Double-Stacked Bookshelves

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl and it's a great way to share what you're loving in list form.  The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is:  Top Ten Bookish Goals/Resolutions for 2018 .  Ironically, I just did a goals post for Bout of Books last week , so I'll be using some of those same goals in this post.  I might also sneak a few new ones in there :) Here's what's brewing in my book/blog world for the year: Read ONLY books that I currently own.  I have way too many books that have resided on my OVERFLOWING bookshelves and they've been there for years.  Seriously, years!  I have made a resolution to read from those books over the next few months in an effort to purge some books from my home and make a dent in the ever shrinking and fully cluttered spare bedroom... Start reviewing books again.  I was on a really good kick for a few years, ...

What a fun round of Bout of Books!  I know I'm a day late in posting my final stats and wrapping it all up, but life happens :) Here are my final stats: Current Read :  The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Pages Read : Not enough to even count...haha Total Pages :  346 + a smidge...I forgot to keep track (to be honest) Time Spent Reading :  I didn't spend nearly as much time reading over the weekend as I had planned.  I have no excuse aside from pure laziness and getting sucked into some TV instead of my books.  I'm okay with that, though I wish I had finished at least two books for the read-a-thon. Books Finished :  Knitting by Anne Bartlett  Challenges :  Book-Spine Poetry (Day 6); none on Day 7 Thoughts :  As a whole, this Bout of Books might not have been a page count success, but I participated in more mini challenges and didn't stress about getting my reading in this round.  I count tha...

Goooood Morning, Bout of Book enthusiasts!  Today is a new day and (fingers crossed) a productive one.  The rain is raining.  The skies are gray.  The books are waiting to be read!  Here's how yesterday went... Stats for Day 3: Current Read :  The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Knitting by Anne Bartlett Pages Read :  30 from Shadow and 21 from Knitting Total Pages :  146 Time Spent Reading :  I got a bit of reading done on my lunch break and during my evening break at my second job and a little bit done right before bed (to relax).  15 hour workdays don't lend themselves to good reading time. Challenges :  None...I had every intention of doing the book spine rainbow and even thought about recycling my post from last round of BoB, but I couldn't bring myself to do it and then I ran out of time. Thoughts :  While yesterday was not a super successful BoB day as a whole, I'm still pretty stoked abou...

Good morning, lovelies!  Yesterday was a more successful book day all around :)  I got a little bit more reading under my belt (though still significantly below what I normally do) and participated in the awesome goals challenge.  Here are my stats for Day 2: Current Read :  The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Knitting by Anne Bartlett Pages Read :  30 from Knitting and 26 from Shadow Total Pages :  95 Time Spent Reading :  Again, about 2 hours on and off throughout the day.  I was feeling very unmotivated to do much last night and got sucked in to HGTV... Challenges :  2018 Reading Goals Thoughts :  Still approaching the read-a-thon with no expectations of myself or the event and I don't feel pressured to read in every spare moment I have.  Today may be a better reading day, or it may not.  Who knows ;) Happy reading, fellow Bout of Bookers!

The start of Bout of Books 21 (wow!) is just around the corner and I'm getting all geared up for the fun :)  My work week will be pretty busy with the start of the term and all the students who will (inevitably) have issues, but I should be able to squeeze some much needed reading time into my evenings.  Here's what's on my radar for the week: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon:  I have just started this book and am loving it, but it's massive and I don't think I'll be able to finish it over the weekend. Knitting by Anne Bartlett:  I have started this book as well, and it's significantly shorter than Zafon's, so I may have it finished before Monday. Possible reads:  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, The Diviners by Libba Bray, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, Shame by Salman Rushdie I'm also on a kick of reading ONLY books I already own (too many that I've had for EONS and have never read) AND that fit into the categ...

Bout of Books 20:  Goals and Whatnot Inspired by a recent post  from  The Broke and the Bookish , I've determined that my reading goal for the week is to knock out some stellar graphic novels that have been residing on my TBR for a while.  They've all been requested through the library, so they should arrive before Monday (barring the horrific eclipse traffic that we're scheduled to have...curse you, tiny town that's in the path of totality!!!). On the slate: March by John Lewis (all three books) Watchmen   by Alan Moore  The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Blankets  by Craig Thompson American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang What I like about graphic novels is their fast pace and visual offerings.  I am pretty confident that I'll be able to get through these...and maybe even start on a "regular" novel, too.  The sky's the limit! Possibilities:   Uganda Be Kidding Me  by Chelsea Handler or  Al Franken...

Bout of Books 13 is just around the corner (May 11th) and I am super duper excited!  I already posted my pseudo-goals in my participating post , but didn't list what books were on my radar for the event. So, here ya go! B.O.B TBR Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist:  I am so excited to read this book!  It's been on my radar for a while and I finally got it from the library. Left Drowning by Jessica Park.  I randomly picked this one up from the library as well.  Added bonus:  it will work for another challenge I'm participating. Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish.  Mainly because I'm more than halfway through it and I set it aside to work on some other books for a different challenge. A few comic books (because the bf keeps pestering me about reading them).  Probably some of the following:  Deadpool , The Logan Chronicles , Black Dynamite ...who knows. Hoping to finish up the two...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and it's a way to share what you're loving in list form. The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is:  Top Ten Goals/Resolutions for 2015 .  I've never been one to set or keep goals, but here goes nothing! Without further ado... Read the books that are already on my personal bookshelves instead of buying new ones or checking out more books from the library. Vow to read fewer books for the Goodreads challenge...but still read a lot! Catch up on my reviews.  I am woefully behind... Finish the multiple series I have begun BEFORE starting new ones. Get back into the groove of blogging. And some not so bookish resolutions... Get caught up on my scrapbooking projects.  I am years behind...literally! Purge my home of unwanted/excessive items (clothing, books, knick-knacks, crafting supplies, etc) Take more "me" time and NOT fe...

Bout of Books 11 Goals We are very quickly approaching the start of Bout of Books 11 and I'm super excited to be participating again!  I participated in the last Bout of Books Challenge, my first time joining in, and would like to think it was rather successful for me.  However, I want to do more this time!  Here is what I hope to get done Finish the Divergent series by Veronica Roth (this will count for this challenge, Bookish Bingo , and the Beat the Heat Challenge I'm currently participating in).  I'm just starting the first in the series, so I should be able to accomplish this. Read Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.  This will also count for all three challenges! Read more pages than I did for the last Bout of Books...a total of 779 pages last time. Participate in as many mini-challenges and chats as feasible! I'm thinking this is doable.  If you're interested, there's still time to sign up!  Here's the link . Happy r...

Library Books Read-a-Thon Goals Today is the first day of the Library Books Read-a-Thon hosted by Rachael @ Rachael Turns Pages (as I mention in a previous post this morning).  For this week's challenge, I plan to complete the following: * Blameless by Gail Carriger (currently on page 111) * Heartless by Gail Carriger * Timeless by Gail Carriger * Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies These are the four that I currently have checked out from the two libraries I frequent.  When I return them, I will pick up some more to finish out this week and continue on with the Summer Library Challenge .  I also plan on signing up to partipate in the public library's reading challenge over the summer.  Happy reading!