chaliepud Posted August 25, 2013 Posted August 25, 2013 I think i need to start doing this! seems like the best of both worlds. You'd need a rather large shelf Devi!! Quote
Inver Posted August 25, 2013 Posted August 25, 2013 I'm glad we are all like-minded people when it comes to books/buying/reading TBR/getting rid of....etc etc....oh wait a minute, that is why we all frequent this site isn't it... Quote
Devi Posted August 25, 2013 Posted August 25, 2013 You'd need a rather large shelf Devi!! I'd need a whole other room! Quote
chaliepud Posted August 26, 2013 Posted August 26, 2013 Happy Birthday KM!! Hope you have a lovely day. Quote
Kidsmum Posted October 3, 2013 Author Posted October 3, 2013 I haven't been on for so long i had to dig my reading log up from the very depths it's going to take me a long time to catch up with everybody's news I promise i haven't been avoiding you all & your very tempting book reviews it's just that life has been so busy since the summer holidays i seem to have been meeting myself coming backwards & it's just been one thing after another but at the moment i'm full of cold so have been forcing myself to take things a bit easier for the time being . I have really missed coming on the forum & chatting books with my friends I know Claire felt really good when she banned herself from buying books until she'd read all her TBR's so it can be done and I'm sure you can do it I even walked through Waterstone's and other bookshops with her myself when we were out having coffee and she didn't show the slightest sign of wavering. That's a good ploy to browse when you're purseless We're getting short of space here too and I have too many on the shelves unread but I'm too weak willed (same with cake ) .. I know I'd crumble. I have been buying less and less though and so that's progress of sorts Good luck!! Claire is definitely a shining example to us all & i shall endeavour to follow her lead when trying to curb my book buying compulsion. Actually i've been doing quite well in that department since i was last on, i haven't bought any books myself although i did get a pile for my Birthday of course but they don't count as they were bought for me not by me I even managed to visit the charity shop & although i did pick a couple of books off the shelf i resolutely put them back & i must say i felt fantastic when i got home empty handed for a change It is just the space that's the problem if we were to win the lottery & could by a house the size of Downton Abbey i would have my very own library complete with roaring fire & comfy reading chair but till that day i shall just have to rein myself in Good luck with your book buying ban! It sounds very difficult, to me.. So I hope you'll do really well ! Thanks Athena , i have been doing well & am feeling suitably smug about it at the moment Yes I have read Case Histories, One Good Turn , to read When will there be good News (Jackson Brodies) Behind the Scenes at Museum, which was her first one and the first I read, which was a good read. Still have Emotionally Weird on my shelf (been there for years...lol) to read. I read Emotionally Weird quite a few years ago & although i seem to remember that i enjoyed it at the time Case Histories was the more enjoyable of the two That was the one book of hers that I struggled with, and didn't finish, whilst Case Histories was one of my all-time favourite detective novels. I think i enjoyed it because it was different from your bog standard crime novel & i shall get round to reading her other books sooner rather than later You can do it Kidsmum ! But don't forget if there is a book you really want you can always try to get it from someone as a swop, that way the number of books in the house doesn't increase. I don't agree with browsing books when you have no money though that just makes you feel miserable like you are denying yourself. Thanks for your encouragement VF swopping books is a good idea i've also borrowed a few from the library rather than buying them which means i read them straight away rather than leaving them to gather dust on the old book mountain. I do like to browse on Amazon but instead of buying i've been adding them to my wishlist instead so i know i will eventually get them even if i have to wait till Christmas I am not a browser. If I browse, I buy. Hands down. What I actually need to do is remove the Amazon quick link from my favorites....... But it can be done. /sigh/ It really can. It really can. It really can. It really can! When i've halved my TBR mountain i shall be able to turn back from a browser into a buyer Pontalba I admit though it is hard to be strong when with just one click of your mouse finger a new book can be winging it's way to you Good luck with getting your TBR pile down KM, I tried to do the same last year, with some success. My rule now is that all my TBR's must fit on one shelf.. It's a crowded shelf but it does limit numbers somewhat. Thanks Chaliepud , that is my aim to get all my books fitting on my bookshelves instead of being stuffed in boxes under the beds or stacked up at the side of the sofa in precarious piles Happy Birthday KM!! Hope you have a lovely day. Happy (belated) birthday!! happy Birthday KM! Thanks guys i had a lovely birthday, i got some really nice books ( i'll post a list of them later ) & went out for a meal with all my lovely family. I'm hoping that next year i can become a year younger instead of older this time Quote
Athena Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) I'm glad to hear you're doing well and that you had a lovely birthday ! We're looking forward to you listing the books. Edited October 3, 2013 by Athena Quote
poppyshake Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 It is just the space that's the problem if we were to win the lottery & could by a house the size of Downton Abbey i would have my very own library complete with roaring fire & comfy reading chair Oh do share it with us if you do .. that is .. invite us round so that we can sit in your squashy chairs and browse your bookshelves Glad you had a nice birthday KM .. look forward to seeing your book list Well done for remaining so disciplined Quote
pontalba Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 Glad to see you back! And doing well Yes! The wishlist is a powerful tool. I do use it sometimes, and to tell the truth, when I go back I sometimes delete, delete, and delete! Of course I made it public, so husband is able to see it. :innocent: lol Quote
Kidsmum Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 I'm glad to hear you're doing well and that you had a lovely birthday ! We're looking forward to you listing the books. Coming right up Athena Oh do share it with us if you do .. that is .. invite us round so that we can sit in your squashy chairs and browse your bookshelves Great idea! I'd invite you all for tiffin & get cook to make some of her best cakes all served by our faithful butler on dainty little plates Of course I made it public, so husband is able to see it. :innocent: lol Absolutely , goodness knows what i'd get if my OH couldn't consult the wishlist - probably monogrammed hankies or a frilly bed jacket - i dread to think Quote
Kidsmum Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 Oops!!! Nearly forgot my birthday books Anna Of The Five Towns Arnold Bennett The Pyschopath Test Jon Ronson Them Jon Ronson The Heretics Will Storr Travels With My Aunt Graham Greene The Land Of Decoration Grace McCleen The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers The Narrative of Frederick Douglass An American Slave 1845 So far i've read The Pyschopath Test which was good , i like Ronson's writing he kind of reminds me of Louis Theroux same non aggressive & amusing interviewing technique & also Anna Of The Five Towns which was very good & ranks as one of my best reads of the year. When i finished it i went straight on the library site & reserved another of his The Grand Babylon Hotel which was also a good read though not in the same league as AOTFT & i've added The Old Wives' Tale to my Christmas Wishlist Quote
vodkafan Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 Nice to see you again Kidsmum hope your cold gets better soon Quote
Kidsmum Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 Thanks VF, i think i'm on the mend Quote
frankie Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 Hiya, happy to have you back on here! As far as Mount TBR goes i finally got round to counting them up this morning & i have 557 books - this doesn't include 2 shelves of reference books which are a mixture of mine, Alan's & the childrens' books but it does include some of Alan's books (roughly 10) which i'm not really interested in reading. I'm not sure how many of them i've bought this year as i abandoned my books bought list fairly early on in the year but quite a lot i think It will be difficult not to buy any books & ideally i'd like to halve that amount but i figure if i set myself a target of getting down to 500 first it wont seem so daunting. So the book buying ban comes into effect as of today Oh dear.... It's bloody awful to do a count if one's not at all sure how many books one has on TBR, but you managed, you've not died and it wasn't like the camel that had its back broken by the last straw Yes I suppose it would be pretty pleasant just not to count the books one buys per year.... I like that kind of ignorant bliss... I haven't been on for so long i had to dig my reading log up from the very depths it's going to take me a long time to catch up with everybody's news I promise i haven't been avoiding you all & your very tempting book reviews it's just that life has been so busy since the summer holidays i seem to have been meeting myself coming backwards & it's just been one thing after another but at the moment i'm full of cold so have been forcing myself to take things a bit easier for the time being . I have really missed coming on the forum & chatting books with my friends I know life get's in the way sometimes, don't worry. We'll always be here Claire is definitely a shining example to us all & i shall endeavour to follow her lead when trying to curb my book buying compulsion. Actually i've been doing quite well in that department since i was last on, i haven't bought any books myself although i did get a pile for my Birthday of course but they don't count as they were bought for me not by me I even managed to visit the charity shop & although i did pick a couple of books off the shelf i resolutely put them back & i must say i felt fantastic when i got home empty handed for a change It is just the space that's the problem if we were to win the lottery & could by a house the size of Downton Abbey i would have my very own library complete with roaring fire & comfy reading chair but till that day i shall just have to rein myself in Claire definitely puts the rest of us in shame... I've quite forgotten, that I was supposed to follow her lead myself from the beginning of the year... But those books in the shops... Crying our names out loud, waiting for us to pick them off the shelves and buy them... Who could resist?? Oops!!! Nearly forgot my birthday books Anna Of The Five Towns Arnold Bennett The Pyschopath Test Jon Ronson Them Jon Ronson The Heretics Will Storr Travels With My Aunt Graham Greene The Land Of Decoration Grace McCleen The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers The Narrative of Frederick Douglass An American Slave 1845 What a wonderful thing, to be born, and then to have books as presents to show for it Nice Birthday haul!! Quote
Athena Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Anna Of The Five Towns Arnold Bennett The Pyschopath Test Jon Ronson Them Jon Ronson The Heretics Will Storr Travels With My Aunt Graham Greene The Land Of Decoration Grace McCleen The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers The Narrative of Frederick Douglass An American Slave 1845 x Nice haul ! Quote
Kidsmum Posted October 22, 2013 Author Posted October 22, 2013 Hiya, happy to have you back on here! I know life get's in the way sometimes, don't worry. We'll always be here What a wonderful thing, to be born, and then to have books as presents to show for it Nice Birthday haul!! Thanks Frankie, the forum is my most favourite place to hang out x Nice haul ! Thanks Athena, it is lovely getting books as pressies & i already know what i want for Christmas Quote
Kidsmum Posted October 22, 2013 Author Posted October 22, 2013 It's been a bit of a struggle again this month to find the time to read but even so i've not done too badly. I started the month off with Sharpe's Gold, as usual Cornwell never fails to disappoint with his Sharpe tales. Then came The Dangerous Fortune Ken Follett, i really thought i'd enjoy this as it was set in the Victorian era but unfortunately there was quite a bit of smutty sex ; i guess Follett was trying to show that the Victorians might have been all strait laced on the outside but underneath they were a seething lascivious cauldron of lustful desires but The Crimson Petal...... does it a lot better & so it kind of put ma off the story which also came across as a bit silly, a shame as i normally enjoy Follett. After that i read Sexing The Cherry Jeanette Winterson which was very different from the other books i've read by her, the story didn't seem to follow any kind of logical path but there were some great lines in it one of which i noted down so i wouldn't forget it " Every journey conceals another journey within its lines; the path not taken & the forgotten angle" i love that. Any way although it was a strange book i did enjoy it but i was glad it was only short as i might have lost patience with it if it had been any longer. Another short book for my next read The Greengage Summer Rumer Godden, i loved this book, a child's narration of an eventful holiday in France it reminded me of I Capture The Castle Dodie Smith, this is definitely one of my 5/5 reads of the year & although i'm trying to reduce my book mountain this one's for keeping. So at the moment i've just started The Red House Mark Haddon for my book group i always like to leave these books to the end of the month so i don't forget what i have to say about them Quote
Kidsmum Posted November 14, 2013 Author Posted November 14, 2013 Just counted up my book total for the year so far....68....which means i'll definitely beat last years total of 72 by the end of the year Now if i hadn't have bought so many books as well then i'd be feeling very smug Quote
julie Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 KM That is quite an impressive total for the year (so far ,and not even done yet ! ) Good job . How many people does your in-person book group have, and how did it get started ? I think it'd be fun to have an in person group . Quote
Athena Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 Just counted up my book total for the year so far....68....which means i'll definitely beat last years total of 72 by the end of the year x Congrats that you'll be meeting your target ! That's excellent . Quote
Kidsmum Posted November 16, 2013 Author Posted November 16, 2013 KM That is quite an impressive total for the year (so far ,and not even done yet ! ) Good job . How many people does your in-person book group have, and how did it get started ? I think it'd be fun to have an in person group . Thanks Julie My book group is run by the library it's only been going a few months so at the moment there are only 4 or 5 of us , all woman & there's only two of us under 60. The library provides the books so it doesn't cost anything which is good & so far the librarian has come up with all the choices but she has asked us for book suggestions so i'm hoping that we'll get some of those, especially as i made most of them The other ladies in the group are quite quiet & sometimes it feels like i'm the one who has the most to say about the books but hopefully we'll get more members as word gets round & the group will get more lively. x Congrats that you'll be meeting your target ! That's excellent . Thanks Athena, i would have been happy if i'd equalled last years total so i'm really happy that i'm going to pass it even if it is only by a few books Quote
poppyshake Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 Another short book for my next read The Greengage Summer Rumer Godden, i loved this book, a child's narration of an eventful holiday in France it reminded me of I Capture The Castle Dodie Smith, this is definitely one of my 5/5 reads of the year & although i'm trying to reduce my book mountain this one's for keeping. I saw Greengage Summer today in a charity shop and had to get it as I remembered your recommendation KM I'm excited .. I Capture the Castle is a favourite of mine Congratulations on beating your last years total (I have every confidence that you will ) Quote
julie Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 KM Your in-person book group sounds like it's off to a good start . A couple libraries in our area tried doing one .I went to one of them ,which only had 1 meeting, then it fizzled out. There's a couple other small libraries that have them, I think ,so I should check in and see what they are currently reading and when the next meeting is . I think it'd be fun . Quote
Kidsmum Posted November 17, 2013 Author Posted November 17, 2013 I saw Greengage Summer today in a charity shop and had to get it as I remembered your recommendation KM I'm excited .. I Capture the Castle is a favourite of mine Congratulations on beating your last years total (I have every confidence that you will ) Thanks Poppyshake, my mojo's certainly geared up for beating last years total Yay!!! ...for Greengage Summer I guarantee/am sure/hope you'll enjoy it Poppyshake KM Your in-person book group sounds like it's off to a good start . A couple libraries in our area tried doing one .I went to one of them ,which only had 1 meeting, then it fizzled out. There's a couple other small libraries that have them, I think ,so I should check in and see what they are currently reading and when the next meeting is . I think it'd be fun . Oh you should definitely give them a go Julie .... i was a bit unsure at first as i already have a huge TBR pile of my own that i'm trying to tackle but i find it really exciting waiting for the librarian to open up the box with the next month's reading choice in. Not sure if that's a sign of how much i enjoy reading or how uneventful my life is at the moment By the way i don't know if you remember a discussion on your thread about Dr Seuss books & you mentioned that some people gave The Places You Go as a graduation present .... well our eldest daughter had her graduation ceremony on Friday & we gave her the book as a little pressie.... she was thrilled & i hope she'll take the message to heart .....So thank you Julie i never would have found such a meaningful gift if it hadn't been for you Quote
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