Year: 2014

NOTE: I decided to make an effort to read more books this year. And since I have so many unread books, I set a goal to read at least 60 of the books in my backlog by the end of the year. I’m even keeping a log. :)

Seems like I’m getting off to a great start on my effort to read more fiction—possibly to the detriment of my writing, but … doubt any of these books have taken away a moment of time when I both had the energy and the inclination to write, so I don’t really believe that.

I read Hounded yesterday, and this is the book I originally started reading after book #1, but in fact, had actually started reading the first time back in November 2011, and I remember that because I posted the book to another site I run with the note that it and the follow ups were must-buys after I’d finished the sample. Well, LOL, that right there says LOTS about my reading habits. I buy books and then don’t read them for nearly 3 years! [That’s a bit of a lie; I have books that I’ve had much longer than 3 years that I haven’t read yet. You’ll see.]

Here’s another example:

See this book? It’s by one of my favorite authors. It’s been sitting on my side table since September last year. I finally started it in December, and for some reason stopped and that bookmark’s been there ever since! I liked this book; I have no idea why I haven’t finished reading it yet. It’ll probably end up as one of my 60 this year.

Anyway, Hounded is the first book in The Iron Druid Chronicles, a series I’ve been meaning to read for a really long time. I’m glad I finally got around to the book because I really enjoyed it. Lots of action, lots of humor, and lots of fun.

NOTE: I decided to make an effort to read more books this year. And since I have so many unread books, I set a goal to read at least 60 of the books in my backlog by the end of the year. I’m even keeping a log. :)

I finished reading book #2 of the reading challenge last night. I didn’t intend to read that much yesterday, but I got sick and didn’t feel like doing anything else.

Crying for the Moon isn’t the same book I started reading after I finished reading book #1. This one was just something that caught my eye as I was scrolling through the books on my phone while I was resting on the couch.

It was a nice diversion while I recovered from whatever was wrong with me yesterday evening. :)

After I finished this one, I went back to the book I’d started after finishing book #1 and started reading it again. :D

It’s a fantastic book and I don’t know why I jumped to another book, but that’s not uncommon with me, so just go with it and realize that this kind of thing doesn’t say the first thing about the quality of any of the books I’m reading. As I’ve said before, I’ve always jumped from book to book, often reading on many books at the same time. It’s just what I do.

Also, I don’t know why I didn’t recognize that as a sign that maybe writing on multiple books at once might be a good fit for me.

Ah, well. Live and learn! :D

Finished reading the first book from my collection since I decided to make an effort to read more books this year. And since I have so many unread books, I set a goal to read at least 60 of the books in my backlog by the end of the year.

I finished reading Biceps of Death yesterday when I was supposed to be writing. Oops.

Biceps of Death is a cozy-styled mystery and it was cute. I thought some of the dialogue was a little stilted, but the story pulled me in and kept me reading. It’s the 3rd (or 4th—I’m not really sure) book of a series and I haven’t read the other books so I don’t know how it compares, but I liked it.

I have an odd sense of humor sometimes and this book hit the right notes for me. There were some great funny moments in the book that made me actually laugh out loud. :D

I’ve already started reading another book. I’m not mentioning titles until I’ve actually read each book because book #2 could end up book #8 or some such thing, and while I want to read more, I have no intention of pressuring myself to read anything I don’t want to read. Also, this particular book, I started last year—or the year before, I can’t remember.

The thing is, this next book is a great book so far, so I have no idea why I bailed on it. Honestly, I think I just got distracted. That happens a lot. I have books sitting all around my house with bookmarks in them, just waiting for me to pick them back up again. Lucky for me, I have a great memory of story and don’t usually have a problem starting right where I left off. Yay for me! :D