As you can tell I have no “official” challenges this month so I’m not posting every day. I really have to get it together and organize myself so that doesn’t happen. Putting it on my “To Do” list for the coming year.
I haven’t written about books since August so this might be a good time to review what I’ve been reading since then. I’ve finished 29 books so far this year but Goodreads tells me that I’m 4 behind schedule to reach my goal of 40. On one hand I want to find some that I can read really quickly just to catch up but on the other hand I want to try and finish all the categories on the PopSugar list. I have 17 left on the main list and 8 on the advanced. What’s a girl to do? I’ll tell you what I’ve read and then give a few of the categories that I still have to fill and maybe you can give me some suggestions.
I thought I had read these two when I was in high school (or younger) but there were a lot of things I didn’t remember (like most of them!). I have a memory of sitting in the library during one summer and reading Wuthering Heights but maybe it was another book. Glad I read them now although they are probably what took up time and put me behind.
This is another one I thought I had had to read in high school but maybe it was Animal Farm instead. I didn’t like it. Maybe because it is to easy to see it being true!
I think it took over a month to read these three. Of course, I only read at night before bed so sometimes I only get a page or two in before I fall asleep. Last night I was up until 1 in the morning because I wanted to finish 1984.
Now I’m on to something a little lighter. I started a Kinsey Millhone mystery and I’m hoping to get the signed copy of “Haunted House Ghost” from Jay that I won in the contest so I can read that next. That one will fill the category of “A ghost story!”
Other categories I have left are:
“A book with “Pop,” “Sugar” or “Challenge” in the title.
A book with a title that has “salty,” “sweet,” “bitter” or”spicy.”
A retelling of a classic.
A book with a question in the title.
A book revolving around a puzzle or a game.
Two books that share the same title.
A book by an author with the first and last name that begin with the same letter.
Anybody have any ideas for those categories? I did go to the library book sale again and got a ton of books:
All this for $7. Some of these I got to use in my crafting projects. Yes, I occasionally repurpose an old book. Don’t judge. How’s your reading going? I know there are people out there who can read a hundred or more books a year but that just is way too many for me to try.
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I repurpose books, too — No judgment! That’s a great lot for $7!
I didn’t like 1984 nearly as much as Animal Farm. I still don’t care for Jane Eyre, but I find that reading Wuthering Heights is a bit of comfort. Maybe I’ll crack that one again this winter…
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What do you do with yours repurposed books? I’m thinking of getting into Pride and Prejudice which is another one I can’t really remember reading but feel like I ought to have.
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I’ve modpodged many boxes , captioned scrapbook pages, and papered a closet!
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I went to our library book sale for the first time this year too. Wow! What great deals. Why did I wait so long?
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Right? And when I finish reading the books, I donate them back to the library so they are really getting their money’s worth!
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Good plan!
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Score! Nice job on the book purchases, Janet!
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I actually filled a bag and a half because my daughter didn’t find as many treasures as I did.
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HI, Janet – I love the reading challenge that you are currently doing. I’ll be interested in hearing what books you come up with for the remaining challenge sections.
BTW – Would “Hop on Pop” count for the Pop/Sugar/Challenge? I just love Dr. S! 😀
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Hop on Pop would certainly work AND it is a quick read so would help me catch up! Thanks for that suggestion.
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Rag &Bones
New Twists on Timeless Tales. Edited by
Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt
A book full of stories retold by other arthurs.
Yay,Wasn’t sure I still had it and couldnt think of the name.
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Thanks. I’ll have to check that one out.
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I’m buckling down to read the books I have. Bought many used vowing I’d read them when the baby slept thru the night…the baby is 19. Got to hold off buying and start reading.
Lord of the Rings trilogy&House of Brede fiction starts.
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I hear that. I don’t usually buy books either but the library fill a bag for $7 is too good to pass up.
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How about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for the retelling of a classic? It was funny.
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Interesting. I’m not a fan of Zombies but perhaps I’ll give it a look.
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Oh cool you went to a book sale! Love those! I’ve read 1984 a bunch of times, and it’s about time to read it again. I like it, and it does seem to foretell what we see happening in these days. 🙂
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The local library has two of them a year and you can fill a shopping bag full of books for only $7. It’s a great way to get some gems. I didn’t like the part in 1984 toward the end when they were beating him up. That’s why I kept reading so I could get through with it.
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M or F? I know nothing about it, but my daughter read it and she’s picky
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Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (pride and prejudice) it’s average, but fills the category
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Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet. Don’t remember author but it’s great
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Ok….Pop goes the weasel…James Patterson. My husband liked it
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Thanks for the suggestions! Writing them all down to look into.
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If I think of more will tell you. These came to mind
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