Category: Monday

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

•  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe – for the Classics Club Spin.
•  An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
• My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem – for the Our Shared Shelf book club.

  

Finished:

• The Sibyl by Cynthia D. Witherspoon
• The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

 

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 2 out of 51
• COYER: 3 out of 10

Total pages read: 860

Total # of books for the year: 2.  Now that Bout of Books is over, which I’ll be posting about later today, I’ll be catching up on reviews.  However, the 24 in 48 Read-a-thon is this weekend, so I’ll only post one or two until after that.

My Top Commenter: Terri at Second Run Reviews

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

•  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe – for the Classics Club Spin.
•  An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon

  

Finished:

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
• Greenglass House by Kate Milford

  

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 0 out of 51 (A Breath of Snow and Ashes and Greenglass House counted towards last year’s challenge.)
• COYER: 1 out of 10
• SF/F Bingo: I finished Greenglass House on the final day of the challenge (Dec. 31st)!

Total pages read: 1,012

Total # of books for the year: 0.  This week is Bout of Books, so I have no idea when I’ll get around to writing reviews for A Breath of Snow and Ashes and Greenglass House.  Hopefully, before the end of the month.

My Top Five Commenters for 2015:

1. Shaina at Shaina Reads
2. Terri at Second Run Reviews
3. Jen at That’s What I’m Talking About
4. Julie at Chapter Break
5. Berls at Fantasy is More Fun

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
• Greenglass House by Kate Milford

  

Finished:

• A Christmas Carol by Rod Espinosa
• Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Taki Soma, and Robert Wilson

 

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 52 out of 51.
• Outdo Yourself: 89 out of 66.
• Netgalley/Edelweiss: 15 out of 50. – I’ve given up on this challenge, but I’ll keep it listed here in case I get around to reading any more of my Netgalley ARCs.
• Twelve Books of Christmas: 5 out of 12
• COYER: 0 out of 10
• SF/F Bingo: I think it’s safe to count Bitch Planet as a Dystopia, which means I’ve only got one more book to read for this challenge!  If I can finish Greenglass House before the end of the year, then I will have completed the entire board.

Total pages read: 585

Total # of books for the year: 90.  I had a bit of an Outlander Christmas!  The Boyfriend got me the special collector’s edition of Outlander Season One, and his Mom got me the two-volume soundtrack!  I got his Mom the 1st book in the series and the coloring book 🙂  The Boyfriend also got me a personal embosser for my book collection, one of his Sister’s got me an Amazon gift card, and I got several other small gifts not related to books.  I’m so close to finishing A Breath of Snow and Ashes, but now that I’m back home and working on an editing project to bring in some extra cash, I have no idea when I’ll get it finished.  Hopefully before the end of the week.  It’s so good that I’m probably going to jump straight into the next book, An Echo in the Bone.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
• Greenglass House by Kate Milford

  

Finished:

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 50 out of 51.
• Outdo Yourself: 87 out of 66.
• Netgalley/Edelweiss: 15 out of 50. – I’ve given up on this challenge, but I’ll keep it listed here in case I get around to reading any more of my Netgalley ARCs.
• Twelve Books of Christmas: 3 out of 12
• COYER: 0 out of 10
• SF/F Bingo: 

Total pages read: 608

Total # of books for the year: 88.  You know how I said I’d get back to a more normal volume of blogging once I graduated?  Well, about that…It’s now my full-time job to find a job (I’m starting a freelance editing project today, which will give me some extra cash to tide me over until I’ve got something more steady; hopefully, one of the many jobs I’ve applied for over the past week).  On top of that, I’ve been getting into the Christmas spirit and my favorite season by reading when I can and snuggling up with my cat and the Boyfriend under blankets and drinking hot chocolate.  We (minus our fur baby, Dresden) also went to a Christmas party.  I’m also traveling this week.  So, it’s fairly safe to say I won’t be getting back to my usual amount of blogging until at least after Christmas, but probably not until I find a full-time job, and I’m no longer sitting at my computer looking through job postings and submitting resumes for eight hours a day.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

  

Finished:

• The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London

 

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 50 out of 51.
• Outdo Yourself: 86 out of 66.
• Netgalley/Edelweiss: 15 out of 50. – I’ve given up on this challenge, but I’ll keep it listed here in case I get around to reading any more of my Netgalley ARCs.
• Twelve Books of Christmas: 2 out of 12
• SF/F Bingo: 

Total pages read: 402

Total # of books for the year: 87.  OMG, I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE!!!  Thank you to everyone who commented with congrats and mutual excitement!  I know I said I would post photos on Sunday, but due to some unfortunate snags, I don’t have any great pictures of only me or ones I could crop well enough to remove those who don’t want their faces all over the internet.  Once I see what the professional photos look like, I may post those.  For now, I only have a question: did any of you fellow college graduates have the blues afterward?  I spent all of yesterday cleaning because it was either that or I wasn’t going to get out of bed.  I didn’t even want to read or watch anything on Netflix.  Cleaning helps, though, and the apartment desperately needed a return to dust-free order.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

  

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 48 out of 51.
• Outdo Yourself: 84 out of 66.
• Netgalley/Edelweiss: 15 out of 50. – I’ve given up on this challenge, but I’ll keep it listed here in case I get around to reading any more of my Netgalley ARCs.
• Twelve Books of Christmas: 0 out of 12 – this just started on the 1st.
• SF/F Bingo: 

Total pages read: 347

Total # of books for the year: 85.  Final exams.  Enough said.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

 

Finished:

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
• Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

 

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 48 out of 51.
• Outdo Yourself: 84 out of 66.
• Netgalley/Edelweiss: 15 out of 50.
• SF/F Bingo: 

Total pages read: 1,169

Total # of books for the year: 85.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

  

Finished:

• The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
• A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
• The Soak by Patrick E. McLean

  

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 48 out of 51.
• Outdo Yourself: 82 out of 66.
• Netgalley/Edelweiss: 15 out of 50.
• SF/F Bingo: A Tale Dark and Grimm is a Fairy Tale Retelling.  I only have two books left to go before I’ve completed the whole board!

Total pages read: 848

Total # of books for the year: 83.  I didn’t get much of a chance to read until Thursday afternoon, but I made up for that by reading most of the weekend.  Part of the problem is that none of the audiobooks I have or are listed in my library’s catalog are calling to me, so the two hours I have every day of the week to get some reading in are being spent listening to other things, like podcasts or music.  Is it possible to have an audiobook slump?

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

• The Soak by Patrick E. McLean
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

  

Finished:

• The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 47 out of 51.
• Outdo Yourself: 79 out of 66.
• Netgalley/Edelweiss: 15 out of 50.
• SF/F Bingo: The Witching Hour was over 1,000 pages.  Now I just need to finish a Fairy Tale Retelling, a Dystopia, and a book with a POC Main Character.  Luckily, I already own books that fit all those categories.

Total pages read: 306

Total # of books for the year: 80.  I didn’t read much again this week. I’m still listening to music instead of audiobooks, and I’ve been spending most of my free time job hunting.  I’m very much looking forward to next week when I only have two days of class and can relax and read for the rest of the week.

What are you reading this week?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling – for the HP re-read.
• The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
• The Soak by Patrick E. McLean

  

Finished:

• Thirteen Days in September by Lawrence Wright

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 47 out of 51.
• Outdo Yourself: 78 out of 66.
• Netgalley/Edelweiss: 15 out of 50.
• SF/F Bingo: 

Total pages read: 304

Total # of books for the year: 79.  I didn’t get nearly as much reading done this week for two reasons. One, I’ve been listening to music instead of audiobooks, and two, I’ve been sleeping, watching movies, and coloring more than I’ve been cracking spines.  I think I hit a bit of a reading slump, but that’s quickly being remedied by The Soak, written by the same author who wrote The Merchant Adventurer.  Patrick E. McLean is one of the few who I will buy their books immediately.  I was lucky enough to have enough credits saved up to get the ebook as soon as it was released 🙂

What are you reading this week?