Comments on: 6 of 15: “Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross

By: girldetective

girldetective — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:40:59 +0000

Jessica and Inquirer, I’ve yet to identify anything that needs to go, but I know what you mean. I have things on my shelves that I’ve had for at least a dozen years, and that I swear I think I will read, sometime. I’m pretty good about purging, though, and better than I used to be about binging, so most of the stuff on my shelves has a decent reason for being there, and a reasonable chance of getting read. Someday.

By: Jessica Snell

Jessica Snell — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:10:53 +0000

Yep, I’ve got a pile that’s headed for the library donation bin, for their book sale. I’m particularly discovering that I don’t like murder mysteries as much as I feel like I should. Just because I’m a fan of Dorothy Sayers and Ellis Peters apparently doesn’t mean I like the genre in general.

By: Inquirer

Inquirer — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:26:30 +0000

Jessica … I have found that out as well. I have picked up some books I have always wanted to read but never had time for, and I have decided to give away some books in my TBR pile that I now know I will never read.

By: ChristineMM

ChristineMM — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:26:02 +0000

I am so far behind now. I spent six hours with my twelve year old today and had a ball. We took a nature hike. After the regular online stuff now I’m going to pack to go to the homeschool conference. Two days there, I’ll have no time to read any book but I’ll be browsing them in the vendor hall. What was I thinking when I thought I could do one book a day! Ack!

By: Jessica Snell

Jessica Snell — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:19:24 +0000

I read a “how to” book from 1898 - funny to see what’s changed since then and what’s stayed the same!

http://churchyear.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-6-of-15-what-shall-i-say-guide-to.html

What’s surprising me about this challenge right now (aside from how much sleep I’m losing - which shouldn’t surprise me) is how many of the books on my TBR pile I don’t actually want to read. Some of them are more interesting than I thought they’d be, but some of them still don’t appeal, even now that I “have the time” (as in, “I’ll read that when I have the time”) to read them.

By: MFS

MFS — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:31:11 +0000

Here’s my update:

http://mentalmultivitamin.blogspot.com/2010/04/gee-all-this-simple-living-can-set-you.html

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:45:39 +0000

I revisited a childhood favorite, with great enjoyment: http://www.newcenturyreading.com/2010/04/the-151515-projectday-6.html

By: Inquirer

Inquirer — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:26:30 +0000

6 of 15 … With the Old Breed. This is one of the most profoundly moving books I have ever read. It is the story of E.B. Sledge’s time on Peleliu and Okinawa with the 5th Marines in WWII. It came on a day when I received tragic news of a loss of a wonderful man. I am not sure want to read more books like this, but I am glad I read this one.

http://alwayschasingboys.blogspot.com/2010/04/with-old-breed.html

By: Farheen Zehra

Farheen Zehra — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:32:03 +0000

My sixth book was Zola’s, ThÃ©rÃ©se Raquin, which was a slightly difficult read. Maybe owing to the feelings the characters and the story aroused.

http://beanbagtales.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-6-therese-raquin_22.html