Fairly quiet week here on the blog. For some reason, I’ve been reading a lot of books that go in pairs, so that takes extra time, and only counts as one book when I finish them. Also, I just found out today that I’m starting my job back up at the garden center on this coming Monday, so I’ll be back to 40hrs/wk plus commuting time, so be forewarned – both reading and blogging will probably be reduced! However, I’m pretty excited about starting there again as I get paid to be outside playing with plants, so it’s hard to complain about that.
Added to the General TBR:
As usual, I’m rather behind on reading reviews, but I still managed to add four books, including Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner. Carol’s review over on Reading, Writing & Riesling made this book sound quite exciting!
Off the General TBR:
This week, I reviewed The House of the Scorpion and its sequel, The Lord of Opium, both by Nancy Farmer. They were pretty engaging, although they seemed a bit intense for children’s books! Because they are a duology, they only count as one title off the TBR.
I also read Cold Shot by Dani Pettrey, a thiller-ish that I enjoyed but somehow lacked that zing. Turns out that it was actually on my TBR, so I got to knock it off!
I also removed a cheesy-looking title from the list that I’m not even sure how it ended up there. Finally, while I did review The Art of Wishing by Lindsay Ribar, it won’t officially be off the list until I finish the sequel, The Fourth Wish, which I haven’t even started yet. :-D
Total for the General TBR: 888 – only up one!
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Added to the Personal TBR:
Only two free Kindle books this week! Such self-restraint!
Off the Personal TBR:
Still working on the Pride and Prejudice variation – it’s my bedtime book. Things are spiraling out of control there. So much angst. Why. But I can’t stop.
Total for the Personal TBR: 614 – up two!
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Total for the Series TBR: Nothing added to taken off this week, although I am about halfway through the second book in the Night and Nothing trilogy. So we’re holding steady at 148.
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Total for the Mystery Series TBR: No changes here, either – still at 72.
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Total for the Nonfiction TBR: No changes here, although I have been reading several of my own nonfiction books, mostly studying up on gardening stuff yet again!
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Grand Total for the Week: Six added and three off, so only a net gain of three – I’m going to call that a win!
The Aroma of Books 