And HWMMS wanted to know what I would blog about and do with my time after Weber Wedding Weekend. Silly man.
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Jennifer E. Smith
Seeing my name (almost my name) on a book cover makes me realize, I really should be trying to write books.
How fast do YOU read?
I can read 600 words per minute. Faster than 140% of the population! What’s your reading speed?
Source: Staples eReader Department
BOOKS!
I’m pretty sure I’m not going to make it to 100 books this year. Not when I’m only at 45. Sigh. Perhaps I can reach for 75?
The books at my new home are starting to unpack themselves and end up in various places around the house. He Who Makes Me Smile looked at my side of the bed and said “Library Explosion?” last night which means I’m getting back in the swing of a few books at a time once again. Of course it’s helpful that a new batch of books from PaperBackSwap are always coming in the mail too!
Any guesses on how many I will finish this year?
27 Books Behind!
Oh, oh.
You have read 42 books toward your goal of 100 books. 42 of 100 (42%) At your current pace, you’re 27 books (27%) behind.
I have a bunch of good ones next to the bed…
Hannah Coulter , by Wendell Berry
State of Wonder , by Ann Patchett
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , by Rebecca Skloot
I just haven’t been reading! I don’t think I’m gonna make my goal this year. Oh well…
What are YOU reading?
And are you on GOODREADS or PAPERBACKSWAP? If so find me over there!
Goodreads Book Challenge
You have read 19 books toward your goal of 100 books.
At your current pace, you’re 14 books (14%) behind.
Every time I open up my Goodreads account I see my reading challenge stare me straight in the face. I hate being behind. Must catch up.
Anyone else doing a reading challenge?
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
“Love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you’re not careful it will drown you.”
I had no expectations when starting this book outside of the fact I knew it was part of the Just Buffalo Babel Series. Quite unexpectedly, I ended staying up later than planned the other night finishing this book. A simple read about a tangled Mother and Daughter relationship…not a happy tale by any means, but very raw and real. I will definitely be reading more from this author.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
“Angie, leaning her head now against the hallway wall, fingering her black skirt, felt she had figured something out too late, and that must be the way of life, to get something figured out when it was too late. Tomorrow she would go play the piano in the church, stop thinking about the bruises on her mother’s upper arm, that thin arm with its slack soft skin, so loose from the bone that when you squeeze it in your fingers it was hard to imagine it could feel anything.”
Heartbreaking.
I really enjoyed this collection of short stories, and by the end I just wanted to get to the conclusion of Olive’s story. Beautiful, touching and moving. Highly recommend.
Go to your happy book place…
All this smiling lately has me falling asleep reading Happiness Lit…
Along with 27 other books I’ve started but not finished.
True.
