Tag: reading

Currently Reading: The Very Best of Kate Elliott, a review book, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott for The Classics Club, 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscomb, for one of my college classes, The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, because I’m insane.  Also, there’s a read-along for it.

         

Winter 2014-2015 COYER Progress:  I’ve read 7 books towards my goal of 10, and participated in 2 read-a-thons towards my goal of 3.  I’ve been keeping up with the Facebook group, but I still need to do a mini-challenge.

Show Your Shelves Some Love, and Outdo Yourself Progress: 5

Netgalley/Edelweiss Progress: 4

SF/F Bingo: So far I only need to read a book published this year.  The Very Best of Kate Elliott will qualify for that. I’ve read a book containing dragons (The Sunken by S.C. Green), a book by a female author (The Eterna Files), a book published prior to 2000 (Walking the Labyrinth by Lisa Goldstein) and an Urban Fantasy (The Kingdom Lights by Steven V.S.).  My “Free” book is Tommy Black and the Staff of Light by Jake Kerr).

Total pages read for the week: 477.  I was apparently in the middle of another reading slump without knowing it, but I accidently discovered a cure: reading a book from a series I love.  I thought my reading was just being interfered with by all my school work, but on Wednesday evening I got home after a craptastic day with a huge case of the “F-its”, went immediately to my TBR shelf, picked up The Fiery Cross, and started reading without any regard for all the things I should’ve been doing instead.  It turns out all the books I’ve been reading lately have been kind of heavy, and instead of reading I was filling my time with busy work and random chores whenever I wasn’t working on school work.  I enjoy heavy books, but I got bogged down, and I needed another world to escape to and just enjoy the story and characters without dealing with serious modern day real life issues.  The crazy part is now that I’m out of the slump, I’ve been able to return to those heavier books with a renewed interest.  I think from now on, I’m going to keep a light read going along with all the other heavier reads so that this hopefully doesn’t happen again.

Total number of books for the year: 7.  I’m now behind schedule and I moved back the review dates for this month’s books.  However, now that I’m out of my reading slump, I think there’s a chance I’ll be able to complete most of the challenges I’m participating in.  These next couple of weeks are going to be particularly busy, though, so I’m not likely to get caught up with all my review books this month. Wednesday’s Words will now be monthly, along with all my other features except this one.

Top Commenters: This week, my Top Commenter was Shaina from Shaina Reads.

What are you reading this week?

Currently Reading: The Very Best of Kate Elliott, a review book, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, which I’m reading for the Sword and Laser bookclub, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott for The Classics Club.

   

Finished: The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber, which I’ll be reviewing on Feb. 3rd.

Winter 2014-2015 COYER Progress:  I’ve read 7 books towards my goal of 10, and participated in 2 read-a-thons towards my goal of 3.  I participated in the Twitter chat on Saturday, but I still need to do a mini-challenge.

Show Your Shelves Some Love, and Outdo Yourself Progress: 5

Netgalley/Edelweiss Progress: 4

SF/F Bingo: I may end up moving these around a bit, but so far I only need to read a book published this year.  The Very Best of Kate Elliott will qualify for that. I’ve read a book containing dragons (The Sunken by S.C. Green), a book by a female author (The Eterna Files), a book published prior to 2000 (Walking the Labyrinth by Lisa Goldstein) and an Urban Fantasy (The Kingdom Lights by Steven V.S.).  My “Free” book is Tommy Black and the Staff of Light by Jake Kerr).

Total pages read for the week: 327

Total number of books for the year: 7.  I’m still ahead of schedule, but I don’t know how long that will last.  2 of my 4 classes this semester are requiring me to write 20 page research papers on top of all the normal coursework that comes along with the typical college class.  Due to this, I’ve already made the decision to cut Friday’s Fairy Tales down to every other week, which is why there wasn’t a post on Friday.  I may end up doing the same with Wednesday’s Words.  I know this will likely hurt the blog, but earning my degree has to come first.  The amount of reading I get done every week will suffer too, since most days I’m only reading for about 30 minutes before I go to bed.

Top Commenters: This week, my Top Commenter was Shaina from Shaina Reads.

What are you reading this week?

Currently Reading: The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber, a review book, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, which I’m reading for the Sword and Laser bookclub, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott for The Classics Club.

   

Finished: Walking the Labyrinth by Lisa Goldstein, which I’ll be reviewing this week.

Winter 2014-2015 COYER Progress:  I’ve read 6 books towards my goal of 10, and participated in 2 read-a-thons towards my goal of 3.  I’ve also participated in some socializing on Facebook, but I still need to do a mini-challenge.

Show Your Shelves Some Love, and Outdo Yourself Progress: 4

Netgalley/Edelweiss Progress: 3.  I’m already starting to get into the part of my TBR that doesn’t apply to all of my challenges.

SF/F Bingo: I may end up moving these around a bit, but so far I’ve read a book containing dragons (The Sunken by S.C. Green), a book written by a new-to-me author (Tommy Black and the Staff of Light by Jake Kerr), a book by a female author (Walking the Labyrinth) and an Urban Fantasy (The Kingdom Lights by Steven V.S.).

Total pages read for the week: 541

Total number of books for the year: 6

Top Commenters: This week, my Top Commenters were Shaina from Shaina Reads, Terri M., The Director from Second Run Reviews, and Rose from Chapter Break.

What are you reading this week?

Currently Reading: The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson and We Are the Birds of the Coming Storm by Lola Lafon, both review books, and Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, for the read-along.

  

Finished: Villette by Charlotte Brontë which I reviewed on Saturday, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, and Soldier of Blood and Fortune by Emma J.R. Hawk, the 2nd book in what was supposed to be a serial.  I was told by the publisher back when I agreed to review Justice in a Dead Land that each new part would be published every Monday (this is also stated on the book description on Amazon).  It’s been two months since Soldier of Blood and Fortune was published, so I’m a bit irritated at having wasted my money.

Total pages read for the week: 962

Total number of books for the year: 61 (I don’t count Soldier of Blood and Fortune as a book).  It feels so good to finish the books that I’ve struggled to finish for months!  I’m not quite caught up on my review books yet, so I may end up having to push one or two of them back to January, but I’m hoping to catch up after this week so that it only affects those books.

What are you reading this week?

Currently Reading:  The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg, a review book, Villette by Charlotte Brontë, which I’m reading for The Classics Club,  and The Hobbit and Philosophy, what I’m reading for fun.

  

Finished: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, which I’ll be reviewing sometime this week, and Ennara and the Fallen Druid by Angela Myron, which I reviewed yesterday.

 

Total pages read for the week: 513

Total number of books for the year: 55.  I’m still struggling to finish Villette.  My review books for this month are much more interesting, and November is already half-way over.  Besides The Paper Magician, I’ve got 2 more to finish, and I don’t want to push their reviews back, especially since I decided to participate in The Classics Club Spin #8 by hosting a read-along.

What are you reading this week?