I hope everyone is enjoying Thankfully Reading Weekend! I have a mini-challenge and prize up right now, and there is another over at Beth Fish Reads. Speaking of the Beth Fish Reads mini-challenge, actually, I wanted to show you all some of my TBR shelves. These are my library and review copy shelves, not including books from BEA and GLiBA.
Thank goodness I have a spreadsheet, because I can’t actually see all of those books. I wish I’d made a bigger dent in this TBR pile over Thankfully Reading weekend, but with family in town and a toddler I haven’t had a ton of time. Still, I’ve made a point of being thankful for the time I have, instead of regretting the time I don’t have. I have finished one book and an audiobook, as well as made a good dent in the podcasts I was behind on.
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Last year I joined about 20 challenges, and I failed the majority of them, so this year I am only joining two challenges, my own, The Debutante Ball Challenge, and this year’s What’s In A Name Challenge.
By the way, the What’s in a Name 3 Challenge was one of the few challenges I actually finished.
- Body of Water – Dead-Tossed Waves
- Food – Mr. Peanut
- Music – The Dead Beat
- Place name – East of Eden
- Plant – The Language of Trees
- Title – A Friend of the Family
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Okay, now for what I’ve read this week. It may look impressive that I finished 6 books, but three of those books (2 print, 1 audio) I was reading the majority of the week before and I finally finished them on Tuesday.
Print:
Audio:
This past week I had a special feature which I called “Harvest Week.” In addition to my explanatory post, I posted three reviews (covers link to reviews):
For Saturday Story Spotlight I unveiled a new button, courtesy of Sheila at Book Journey and showcased a book that Daniel has loved for months:
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Glad to see I’m not the only one with double-shelved bookcases! Good job on WIAN3 and I’m so happy you are picking up WIAN4.
I love the Debutante Ball challenge. I think that’s one I’ll have to join. Like you, I took on too many I never finished so I think I’ll have to be picky, this time around. Oh and the Sherlockian looks SO good!
Oh, THE SHERLOCKIAN is so good! Great pacing, great plot, difficult to put down.
You’ve got a ton of books in your TBR pile! I had wanted to join in on Thankfully Reading but I just didn’t have the time this weekend, unfortunately.
I love taking a peek at everyone else’s bookshelves – thanks for sharing!
I’m thinking I need to cut way back on challenges as well. But they are all just so enticing at the beginning of the year and they all sound so do-able!
I’m grieving over challenges right now, so I doubt I will join any next year unless they serve my purposes. Blah. And I am double-shelved too. And no spreadsheet to help.
The Fiddler’s Gun was one I really enjoyed – I hope you did too!
You have a spreadsheet?!?!? You’re officially my hero, Jen.
I have a multi-paged spreadsheet for the books currently on my shelves, as well as a separate one to keep track of what I have read. I may need to merge them sometime soon, though.