For March, the #ShelfLove Challenge participants are discussing the oldest books on our shelves. I decided to look back to the books I had written about in 2017, and discovered that I had only read one of the books I had mentioned, and the rest are still on my TBR. The book I’ve owned the longest and still haven’t read has moved from place to place, country to country with me since 2005!
Since half of these books are in storage right now and the others are ebooks, I’m probably not going to get them off my TBR this year. The only exception to that might be The First Pillar since one of the prompts for a reading challenge I’m participating in is “Oldest on TBR.”
What are some of the oldest books on your shelf?
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Finished:
Challenges:
#ShelfLove – 9 of 51 books from my TBR.
Total pages read this week: 900
Total books for the year: 12 of 90.
Since all of the books I’ve been reading lately have come from the library, they don’t count for the #ShelfLove challenge. That’s ok, though, since any book I finish counts towards my annual reading goal, and I’m still 9 books behind schedule.
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Finished:
Challenges:
#ShelfLove – 9 of 51 books from my TBR.
Total pages read this week: 175
Total books for the year: 9 of 90.
“The Last Kingdom” show starts out almost exactly as the book does and I thought watching the show had ruined the book for me. However, the book then goes on into much further detail on what Uhtred’s life was like with the Danes, and it’s really good reading so far. I’m still glad I took a very brief break to read How Should One Read a Book?, though.
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Finished:
DNF:
Challenges:
#ShelfLove – 8 of 51 books from my TBR.
Total pages read this week: 219
Total books for the year: 8 of 90.
After I got my new library card, I placed a bunch of books on hold that were on my wish list but that had very few copies available and fairly long hold lists. My thinking was that would give me plenty of time to read books I already have and then be able to read the library books as they came available. I did finish all the books I’d been reading since before the move and started Lament, a library book, but now my holds are starting to come in already; The Last Kingdom becoming available over the weekend. I went ahead and DNF’d Lament then because as much as I wanted to like it, I didn’t, and it was painful to read.
“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
Finished:
Challenges:
#ShelfLove – 7 of 51 books from my TBR.
Total pages read this week: 291
Total books for the year: 7 of 90.
I’m getting back into a normal routine in my new home, and that means I’m reading more, especially before bed. I also got my Columbus public library card!!! I’m super excited because, well, DUH! But also because the Columbus public library has over 30% of my current wishlist available to check out! Neither the San Francisco or Oakland public library systems had even half of that. Since I can’t buy any books this year, I’m thrilled that I will be able to check out so many of the books I’ve been wanting to read, especially since the majority of my books are currently in storage.
