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Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Monday, February 6, 2012
a great haul from the library
Before December 2009 unless I received a book as a gift, I only read books that came from the library. Then I received a Kindle for Christmas and all of that changed! I loved that little device so much and only bought e-books. I ended up spending about $200 in books during 2010.
This past summer I that decided unless I was going to be on vacation and simply wanted the convenience of reading an e-book that I would go back to borrowing books. I was simply spending too much money on books. About the same time, our library started lending e-books that are compatible to the Kindle and through my amazon.com Prime membership I started being able to borrow books from Amazon. So....I'm back to borrowing about 90% of the books I read!
The past week I ran through the library to find a new book and found so many (see picture above)! So many that I'm pretty sure I won't be able to read them all before they're due. So many choices...so little time!
Because they were quick reads, I already read Homemade Home and Guide to Home Empowerment. I think Mockingjay will be next on my list!
The library is sometimes like the thrift store. Sometimes I walk out with only one book and sometimes I find a bunch that I want to read!
What are you reading? And do you purchase or borrow your books?
Friday, December 30, 2011
books read in 2011
I LOVE to read. I wish that I was a faster reader because even though I'm CONSTANTLY reading, I read only an average of one book every 2-3 weeks. My goal for 2012 is to read 20 books. I read 18 this year, so that will challenge me to read a bit faster in the new year. Here are the books that I remember reading this year! Some I loved and would enjoy reading again, while a couple on the list I gritted my teeth and finished simply because I kept thinking, "it'll surely get better...." No such luck on a couple of them. Anyway...here's what I remember!
Jane Eyre
Still Alice
The Happiness Project
The Hunger Games
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Kitchen House
Little Bee
Sarah's Key
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Freedom
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
I'll Walk Alone
Big Girl
Sing You Home
A Paris Wife
The Glass Castle
My absolute favorites on the list?
Jane Eyre, Still Alice, AWOL on the Appalachian, A Paris Wife, The Glass Castle.
Least favorites?
The Happiness Project, Big Girl, Freedom, I'll Walk Alone
What about you?
What have been your favorite books and/or least favorite books that you read in 2011?
Jane Eyre
Still Alice
The Happiness Project
The Hunger Games
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Kitchen House
Little Bee
Sarah's Key
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Freedom
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
I'll Walk Alone
Big Girl
Sing You Home
A Paris Wife
The Glass Castle
My absolute favorites on the list?
Jane Eyre, Still Alice, AWOL on the Appalachian, A Paris Wife, The Glass Castle.
Least favorites?
The Happiness Project, Big Girl, Freedom, I'll Walk Alone
What about you?
What have been your favorite books and/or least favorite books that you read in 2011?
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