#Readathon: In the 4th Hour
I got sucked into my Kindle book and the Harlot’s Tale hasn’t lured me back. But, I did pick it up again to do the Book Staging challenge and that was fun!
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Books in Bed
#Readathon: Approaching Three Hours
Why are my eyes already tired? This makes no sense! Eye drops, I need eye drops.
Just getting to the crux of the matter in The Harlot’s Tale and considering whether it might be time to hand the dogs their new toys… maybe.
Now I’m heading off to do a couple of mini-challenges. I like the ones that want us to take photos. Those are fun. (You can follow along on my instagram stream.
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#Readathon, The First Hour
– Small kid crisis was a distraction.
– Cinnamon rolls were really really good.
– I’m five chapters into a book on my Kindle app.
– I finished two books about Washi Tape craft ideas for a total of 268 pages. It was a very good idea to start out this way. It made the morning feel like a success though I was less than completely focused on the #readathon.
Onward with The Harlot’s Tale.
Updated with the photo from the Mini-Challenge, Coffee or Tea
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#Readathon Begins with the Intro Meme
1) Yep, still stuck in Chicagoland and reading from the brand new king size bed this time around. Still with three dogs who will hopefully be better behaved than they were in April. Hah. I’m kidding myself, I know.
2) I’m most looking forward to, hmm. Oddly enough, I have no idea. I usually save something really really good for #readathon but this time around — they’re all going to be good and I’m not dying to read any one in particular. That might not bode well for my day…
3) We hit Fresh Market again and another $170 down — we cannot resist the Fresh Market. Mmm cheese straws. Mmm pimento cheese. Mmmm yummy cheese bread. (You’re seeing a trend here, right?) I’m gonna kick things off with cinnamon rolls. Or pumpkin bread. Or both. Probably both.
4) Let’s see, what can I say about me this year that I haven’t said before? No idea. I’m feeling kind of boring right now. It’s been a long, rough year.
5) I really should count up and keep track of how many times I’ve participated — I’m putting that on my to do list for April’s #readathon… so many times and it’s awesome every time. What am I doing differently this year? I’m starting off with an easy book instead of diving right into something serious and long. I don’t know why I’ve never done this before — it makes perfect sense for me.
Happy Reading, one and all!
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Ready for #Readathon
We have books.
We have snacks.
We have dog toys and treats.
I’ve set up my browser home page(s) to always open the Dewey’s Readathon blog, my blog, the #readathon twitter stream, and the Dewey’s Facebook page. (This makes it easier for me to interact with those who are reading along and participate in the mini-challenges.)
I have a plan for my day (though I may not stick to it):
– I’m starting with an art book because the first hour of #readathon is always rough for me. I’ll have to work. I’ll want to blog the opening intro challenge. I’ll want to check out the stream to see what everyone is doing and of course I’ll break out the first of the yummy food. So — an easy book is always best.
– Next, I’ll go for a novel, adult or YA, which should get me through til lunch.
– Then, I’ll go for a graphic novel.
– From there I’ll hit the children/middle grade books.
– I’ll end the evening with more art books.
– And of course, I’ve got a couple of fantasy novels on my kindle app and I’ll be reading those throughout the day and night.
I’m psyched!
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The Girls of August
When I want something light and quick to read, it’s hard to say no to Anne Rivers Siddons. A book that feels like home but doesn’t get me riled up because she’s flopped streets and landmarks down in the wrong damn place.
The Girls of August was a nice easy read but… if you’re a hardcore ARS fan you’re not going to like this one very much. It was… lacking in character development and the ending, sheesh, the ending. I enjoyed it but don’t particularly feel like I can actually recommend it to anyone. Darn it.
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The Midwife’s Tale
I really enjoyed The Midwife’s Tale for a lot of reasons some people DID NOT enjoy it. It’s not a fluffy pretty story. It’s dark and mean and ugly in a lot of ways — which is what life for women and the poor was like in the early/mid 1600s. Even the midwife, who was a decent person, was cruel in many ways.
I’m very much looking forward to the next book!
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The Angel of Losses
I’m a sucker for a good story — and one that includes theology, fairy tale and myth, history and sisters like The Angel of Losses means WINNER!
I very much enjoyed it though I didn’t really LOVE Marjorie or Holly or Simon or Nathan. That’s a lot of main characters to not love — what I did love were the White Rebbe stories and how Marjorie and Simon and Nathan were pulled into them.
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City of Jasmine
Look! I read an adult novel and it didn’t take me a month! City of Jasmine was cute. I mostly liked Evie and Gabriel and I very much liked Aunt Dove. I was a little frustrated by Evie because it was OBVIOUS that her husband who she thought was dead wasn’t simply an asshole — he was something else entirely (along with being an asshole, sort of.)
The story got a little convoluted there in the desert — too many people all of whom were not who they appeared to be etc. etc. etc. but it was a fast read and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
I’m wondering if I should read the one that came before this… I don’t think it’s really a series but the characters are connected. Might be fun. Maybe. I’ll think about it.
The Night Bookmobile
Nuthinfancy asked a bunch of us if we’d read The Night Bookmobile — we hadn’t so some of us reserved it at the library and read it.
I have such a love/hate thing with Niffenegger I was almost afraid to read it but I did because Nuthinfancy liked it so much and my mother also seemed to like it.
I liked it, too. Mostly. She does that thing that she does, (no I’m not gonna get specific — if you read her books, but particularly her graphic novels), at the end of this one, and … love/hate y’all, love/hate.
I really think I should just stop reading her graphic novels, even though I liked this one more than any of her others. The more of them I read, the more I want to not read her work and I’m hoping that some day she goes back to publishing something besides graphic novels…
PS. This is not a children’s book. It’s not even shelved YA. There are some folks who are angry about it because they think it is YA or a children’s book. It’s not. It’s not. It’s not. If you want to hate the ending do so because you hate the ending not because you’re worried about the childrennnnnnnn. (eyerolling here, lots of eyerolling.)
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