“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Finished:
Total pages read this week: 160
Total books for the year: 4 of 90. Not much reading this week. Instead, I was busy getting through some of my course work for my TEFL certification (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), and catching up on “Outlander” while I crocheted.
What are you reading?
Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story.
I will be repeating this process until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these posts. My TBR pile went from 665 to 831! My goal for this year is to reduce that to 740, which shouldn’t be an issue since I’m hosting the 2021 #ShelfLove challenge. Since I didn’t do a post last week to start off the new year, I’m going to go through 10 books this week.
Title Wave and A Just Clause by Lorna Barrett – KEEP. I love this Cozy Mystery series. I finished A Fatal Chapter not too long ago, and it’s only a matter of time before I start Title Wave.
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova – KEEP. The Historian made it into my personal library-in-the-making, and I’ve been wanting to read this for quite some time.
Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle – KEEP. The only reason I haven’t read this one yet is that I’m in the middle of several other book-related Cozy Mystery series and I don’t want to get confused.
The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg – KEEP. Yet another series I love! I still need to read The Master Magician before I get to this one, and I don’t know why I haven’t read it yet. Perhaps because it’s an ebook and I’ve been preoccupied with trying to clear my physical TBR.
Wonder Woman: War Bringer by Leigh Bardugo – KEEP. Wonder Woman is my fave DC comics character and Leigh Bardugo has been well-reviewed.
Hunted by Meagan Spooner – KEEP. I love “Beauty and the Beast” retellings. It’s my favorite fairytale, and this one sounds like it will be different from the usual retellings.
City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault – GO. I have completely lost interest in this book. I’m pretty sure the only reason I got it was because the cover looks so interesting. I don’t even remember ever reading the synopsis.
Disconnected by Nick M. Lloyd – GO. Meh. I’m pretty sure this was a freebie from somewhere.
Harry Potter’s Bookshelf by John Granger – KEEP. While I don’t think this is an “official” book, I am interested in reading about the books and stories that inspired the “Harry Potter” series.
My TBR pile is down two to 829 books, and my next post will be mostly made up of books from series. I will probably bundle them like I did with the “Booktown Mysteries” books at the beginning of this post. Even if I do that, my TBR likely won’t decrease at all over the next couple of weeks unless I finish reading some books.
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Finished:
Total pages read this week: 747
Total books for the year: 3 of 90. #BoutofBooks in January has always been the best way for me to get a few books read toward my annual reading goal, and this Bout of Books was no different.
What are you reading?
The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 30 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
I finished Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine right before I went to bed. That means that I met my goal for Bout of Books! I finished both of the books I had been reading before New Year’s, and I finished a book from my TBR. I’m looking forward to Bout of Books 31 in May!
The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 30 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
I’m well over halfway through Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine. I also started and got caught up on The Year of Cozy by Adrianna Adarme. It goes month by month and my plan is to read each month as it comes. So, I won’t be reading any more of it during this last day of Bout of Books, but I am going to try to finish Ink and Bone.
The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 30 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
I finished The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden and read a bit more of Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine. Overall, though, I didn’t read much yesterday. Today is going to be a reading day, and I might start another book, but I’m not sure which one yet.
The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 30 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
I missed posting yesterday thanks to the internet being out. I also didn’t finish The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden as I planned before picking up Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine again. I’m at 93%, though so it’s my goal to finish it before I go to bed tonight.
