Good morning, fellow Salon Members! I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween! It was a quiet night in with friends for me last night, watching The Nightmare Before Christmas and handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters. Of course, this morning I've been completely confused on what time it is (we had our autumn time change last night here in the U.S.) as some of my clocks changed time automatically and some didn't, so while I've run around the house picking up the detritus from Halloween last night (candy wrappers and whatnot), I've also been making sure all my clocks now match my cell phone. Silly time change.
October has proven to be one of my better reading months lately, having finished 8 books with a total number of pages at 1,659! For having been in such a reading slump for the last couple of months, that feels like a huge accomplishment for me. Looking back on October, here's what I read:
- The Maze Runner by James Dashner
- Dracula the Un-dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt (I guess I can't honestly say that I finished this book, as the copy I received for review was missing the last 30-ish pages, so I'm not technically done with it yet, but I'm counting it all the same for right now!)
- Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
- Mars Needs Moms! by Berkeley Breathed
- M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman (review will be coming soon... honest it will!)
- Simon Snootle and OTHER small stories by Lorin Morgan-Richards
I am still working on Joe Hill's collection of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, and while I could have probably finished that by now, I have been so impressed with the quality of these stories, I have been taking my time and savoring them. Like I said in my previous Sunday Salon about these stories, they have real heart and soul, so I've been taking my time with them, delaying the inevitable conclusion of the book.
Starting this week, I'm going to be house-sitting for my mother while she is in Florida visiting family, and this is always a good reading time for me, so I've been deciding on what I'm going to take with me. I inevitably take more than I read whenever I go to stay, but at least I know that I have a good selection of books to get me through the two weeks.
Today is one of my best friend's birthdays, so we are going off to go book shopping; what a great way to spend a birthday, right? One of our local independent bookstores, Nicola's Books, sends out an email around your birthday each year with a coupon for a free book, so we're going to take advantage of that, and maybe see what other stores we can stop at on the way over there. I'm going to try to squeeze in one more Joe Hill story by the end of the day, and then I don't really know what I want to move on to. I've got a couple of advanced reader copies, but they aren't on the street until sometime in January, so I may wait on those awhile yet. Maybe something light and fluffy today. Or maybe I'll find something at the bookstore that will be perfect!
Happy reading everyone!
1 comment:
Sounds like you had a great month and are set for a fun day today. I'm with you on the time change; for some reason, my mind doesn't naturally adjust. I'm confused for a solid two hours (until I get my clocks in sync). Happy Reading!
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