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 Books That I Could Re-Read Over and Over Again .  Now, I'm not really a re-reader and, to be honest, there aren't a lot of books I have re-read over the years.  There are too many books I want to read that I can't justify spending time on a book I've already read.  However, here are a few that I have re-read over the years or could potentially re-read: Have Re-Read   Harry Potter (DUH!) Wait Till Helen Comes The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle   Pride and Prejudice   Potential Re-Reads   North and South   The Book Thief Life of Pi The Lunar Chronicles Fangirl A Song of Ice and Fire     And there you ha...

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 ever week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is:  Top Ten Books That Have Been On My TBR The Longest .  I'm ashamed to admit that my TBR is ridiculously out of control.  Like, hide my head in the sand and ignore it out of control.  I have gone through and deleted books recently, but I think that the number is so daunting that I'll never be able to cull it the way it needs to be.   Omega Minor by Paul Verhaeghen...I even own this book and it's still been on my TBR for 10 years! Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (own...) How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It by Arthur Herman (own...)    H...

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 Books I Liked/Loved But Can't Remember Much About .  There are definitely books that stick with you; that you can recall small details from; that resonate.  Then there are books that you enjoyed reading, but for some reason their details leave your mind as soon as you close the cover.  Below are ten books that fall into that category for me. And since I am not a fan of re-reading books (unless it's Harry Potter ), I'll probably never remember what happened aside from the fact that I read these... Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke   Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald The Blasphemer by Nigel Farndale   Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland Frog...

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...

Today's mini challenge for Bout of Books is:  Book Spine Poetry! Here's my poetic endeavor: Speak Softly, She Can Hear The Remedy for Love, The Last Breath. Nothing to Envy. Little Earthquake. Beautiful Ruins. What She Left Behind: The Grace That Keeps This World A Rather Lovely Inheritance. This was a fun little challenge :)   Happy reading, fellow Bout of Bookers!

Welcome to the homestretch, fellow Bout of Bookers!  I have every intention of completing the two books I've been working on all week.  Here are Friday's Stats: Current Read :  The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Pages Read :  107 in Knitting Total Pages :  346 Time Spent Reading :  I had a very good reading day!  Spend several hours throughout the day reading and finishing up one book and got a good chunk done out of the other.  Maybe I'll finish Shadow before the weekend's up and start a third! Books Finished :  Knitting by Anne Bartlett  Challenges :  None... Thoughts :  Though I had every intention of reading from Shadow yesterday evening, I just didn't get to it.  I chose to watch some TV (mainly shows my husband is not too keen on since he was at work) and then went to bed.  I'm not too heartbroken about it ;) Happy reading, BOB Fam :)