Thursday, 5 April 2012

So I don't think I'm likely to have problems finishing my hundred books.

I'm about to hit the halfway point in my goal for this year...in April. Ha. I didn't realize I read this much, to be honest. I admit, some of the books I've been reading have been reasonably short, but there's been a good smattering of mid-to-long books, and I've been reading quite a few series so far. A lot of the books that I've read this year have been new authors or treasured re-reads, and I'm really enjoying finding that so many of the books on my to-read lists have turned out to be very good to excellent. 

At the moment, my biggest problem with this blog is that I tend to read three or four books (especially with series of books) and THEN write up all of my little reviews and descriptions. It makes it a little difficult in some cases to remember precisely where book one ends and book two starts, particularly if they join together pretty seamlessly. It probably doesn't help that it takes my E-reader barely any more time to change to a new book than it does to change to a new page, and the physical object I'm holding is the same each time. 

To be honest, I miss reading more paper books, and I'm happy that I have a few paper books lined up in my reading list that I'll be starting once I've finished the Spider World series - I'm currently half way through Magician, and am slightly distracted by Minecraft and real life related problems, but nevertheless. One and a half books to go, hopefully with a smashing finale in there somewhere, and then I can set about introducing myself to a new author's characters. 

I'm not sure how many people are actually reading this blog, but it's okay if you want to lurk. I'm writing these down for my own interest later, not really to give other people more than a very cursory idea of what the book is about. I'm including hints for myself about the stories and characters, but some of those may not necessarily be relevant until you read the book itself. This is on purpose. When I look through these books for a guaranteed good read story that I know I've liked before and will probably enjoy again, I don't like to hear too much detail about the plot. If I want to know the story I'll read it, not a hundred-word summary of  'John did this, Jill did that, and then they lived happily ever after'. So I've been trying not to give away the key points, or the interesting bits, any more than I have to.

Anyway. If you are reading it'd be nice to hear what you think. If you've read a book that I have, let me know. If you disagree with my interpretation, let me know. If you have a book similar to one I enjoyed that you think I may like, leave the details and I'll look into it. 

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