“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:
Finished:
Total pages read this week: 575
Total books for the year: 33 of 90. I haven’t picked up any of my own books this week due to having checked out 3 books from the library that I really want to get read by the time they’re due. I finished Spoonbenders last night, and immediately started Year One before I went to sleep.
What are you reading this week?
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 14th and runs through Sunday, May 20th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 22 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
I’m hoping I’ll have the apartment completely finished by the 14th since the Boyfriend promised me a week’s vacation before I start looking for work.
One or two of these might already be finished by the 14th.
I will be posting an update each day with the amount of time I read, the number of pages read that day and the titles of any of the books I’ve finished.
Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
I will be repeating this process until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR. My TBR pile is back up to 726 books. Though I read quite a bit last week during the #readathon, I added more than 10 books to my wish list thanks to a combination of TBR posts and loving what I was reading so much that I want to read everything else by that author (I’m looking at you Jim C. Hines).
Hiking Alone by Mary Beath – KEEP. I found this book in the gift shop of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM while on a road trip back in 2011. I vaguely remember that I started reading it while I continued on my way through New Mexico, but I got distracted by other books while in Utah. I will be picking this up again, hopefully soon.
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson – KEEP. Normally, I would pass on a story about a favorite character from another author, but this one was authorized by L.M. Montgomery’s heirs for the 100th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables. I’ll wait to read it after I’ve finished re-reading the rest of the original series, but I will give this one a chance.
This Book is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson – KEEP. Y’all know by now how much I love books about books, libraries, librarians, etc. So obviously this one is not leaving my shelf.
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein – KEEP. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve either read or been told that I need to read this book. After reading the synopsis, I’m a bit concerned that it will trigger all sorts of bad memories, but I’m hoping it will be healing in the way that Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro were for me.
The Salinger Contract by Adam Langer – KEEP. I briefly picked this one up and read a few pages while I was in the process of going through everything I owned and deciding whether or not I wanted to keep it. I chose to keep this one, and I still stand by that decision, but I want to read something by J.D. Salinger before picking it back up. If you have any suggestions, let me know in the comments.
My to-read shelf remains at 726 books. See you next Saturday when I start with book #156.
“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:
Finished:
Challenges:
Total pages read this week: 1322
Total books for the year: 32 of 90. I managed to finish 75% of the OWLs. I finished the Defense Against the Dark Arts OWL on Thursday, Astronomy and History of Magic on Saturday during the #readathon, and just barely finished Charms on Sunday, the final day of the challenge. My goal was to finish all 12 OWLs, like Hermione. Even though that didn’t happen, I still got an Outstanding and I now have 9 subjects to choose from for the NEWTs. I will, of course, focus on the subjects I need to become a Librarian. Now, I need to catch up on Les Misérables.
What are you reading this week?
I’ve survived another Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon!
Due to my fingers being in band-aids, I went to bed not longer after Midnight. I’m determined to read for a large chunk of Sunday, though, to make up for bailing out with less than 5 hours to go. I know I shouldn’t feel bad about that, but I do. I was having a lot of fun.
I’ve survived 16 hours of Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon and I still haven’t fallen asleep!
Until my final update, at 5 am, I’ll continue reading the remaining books on my list:
Whether you’re participating in the readathon or not, what book(s) are you currently reading?
It’s time for Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon Mid-Event Survey!
1. What are you reading right now? Bohemian Gospel by Dana Chamblee Carpenter
2. How many books have you read so far? 1, but I’m over halfway through Bohemian Gospel.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Readathon? I’m still really looking forward to The Alchemyst by Michael Scott.
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? I’ve only had one interruption, caused by The Boyfriend, but I don’t mind, because it was to look at a cute cat pic on Facebook.
5. What surprises you most about the Readathon, so far? How I’ve managed to stay awake without even nodding off despite not drinking the bottle of Coke I have in the fridge yet.
I’ve survived the first 8 hours of Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon and I haven’t fallen asleep on the couch even once! I have my cat, Dresden to thank for that, since I sat down in front of my laptop and he jumped into my lap to take HIS nap! Luckily, I had the audiobook of Day 21 on my computer.
Until my 2nd update, at 9 pm, I’ll continue reading the remaining books on my list:
Whether you’re participating in the readathon or not, what book(s) are you currently reading?
