Summer Book Haul

Hi Everyone!

New video showing off some of the books I've acquired lately.

Let me know if you've read any of these and if I should read one of these sooner rather than later!

-S

High Summer Read-A-Thon

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday was the first day of the High Summer Read-A-Thon. The read-a-thon was started by The True Book Addict and this will be my first year participating.

I haven't been able to read as many books this summer as I have in the past, mostly because I've been working extra hours and catching up with friends. It's been nice, but I miss reading.

My goals for the High Summer Read-A-Thon:

Finish Middlesex

Finish Allegiant

Read A Moveable Feast

Read The Stranger

Start reading Lola and the Boy Next Door

These seem like lofty goals since I'm working two extra days this week, but I'm hoping the read-a-thon encourages me to pick up a book when contemplating my next Netflix binge.

-S

TBR For Bout of Books 13.0 and The Rest of May

May 11th through the 17th is the Bout of Books readathon, so I decided to join the fun and attempt to get some books read. I'm currently reading To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, which are the first books on the list.

Let me know if you are participating in Bout of Books or if you've read/want to read any of the books I mentioned!

-S

She Reads Books...

Today I was able to get out of the house and into what seems to be infinitely cold and blustery winter. For some reason I thought it'd be a great day to grab a coffee and pop into the used book store. I don't know why I thought buying books would be a good idea (especially when it's freezing out) since I already own way too many books I have yet to read, but it happened anyway.

I'm sitting here looking at just one of the stacks of books I own that I've been meaning to get to and feeling slightly guilty for buying two unnecessary books today. But are books really ever unnecessary? I mean it's not like I don't read any books, it's just that I'm a slow reader with an extremely long to-read list. A list that seems to multiply by the second. I've definitely been taking advantage of these months of unemployment by crossing off more books on my list than I probably ever have in years past. Often I worry that I measure life from one book to the next and wonder if I'm appreciating each story enough. Sometimes I catch myself thinking about my next book within the first ten pages of the one I'm reading.

I just finished two books that I borrowed from a friend (Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Night by Elie Wiesel) and am currently reading one of my mom's books (Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart). I also took the time to start Walden by Thoreau (one of my purchases today) while sitting around at the bookstore drinking coffee. The other book I bought today was Wild by Cheryl Strayed.

Part of me just wishes I could read everything all at once. I want fill myself to the brim with worlds and words and characters and all the experiences that one can have through reading. I hope there never comes a day when I get remotely close to zero books in my to-read pile, for that would be that I have stopped caring about books altogether.

-S