But…. How do I get a book out to read?

But…. How do I get a book out to read?

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Ahh the warm glow

Ahh the warm glow

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April Book Photo Challenge Day 7 Socially Awkward Character

I have two favorite socially awkward characters that I just couldn't split and I just relised that they sit together on a shelf.

Dirk Gently knows so much and can read so much into everything that people miss judge him to be socially awkward. Abit like Sherlock Holmes but without the class. I use one of his phrases all the time when I'm doing bugger all and people think I'm smart; "What are you doing?" I'm making a topographic map of my navel" It a great way to shirk people off without them feeling like they are being shirked off.

I love Rincewind. I have loved Rincewind for as long as I can remeber. His pathological fear of just about anything has never stopped the world from inflicting his destiny on him wheather he is having fun or not, usually not. He knows he is socially awkward and would just like to left along but the rest of the world and even some magic spells don't notice or just don't care. Good thing he is a wizard otherwise he might have to deal with the oppiste sex too.

I love these two and have taken on board a lot of their traits over the years. They have a special place in my heart.   

April Book Photo Challenge Day 6 Book and Animals

"Nothing cracks a turdle like Leon Uris"  Does this count? (You can't tell me you didn't just read that in Cletus' voice!)

No, but seriously. The only animal I have is my fur baby Colin and he loves books! I have caught him licking books in the library a few times, thats why he is not allowed in there when one is home. But who couldn't love this face?

Or this:

Of course that is why he gets away with so much.

April Book Photo Challenge Day 4 1990's

The Tales From The Wyrd Museum series by Robin Jarvis published in the 90's

I have a weakness for second hand books and this often leaves me in the predicament of getting the first book in a series and looking for the rest for, I think I'm going on for a decade, later. I picked up the first one and was completely taken and have yet to find the second book in the series. The Fatal Stand  on top there is the 3rd in the series...... unbelievably frustrating. But I just can't help thinking the second book it out there somewhere I I am ment to rescue it. 

Second Hand Shopping Book Haul

All for less than $10. There is something immensely exhilarating about picking a pile of books and walking up to the counter and seeing a hand written sign that reads "All Books Half Price" Makes my heart sing.
The Letters of Cicero has hand written notes in it. Yay. Also, The Whisper of Leaves is Australian.
  

Day 2 Book Photo Challenge: New Year, Newest Book

Whilst getting my Christmas gifts together I could not resist this little gem at my favorite book store. I read Howl's Moving Castle a while ago and hadn't seen this anywhere since, but knowing I wasn't going to be getting any books for Christmas, (which I didn't) I decided to bay myself a book for the occasion.

Day 1 January Book Photo Challenge: Reading Goal for the Year

This year I am going to stretch myself and go for 70 books read. Last year I read 58 books and my initial goal was 40 (officially on goodreads but I thought I would get to 50 anyway.)

I will be trying to do a couple of things with my reading this year.

1. I will try to read at least 1/3 to a 1/2 of my own books because if i keep reading library books my partner might just notice and my book budget might get restricted.

2. I am going to try to read some more classic science fiction (suggestions are welcome)

3. I am going to try to read a Doctor Who book a month because i have a lot o them and haven read them, old and new and this would also take care of number 1.

4. I am going to try and read at least 6 Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books because i used to love them when I was younger and haven’t read any in years, (also my library got all of them in last year so i know i can read them in order.)

5. I’m taking part in the 2014 genre challenge as well, to get some different genres under my belt too.

6. Finally, i am going to endeavour to review every book i read…

Could be a challenge with a full time job but tis the season to make unrealistic resolutions and try to live up to them.
Wish me luck.

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Day 29 Book Photo Challenge: My Bookshelf

I took this as a good opportunity to up date the photo I have of my library. I have other large book shelves around the house but this is the main area where I read. There was at some time in the past some sort of order to the books but that has been left by the wayside.

When we moved in the shelves were already attached to the wall which meant that our original plan of making this room into a pool room couldn’t happen. Its called the library because that is what button on the air conditioning calls it. And I couldn’t have been more delighted.   

Let the Reading Marathon Begin!

Hip Hip Hooray! The Holidays Start Today!

This is the time of year that I love being a teacher. I love my job, don't get me wrong but who wouldn't love the mandatory 6 weeks off over the Christmas break.

My Plan for the end of year reading is a little cheeky. I'm gong to read one or two of my big thick books before new years and then get stuck into my smaller books on my reading list to knock down some of the books on my Goodreads reading challenge for next year.

This year I set my reading challenge at a conservative 40 books and I reached that awhile ago and am now sitting on a comfortable 55. The plan for next year will be to stretch myself to 60.
Feeling quite good about this as I has looked at some of the statistics for the challenge and nearly half a million people registered and as of today, just over 8000 have completed it.
I would put a list of what I am planning on reading in the next 6 weeks but I know from experience that that is just the most ridiculous waste of time because I always end up changing my mind.
And, Of course I will be keeping you all updated as to what I'm reading and what I think about it right here.

 

Day 16 Book Photo Challenge: Guilty Pleasure

The Sookie Stackhouse series is most defiantly my guilty pleasure. I don't want to bag it but it is a bit trashy and not exactly written in a manner that will make it a long lived classic but i love the characters and the world and they just make me feel like I'm talking to old friends without that whole tedious going out and talking to people thing.

These are one of the few things that I chew through in about a few days a book because it is so simply written.

I will admit, I watched the TV show first and after about a season, I went out and found the books. I find it's a bit like reading fan fiction becasue the characters aren't quite the same and the plot line now differ greatly but anything to slake the need.

My Guilty Pleasure (other than reading in general) The Sookie Stackhouse Series By Charlaine Harris. 

Literary Photo Challenge Day 14: Favorite Character Name

I am running a little behind at the moment so here is catch up time.

Slartibartfast is one of my all time favorite character names for the shear ridiculousness of it. It was so ridiculous Adams even acknowledge  it in the dialogue between Slartibartfast and Arthur Dent.

That and my Mum used to call my brother and I Slartibartfast just as a funny word to say and not tell us where she got it from.

Douglas Adams' Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a great one for awesome names anyway but this will always be my favorite. 

So I Went Into The Library Looking for Some Ursula Le Guin......

So I went into my school library looking for some Ursula Le Guin and to cool down because half the school doesn't have air conditioning and it turns out they don't have any. The School is only 7 years old so they don't have the archive that you would expect of a library. 

But I got talking to our library lady and walked out with this haul for holiday reading.

When I walked buck into my office i got some jealous looks and some accusations of preferential treatment by some colleagues but I maintain that i don't know what they are talking about and anyone would get treated like i do if they are nice to everyone. And promptly blew raspberries at them.

When I got home they did have to undergo the sniff test but luckily they passed Colin's approval and he is now waiting for me to start reading them to him.

Wish me luck!

Literary Photo Challenge Day 11: Frustrating Read

My frustrating read will always be the first book in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever series, Lord Foul’s Bane.

It wasn’t just the dilapidated condition of my copy that made this book frustrating.

This book actually belonged to my Dad and he would read it (and the rest of the series) in the down time on the trucks at work. To Quote him “there is only so many times you can read the paper.” He must have liked the book and read it several times because this is the condition that I found it in the bookshelf as a teenager (having been published in 1977, seven years before I was born.) complete with duct tape (because duct tape fixes everything.)

So there is the condition of the book that is frustrating adding to the fact that the old paper and the small font size is messing with my dyslexia (even if I didn’t realise it at the time) and the idea that my dad had read it so I would definitely enjoy it. conglomerated in a book that took me seven attempts to finish. To add to this, even though I at least the next five, possibly more, books in the series, I have never read them. 

All together the epitome of a frustrating read.

Second Hand Book Shopping

Whilst out getting my Harley Quinn book yesterday I spotted a second hand shop, or thrift store if your American. Picked up this nice little haul.

Had to show you the covers of these two however:

I truly love the cover art!