Sniffle, Cough, Repeat

Sniffle, Cough, Repeat

Nightstand January 24, 2013

The last few days I’ve been getting over a cold and you would think that meant a lot of reading as I rested but all I wanted to do was watch tv and look through magazines but now that I’m feeling better and I’m back to the books.

I’m close to the end of The Lie by Petra Hammesfahr and I really liked this book at the beginning but I feel like the intensity has sort of leveled off and now I ready for the last page. Granted this could have been that I broke away from reading it when I got sick. I guess it won’t be until I finish it that I really know how I feel about this book so I’ll keep you posted.

Last night I started reading Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg For the upcoming Slaves of Golconda discussion and although I’m only about 10 pages into the book, I really like it. Doctor Glas is going to be an interesting character I think.

Anyway it’s almost the weekend and I’m really looking forward to it. No big plans or anything but just enjoying my books and probably a stop at the bookstore. I hope you all enjoy your weekend pursuits!

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Found

Found

Nightstand January 7, 2013

I hope you’ve all enjoyed a wonderful weekend. For the first time in months, I felt like I had a free Saturday. No commitments, no scheduled plans, no deadlines, no work. And, you know what I did? I went to yoga and read. Those were my major accomplishments for the day and I loved it!

Sunday we had a few errands to run and as one of those errands happened to take us by BookPeople I had to go in for a quick peek and I’m happy to report I found the latest BookPage. Every month I could count on picking this up at BookPeople but for the past couple of months they haven’t had it. I know I can read it on the web but I much prefer a paper copy. So I was very happy to find it again.

I’ve already added these books from the BookPage recommendations to my reading list: Sideways On A Scooter, Radio Shangri-La, The Uninvited Guests and The Lifeboat. I always go through BookPage a couple of times so who knows what else I’ll add to my reading list.

So far I can say the reading year is off to a good start as I’ve already finished two good books and have started another. Here’s to finding more good books and more free hours for reading and relaxing.

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Reading Bits

Reading Bits

Nightstand January 3, 2013

I started my new year with a mystery (what a surprise) and am getting near the end of it but I’ve also been reading a few other things and wanted to share some of these with you as I think you’ll enjoy them.

First, while going through the holiday shopping madness I read this article about literary Iceland and I love concept of the “Christmas Book Flood.” I love to give books as gifts and I think giving books can be so meaningful although gifting books to other bookworms is sometimes hard because you never know if they’ve already read the book. Anyway, what I really like is the idea of everyone calm, content, enjoying a good book and each other’s company. How nice is that? By the way, did you see the picture of the bookstore? I visited that bookstore several years ago – good times!

Another article which I’ve bookmarked and have to go back to again is this one on the 2012’s Best Mysteries. You know what is a mystery? The fact that I’ve read none of those books! I’ve enjoyed books by all of these authors but have not read these particular ones. Must remedy that soon.

For your viewing pleasure, how about a waterfall of books? I admit if I was passing by I might feel a strong urge to grab a book and give it a new life by turning into an altered book.

Also, I’ve already placed one library hold this year and that’s for the book, Doctor Glas, which the Slaves of Golconda will be discussing at the end of this month. It’s been way too long since I’ve participated in a discussion and I’ve missed that.

Ok, now I really need to get back to my mystery book because I’m about to finish it and I need to know what happened! Have a wonderful weekend and more bookish talk soon.

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