Twelve days into August and I am still reading my first book of the month!!
I have times like these where the book is waiting and for some reason I am not quite in the zone to pick it up. It's not that it is a bad book, perhaps it's not quite gripping my attention the way some previous ones have, but it is good enough to finish and I am determined to do so.
I have my little pile of three more books that I picked out at the start of the month to be read during August, and I have since added another to the pile, but first I need to finish this one.
The charity book table and shelves ... yes the choice has grown now ... at Booths has been full of such a wide selection of books for the past few weeks. People are obviously having a good clear out and donating lots, but I have been good and not bought a single one. I look every time we go in there, just in case there is a real treasure to be had, but I am trying to be a lot more discerning at the moment and not add to my already heaving bookcases and piles at home.
But I always look. 😁
Edited to add: I have just found out via the Booths Facebook page that Booths charity book tables have raised over £71,000 pounds between them for their locally nominated charities from last August to this. Wow!! ❤️
Now I'm off for a read.
What are you reading at the moment?
Sue xx
My downstairs reading is Tim Weaver - The Last Goodbye, a murder-mystery and pretty good (off the charity books pile in CO-op, Upstairs I am reading a doorstep of a book, Ken Follet's A Column of Fire. Slow going, as I can only manage a few pages of either each day. I have a new one on Audible (2 for 1 deal) - C J Parris' Execution, about the Babbington Plot and very good. If I see my sort of book/s on the charity stand I will get them, as they don't turn up very often.
ReplyDeleteUpstairs, downstairs reading is something I used to have, then it was living room, bedroom reading ... I don't have any stairs here ... now it's just two books on the go in the living room as I can't read in bed. Yes, I check the charity table every time I pass just on the off-chance that there will be something outstanding there.
DeleteAm reading ‘Story teller’ by Dave Grohl, unusual as I am over 70 years old, but a very candid and interesting book. Jan in CG
ReplyDeleteI had to Google Dave Grohl, I really think I should have known who he is, but I didn't. Seemingly, this book and Ozzy Osbourne's are both now at the top of the paperback bestsellers list on Amazon.
DeleteJust finished Rob Rinder's 3rd 'The Protest' - It was really good and of course court details are excellent
ReplyDeleteHe's a stickler for accuracy and he really knows his stuff doesn't he.
DeleteLa Vie by John Stempel Lewis. I love his nature writing.
ReplyDeleteThat book sounds intriguing, the reviews are so mixed some love it a some really don't.
DeleteI am enjoying The Blind Detective series by Christina Koning. Three are on order from the library for 50p each in reservation fees.
ReplyDeleteSue (in Suffolk) has been reading these too and I think enjoying them. The covers are very retro aren't they.
DeleteI’ve just finished The voice of the violin by Andrea Camilleri, an Inspector Montalbano book set, as usual, in Sicily. A quick, easy read with a satisfying conclusion. Also, The Cornish coast murder by John Bude, a 1935 reprint. This dragged on too long and I skipped large sections. An Agatha Christie style ending. I’m dipping into Kilvert’s Diary (a re-read) and about to start Coastliners by Joanne Harris. All books bought from the local Age UK bookshop. Charmaine
ReplyDeleteI used to have Coastliners, but I really couldn't get into the story or the characters in it. I think I sold it at a carboot sale before we moved.
DeleteAt the moment I am reading Shari Lapena's latest book - She Didn't See It Coming. She is one of those authors that I read every time she puts a new one out. You just know it will be as good as the one before. I recently finished the Richard Paul Evans trilogy - The Broken Road, The Forgotten Road, The Road Home. Those were so good and loosely based on a true story. I loved them so much that I went on Thriftbooks and bought the collection for my own shelf. After I finish the mystery I'm reading, I'll probably clean my pallet with something non-fiction, such as a feel good, self-help book or a book about creating/writing, etc. Sometimes I have multiple genres going at one time and pick up whatever I'm in the mood for.
ReplyDelete'Cleaning my pallet' is a brilliant way of describing a switch between genres or a different style of book between two other similar ones. I tend to do this by reading through my cookbook collection one book at a time.
DeleteI’ve just finished a fun read - The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village Joanna Nell - and instead of a couple I had lined up and ready to go began The Heron’s Cry - part 2 of Anne Cleeves Two Rivers series. A good read so far
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a really good book, although I have never read right through an Anne Cleeves book, the ones that I have picked up have shown me her style of writing is really good. I like that this is her 'new detective' now that Vera has hung up her hat and mac.
DeleteJust finished reading Alan Cummings autobiography, I loved it, a little harrowing in places as he had an abusive father but his insight and resilience shine through.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
It sounds like a good read, I do like the occasional autobiography. 🙂
DeleteThat's a great amount raised for charity. You must definitely continue to support them ;)
ReplyDeleteMy current read is 'Lost in the Lakes', and I'm really enjoying it.
It really is my charitable duty to buy books isn't it. 😄
DeleteI'm reading The princes in the tower by Phillipa Langley. It's an excellent book. Turns Shakespeare's account of history on it's head.
ReplyDeleteAlternative views on something we think we know all about are very thought provoking aren't they. 🙂
DeleteI love getting reading ideas from the blogs I read which ultimately means I have a very long list. Several now jotted down from comments on this post. I've recently finished Slow Horses by Mick Herron courtesy of the charity shop. I picked it up because I can't get the tv series. It has a complex structure which took a little getting used to but once I got the rythm of it I was hooked.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice when you suddenly 'click' with a complicated book isn't it. 😀
DeleteI have to be firm with myself and NOT buy every book I read about. 😄
I get a good portion of my books from the library--mostly electronically so I can listen/read across several devices that all save my place--and I usually have four to six going at a time; different books to fit my reading mood. This is not to say I don't have many print books on hand--three I am reading at the moment: Zbig by Edward Luce (an excellent biography of Zbignew Brezinski--a US foreign policy expert back in the day); Learning from Silence by Pico Iyer--also excellent, but savouring it slowly (funnily enough, I bought this in Oxford at Blackwell's when I was in the UK in April--has slightly different title in US); and, the third is a 900 pager by a British historian on the history of the British Navy called The Price of Victory. Very small print and very dense, but interesting (if you like naval history). Just a very slow read. I pick them up as the mood strikes. Just finished up Jim Crumley (Scottish naturalist), The Nature of Winter. Plan to read some of his other books as I will be in Scotland at the end of next month--staying for a month in the Highlands. A solo retreat in memory of my son who died last October. Have already started another book list for there...
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lot of heavy reading material. I'm not keen on naval history, but Alan knows quite a bit, he was in the Royal Navy for 25 years and did lots of studying.
DeleteI hope you have a peaceful retreat in memory of your son. You've chosen a good time to visit the Highlands. September and October are usually nice for weather, with not too many midges.
I have times when It takes me ages to get through a book and other times I fly through them. I have almost finished The Friends by Fredrik Backman, It's a very good book, well written and I've really enjoyed it but it's taken me almost four weeks to finish
ReplyDeleteYep, that's what's happened to me with this latest book. I've slowed right down. 🫤
DeleteI am reading a series of cozy mysteries right now. There are 11 in this anthology and I believe I am on number 8 for the month now.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Wow, you're on a roll with these. You must be hooked. 😀
DeleteI just finished reading a book about decluttering, "The Mindful Art of Space Making" by April Scot Tandy. I've watched her videos online and found the book interesting, too. Now I just have to put what I read into practice! LOL.
ReplyDeleteI find that I have to jump in and start straight away with something like that. Strike while the iron is hot. 😄
DeleteThe girl in your pic is sitting on a pile of Diana Gabaldon Outlander books, have you read them? I really enjoyed them and plan to read them all again one day, probably in my dotage. I usually pick up books from my library. I am mindful and grateful that we have a free library system and try to use it when I can. it's a small local library so I'm normally ordering in books from other locations, which gives the library a little money. This week I purchased two books from one of my local chazzas, like you I read then donate back . At the moment I'm reading a 'Shetland Mystery', Buried In A Shetland Tomb, by Marsali Taylor. Nice cosy crime but I'm not drawn to anymore in the series.
ReplyDeleteNo I haven't read any of them, I really don't like historical romances, but I do like an occasional crime novel. Supporting local libraries is very important isn't it. Our town library is only small but is a real hub for the community with events and meetings taking place every day.
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