Tag: Currently Reading

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
• The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
• The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson ed. by Brooks Atkinson
• Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist

Finished:

• The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

Total pages read this week: 309

Total books for the year: 33 of 85. I didn’t do a lot of reading this week, but I did listen to quite a few podcasts about books, including Book Riot’s Annotated and The Prancing Pony Podcast. The latter discusses one chapter of a book by J.R.R. Tolkien per episode, starting with The Silmarillion.

What are you reading?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
• The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
• The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson ed. by Brooks Atkinson
• The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

Finished:

• Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
• Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman
• The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
• The Wednesday Wizard by Sherryl Jordan
• The Sons of Macha by John Lenahan

Total pages read this week: 1120

Total books for the year: 32 of 85. This weekend was Dewey’s 24-Hour #Readathon, and I focused on Middle-Grade Fiction. I love readathons because it all but guarantees I’ll get through roughly 1k pages, and probably finish at least 3 books. #BoutofBooks is coming up soon, so keep your eye out for my sign-up post!

What are you reading?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
• The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
• The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson ed. by Brooks Atkinson

Finished:

• Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

Total pages read this week: 308

Total books for the year: 27 of 85. I started a course on edX titled, “The American Renaissance: Classic Literature of the 19th Century.” The first assigned readings are by Ralph Waldo Emerson, so I ordered The Essential Writings.

What are you reading?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
• Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

Finished:

• A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod
• Harry Potter: A History of Magic by The British Library
• Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter

Total pages read this week: 448

Total books for the year: 26 of 85. All three of the books I finished this week are audiobooks. Junkyard Cats was a little bit more serious than I was expecting, but I suppose that’s what I get for not reading the synopsis first. The other two were pure Non-Fiction fun. They made me want to sign up for some kind of a class so that I can stretch my brain a little bit and keep my mind off of the craziness going on IRL. I can’t decide what I want to learn about, though, from the seemingly millions of free options out there, but I’m thinking I want to take some type of Literature class.

What are you reading? What free online classes have you taken, and which ones would you recommend?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
• Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

Finished:

• Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton
• My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery

Total pages read this week: 925

Total books for the year: 23 of 85. Anne’s House of Dreams was exactly what I needed right now. Especially after the horror of Brave New World. I’m going to avoid Sci-Fi, especially Dystopian Sci-Fi, for awhile, and focus on books that make me happy.

What are you reading?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton
• A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
• My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul

Finished:

• Glass Town by Steven Savile

Total pages read this week: 351

Total books for the year: 19 of 85. My Life with Bob is comforting. A History of Reading is cozy. Lost Books and Old Bones is a wonderful audiobook to settle into when I’m tired. I foresee this kind of reading will continue throughout the next month.

What are you reading?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• Glass Town by Steven Savile
• Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton

Finished:

• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
• The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
• The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Total pages read this week: 712

Total books for the year: 18 of 85. This past weekend was the #StayHome24in48 Readathon. I probably did more sleeping than reading, but I stayed off the internet unless it had something to do with the readathon, and I avoided checking the news. It was exactly what I needed, and I’m considering doing the same every weekend for at least the next month or so.

What are you reading?

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
• The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
• The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Total pages read this week: 231

Total books for the year: 15 of 85. Both of the public library systems I use have been closed to the public. I’m still going to finish the books I checked out before I continue reading The Wise Man’s Fear, but mostly because they’re both really good!

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
• The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
• The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Finished:

• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

Total pages read this week: 449

Total books for the year: 15 of 85. I’m determined to finish reading my library books before I go back to reading The Wise Man’s Fear. I need to have The Diary of a Bookseller finished by the 18th and Queen of the Tearling by the 21st, which shouldn’t be a problem as long as I don’t allow myself to get distracted by other books.

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.

Currently Reading:

• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

Finished:

• Walking: One Step at a Time by Erling Kagge

Total pages read this week: 338

Total books for the year: 13 of 85. I was hoping I would’ve finished Station Eleven by today, but I found myself with a little less than 50 pages to go when I needed to turn out the light and go to sleep.