Tag: Currently Reading

“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:

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
• The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand

 
Finished:

• The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket
• It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
• Serafina and the Splintered Heart by Robert Beatty

Challenges:

• RIP XIV: Peril the First – 8, Peril of the Short Story – 0, Peril on the Screen – “Supernatural” and “American Horror Story”

Total pages read this week: 942
Total books for the year: 59 of 60. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is beginning to get interesting, even though it’s still taking a long time to get anywhere.

“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:

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
• Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
• The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket

DNF:

• All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater

Challenges:

• RIP XIV: Peril the First – 5, Peril of the Short Story – 0, Peril on the Screen – “Supernatural” and “American Horror Story”

Total pages read this week: 411
Total books for the year: 56 of 60. I’m not giving up on Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell yet, but I decided to DNF All the Crooked Saints.

“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:

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
• The Nature Fix by Florence Williams

Finished:

• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
• Wednesday’s Library by Calliope Glass

Challenges:

• RIP XIV: Peril the First – 5, Peril of the Short Story – 0, Peril on the Screen – “Supernatural” and “American Horror Story”

Total pages read this week: 659
Total books for the year: 56 of 60. I’m not enjoying Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell or All the Crooked Saints as much as I thought I would.  I don’t know if I’m going to continue reading either one, but I am enjoying The Nature Fix.

“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:

• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater

 
Challenges:

• RIP XIV: Peril the First – 3 of 4, Peril of the Short Story – 0, Peril on the Screen – “Supernatural”

Total pages read this week: 352
Total books for the year: 54 of 60. I spent most of the week feeling so crappy that I didn’t even want to read.  When I finally felt like reading, I realized that the Doctor Sleep read-along had already started.  I’m now far ahead of the read-along.  The book is just too good to stop reading!  As far as “Peril on the Screen” goes, I lost count of how many episodes of “Supernatural” I watched this past week, so I decided to only list the shows or movies I watched that fit with the RIP guidelines.

“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:

• Legend by Marie Lu
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater

Finished:

• The Toll by Cherie Priest
• Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
• Day Shift by Charlaine Harris

Challenges:

• RIP XIV: Peril the First – 3 of 4, Peril of the Short Story – 0, Peril on the Screen – 4

Total pages read this week: 878
Total books for the year: 54 of 60. I had another bad week with my back and hip.  I’m feeling much better this morning, but I’m coming down with a cold 🙁  My reading will probably take a dip this week as a result.

“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:

• Legend by Marie Lu
• Press Start to Play ed. by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams
• The Toll by Cherie Priest

Finished:

• The Witches of New York by Ami McKay

Challenges:

• RIP XIV: Peril the First – 0 of 4, Peril of the Short Story – 0, Peril on the Screen – 1

Total pages read this week: 760
Total books for the year: 51 of 60. R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XIV and Something Wicked Fall have begun!!!!  For Peril on the Screen, the Boyfriend and I watched “1922” on Netflix, the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s book by the same title.  It was very Poe-ish. 

“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:

• Legend by Marie Lu
• Press Start to Play ed. by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams
• The Witches of New York by Ami McKay

Finished:

• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
• Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
• Strange Magic by Syd Moor

Total pages read this week: 1227
Total books for the year: 50 of 60. Last week was Bout of Books 26.  I finished my 50th book on Saturday, which was my original goal for the year, so I upped my goal to 60.  At the rate I’ve been reading, I might have to increase it again, but I’m not sure.

“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:

• Legend by Marie Lu
• Press Start to Play ed. by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams
• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

Finished:

• The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon

Total pages read this week: 454
Total books for the year: 47 of 50. The Word Exchange is such a great book!  It really helped me get through the boredom of being stuck on the couch with a messed up back for several days.  Today is the first day of Bout of Books 26.  I’ll be reading as much as possible this week, and I decided to start this morning with the audiobook of The Andromeda Strain, which I saw the film adaptation of when I was in high school (and it was already fairly old at that time).  I’m curious as to how well it holds up to time.

“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:

• The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
• Legend by Marie Lu

Finished:

• Shift by Hugh Howey

Total pages read this week: 411
Total books for the year: 46 of 50. I got the new edition (Penguin Minis) of Legend so I could see how I like reading and carrying around this new, lighter format. So far, I like it. The type isn’t too small, like I was concerned about it being. I can throw it in my bag without adding a lot of weight or taking up space, but I can also put it in my back pocket if I don’t feel like taking my bag, and since it’s a physical book, I don’t have to worry about batteries. I definitely won’t buy this format for books I want to keep forever, but for books I know I’m only going to read once, they seem like the perfect option. Right now, Legend is my “bus book,” so I also started The Word Exchange.