tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41206106192074142512024-02-19T13:52:04.922+10:00Between the CoversAmat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.comBlogger681125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-17157618562610890912011-02-24T22:58:00.004+10:002011-02-24T23:24:45.006+10:00Booking Through Thursday: Something Old, Something New
All other things being equal – do you prefer used books? Or new books? (The physical specimen, that is, not the title.) Does your preference differentiate between a standard kind of used book, and a pristine, leather-bound copy?
If it has the requisite number of pages, isn’t falling apart, and doesn’t have an unbearably hideous cover, I’ll read it.
Okay, I’ll admit pristine new books are Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-33072462014212453362011-02-21T21:53:00.004+10:002011-02-22T01:03:56.226+10:00The Sound of One Girl Napping
Ouch. Bad pun. (And I haven’t even read the book.)
Yes, it’s been awfully quiet around here lately. That’s because I’ve been feeling fairly awful. I’ve been plagued for weeks by some post-viral thing which has so far eluded explanation. I’ve already reduced two doctors to thinking it might be psychosomatic, and hope that when I see a specialist next week I don’t make it a hat trick.
So Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-45733293968420413552011-02-08T23:03:00.003+10:002011-02-08T23:37:42.347+10:00Teaser Tuesdays
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from - that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Two teasers this week! The Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-12143605794821244382011-01-27T22:58:00.005+10:002011-01-27T23:45:35.329+10:00Booking Through Thursday: Heavy
What’s the largest, thickest, heaviest book you ever read? Was it because you had to? For pleasure? For school?
Since I love huge books, this is a tricky one to answer ... there are so many possibilities!
Probably the biggest I’ve read were my Year 11 & 12 Psychology textbooks - large, thick, and hardback. Unlike every other textbook I’ve owned, I read them cover to cover; I had enough Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-27907012848737616642011-01-18T22:41:00.001+10:002011-01-18T22:45:14.027+10:00Teaser Tuesdays
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from - that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Miss Squeers had been Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-17792575662002009502011-01-16T21:54:00.006+10:002011-01-16T23:39:28.707+10:00Book Review: Deliver Us from Evil by David Baldacci
Shaw works for the Agency, an organisation which does the things “civilised” countries don’t want to tarnish their reputations by pursuing through official channels. His current job: Snatch Canadian businessman Evan Waller during his holiday in Provence. In exchange for talking about his plans to traffick enriched uranium to terrorists, Waller will be allowed to return to his other sideline - Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-3572941312586096022011-01-14T22:41:00.003+10:002011-01-14T22:59:01.639+10:00Fractal Friday: PhoenixAmat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-21693062653082398782011-01-07T21:00:00.002+10:002011-01-07T21:12:58.928+10:00Fractal Friday: BubblegumAmat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-45574297938029727582011-01-06T22:05:00.007+10:002011-01-07T21:14:11.358+10:00Book Review: The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
New York City, 1909: Sigmund Freud has arrived, with Carl Jung in tow, to lecture at Clark University, which has sent budding psychoanalyst Stratham Younger to accompany its guest. Two sets of circumstances soon arise to dampen their enthusiasm. Someone starts attempting to sabotage not only the forthcoming English translation of Freud's work, but the entire standing of psychoanalysis. And Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-36346819140406057202011-01-06T21:39:00.003+10:002011-01-06T22:04:34.550+10:00Booking Through Thursday: Resolutions
Any New Year’s reading resolutions?
I have two:
1. Read more books than last year. I didn’t hit three figures last year, which by my standards is pretty pathetic.
2. Complete each and every reading challenge I sign up for.
Since my non-reading resolutions list includes “stop procrastinating” I might actually have a chance of success.
Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-45839847286186902552011-01-04T22:41:00.000+10:002011-01-04T22:43:09.919+10:00Teaser Tuesdays
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from - that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
“In my head it's perfect. Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-29465099069171808702011-01-01T00:19:00.003+10:002011-01-05T23:07:10.314+10:00New Year Wishes
Goodbye 2010, and hello 2011.
Normally this would be where I enumerate some worthy but overly-optimistic resolutions, like “review all books read” and “leave more comments”. Right now, though, there are just two things I want from 2011:
For my aunt and her family in Rockhampton not to be flooded out when the Fitzroy River peaks.
For my cousin and his family to have a home to go home to Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-23295142258510725292010-12-31T21:55:00.004+10:002010-12-31T22:49:24.354+10:00
I spotted this over at An Adventure in Reading complete with permission to borrow away. So I took the lazy option for my end-or-yer post and did exactly that!
Best Book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows. Made me smile all the way through, and want to run off to an island somewhere.
Worst Book: The Quality of Mercy by Faye Kellerman. Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-61466403058257698642010-12-30T23:19:00.003+10:002010-12-30T23:41:13.708+10:00New Author Challenge 2011
1 Jan - 31 Dec 2011
Woohoo! Literary Escapism is back up and I can sign up for that challenge I’ve been eyeing off. I seem to have encountered an unusually high rate of sub-par reads this year, so maybe trying some new things next year will improve matters.
(Or maybe not. It’s just occurred to me that most of those disappointments were authors I hadn’t read before.)
For reading challenges Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-29361319546761765692010-12-30T23:03:00.003+10:002010-12-30T23:18:54.801+10:00Historical Fiction Challenge 2011
1 Jan - 31 Dec 2011
I think, a couple of weeks ago, I formed the intention of not taking on too many challenges next year. Or half-formed it. Or thought about forming it. Doesn’t really matter now, since I’m about to sign up for two more!
But I can’t resist the Historical Fiction Challenge, hosted this time by Historical Tapestry. I’ve chosen the Struggling the Addiction option of 10 books. Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-25068227236352585562010-12-30T21:50:00.004+10:002010-12-30T23:00:07.752+10:00Booking Through Thursday: Annual Review
What’s the best book you read this year?
Worst?
Favorite?
Best: The False Inspector Dew by Peter Livesey. A mystery set aboard the Mauritania in the 1920s with multiple twists and turns, and an ending I never saw coming.
Worst: Does it count if I didn’t actually read the whole thing? If so, The Quality of Mercy by Faye Kellerman. I can hardly remember the last time I itched so badly to Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-78151249817252985152010-12-28T23:08:00.001+10:002010-12-28T23:31:51.192+10:00Teaser Tuesdays
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from - that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
"I see no difficulty thereAmat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-5077692468854814782010-12-25T22:12:00.003+10:002010-12-26T00:25:59.170+10:00Merry Christmas!
I hope everyone reading this had a wonderful day and found at least one good book under the tree.
And I hope you had nicer weather than Brisbane! It’s been raining here for days, and it’s going to keep raining for days to come. I’m consoling myself with the thought that at least the house is on high ground. And this is going to be great for the giant tomato plant that’s sprouted in the compost Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-60990130175842735542010-12-09T21:57:00.002+10:002010-12-09T22:35:29.474+10:00Booking Through Thursday: Crappy
Do you ever crave reading crappy books?
Short answer:
Uh ... no. Why would I do that?
Longer answer:
Sometimes I enjoy reading thrillers that some people would regard as trashy. (Dan Brown might not be the world’s greatest writer, but his books are fun.) But that’s other people’s definition of crappy, not mine. And I’ve got much better things to do with my time than read books I think Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-73290002369766856002010-12-07T23:29:00.003+10:002010-12-08T00:01:21.210+10:00DNF: The Quality of Mercy by Faye Kellerman
Historical Fiction Challenge
When actor Harry Whitman is found near the road with a sword through his back, the obvious conclusion is that he was killed by a highwayman. His friend and protege Will Shakespeare, however, isn’t so sure. Asked by Whitman’s widow to find her husband’s killer, he sets out to investigate and soon finds that his suspicions are justified.
Meanwhile Rebecca, the Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-20414106296619054262010-12-07T22:49:00.003+10:002010-12-07T23:09:32.660+10:00Victorian Literature Challenge
Thanks to Becky’s Weekly Geeks post I discovered the Victorian Literature Challenge at Words, Words, Words and promptly succumbed to temptation. The challenge covers everything written in the Victorian era (1837 - 1901), and runs from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2011.
I’ve chosen the Great Expectations option of 5-9 books; I think I’ll aim for an even half-dozen. Three from my TBR box:
Nicholas Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-51893932986405342432010-12-07T22:40:00.002+10:002010-12-07T22:49:34.212+10:00Teaser Tuesdays
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from - that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Mr William Walton, the Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-33133328805604813852010-12-06T22:59:00.001+10:002010-12-06T23:11:39.732+10:00Weekly Geeks: Plans for 2011
Do you plan on participating in any reading challenges in 2011? Are you planning on hosting any reading challenges? Perhaps you'd like to share an idea for a reading challenge - to see if there is any interest! Share with us which challenges look tempting to you! (You don't have to "officially" join any of the challenges for this weekly geek. Just let us know which ones you'd be most Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-73284032119330379082010-12-06T22:41:00.003+10:002010-12-06T22:58:29.853+10:00What’s in a Name? 4 Reading Challenge
What’s a good way to cheer yourself up after NaNoWriMo has come to an end for another year? Go and check out all the bright shiny new reading challenges! Beth is running the What’s in a Name? 4 Reading Challenge, and this year the categories are:
1. A book with a number in the title
2. A book with jewelry or a gem in the title
3. A book with a size in the title
4. A book with travel or Amat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-40776600632260518822010-12-03T21:59:00.001+10:002010-12-03T22:00:48.711+10:00Fractal Friday: Blue ForestAmat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.com0