Rachel is doing another #24in48 Readathon this weekend! This is the Readathon that started it all for me. I created this blog, a couple of designs ago and back when I was The Reading Wench, so I could better connect with such a great bookish community. This will be my 4th 24 in 48! I love it because I can read for 24 hours without the sleep deprivation 🙂 Goals:
My plan never goes just how I want it to, but I’m hoping to get at least 14 hours of reading in on Saturday and then finish up the remaining hours on Sunday. Regardless, the ultimate goal is to read for 24 hours over the weekend.
Finish three books for #ShelfLove, #COYER Summer, and my #SciFiSummer reading challenge. Since I’m already in the middle of The Ghost Ship and almost done with Parable of the Sower, this shouldn’t be too difficult to accomplish.
TBR:
All of the book covers are linked to Goodreads.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
1984 by George Orwell
The Ghost Ship by Diane Carey
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Sign ups are still open. Are you participating in the 24 in 48 Readathon?
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted. Currently Reading:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
1984 by George Orwell
The Ghost Ship by Diane Carey
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
Total pages read this week: 445 Total # of books for the year: 47 of 85. After finishing The Circle by Dave Eggers, I had a huge urge to reread 1984, one of my favorites from when I was in high school. I also started The Ghost Ship because I needed something a little more light-hearted after The Circle and to take the edge off my reading both 1984 and Parable of the Sower. Last night, I dipped back into The Secret History of Wonder Woman after going to see the movie for the 2nd time with a friend who hadn’t seen it yet. It was just as awesome as the 1st time, and I can’t wait until it comes out on DVD.
What are you reading this week?
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Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
How it works:
Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
Order on ascending date added.
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
I will be repeating this process every week until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR. I currently have 591 books on my to-read shelf. The pile grew again while I was writing this post because I discovered how many other volumes of the Penny Dreadful Multipack there are, and I want to have them all. It would have been 592, but I started reading The Ghost Ship by Diane Carey for #COYER Summer and #SciFiSummer.
This week’s five books:
The Great Darkening by R.G. Triplett – GO. I don’t know when I picked up this ebook, but I hope I didn’t pay anything for it because I have no interest in reading it.
A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice – GO. I hope I didn’t pay for this one either because the whole story is told in the synopsis and it’s the stereotypical “young man leaves his rural home in seek of glory” type of Fantasy story. It even has a powerful sword awaiting the chosen one. As much as I love the Arthurian legends, this book sounds like too much of a highly derivative and overly long tale that will bore me to death before I finish it.
A Tide of Shadows by Tom Bielawski – GO. Holy Moly, I’m so glad I stopped my bad habit of one-clicking ebooks! I hope I don’t have many more of these Fantasy stories that all sound the same in my TBR.
Penny Dreadful Multipack Vol. 3 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Eugène Sue, and Charles Collins – KEEP. I LOVE Penny Dreadfuls, and while I’ve already read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I haven’t read the other stories in this volume. I hope I’m able to get to them in October.
Fell’s Hollow by A.J. Abbiati – KEEP. I’m going to hold onto this one for now since I already own it and the synopsis is interesting. However, I’m concerned that it says “An Episodic Novel” on the cover and there’s no indication that this is a series on Goodreads. From my understanding “episodic novels” are like tv series in that you get a small part of the story in each book. This one is over 300 pages, though, so maybe it’s just written as episodes?
So, my to-read shelf is back up to 588 books! Will it ever get any smaller? I’ll be starting off next week with book #46.
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted. Currently Reading:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Doctor Who: The King’s Dragon by Una McCormack
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
Total pages read this week: 622 Total # of books for the year: 46 of 85. The Circle is the scariest book I’ve read this year. Parable of the Sower is becoming a close second.
What are you reading this week?
Image: hjl
Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
How it works:
Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
Order on ascending date added.
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
I will be repeating this process every week until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR. I currently have 587 books on my to-read shelf. It would have been 588, but I started reading The Circle by Dave Eggers for #COYER Summer and #SciFiSummer.
This week’s five books:
The Fall by Bethany Griffin – KEEP. There’s no way I’m getting rid of a reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. This one is still on my wishlist, but I hope to get ahold of a copy for October.
John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfolk – KEEP. This one was a difficult decision. The Goodreads synopsis had me leaning towards getting rid of it, but I already own it, and my copy is an autographed hardcover. It’s absolutely beautiful, and the synopsis on the inside flap of the dust jacket made me place it back on my TBR shelf.
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence – GO. Meh. I don’t even remember why I added this book to my wishlist, but I’ve never looked for it in any bookstore while scrolling through my list and after reading the synopsis, it’s obvious why. Bye bye uninteresting book.
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss – KEEP. While the synopsis didn’t wow me, I’ve heard nothing but great things about this book, and I already own a paperback copy.
A Shadow of Lilies by R. Moses – GO. I think I got this ebook for free, but I don’t really remember and the synopsis doesn’t spark any memories for why I own it. I really hope I didn’t pay for it because I have no interest in reading it. Buh-bye!
So, my to-read shelf is down to 585 books and I’ll be starting off next week with book #41.
Original Image: Viktor Hertz “Thursday’s Things” is a roundup of book related links I’ve come across while wandering down the rabbit hole that is the internet.
I enjoyed putting together the Fantasy edition of “Thursday’s Things” so much that I decided to do another one. Yes, much of it is related to the “Harry Potter” series, but that’s what I tend to find the most of on the interwebs.
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted. Currently Reading:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Doctor Who: The King’s Dragon by Una McCormack
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
Total pages read this week: 413 Total # of books for the year: 45 of 85. I am so ready to be done with The Count of Monte Cristo. I might take a break from it and listen to another audiobook for a bit.
What are you reading this week?
Image: hjl
Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
How it works:
Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
Order on ascending date added.
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
I will be repeating this process every week until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR. I currently have 588 books on my to-read shelf. It would have been 2 books larger, but I’ve started reading The Mad Tinker’s Daughter by J.S. Morin and The King’s Dragon by Una McCormack; both for #COYER Summer and #SciFiSummer.
This week’s five books:
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran – KEEP. There’s no way I’m getting rid of this one. Not only do I already own it in paperback, but I LOVE Caitlin Moran!
Jackaby by William Ritter – KEEP. Another book I would never take off the list. I also already own it, and I don’t know why I still haven’t gotten around to reading it.
The Archived by Victoria Schwab – KEEP. I’ve considered tossing this one off my wishlist several times because A Darker Shade of Magic, while good, was not a book I loved. Something about Schwab’s writing style that I wasn’t sure I wanted more of; however, the synopsis hooks me every time.
Sabriel by Garth Nix – KEEP. While the synopsis doesn’t grab me the way the one for The Archived does, I’ve heard nothing but great things about this first book in the Abhorsen series, and I already own a paperback copy of it.
The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis – KEEP. A magical map and a pirate ship?! YES, PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
So, my to-read shelf remains at 588 books and I’ll be starting off next week with book #36. I’m starting to wonder when my TBR pile is going to get any smaller.
