I usually wait until mid to late January before posting my reading plans or goals. Mainly because I'm very optimistic about my superhuman capabilities during the start of a new year but much of that enthusiasm fades over the next couple of weeks. I tend to believe I can read more than ever but reality is usually closer to how much I averaged in previous years. So, to allow myself the opportunity to dream big and then plan well, I take the ambitious goals for a road test during the first couple of weeks of the year. If they still look achievable, great! If not, I will part ways with those that are a stretch. The numbers I have an arbitrary number set in Goodreads for this year but it's not a number I will quote as I tend to change it often and it is intended to factor in the many picture books I read with my kids. But that said, there are three numbers I would like to improve this year (last year's stats in parentheses) - total number of pages read (approx. 11k), average n
This meme is hosted by Marcia @ The Printed Page. It is the gathering
place for readers to share the books
that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t
count, eBooks & audio books do).I just got one book this week, but it's one that I've been looking forward to.
Based upon Availability by Alix Strauss arrived, courtesy of TLC Book Tours. (About "eight seemingly ordinary women", in "Manhattan's Four Seasons Hotel", going through "their darkest moments as they grapple with family, sex, power, love, and death".) Looks like there is plenty of characterization!
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they’ve checked out from the library.You know how a visit to the library usually is? You walk in, and there is this big stack right in the front, screaming "New Arrivals". Now, you probably already made up your mind on what you want to pick up - maybe some holds, maybe that book which you've always been wanting to read. But how do you turn your head away when these gleaming covers out front fight for your attention?
So last week, in the middle of a reading funk, I went to the library to stare at those new covers and pick one. There were so many books out there, which I wanted to read, but in the end, only took one book - One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The other book I picked is Still Alice by Lisa Genova, which is a referral by a friend in Goodreads.
What do you think of any of these books?
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Happy reading. =)
Mondays: Mailbox/Musings/Whereabouts
http://bookventuresbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/05/mailbox-monday_24.html
Here is my MM list on Rose City Reader.