Tag: Monday

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

Currently Reading:

• Clever Girl Finance: Grow Your Money by Bola Sokumbi
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
• The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines

Finished:

• Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

Challenges:

#ShelfLove – 19 of 51 books from my TBR.

Total pages read this week: 407

Total books for the year: 28 of 90.

My reading has slowed significantly compared to the last couple of weeks. Luckily for me, today is the start of #BoutofBooks 31, so I should have a huge page count in next week’s post.

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

Currently Reading:

• Clever Girl Finance: Grow Your Money by Bola Sokumbi
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
• Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

Finished:

• Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings by Lydia Sherrer
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

Challenges:

#ShelfLove – 18 of 51 books from my TBR.

Total pages read this week: 775

Total books for the year: 27 of 90.

I somehow managed to keep up the readathon momentum this past week, reading over 700 pages and finishing 3 books. I’m now only 3 books behind schedule for my annual goal, and I think I will finish at least one of my current reads this week, so hopefully I’ll only be 2 books behind by the next “Monday’s Minutes”.

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

Currently Reading:

• Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings by Lydia Sherrer
• Clever Girl Finance: Grow Your Money by Bola Sokumbi
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

DNF:

• Faithfully Religionless by Timber Hawkeye

Finished:

• Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen
• What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine
• American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson
• The Librarians and the Lost Lamp by Greg Cox
• The Flying Flamingo Sisters by Carrie Seim

Challenges:

#ShelfLove – 16 of 51 books from my TBR.

Total pages read this week: 1278

Total books for the year: 24 of 90.

I love writing these posts after a #readathon weekend! I’m still 4 books behind schedule for my annual goal, but that’s a lot better than last week’s 7.

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

Currently Reading:

• American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson
• Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen
• What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine

DNF:

• F*cked at 40 by Tova Leigh

Finished:

• All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter
• Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron

Challenges:

#ShelfLove – 12 of 51 books from my TBR.

Total pages read this week: 1033

Total books for the year: 19 of 90.

I did a lot of reading this week; the kind of reading I usually do during a readathon, but there weren’t any readathons. Reading has become my escape again, thanks to some health problems, and I’ve been lucky that, so far, most of the books I’ve been picking up off my shelf, listening to, or checking out from the library have been great at letting me put the real world away for a bit.

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

Currently Reading:

• American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson
• All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter
• F*cked at 40 by Tova Leigh

Finished:

• Codex Born by Jim C. Hines
• Shelved Under Murder by Victoria Gilbert
• Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford
• How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps by Andrew Rowe

Challenges:

#ShelfLove – 12 of 51 books from my TBR.

Total pages read this week: 685

Total books for the year: 17 of 90.

Both Follow Me to Ground and How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps were fairly short, so I got a couple of quick “wins” to add towards the #ShelfLove challenge and my annual reading goal. I’m still 7 books behind schedule, but now that I’m working, it will probably take me a lot longer to catch up, if I’m able to at all.

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

Currently Reading:

• Shelved Under Murder by Victoria Gilbert
• Codex Born by Jim C. Hines

DNF:

• Start Late, Finish Rich by David Bach

Finished:

• The Stolen Letter by Paige Shelton

Challenges:

#ShelfLove – 9 of 51 books from my TBR.

Total pages read this week: 591

Total books for the year: 13 of 90.

Despite how much I’m reading, I’m not finishing books fast enough to catch up to my annual goal. I’m now 10 books behind schedule. I have no idea if I’m going to be able to catch up anytime soon, either, since I’m starting a new job on Wednesday.

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

Currently Reading:

• The Stolen Letter by Paige Shelton
• Start Late, Finish Rich by David Bach

Finished:

• The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
• Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
• The Library Book ed. by Rebecca Gray

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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:

• The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

Finished:

• How Should One Read a Book? by Virginia Woolf

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:

• The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

Finished:

• Sixpence House by Paul Collins

DNF:

• Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

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:

• Sixpence House by Paul Collins
• Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

Finished:

• White Night by Jim Butcher
• Packing my Library by Alberto Manguel

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.