At the moment, I don’t have a lot of time to read for fun. That hasn’t stopped me from adding more books and e-books to my collection. Here are the latest.
From the library, I have a physical copy of Fangs Out by David Freed. Via Library Overdrive, I have a copy of the e-book, The Road to Character by David Brooks. And I have placed Holds on The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George; The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor; and through inter-library loan requested Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal.
I recently purchased Red Lightning by Laura Pritchett, Death of a Bride and Groom by Allan J. Emerson, and pre-ordered The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson.
Here’s the worst (actually the best) part: I’ll be attending the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference near Denver September 11-13 where many of my friends will have their newest releases on sale. In order to get signed copies, I deferred purchase of Susan Spann’s Flask of the Drunken Master and Lake of Fire by Mark Stevens, among others. And one of the keynote speakers is Jeffery Deaver!!! As usual, I’ll come home with another big bag of books.
Remember I have four bookcases full of unread fiction and nonfiction already. This is just one of them. I used to say three bookcases, but now I’m counting the bookcase up in my office where all the books on writing (as well as a shelf of overflow paperbacks) are kept. Here Katie Cat is in the living room, pulling books off a shelf and dumping them on the floor so she can climb in and push the rest of the books out from the back. This is one of many ways she tells us she’s bored.
Considering I write, critique manuscripts, and indulge in lots of other everyday activities, when do I have time to read?
I do a little here and a little there and every once in a while I go on a reaching binge. I’m way behind, as you can imagine.
Even my addiction to dark chocolate is not this bad. Thank goodness! If it was, I’d be gaining about five pounds a week….or more.
What about you? What are you reading now…or what was the last book you read? Was it a good one? Should I add it to my list?
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I’ve run out of shelf space for all my books long ago and now have many of them in stacks or in boxes. I read a few this summer while on vacation. I was especially impressed by E.L. Doctorow’s World’s Fair. It vividly captured a bygone era leading up to a visit to the 1939 World’s Fair in NYC. It’s a short and wonderfully written book.
Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
Arlee, the only reason we have room for furniture in our house is that I occasionally load up a bag or box full and donate them to our library friends’ book sale. And four times during my life, when I’ve made a big move, I sold out my book collection and started over. Oddly enough, the books I wish for most were the old ones I’d collected as a kid…..and the cookbooks.
I just finished reading an Anthony Ryan book. My shelf is not as full as yours but it’s hefty. I’ll get to it this winter.
Susan Says
I say that every fall, Susan. Then winter comes along and I still have books accumulating faster than I can read them. I may be incorrigible.
I’ve got a big bookshelf full of not yet read books, a shelf of not yet read library books, ebooks to be read on my iPad app, and writing/craft/creativity books waiting in my office. 🙂
I recently read FOLLOW YOU HOME by Mark Edwards and thoroughly enjoyed the twisty, suspenseful horror novel. Added a few of his others to my TBR list. 🙂
Sounds like you have the habit too, Madeline.
I’ve been reading a little horror lately. I’ll take a look at “Follow You Home” — twisty and suspenseful is good, as long as I avoid reading at bedtime. I have lots of nightmares. 😀
I’m honored to be in your pile of unread books, Patricia. And in such good company, too!
Well, after all those great reviews, Allan, I couldn’t resist. I put it up pretty high in the”read next” stack, so maybe I’ll get it read this month.
You should see all of the books on my iPad! I’ll never catch up.
My Kindle is loaded, too, Alex. I just put the Kindle app on my tablet so I could see the cover art in colors, thinking that might help me decide what to read next. I use the ebooks when I travel or use the exercise bike.
Oh, you are far, far from the only one with this addiction, Pat!! Don’t tell anyone, will you, but my husband and I recently commissioned a friend who’s a carpenter to build us a new bookcase. It’s gotten that bad *sigh.* Oh, well, there are worse addiction 😉
I’d love to have built in bookcases all around our little dining room area — we use it mostly for an office and craft room anyway! However, adding any shelf space anywhere is probably just an invitation to accumulate more books. I’m not sure I can get them all read in my lifetime.