Double-Stacked Bookshelves

Musing Mondays #2 Musing Mondays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @  Should Be Reading  and is quite simple, really. It asks you to comment/muse each week on one of the following prompts: Describe one of your reading habits. Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s). What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it! Tell us what you're reading right now--what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; why you are (or aren't) enjoying it. Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us! Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books--let's here it, then! Here's what I'm thinking about today: Yesterday was the last day of the Library Books Read-a-Thon hosted by Rachael @ Rachael Turns Pages .  While I didn't read near...

Library Books Read-a-Thon:  My Library Story It's day two of the Library Books Read-a-Thon and our illustrious host, Rachael @ Rachael Turns Pages , has prompted us to describe our library experience growing up.  An excellent request! Here's my story (I apologize for the length)... From the time I can remember, I have always had a fascination with reading and books.  My parents avidly read to my sister and I (my brother was too cool to participate) when we were small and before we learned to read on our own, normally as a calm-down before bed.  This was always one of my favorite times of the day.  When I entered grade school as a kindergartner and really learned to read on my own, a whole new world opened up to me; I could now check out books from our school's library.  I loved that library!  Though quite small, it had everything I could imagine.  Throughout grade school, I became a more-than frequent visitor to the library, checking...

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!

I'm gearing up and prepping for the Library Books Read-a-Thon hosted by Rachael @ Rachael Turns Pages  and the Summer Library Challenge hosted by Kate and Kristen @ The Book Monsters (both kick off tomorrow).  Popped over to the university library where I work and picked up these three beauties: Also, I've requested four books from the local public library in an effort to finish up the Parasol Protectorate Series by Gail Carriger.  I read the first in the series and quite enjoyed it...so I have to finish it, naturally! Books On The List So Far * The Silent Wife by A.S.A Harrison * The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne * Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies * The Parasol Protectorate Series by Gail Carriger Changeless (Book #2) Blameless (Book #3) Heartless (Book #4) Timeless (Book #5) Possible Books To Add * The Divergent Series   by Veronica Roth Divergent Insurgent Allegiant * The Inkworld Series by Cornelia Funke (I've a...

Now that Bout of Books has finished their reading challenge, and I had such a great time, I decided to scour the internet for a new reading challenge to take on.  Enter the Library Books Read-A-Thon hosted by Rachael @ Rachael Turns Pages .  This reading challenge takes place from June  9-16.  It is the second time this read-a-thon has taken place and I'm happy to be adding to its success. According to the guidelines, the goal is to read as many library books as you possibly can throughout the week, though reading books you already own is perfectly acceptable as well.  The goal is to spread the love of reading and libraries.  There are so many awesome things that libraries offer and do for their respective communities that people do not realize.  This is an excellent way to shed some much needed light on some smaller town libraries (I know my local library would benefit). I'm not sure what I'm going to be reading as of yet, but I do have a "to-...