My Dad, a Marine Corps veteran, passed away unexpectedly on the 31st. In his honor, I’m doing the Taji 100, a race to get 100 miles during the month of February. If you would like to sponsor me and the San Francisco chapter of Team RWB, you can do so HERE.
I’ll be logging my miles every day on the Taji 100 site, but I will also be tracking them here, below in the stats.
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Sixpence House by Paul Collins
Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
White Night by Jim Butcher
Total pages read this week: ?
Total books for the year: 5 of 90. My Dad passed away yesterday. I considered not posting anything at all today, but I wanted to at least let all of you know that I might be taking an extended blogging break, and if so, I will be back. This blog isn’t going to disappear without me saying so.
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 until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
My TBR pile went up again to 842. Not only did I not read a single page out of a book this week, but I added more books to my wish list and discovered a couple of books on my shelves that I never added to Goodreads.
This week’s books:
Press Start to Play ed. by Daniel H. Wilson – KEEP. I started reading this anthology during one of my Sci-Fi Summer reading challenges, but never finished it. I’m hoping to get back to it this Summer.
The Proverbs of Middle Earth by David Rowe – KEEP. This has been on my wish list for a while, but I don’t want the ebook; I would rather have a physical copy of it. However, it’s not a book I’ve ever found a copy of in any bookstore, and I don’t often remember to order physical books online before I’ve spent all of my money at the bookstore.
Bitch Planet: President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma, and Valentine De Landro – KEEP. I enjoyed the first volume of Bitch Planet, and I already own the paperback of this second volume.
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs – KEEP. I’m not usually interested in Paranormal Romance, but the synopsis doesn’t mention anything about Romance. I’m hoping it will be light on the Romance and mostly about the Paranormal.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill – KEEP. A story about a witch who saves children and has a swamp monster and a tiny dragon as friends? YES, PLEASE!
My TBR pile remains at 842 books. I don’t know that I’ll finish any books by next weekend, so I don’t think it will be changing until the next post, which will consist mostly of free audiobooks I got during Audiobook SYNC.
It’s been raining most of the week so I’ve been more focused on packing up the apartment and doing strength training and mobility workouts than I have with walking.
Speaking of packing, I have already had to buy more book boxes after my original purchase of 20! I’ve always known I have a lot of books, but this really puts it into perspective. I also have already filled another box full of books to take to the used bookstore.
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Sixpence House by Paul Collins
Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
Finished:
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshopby Lewis Buzbee
Total pages read this week: 221
Total books for the year: 5 of 90. For some reason, Sixpence House is difficult for me to pick up, but once I do, I don’t want to stop reading. Unfortunately, I tend to only read it before bed, and then have to force myself to be a Responsible Adult and put it down. I have an eye exam today, so I will be bringing the book with me in case I have any waiting to do.
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 until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
My TBR pile went back up a little to 836. I hauled 5 boxes of books to sell at Half Price Bookstore and used some of the money to buy a few books while I was there. Some of them were already on my wish list, and therefore on my overall To-Read shelf, but I found a couple of books that weren’t as well. I also added a couple of books to my wish list.
This week’s books:
Penny Dreadful Multipack Volumes 1 – 7 – KEEP. I picked up the Kindle editions of all 7 volumes for a few dollars, and I will eventually read them.
Star Trek: The Next Generation series – KEEP. I’ve read the first one in the series, and I have books 2 through 5 in paperback. The remaining books are on my wish list. From my count, there are 55 books in the series, and that doesn’t count all of the other one-offs and mini-series that feature the Next Generation crew. I will probably read all of those, too, someday. TNG is my fave “Star Trek” series, after all.
The Legends of River Song by various authors – KEEP. I love “Doctor Who”, and I love River Song even more, especially portrayed by Alex Kingston.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers – KEEP. Apparently, this week’s post is all about the Science Fiction. I’m ok with that. After Fantasy, it’s one of my favorite genres.
Dust by Hugh Howey – KEEP. This is the last book in the “Silo” trilogy, which I absolutely LOVE. Howey has become one of my auto-buy authors. I’m looking forward to reading this during the Summer.
My TBR pile remains at 836 books, and unless I finish a book by next weekend, I don’t think it will be changing. I became much more selective about the books I added to my TBR by this point in time (2017), and had already participated in the original #ShelfLove challenge for a couple of years.
I’m no longer on vacation, and that means getting rid of stuff that the Boyfriend and I no longer want to keep, selling books at the used bookstore that we no longer want in our collections, and packing up everything else to move. I hauled 5 boxes of books to the bookstore yesterday!
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee
Finished:
The Beatrice Lettersby Lemony Snicket
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.
Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story.
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 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.
This week’s books:
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.
Friday was my last day of work as the Boyfriend and I get ready to move to another state. Since I hadn’t had a real vacation in a while, the Boyfriend told me to take this week off from doing anything moving-related and just relax.
