My very messy list that I think I've settled on for #10beforetheend ! Good enough, anyway. They all meet prompts for #gottacatchemall and/or #offmyshelf so hopefully I'll get through them all. I still have some more #gottacatchemall prompts to find books for too.
(Death in the Spires was scratched for Nobleman's Guide solely because I impromptu started the latter last night/this morning. Really the slot could have just said KJ Charles).
So remember last #bookhaul post I made when I said I'd slow down on book buying cause I've acquired more than I've read so far this year? Yeah, me neither apparently 🙃
Excited for these, especially A Suitable Boy! I'm planning to start it on new year's (or close to, depending on when I finish whatever else I'm reading). It'll be my chunkster for 2026.
I've gotten back into the #1001books list a little more consistently, I've read I think 4 in the last few months. I'm using Serial Reader to tackle some - currently it's Erewhon, and honestly I'd be finding it a slog if it weren't for the bite sized installments.
Anyone else reading the #1001books list have recommendations for real gems you've found on the list? The last several I've read have all been fine, but I'm hoping for more than fine.
#bookhaul! Yes, again 🙈
They were all on sale and I had a gift card, but I don't need to defend myself here, right?
That said, I've acquired more this year than I've read so far, so I think I'll slow down a bit. Not going so far as to say I'm on a book buying ban though. Let's not get carried away!
And my #bookhaul from the used book sale. Mostly mass markets in a range of genres: some sff, some hist fic, some canlit, and classics. A few trade paperbacks, very much looking forward to the Heyer and another Helen Humphreys.
So very pleased to add these to my shelves! (Finding space on said shelves is, of course, another matter entirely...)
We went to a big used book sale yesterday and here's the kids' book haul - just look at all those Beatrix Potters! I can't resist a collection, especially at a super great price.
Not included in this stack are a baby shark colouring book and an Aladdin story/etch a sketch combo thing, both of which my kid found way too cool to let out of her hands.
#raisingreaders #bookhaul
I love the #beautybreak idea, thanks @ImperfectCJ !
Joining in with one of the backyard bunnies nomming on my geraniums.
(Thankfully a much more sedate bunny than the bunnies in the tagged book, currently one of my 3 yr old's favourite library check outs)
Very late #14books14weeks wrap up post. I read all but one! I'm 8% into Walkaway, and it was my Sept #bookspin too, so I'll hopefully knock it off sometime before the end of the year.
Fewer books in August but really enjoyed them all except the last one, which just wasn't quite the book for me.
If I have an equally quality Sept I'll be happy!
Went by another used bookstore and traded in some more books, which gave me enough store credit to snag these two! Looking forward to them!
The rest of my box of non-keeper books will get seeded into LFLs now.
Two more #offmyshelf ! @wanderinglynn
Book with a map: afterimage. It actually doesn't have a map in the front matter, but maps are an important story element, and there's a map in the cover art.
Non-fiction: The Good Women of China. I picked this up from a LFL over 6 years ago (I only know that cause I remember it was before we moved to this house) so I'm very glad to have finally read it!
And I got my first bingo 🎉
My partner took my 3 year old to the bookstore yesterday and let her pick a new book for herself and for our new baby. This is what she picked for him 😍 (she picked a Bluey one for herself, no surprise there, it's her current favourite by a mile).
(Not the tagged book)
July #bookspin pretty successful! Got the bookspin and doublespin and so I'm caught up for all the spins this year so far except one. (The Book of Love, on pause bc pdfs have spontaneously stopped working on my kobo and I haven't had the bandwidth to sort that issue out yet... Not as if I have any shortage of stuff to read).
@thearomaofbooks
July reads! +1 Reactor magazine short story collection.
Pretty good reading month, definitely ended on a strong note. Both The Forgotten Beasts of Eld and afterimage were great.
More #offmyshelf ! @wanderinglynn
Pub'd 10+ yrs ago: Crow Lake - really enjoyed
Award winner: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - so good! Can't believe I hadn't read it years ago.
Halfway through this bingo board!
Apparently we're halfway through #14books14weeks already? How did that happen? Somewhat to my surprise, I'm halfway through my stack too, I've read 7 total (well, one bail).
Out of my 7 physical books I've finished 3 and started 2. The ones left to go are pictured.
Out of my 7 ebooks I've finished 4 and started 1.
Ebooks left to go:
Cecelia and Kate series books 2&3
Walkaway
@liz_m
Two more #offmyshelf !
On your shelf for over 5 years: House of Leaves (bailed, still counting it since it's off my tbr. Storygraph doesn't agree with that philosophy apparently, which is a bit annoying.)
Fave genre or author: Winter's Orbit - sff romance is definitely one of my favourites these days. Everina Maxwell, however, is a new to me author and I really enjoyed this book!
No bingo yet...
@wanderinglynn
Went by the used bookstore today and traded in quite a few to get these beauties (+2 for my kid not pictured) more or less half off. Whee! I love these old sff covers so much. And what a gorgeous edition of The Ladies of Grace Adieu. Illustrations by Charles Vess in that one.
#bookhaul #noshelfcontrol #noregrets
June wrapup!
+2 Reactor magazine short story collections that weren't in Storygraph
+2 bails
Not a super strong month, felt pretty meh about most of these except Saga which is still a favourite. But I am excited that I finally finished and returned the last of a stack of books* I borrowed from my sister aaages ago. Win!
*that she wanted back. I still have the much bigger stack that she doesn't want back once I'm done with them 🙃
Not going to finish anything else today (though I'm getting close-ish on Winter's Orbit and really enjoying it!) so here's my June #bookspin wrapup and July list.
Did pretty good in June! Caught up the last of my previous months' outstanding bookspins and doublespins so only carrying The Book of Love forward. Looking forward to July picks 🙂
Thanks, @thearomaofbooks 😀
I'm calling it... Bailing on House of Leaves. At least for now, probably for good but never say never I guess. I read the intro and 2 chapters and it's good but I can already tell it's not the book for me right now. Horror is just not where my brain is at right now.
That knocks off another past #bookspin, and I'm still counting it for #offmyshelf (for on tbr longer than 5 years) since it's off my tbr.
Finished Saga vols 11 and 12. Still love this series.
And I even managed to fit them on the shelf!
I heard that Saga vol 12 was out the other week, and since we were going to the mall anyway and I had a gift card, I thought perfect, I'm treating myself. Then for some reason I figured I'd better check my shelves first... And surprise, I was missing 11. Dunno how I missed it, but glad I checked. Now I'm doubly spoiled and have two Saga volumes to sink into! I think I'll start 11 tonight. #bookhaul
May wrap up post - good reading month, some great reads. The Shots You Take might be my fave for the month. The Way Home and Our Green Heart were also very good. I have Time Loops & Meet Cutes on my June #bookspin cause I didn't think I'd finish in May but then I was really enjoying it and finished last night.
May was another good #bookspin month! No bingos, and I didn't get to one of this month's calls, but I did finish Hidden Cities which was I believe my February #bookspin
Looking forward to the June calls 🙂
@thearomaofbooks - thanks as always for hosting!
Some more progress on #offmyshelf
Started before: I finally finished Hidden Cities! 🎉 This poor book got shunted aside for library holds and other books way more than it deserved. Anyway, done now.
Newest on tbr: The Way Home. Really enjoyed these two novellas. Peter Beagle, so no surprise there.
Gifted: Our Green Heart. Also enjoyed, and I'm happy I read a gifted book somewhat soon after getting it!
@wanderinglynn
1. My degrees are in Classics, so I have (or had, super rusty now) Latin and Greek. I'd love to learn Old English so I could read...
2. ... Beowulf in the original. I love the Seamus Haney translation.
@TheSpineView #two4tuesday
Almost done this audiobook and finding it very interesting, from a parenting POV as well as thinking about my own phone and social media use. I deleted Instagram today as a result.
He advises time in nature as a good antidote, and calls out ppl observing nature through their phones, taking pics instead of just experiencing. Which made me laugh cause just this morning I took this picture of a gorgeous tree in bloom.
Jumping on the #14books14weeks bandwagon!
There's my stack of 7 physical books, and here's 7 ebooks:
Cecelia and Kate series 1-3
The Good Knight
The Mountain in the Sea
All the Birds in the Sky
Walkaway
Some more progress on #offmyshelf
(One of the) Shortest book(s) on my tbr: Third Class Superhero (no idea if it's actually the shortest, would rather read than check page counts! It's under 200 pgs so close enough)
Self/indie pub'd: The Steel Discord by Ryan Howse (ebook but counting it cause I'm not sure how much indie stuff I have in print, I tend to have more in ebook)
@wanderinglynn
I lucked out at a little free library today!! No way could I leave this behind, I've been wanting to read it for a while. I'll have to find something good from my stash to put in the little free library to pay it forward (cause we all know that, as excited as I am, I'm not finishing a print chunkster like this any time soon 😅).
Just discovered a local indie that I didn't know about so of course I had to visit and of course I had to buy something.
Love these storygraph monthly cover collages.
April was a good reading month!
pickThe stand-out read (listen) of April for me. Highly recommend the audiobook, the songs and music really add to the story and the experience. Loved the language, the story, the folklore. Love it when a highly anticipated book lives up to my anticipation.
Picture is not a river, just the storm management pond near us, but is the only water pic in my recent photos. I saw 3-4 turtles there last walk which makes my heart happy.
April #bookspin quite successful! 11 read including April's bookspin and doublespin and March's bookspin that I hadn't gotten to. No bingos. May's list is ready, let's see how we do. 7 of them are library holds so could be another good month.
Thanks @thearomaofbooks !
Last but not least! Pic 3/3 of my epic used book sale haul. Mostly genre fic and craft books (cross stitch).
A couple romances, a pretty solid score of Bujold and Tanith Lee, a couple fantasy, and a random arc of Charles Yu.
So much fun!
#bookhaul
Here's pic 2/3 of my epic used book sale haul. Mostly lit fic and canlit. I'm excited for all of it tbh but especially the Helen Humphreys.
And yes, this does totally blow my tbr reduction goals out of the water but who cares. #noregrets
#bookhaul
We went to a used book sale yesterday that was fill a box for 15$ ... So boy, did we! 47 books! At that price, I exercised 0 self-control. Many thanks to my partner for carrying said box, cause that was a workout.
This is 1/3 pics of the haul, the kids book portion. I'm especially excited for the Beatrix Potter and the excellent condition Kilmeny of the Orchard.
#bookhaul
March #bookspin was super successful, thanks to all the novelettes and novellas I read. Still didn't get a bingo or read my #bookspin though (I should get to it this month). April's list is already well underway, I've actually finished my #bookspin and #doublespin but I'll post that update when I make my May list
And I think that's it for my very belated wrap up posts
@thearomaofbooks
A bit ridiculous to post March wrap up most of the way through April but end of March/beginning of April was busy busy. I've been working through the nebula nominees, so I also read the short stories and novelettes in March but not counting those in my stats.
February wrap up! Not a bad reading month. My favourite was the tagged. Let's see what March brings.
Feb #bookspin status since I'm not going to finish anything else this month. 4 read and 3 others with progress but not finished. Technically I did start House of Leaves but only got a few pages in before I had to set it aside for a library hold so I'm not counting it yet. I'll get to it... Eventually. Lol
@thearomaofbooks
March #bookspin list! The Nebula shortlist should be announced mid-month so I've saved a good chunk of my list for that. My library hold on the new Ali Hazelwood should also come in. Other than that, it's mostly books I'm in the middle of, so hopefully I'll be able to make good progress on this list!
Thanks @thearomaofbooks 🙂
#bookspin day! The universe has decided it's time I tackle House of Leaves... I put it on my list bc my toddler chose it off my shelves as my next read (thanks 😅) and it's my #bookspin so we'll give it a crack...
And poor Hidden Cities has gotten shoved aside so many times so I'm glad it's my #doublespin. I have less than 200pgs left, I really need to just finish it.
Thanks @thearomaofbooks !
Jan stats! Faves were Capture the Sun and Swordcrossed (why yes, sff romance is one of my favourite genres how could you tell?) but I enjoyed all the books I read this month. A lovely reading start to the year.
Jan #bookspin round up, since I'm not going to finish anything else this month. Read 4, bailed on 1, progress on 2 others. None of which were the bookspin or doublespin, of course. Still progress on the ol' tbr!
@thearomaofbooks
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