Tag: 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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
• Of Books and Bagpipes by Paige Shelton
• The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

    
Finished:

• The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
• Bilbo’s Last Song by J.R.R. Tolkien

 
Total pages read this week: 358
Total books for the year: 20 of 90.  Yesterday was Tolkien Reading Day and I chose to celebrate by reading Bilbo’s Last Song.  I’m still trying to catch up on Les Misérables, but I found The Piano Shop on the Left Bank on the free book cart at the VA and immediately started reading it.  I’m loving it so far and it made me spend far too much time searching and considering buying a piano for which I have absolutely no room in my tiny one-bedroom apartment.  I also added quite a few pieces of sheet music to my wish list on Amazon and ordered a copy of The Road Goes Ever On, a book of poems and songs from Middle Earth put to music for guitar and piano.  I only have a 5 octave keyboard, but I’ll do what I can with it until I find the room and money for a full-sized weighted-key digital piano with pedals.  It’s probably a good thing I don’t have one right now anyway since my synovitis has been acting up again.
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
• Of Books and Bagpipes by Paige Shelton

    
Finished:

• Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros

 
Total pages read this week: 481
Total books for the year: 18 of 90.  I’m doing my best to finish up my current reads now that my reading slump has passed.
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
• Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

     
Finished:

• These is My Words by Nancy Turner

Challenges:
Total pages read this week: 392
Total books for the year: 16 of 90.  I’m finally back to listening to audiobooks while I do stuff around the apartment.  I’ve got most of the boxes unpacked, and a couple of the rugs we ordered arrived but there was a major screwup with the furniture so I’m still waiting on that.  Once it arrives, I’ll be spending the majority of my time putting it all together.  I foresee lots of audiobook listening over the next week or so.
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
• These is My Words by Nancy E. Turner

     
Challenges:

• COYER: 1 of 30 from The List, 8 for “The One With The Twist”, 0 for “The Strict”

Total pages read this week: 236
Total books for the year: 15 of 90.  I’m in the process of unpacking and organizing all of our stuff in the new apartment and, for reasons unknown, I haven’t been in the mood to listen to any audiobooks.  Instead, I’ve been listening to music and catching up on podcasts, mostly Lore.  When I have taken reading breaks, I’ve only wanted to read These is My Words, which I found in a little book shop and art gallery in Tubac, Arizona.  I put aside The Portable Dorothy Parker for the 2nd time, but at least I got further than I did the last time I tried to read it.  I will try it again some other time, but I’m thinking it just might not be my thing.
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
• The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

  
  
Finished:

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

 
 
Challenges:

• COYER: 1 of 30 from The List, 8 for “The One With The Twist”, 0 for “The Strict”

Total pages read this week: 223
Total books for the year: 15 of 90.  The Boyfriend and I left Arizona for California on Wednesday and moved into our new apartment on Thursday.  Since then, we’ve been checking out the neighborhood, buying stuff for our home, figuring out the public transportation, and eating really yummy food.  Yesterday we spent most of the morning at one of 3 local farmer’s markets and OMG, we will definitely be going back for almond croissants from one of the bakery stalls and the triple cream cheese we discovered at one of the creameries.  It’s a good thing we’re walking to and from most places; otherwise, we’d end up gaining a ton of weight!
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
• The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
• Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

  
    
 
Challenges:

• COYER: 1 of 30 from The List, 8 for “The One With The Twist”

Total pages read this week: 234
Total books for the year: 13 of 90.  If it weren’t for listening to Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, I wouldn’t have read much of anything this week.  The Boyfriend and I finished packing up the apartment and completed the 1st half of our road trip to California.  We’re currently visiting his Mom and her Husband in Arizona.  I’m not 100% sure what day we’re leaving, but I’m catching up on sleep, eating food that didn’t come from a drive-through, and generally relaxing.  I also got to hang out with my BFF on Sunday and I already miss her! 
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
• The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

  
   
Finished:

• The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton

 
Challenges:

• COYER: 1 of 30 from The List, 8 for “The One With The Twist”

Total pages read this week: 355
Total books for the year: 13 of 90.  Reading time has been nearly non-existent for most of this week.  While I managed to finish one book towards the beginning of the week, I haven’t picked up a book to read instead of pack since Friday.  The Boyfriend and I leave for San Francisco later this week, so I’m hoping to get some quiet reading time once the apartment is finally empty of all our stuff.
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
• The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

  
   
Finished:

• Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
• Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

 
Challenges:

• COYER: 1 of 30 from The List, 7 for “The One With The Twist”

Total pages read this week: 772
Total books for the year: 12 of 90.  I try to keep my current reads down to 6, but I’m now in the middle of 7 books, and it will be 8 once I catch up to the #EpicBuddyRead on Litsy, The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, and 9 when I start another audiobook.  I’m going to try to concentrate on finishing at least 2 of my current reads this week, but I’ve been a very moody reader lately.
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

     
Finished:

• Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
• The Shelf by Phyllis Rose
• The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
• Ruined By Reading by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

  
 
Challenges:

• COYER: 1 of 30 from The List, 5 for “The One With The Twist”

Total pages read this week: 1074
Total books for the year: 10 of 90.  This weekend was the 24 in 48 readathon.  I did fairly well and read for a little more than 12 hours and finished 3 books.  I can’t believe I’ve already finished 10 books this month, especially since there are still a few days until February.  I might even finish an eleventh book, but I’m not in any rush.
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:

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
• Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• The Shelf by Phyllis Rose

     
Finished:

• Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

Challenges:

• COYER: 1 of 30 from The List, 1 for “The One With The Twist”

Total pages read this week: 530
Total books for the year: 5 of 90.  It’s been an extremely busy week as the Boyfriend and I make plans to move.  I don’t know how much reading I’m going to accomplish over the next month or so, but my goal is to read for at least a half hour every night before bed.  I call it a goal, but really it’s part of my self-care plan to maintain my sanity 😉  Luckily, I’m still on track to finish 90 books this year.
What are you reading this week?