BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Book reviews posted this week: The Laws of Harmony, by Judith Ryan Hendricks Next review scheduled: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff Still currently reading: Escape by Carolyn Jessop (I expect to finish reading it this weekend, for review next week) TBR Next: The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist  (via LibraryThing Early Reviewers) Teaser: “She had gone off with a small bag in one hand and a bathing towel around her […]

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Currently Reading (just started): Escape by Carolyn Jessop Teaser: “After several terrible years with Faunita, Audrey said, Merril was forced to marry Ruth. He resisted this marriage as well, until he was reprimanded by the prophet and forced to wed.” (page 91) Next in Line, order TBD: Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner, to “read along” with My Friend Amy one week in June (date TBA), also for 2009 RYOB Challenge; […]

BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Currently Reading: The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks (via LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers Program) Teaser: “I buy a double espresso from a woman who has a little cart set up right by the entrance every Saturday and head for Heather the Bread Lady’s table, piled with crusty brown loaves that she and her family bake in their wood-burning brick oven. With a loaf of still-warm country French in my […]

Musing Mondays, hosted at Just One More Page: “Re-reads” Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about books and reading… Have you ever finished a book, then turned around and immediately re-read it? Why? What book(s)? (question courtesy of MizB) It’s been a while since I’ve re-read anything. There are books that I’ve read two or three or four times, but there’s usually some space – at least a year, sometimes much longer – between readings. I […]

Musing Monday, hosted at Just One More Page: “TBR Anxiety” This week’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about your TBR pile… How many books (roughly) are in your TBR pile? Is this in increasing number or does it stay stable? Do you ever experience TBR anxiety in the face of this pile? (question courtesy of Wendy) My TBR “pile” occupies one bookcase which is double-stacked on three of the four shelves, two shelves in a cupboard […]

Musing Monday, hosted at Just One More Page: “Nonfiction?”  Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about reading non-fiction… Do you read non-fiction regularly? Do you read it in a different way or place than you read fiction? (question courtesy of Diane) I try to mix nonfiction into my reading pretty regularly; in fact, I’m currently reading my third consecutive nonfiction book. Most of the nonfiction I read is memoir or biography, and although I don’t really […]

Musing Mondays, hosted at Just One More Page… Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about your to be read list… As a follow up to last week’s question, Joseph asked how you keep track of your TBR list. Do you have a paper list or on your computer? Do you take it with you when you go shopping? How do you decide what gets added to it? By some definitions, I don’t have a “TBR” list. […]

This post is all about me answering questions, but I’ve got a few more questions to ask you – if you haven’t already done do, would you please stop by Tuesday’s post and answer them? Thanks! Musing Mondays, hosted at Just One More Page… This week’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about recording your reading…Do you keep track of what and/or how many books you read? How long have you been doing this? What’s your favorite […]

The questions at the end of each section are for you to answer in comments, should you choose to do so – I hope you will, at least for one or two! “Mailbox Monday,” hosted at The Printed Page I’ve given up bookstore shopping for Lent (how many weeks till Easter?), but I’m still picking up new books here and there… I mentioned in TBIF a couple of weeks ago that a LibraryThing Early Reviewers […]