tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post1348228206570640920..comments2024-03-26T21:23:44.804-07:00Comments on Bibliomama: Books Read in 2018 Review Bibliomamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11825424183978181238noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-12976980903078944522019-01-05T13:26:16.863-08:002019-01-05T13:26:16.863-08:00UGH the Nina Riggs book is called The Bright Hour ...UGH the Nina Riggs book is called The Bright Hour not The Quiet Hour. UGH. Sorry.claranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-29083285747903258342019-01-05T12:32:59.153-08:002019-01-05T12:32:59.153-08:00108 is a totally laudable (NOT LAUGHABLE, READ IT ...108 is a totally laudable (NOT LAUGHABLE, READ IT AGAIN) number of books and I support you sleeping more. I get the disappointment though. I only read 64 when my goal was 75 and even though it's all completely arbitrary I still felt a twinge.<br /><br />The last two books I read in 2018 were great: Sally Field's memoir "In Pieces" and a book called The Quiet Hour by Nina Riggs (also a memoir, quite devastating). Both left me feeling quite pensive and low/maudlin so I chased them with If Life Gives you Lululemons and now I'm chasing THAT with The Marrow Thieves. <br /><br />Happy 2019 and may the perimenopausal gods give you a damn break (and all the rest of us too) Perimenopausal blogging is the new mommyblogging (snort)Clarahttp://torturedpotato.com/the_comebacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-89123325192622293982019-01-03T07:08:27.214-08:002019-01-03T07:08:27.214-08:00I'm glad you had a nice Christmas. How long is...I'm glad you had a nice Christmas. How long is Angus home?<br /><br />My final total this year was 64. I set 52 as a goal for this year because it's a little higher than 64 minus the books I read because of Noah in the last four months. Plus I liked the one-a-week simplicity of that number. We'll see how it goes.StephLovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888019478250380270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-36393466192045558992019-01-02T18:48:51.563-08:002019-01-02T18:48:51.563-08:00Holy cannoli, 109 books! I am awarding you the Re...Holy cannoli, 109 books! I am awarding you the Reading Merit Badge!<br /><br />I finished 40 books this year. I don't set a goal of a certain number of books, because that would just drive me insane to have yet one more mark I miss. I am doing a LOT more reading of news than in years past. But I too would like to push myself to take at least one day a week off of social media. So far that goal is not going well.<br /><br />I am in two book clubs (how did I get so lucky?!) which pushes me to read some things I otherwise wouldn't. For the one club, our next book is Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (haven't started it yet) and for the other club we are going to discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest, in January and then go see the play in February.<br /><br />Comfort / pleasure reading is never a waste. <br /><br />Our Christmas holiday was good - in some ways more relaxed than previous years, but with a level of anxiety added by the elderly relatives and their discontent with their situation. Common Household Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715969218648104267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-35879335366728031352019-01-02T17:23:59.401-08:002019-01-02T17:23:59.401-08:00I totally just fell off the wagon with reading. I ...I totally just fell off the wagon with reading. I am way short of my goal and I don't really know why it happened. It's weird. Usually reading is something I use to keep my anxiety in check and definitely to turn off my brain before bed, but I guess I haven't really needed it that way, which is good, but also not so good because I miss it. Shannonhttp://shanrev.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-32042865371850510102019-01-02T10:31:03.541-08:002019-01-02T10:31:03.541-08:00Book Bingo?? I've never heard of that. It soun...Book Bingo?? I've never heard of that. It sounds intriguing! I think you can be happy with your number of 108 books for 2018 - that's much more than most people.<br /><br />Christmas was good - busy as usual but I like that I work for a school so at least I have these couple of weeks off to deal with it all. I work for a private school as the public schools here really don't have any librarians or library techs. It's a fairly depressing and maddening trend - is your school job public or private?Marilyn (A Lot of Loves)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06657908406859803924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-43934327901131314842019-01-02T08:58:46.140-08:002019-01-02T08:58:46.140-08:00Happy New Year Allison! I tried commenting last n...Happy New Year Allison! I tried commenting last night and my comment disappeared in a proverbial puff of smoke, but I am not deterred! I am trying again!<br /><br />I had a good Christmas, though I’m back at work today and feeling a bit cranky about that. I like my job, but I would like it more with just a few more days off. <br /><br />I managed to get through 40 books last year, which was more than I’d read in a long time. And considering I’d only pledged to read 30, I’m feeling quite pleased. This year I’m pledging 45. We shall see how that goes. I confess I did do a few of the books in audio format...mostly non-fiction. I find I like reading fiction, but listening to non-fiction (while driving, cooking, folding laundry). I also listened to The Goldfinch because there was no bloody way I was going to get through that book otherwise. Gah, it should have been edited down to a fraction of its length. Mary Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766375517544560182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-12784925627111135872019-01-02T05:51:16.880-08:002019-01-02T05:51:16.880-08:00HI ALLISON.
I love your book reviews and they alw...HI ALLISON.<br /><br />I love your book reviews and they always give me some great reading ideas. I always put a bunch of books on hold after you do your reviews. Always! Also, what is this Book Bingo? The great thing for me about my library app is that I have been reading books outside of my usual genres and trying new things. The downside is pretty limited in this way, and sometimes I've really enjoyed things I never thought I would.<br /><br />Also - how did you manage to get all perfect boxes of oranges? Maybe buy a lottery ticket now?<br /><br />I also do what I can, etc., but the festive season is still pretty tiring. Nicole MacPhersonhttp://www.girlinaboyhouse.comnoreply@blogger.com