“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 Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The Humbug Murders by L.J. Oliver

  
Finished:

• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 55 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read this week: 357

Total # of books for the year: 82.  I had a wonderful Christmas with the Boyfriend up in Dallas with his Mom and her Husband, and I brought home several bookish gifts.  I also got a bit of reading done between eating and napping.  I head back to work tomorrow for four days and then I’m on vacation until the 9th of January!  I’m very much looking forward to an entire week at home with my cat and books.

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 Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  

Finished:

• Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 54 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read this week: 640

Total # of books for the year: 80.  My car broke down this weekend.  I’ll be finding out how much it’s going to cost to get it fixed sometime today.  I don’t think I would be handling this nearly as well if it weren’t for the Boyfriend and my anti-anxiety meds.

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 Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  
 
Finished:

• The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 54 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read this week: 277

Total # of books for the year: 79

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 Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

  

Finished:

• Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 54 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read: 443

Total # of books for the year: 77.  Now that I’ve finished Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, I can’t wait until the next book is out!  I need to know more about what happened with Brianna and Roger.  From my understanding, it’s going to be at least another year until the next book, and now I kind of wish I had waited to read this one.  However, I’m mostly glad I didn’t because I probably would’ve forgotten many of the important plot points and would have spent a lot of time looking things up in the Outlandish Companion.

I decided to put The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne back on the shelf for now.  I don’t know when I’ll pick it back up, but it wasn’t grabbing my attention at all.  I kept getting distracted by the other books I’ve been reading.

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 Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• Written in my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 53 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read: 506

Total # of books for the year: 76.

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 Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• Written in my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon

  
  
Finished:

• Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 53 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read: 658

Total # of books for the year: 76.  I put aside A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly.  I’m not DNFing it, but I just can’t seem to get into it right now, so I’ll try again sometime next year.  I’ve also put aside The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley, but I’m going to try to pick it back up next month.  I’m trying to stick to my “rule” of only having six books going at one time, and the other books I’m reading have been getting much more of my attention than these two.

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 Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
• The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
• A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  
  
Finished:

• Shelf Life by Suzanne Strempek Shea

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 53 – Challenge completed!

Total pages read: 447

Total # of books for the year: 75.   This weekend was the Texas Book Festival.  I was only able to attend on Saturday, but I ended up bringing home six books and two coloring books despite planning to get only two books.  The authors on the panels I went to made their books sound so wonderful that I couldn’t help but scoop them up from the buying tables and get in line to get them signed.  It was a fabulous and exhausting Saturday and I have absolutely no regrets 🙂

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 Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

  

DNF:

• The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Finished:

• The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 52 – Challenge completed!
• RIP XI: 11 books, at least 70 short stories

Total pages read: 499

Total # of books for the year: 74.  The Exorcist is good.  However, it’s just not scary.  Maybe it’s the narrator, or maybe it’s that I was listening to it rather than reading it, but I suspect it’s because I don’t believe in demonic possession.  The Winter People, on the other hand, had me freaked out enough that I didn’t want to go into my closet for any reason, or upstairs without the light on.  Ghosts, the dead coming back to life, the girl from “The Ring”…there is a small part of me that believes in all of that and is, therefore, terrifying.  I’m not saying any of those things, or anything similar, are in The Winter People, but before I got to the part of the story where I knew for sure what was going on, the possibilities of what “it” was had me creeped out.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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 Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
• The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
• The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
• Demons ed. by John Skipp

  
 
Finished:

• In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye by Tania del Rio
• The Sandman, Vol. 2 by Neil Gaiman

Challenges:

• Show Your Shelves Some Love: 52 – Challenge completed!
• RIP XI: 10 books, at least 70 short stories

Total pages read: 1037

Total # of books for the year: 73.  I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish most of this week’s reading if it wasn’t for Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon.  I’m pretty sure I appreciate the readathon more than before thanks to the overtime I’ve been working along with all the other things that have been taking up my time.  Before, it was just another excuse to read.  Now, it’s the only way I’m able to relax and truly enjoy a book without interruption or having to put it down to get back to work or go to sleep just when I get to the really good part.  I can’t wait until April 29th!

What are you reading this week?