Sunday, January 5, 2014

It's Monday - look at all of the books!!


Hello friends! How have the first few days of 2014 treated you?

I made my goal of 110 books in 2013 right under the wire. I was reading until about 11:30 on New Year's Eve. I ended up picking up a short Madeleine L'Engle book on New Year's Eve Day because this genius decided December was a wonderful month to read a lot of giant books. 

I realized that I never shared my Christmas book loot with you. Below, I give you three pictures. The first consists of the books that I read and loved so much that I asked for them for Christmas. They needed to live on my bookshelves so that I could happily look at them and reread them when the fancy strikes. The second picture shows the books that I received, but haven't read yet. The third one is of the books I picked up with a B & N gift card this week. Hooray!

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman 

Meet The Austins by Madeleine L'Engle
No More Perfect Moms by Jill Savage
A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle
The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle
Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist 

A Short Autobiography by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell



Ok, now the books I have read lately and plan to read soon...


Read This Week:
Meet the Austins (Austin Family, #1)
Meet the Austins
By Madeleine L'Engle

Hild
By Nicola Griffith

Hands To Hold For People Trying Not to Cry In Public Places
Hands To Hold For People Trying
Not to Cry in Public Places
By SaraGrace Stefan


Posts from this Past Week:


Reading Now:


Up Next:
Perfect
Perfect
By Rachel Joyce


What are you reading this week? 

22 comments:

  1. Looks like you had a very merry christmas! I love the cover of your copy of Arabian Nights - beautiful!

    Have a fab week,
    Shelleyrae @ Book'd out

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    1. A bookish holiday is always a good holiday, right?

      I'm really enjoying this edition of Arabian Nights. It has beautiful artwork on the pages too!

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  2. Hild actually looks interesting. An unique cover! Did you like the book?

    Enjoy reading this week!

    Take a look at what I'm reading this week.

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    1. I did enjoy it very much. It's one of those giant novels you can just immerse yourself in. I love reading about people who really lived, even if the details are imagined. :)

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  3. Books are the best presents! Love to see I am not the only one who buys own copies to have if I enjoyed a borrowed book. (though my family finds it totally weird)

    Have a great week!

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    1. I understand! I only want books on my shelves that I adore and will read again. :)
      I hope you have a wonderful week too!

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  4. It looks like you done well on the book front for during the Christmas period - don't you just love gift cards you can purchase books with!
    You're moving on Perfect soon, yay! I finished it, and will be posting a brief summary of it on Wednesday. In short though, it was pretty darn good.
    Happy Reading!
    :-)
    Bits & Bobs

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    1. My family knows me well. I send them a book list and they buy me some books and let me pick some out myself. :)

      I'm glad to know you enjoyed Perfect. I'm excited to start it!

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  5. Beautiful Christmas books, Lindsey! Looks like Madeleine L'Engle is your favourite author - I see many of her books here :) So nice to know that you got 'A Constellation of Vital Phenomena'. Happy reading!

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    1. Thanks Vishy. I do adore Madeleine L'Engle. I hope to collect all of her books. Happy reading to you as well!

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  6. Hey some pretty good loot there- Attachments caught my eye, I've heard that's really good. Gift cards are always good. Congrats on meeting your goal, that's awesome!

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    1. Thanks Greg. It's always nice to begin a new year with new books. :)

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  7. Nice job on reaching your book goal - I missed mine but hey - its a new year :)

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    1. Thanks Sheila. I was reading right up to the last minute - I think it's a sign to temper my expectations a bit for 2014...

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  8. What a great week you had.

    Enjoy....they all look very good.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My It's Monday, What Are You Reading

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  9. Isn't Rainbow Rowell just fantastic??

    2014 is off to a great start! :) Happy Reading This Week!! The Brunette Librarian's Blog

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    1. She is indeed. I have one book of hers down and two more to go!

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  10. Great job meeting your goal! I was racing to meet my goal by the end of the year as well, but I made it too! Enjoy all those Madeleine L'Engle books. She's such a great, imaginative writer!

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    1. Congrats to you too then! There's nothing like working until the last minute, right?
      I love Madeleine L'Engle. She is one of my favorites.

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  11. Happy 2014! Looks like you had a good Christmas haul! I'll be curious to see your thoughts on Hild, that's been on my reading list for awhile. I also think Pinkerton looks good!

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    1. Happy 2014 to you too! I really enjoyed Hild. The author seemed to be saying in the notes that she would be working on a sequel. Fingers crossed!

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