Bookkeeping, Challenging, Still Reading.: A TBIF special edition

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report

Book reviews posted this week:
Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading, by Lizzie Skurnick

Next reviews scheduled:
Catching up on some outstanding LibraryThing Early Reviewer commitments (which are now not at all early):
The Last Bridge, by Teri Coyne
The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway

Currently reading:
Goldengrove: A Novel, by Francine Prose (for an upcoming TLC Book Tour)

New to my LibraryThing “To Read” collection:
Believe it or not, NONE – and it’s been two weeks since my last status report!

New additions to the Wishlist*:
Mistress of the Vatican, by Eleanor Herman
Sweet Life, by Mia King
Dervishes, by Beth Helms
Travel Writing, by Peter Ferry
City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza
The Accidental Bestseller, by Wendy Wax
What I Thought I Knew, by Alice Eve Cohen
Crossing Washington Square by Joanne Rendell

*Inspired by this week’s Tuesday Thinger, I have officially set up a “wishlist” collection on LibraryThing. I went back through this summer’s TBIF posts and added all the books I’d mentioned in those – you gotta start somewhere, right? And it’s probably way past the time I should have done something like this – I found a couple of books I’d listed as “new additions to the Wishlist” two or three times, based on different reviews! Clearly, I need to stay on top of this stuff better – hopefully, this will help.


News Flash: In which I join a reading challenge!

I mostly avoid reading challenges, since just trying to get the reading and reviewing done usually tends to seem challenging enough all by itself. However, I’m signing up for this one since it fits in with the only other challenge I’m doing. I still need 5 books to meet my goal for the 2009 Read Your Own Books Challenge, so I’m hoping that S. Krishna‘s Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge during October and November will help get me there!

Challenge details:

This is a challenge that is aimed at getting through those books that have been sitting on your shelves for months, even years!

Who?
Anyone who wants to sign up!

What?
Any non-review books that are on your shelves and/or review copies that have been on your shelves for over six months.
Crossover with other challenges is welcomed, even encouraged!

When?
This challenge will run from October 1, 2009 – November 30, 2009.

Where?
Here – at S. Krishna’s Books!

How?
This challenge will work a little differently than other challenges. Instead of picking a set number of books to read during this time period, you will pick a percentage. This means that a certain percentage of the books you read during these two months will have to qualify for this challenge. For example, let’s say you pick 40% and you end up reading 10 books in October and November. 4 of those books would have to qualify for this challenge in order for you to complete it. I am setting a minimum percentage of 20%.

My goal will be 25%. Since I’m not a speed reader, and I do have some review and tour commitments for the challenge period, I’m not stretching it too much.

Wish me luck, y’all!


*Still Reading and Remembering: Read-Along with Me and “Alice”*

Still Alice by Lisa Genova
A few of you expressed some interest in joining me in reading Still Alice (by Lisa Genova) next month. I’ll be reading it in connection with my participation in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk in Thousand Oaks, California on Saturday, October 17, and I’d be more than happy to have your virtual company! (Our walking team would greatly appreciate your donation to our cause as well.)

My plan is to read the book during the week leading up to the walk and post my review on the Monday after it (October 19). If you’d like read along with me, please let me know in the comments to this post or e-mail me at 3.rsblog AT Gmail DOT com. Please post your review on the same day that I do. I’ll cross-link all of the reviews here, and post some questions to discuss in comments.

Will you read along with me, please? Let me know! And if you’ve previously read/reviewed Still Alice, I hope you’ll join in the discussion on October 19!

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2,318 other subscribers
TBIF Special: Bookkeeping and BBAW

TBIF Special: Bookkeeping and BBAW

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report (hey, check out the new badge!*) Book reviews posted this week: “Gone to the Dogs” with – The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog, by John Grogan Next review scheduled (after BBAW): Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading, by Lizzie Skurnick (blog) Currently reading: The Last Bridge, by Teri Coyne (for LibraryThing Early […]

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in bookishness

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in bookishness

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report My Question of the Week, as asked on Twitter this past Tuesday: Will I get blackballed from the book-blogging community because I haven’t read The Hunger Games and sat out the release-day hoopla for Catching Fire this week? Seriously, someone tell me it’s OK. I need to know. ** Actually, I don’t need to know any more…I ordered them both on Wednesday. I still have no idea how soon I’ll […]

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in bookishness

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in bookishness

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report By the Numbers: Book reviews posted in 2009 so far: 28 Books read for the RYOB 2009 Challenge: 12 (goal is 20) Books received for review in 2009, to date: 30 Books acquired in 2009, to date, from all sources: 97 (!) (Evidently, receiving review copies of books is not having the slightest detrimental effect on my book-purchasing habits!) Books in the LibraryThing “To Read” collection: 229 (That number is […]

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in bookery

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in bookery

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Book reviews posted: Admission, by Jean Hanff Korelitz Currently reading/Upcoming reviews: The Weight of Silence: A Novel, by Heather Gudenkauf (for TLC Book Tours, scheduled for September 1) Teaser: “Petra was explaining to Fielda and me how their first grade classroom conducted experiments on how far those little plastic sports cars, Hot Wheels, I think they are called, could travel, when we came across the Clark family huddled in a […]

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in bookery

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in bookery

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Book reviews posted: Wife of the Gods, by Kwei Quartey Upcoming reviews: Admission, by Jean Hanff Korelitz (read on Kindle) The Last Bridge, by Teri Coyne (for LibraryThing Early Reviewers) The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, by Garth Stein The Weight of Silence: A Novel, by Heather Gudenkauf (for TLC Book Tours) New additions to the LibraryThing “To Read” collection: For review – The Package Deal: My […]

TBIF: Thank Book/Blog It’s Friday!

TBIF: Thank Book/Blog It’s Friday!

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Book reviews posted: None since July 20(!!). Conferencing, and following it up with a lot of writing, took a serious toll on reading time! I have good intentions to get back on the train in August, though – at least partly spurred by review obligations that actually have due dates – so wish me luck with improving my record! Upcoming reviews: Wife of the Gods: A Novel, by Kwei Quartey […]

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday!

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday!

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Book reviews posted this week: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, by Janelle Brown (with book discussion at Bookworm with a View) Reviews soon to come:Perfect Life by Jessica Shattuck (ARC via LibraryThing Early Reviewers – publication date August 3, 2009)The Last Bridge by Teri Coyne (ARC via LT ER – publication date July 28, 2009)Wife of the Gods: A Novel by Kwei Quartey (for TLC Books Tours in August) […]

TBIF – Thank book/blog it’s Friday!

TBIF – Thank book/blog it’s Friday!

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Currently reading: Perfect Life by Jessica Shattuck, via LibraryThing Early Reviewers Teaser: “Laura could hear the anxious needling in her own voice. The wife, the nag, the worrier – it was a boring story.” (page 79) Book reviews posted this week: Fool, by Christopher MooreNext review scheduled: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, by Janelle Brown Bonus Bookery: BOOKKEEPING, expanded edition: The (half) year in booksNew to my LibraryThing “to […]

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! Ready for a bookish three-day weekend?

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! Ready for a bookish three-day weekend?

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Guess who bought a Kindle?! (My mother-in-law let me try out hers first, and when I decided I really liked it, she offered me one of my own. Thanks, Peggy!) It’s scheduled to arrive early next week, and I’m open to suggestions for my first e-books – if you have any, comments please! This may be my way around the whole “waiting for the paperback” problem… Reviews posted this week: […]

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week’s bookishness

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week’s bookishness

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Reviews posted this week: The Unit, by Ninni Holmqvist Next review scheduled: Certain Girls, by Jennifer Weiner (RYOB Challenge) New additions to my “to be read” collection in LibraryThing: The Widows of Eastwick, by John Updike (a belated sequel to The Witches of…) Wife of the Gods: A Novel, by Kwei Quartey (for an upcoming TLC Book Tour) Nothing but Ghosts and Undercover, both by Beth Kephart ++ Pasadena: A […]

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in books, etc.

TBIF: Thank book/blog it’s Friday! This week in books, etc.

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Currently Reading: see “Next Review Scheduled” Next in Line: Certain Girls, by Jennifer Weiner (a “read-along” with My Friend Amy) (RYOB Challenge) Teaser: “My mom’s screen saver was my most recent high school picture. In the upper right-hand corner, a dancing Thin Mint informed me that there were 243 days until Girl Scout cookies went on sale again.” (page 283) After That: Fool by Christopher Moore (RYOB Challenge, “my husband […]