'No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought' Thread

lynseydee

homemademama wrote: »

Can I join this challenge please? I think I have about 10 books to read but I will have a sort out tonight. I've had some of them for a couple of years!

I wish I only had 10 books to read. I've got about ten times that amount

homemademama

I wish I had a few more lynseydee. I have also joined NSK's back to basics challenge which includes only watching an hour of tv a day. I'm going to run out of books!

Gem-gem

Finish reading The Midnight Fox last Monday night, a lovely little children's book.
This weekend I'm going to start: The colour of law - by Mark Gimenez. It is the prequel to the last Gimenez book that I read.

Happygreen

I have the first paper book out from the library for years (not available on audio yet) and I'm happy that I resisted the urge to buy it. I've been to talks by the author and am regularly listening to her podcast, a very clever woman! I bet it was worth waiting 4 months for! I'm really looking forward to this holiday read.
"Blossom" - by Lesley Riddoch

Gem-gem

Spoke to my Aunt and Uncle last night, ( both in their 80's) they have two Jeffrey Archers for me - (4 other people have already read them) and I am taking them a couple of books.
Most times, when I go and stay with them, they have a bag of books waiting for me from my cousin plus ones that they have read. I then take the books that I want and then pass the others onto my mum, my friends or to a charity shop. I love swapping book - it feels so environmentally friendly and saves us lots of money!

Penguins86

I can't cross one off my pile as it's on my kindle and they're the + part of my signature! I have just finished The Fault in our Stars by John Green and definitely enjoyed it. I'd seen the trailer for the film and wanted to read it before I went to see it. It was quite an easy read but pretty emotional in places. I fortunately held it together though because I was reading on buses and sat on the side of a road waiting for a bunch of cyclists to whizz past!

mrs-moneypenny

finished meet me at the cupcake cafe over the weekend, loved it a really quick easy read. have passed it on to DD2.
got 3 books waiting to go to work with me at lunchtime for the book circle there, im hoping to join once ive got down on my stash.
4 books wating for next time i go over my mums and how to be a woman in the CS bag.

started Prince of the Clouds by Gianni Riotta now, its a struggle to get into after reading cupcake which was easy chick lit but ill stick with it as its been on my tbr shelf for ages.

InaPickle

homemademama wrote: »

Can I join this challenge please? I think I have about 10 books to read but I will have a sort out tonight. I've had some of them for a couple of years!

Welcome, homemademama. :wave: Pull up a chair and get with the reading!

I can't cross one off my pile as it's on my kindle and they're the + part of my signature! I have just finished The Fault in our Stars by John Green and definitely enjoyed it. I'd seen the trailer for the film and wanted to read it before I went to see it. It was quite an easy read but pretty emotional in places. I fortunately held it together though because I was reading on buses and sat on the side of a road waiting for a bunch of cyclists to whizz past!

I just read this as well, penguins86, and I loved it! You are right: very emotional in places, but despite the terminal prognosis of many of the characters, their zest for life was undoubtable. This may be a book written about young adults, but I have no idea how this could be classed as a young adults' book: it's written well enough to be ready by anyone old enough to be able to objectively consider the subject of death. Brilliant book.


I've also just read Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin. It's another Rebus novel and it's good. Rebus is starting to show his age, now, though. It's nice to see Siobhan's career doing well, although I'm not entirely sure why she had to end her relationship with her beau - I'm not entirely sure what the conflict of interests was.


Anyway, I have another Rebus to read and a Pratchett and a psychology book on order at the library before I start opening The Boxes of Books to read from there.


Despite me taking a few hundred books (surely there must have been that many) to the charity shop, this will still keep me busy for a good while.

Penguins86

I was going to start a new book on the bus yesterday...only to realise as I started it that I'd already read it! I need to be a bit more careful about which I grab off the shelf next time! Planning to read a couple of chapters of something new on a bus tonight though (assuming they're only fairly short ones!) Hmmmmm what to choose....

Maisie_M

Finished another book before I went on holiday 'The pig in the evening suit' by RR Gall which was quite funny.

Currently reading 'Knit one, kill Two" but did not manage to get any read on holiday as we were so busy. However 5 weeks left before I go back to work so will hopefully manage another one or two in that time.