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:

• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
• Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
• Ghosts of Greenglass House by Kate Milford
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss – for the #EpicBuddyRead on Litsy.

  
  
 
Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 59

Total pages read this week: 599
Total books for the year: 96 of 100.
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.
Currently Reading:

• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
• Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

  

Finished:

• Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor
• The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket
• Serafina and the Twisted Staff by Robert Beatty
• John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfold

  

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 59

Total pages read this week: 1091
Total books for the year: 96 of 100.  I raised my reading goal yet again.  I’m pretty sure this will be the highest number of books I’ve read since I started tracking them on Goodreads.
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.
Currently Reading:

• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
• John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfold
• Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

   
Finished:

• The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

 
DNF:

• Grayling’s Song by Karen Cushman

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 56

Total pages read this week: 791
Total books for the year: 92 of 95.
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.
Currently Reading:

• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
• John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfold
• Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

  
  

 
Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 55

Total pages read this week: 345
Total books for the year: 90 of 95.  I was in a mood most foul earlier in the week and went on Litsy to ask for book recommendations.  My request was for stories full of Buffy-like ass-kicking characters, and that’s how I ended up reading The Secret Hour.  So far, it has hit the spot perfectly even though there hasn’t been much ass-kicking yet.  I’m nearly done with it, and once I am, I’ll catch up with the Silmarillion for #LOTRChapteraDay.  I should be finished with that by the end of this week.  Then I’ll be trying to finish the rest of my current reads before the start of #COYER on December 16th.  Speaking of #COYER, I’ve been preparing by finally, and slowly getting all of my books scanned into Goodreads.  Once I’m done, I’ll also be fully prepped for next year’s #ShelfLove.
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.
Currently Reading:

• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
• John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfold
• Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

  
  
Finished:

• Wildwood by Colin Melot

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 55

Total pages read this week: 729
Total # of books for the year: 90 of 95.
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.
Currently Reading:

• Wildwood by Colin Melot
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros

 
Finished:

• My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
• Ghost Story by Peter Straub

 
Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 54

Total pages read this week: 670
Total # of books for the year: 89 of 95.  I upped my main reading goal again, and with any luck, I’ll have to raise it to 100 by the end of the month 🙂
This weekend was the Texas Book Festival.  I originally planned to go both days, but then I found out that Kate Milford (author of Greenglass House) and Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Boys) were both going to be there on Sunday, so I saved my spoons.  I’m so glad I did because the humidity was brutal and I bought so many books that I then had to lug around with me in my tote bag that I would have never made it through the day had I gone on Saturday as well.

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.
Currently Reading:

• Ghost Story by Peter Straub
• My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
• Wildwood by Colin Melot
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

  
Finished:

• Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Do it! Let’s Get Off Our Buts by Peter McWilliams

 
Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 54
• RIP : 18 books, 2 short stories, 55 episodes of “The Walking Dead”

Total pages read this week: 604
Total # of books for the year: 87 of 90.
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.
Currently Reading:

• Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Ghost Story by Peter Straub
• My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
• Do it! Let’s Get Off Our Buts by Peter McWilliams
• Wildwood by Colin Melot
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

    
Finished:

• Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

  
Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 52
• RIP : 17 books, 2 short stories, 49 episodes of “The Walking Dead”

Total pages read this week: 1064
Total # of books for the year: 85 of 90.  I hit my original reading goal for the year of 85 books so I raised it to 90.  I may have to raise it to 95 before the end of the month, though, since finishing all of my current reads, except for A Walk in the Woods, would bring me up to 90.
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.
Currently Reading:

• Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
• Do it! Let’s Get Off Our Buts by Peter McWilliams
• Wildwood by Colin Melot
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

   
DNF:

• Tales of Terror and Mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Finished:

• Demons ed. by John Skipp
• The Turn of the Screw by Henry James – for #Turnofthescread
• The Shadow Garden by Allen Houston
• The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women ed. by Stephen Jones

                           
Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 52
• RIP : 14 books, 2 short stories, 42 episodes of “The Walking Dead”

Total pages read this week: 1146
Total # of books for the year: 82 of 85.  I got a lot of reading done this week only because I couldn’t do much else.  I had to take nearly 3 days off from work while I went to doctor’s appointments trying to find out what is wrong with my hands.  Right now, the diagnosis is Synovitis.  I can’t be on the computer much and crocheting or coloring while listening to audiobooks is out of the question.  At least I’ve been able to complete the #ShelfLove challenge with more than 2 months to go before the end of the year!
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.
Currently Reading:

• The Turn of the Screw by Henry James – for #Turnofthescread
• Demons ed. by John Skipp
• Do it! Let’s Get Off Our Buts by Peter McWilliams
• Wildwood by Colin Melot
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

   
Finished:

• The October Country by Ray Bradbury
• The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

 
Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 48 of 51
• RIP : 10 books, 2 short stories, 30 episodes of “The Walking Dead”

Total pages read this week: 466
Total # of books for the year: 78 of 85.  This post is late today because, though I’ve been keeping up with Damn Early Days, I’ve started having a lot of pain in my hands.  I’m hoping to be able to get in to see my Doctor today, but until I do or I get better, I probably won’t be posting.
What are you reading this week?