s copy of her latest book which will be released in January 2020. This beautiful book looks AMAZING and I can’t wait to read and review it! Thank you so much, Rochelle!

I entered a Bookstagram giveway on Instagram and won! Thank you so much to Flat Iron Books for sending me a copy of this book! It looks great 🙂

I went to the post office to buy stamps (holiday card season is almost HEEEEEERE!!!) and the man presented me with 7 different design options. Obviously I chose the one with a literary reference!

And lastly, this picture because it makes me smile. Favorite coffee, favorite holiday cup, favorite color:

Happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start. I’m looking forward to Wednesday…I’m going on a special blog related activity! Any guesses??? If you have been reading my blog since the beginning, you might be able to figure it out from this clue (that’s me on the top right):

Xo,