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    Your Book Activity - March 2016

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    I pre-ordered the new Catherine Ryan Hyde book, slated for the end of May, Leaving Blythe River :exc:  It was on sale for 5 dollars!

     

    I also downloaded another immersion reading book, Robert K. Massie's Catherine the Great.

     

    Hopefully, I can find something that catches.

     

    Oh, you are in for an absolute treat with Catherine The Great! I loved it :)

    Jessi's Reading Log ~ 2016

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    I did - I more than doubled the pages I read in February :) 

     

    Oh I definitely gravitate towards one (whatever I am most into at the time!). I enjoy reading multiple books and can generally follow them all, but sometimes I do worry that I lose party of the experience (some I read over months!) so I am always trying to cut the number I am reading down... but somehow it does not work lol!

    Jessi's Reading Log ~ 2016

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    The length of books, getting to the end really makes a difference doesn't it? I need to keep at least one short one on the go all the time I think! 

     

    Thanks! : ) 

     

    March Read-A-Thon!

     

    Friday: 32 pages of A Nurse in Time and 100 pages of Out of The Hitler Time!

     

    Saturday: 90 Pages from The Churchill Secret KBO, 8 pages from Mary S Lovells The Churchill's, 13 Pages from The Savage Stone Age and 14 from Out of The Hitler Time

     

    Sunday: 32 pages from The Churchill Secret KBO,14 pages of The Churchill's, 16 of The Romanov's and 10 of Pride and Prejudice with Zombie's. 

     

    So I feel like I had a pretty successful weekend : ) despite all the jumping around  of books, I have now got to the end of The Churchill Secret KBO which I really enjoyed. That was the only book I have so far brought in March so I am back to 0! I also made progress with Out of The Hitler Time, managing to get on to the second book in the trilogy having finished the first. They were my main wins over the weekend. Everything else I made a little bit of progress with here and there, but it is all heading in the right direction.

     

    Not listed is War and Peace – I am not sure how many pages I got through on each day but I am now on book 4 out of 15 and the Poldark script book, which I read a few percent of on my kindle!

    Onwards to April!

     

    Total: 329!

    Jessi's Reading Log ~ 2016

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    February  :e010:

    TBR January 1st: 303

    TBR February 1st: 298 

    Read: 7
    Brought: 8

    Best books:  Liar, Temptress, Solider, Spy - Karen Abbott and Doctor Turner's Casebook - Stephen McGann

    TBR March 1st: 299

     

    Ok, so this month was sort of in two parts. I feel like I had a strong start and I can’t complain that I got through 7 books – it keeps me just about on track for my ultimate 2016 goal – 100 books! But I must admit the last week has been hard. I am reading a few ‘bricks’ so I am not getting to the end of anything, and I have lost my mojo a bit. Here’s hoping it returns in March.

     

    I also managed to get one more book off my TBR pile. It may only be one, but it’s going the right way still. Yay! 

     

    29/02/2016: On reflection this morning, my maths was terrible last night - I added to the TBR pile by one, not shortened it by one! Whoops!

    Jessi's Reading Log ~ 2016

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    Sisters of the East End - Helen Batten (3/5)

     

    Sisters of the East End was an ok read. I found it interesting and easy to get through but I must admit, there was just something missing for me. Batton’s narrative draws together the experience of multiple nuns together to tell the story of Sisters of St John the Divine and I can’t help wondering if this is what made the book a little jarring to read – the experiences were not her own and writing from the heart is what makes a memoir sometimes I think. I also found, despite the title, there was so much moving around of the principle nun that I feel as if the East End wasn’t that prominent (which is a pity, as the old East End is perhaps one of my favourite places to read about!)

     

    That said, I must admit if I maybe set myself up for a fall here. People who read the blogs I kept here a couple of years ago may remember how much I adored Call The Midwife. Worth’s book have so much heart and soul and passion and heartbreak in them. Seeing as this was a book about the sisters who Jennifer Worth stayed with, I was expecting more of the same – I didn’t get it. And so yeah, I am a little guilty of setting up Batton to not meet my expectations.

     

    So overall, not bad but not great. An easy read for a rainy day if you’re nothing urgent on your TBR pile (which I feel is an unlikely occurrence in this neck of the woods!) 

    Jessi's Reading Log ~ 2016

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    The World Of Poldark - Emma Marriott (4/5)

    I really enjoyed this book – I love books that explore Behind the Scenes on shows and films, but this was a really lovely one. The colours and pictures are so bright and it is set out gorgeously. In addition to cast interviews and information on production, it is also packed with sources use to illustrate the points it is making and historical facts about the era. As a result of reading this book, I feel as if I understand get the society which ‘Poldark’ is set in better and man am I looking forward to season 2! (Not just for the gorgeous Aidan Turner, I swear!)  

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