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Follow Friday, is hosted by ParaJunkee and Book Blogger Hop, is hosted by Jennifer (Crazy-For-Books), check both out and follow/hop to some new blogs.
Jennifer asks: "What's your favorite beverage while reading or blogging, if any? Is it tea, coffee, water, a glass of wine, or something else?
I am a die hard tea drinker. Any time!
ParaJunkee asks: How many reviews do you like to do a week?
3-4. Not more than that. Lately not more than one as I am not reading anything!
Meanwhile, you can explore my blog. You will definitely find something that interests you. I read wide range of genres, except maybe for a few. Do check it out!
When you travel, how many books do you bring with you? Has this changed since the arrival of ebooks?
When I travel for a week, I usually carry 4-5 books and each book is more than 400 pages. I do take a mixed genres of books. I don't really pressurize myself to read when I am in a vacation. I read as and when I really wish to. AS I don't own an e-reader, arrival of ebooks have not affected my carrying books in anyway! Maybe someday...
Today is one of those days. I have not felt like doing anything. I have simply sat at one place and stared at the wall, trying to blank out my mind. Maybe I have also stared at my computer screen, unseeing. Thinking, thinking, thinking. The whys in our life don't let us live. Whenever I had such phases, books helped me out of it. This time, I have not been able to reach out for any book. I simply stand in front of my bookshelves and walk away from it after a while.
I even went out for a few hours but even then my mind was not in it. I wanted to get back and be on my own. Now that I am on my own, I seem to be more troubled than I was before. I am writing poetry. That's about the only good thing about this state. I won't call it depression. Because it is not going to last more than few more hours. Until then, I suppose I will dwell in self pity!
Any help from anyone? I have tried to listen to music, watch a movie, read blog posts, gone out, even did some cooking, solved math puzzles and wrote poetry. What else am I supposed to do?
As I have not been been reading anything, I thought I will pick a teaser from an old read of mine. I have read this novel several times and it still remains one of my favourite reads. I read it first in 1984. My copy is yellowed and much loved.
This following paragraph is about the vet and a bull. The vet had come to treat the bull of some ailment:
There was no malice in his behaviour - he was simply having a comfortable lean against the board and I don't suppose he even noticed the morsel of puny humanity wriggling frantically against his rib-cage. And just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, Bill (the bull), started to rub himself up and down against the partition. So that was what he had come round for; he had an itch and he just wanted to scratch it.
~page 38, Vet In Harness by James Herriot
I think I will re-read it. It might get me out of the slump!
Mailbox Monday has moved over to She Reads and Reads, for the month of October.
I received two books, in the past two books:
1) Angel Mine by Sherryl Woods from Stacy of Stacy books
2) The Big Ten of Grammar: Identifying and fixing the ten most frequent Grammatical Errors by Dr. William B. Bradshaw from the publicist.
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I have not read anything at all this past week unless you count numerous scientific articles and poetry. I did review Angel Mine, which I read on the 26th of September.
I don't really know what I will be reading, if at all I will be reading.
What am I supposed to do in the readathon, if my slump continues?
Cheerleading, what else!
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What’s your favorite “cozy” book — and, by that, I’m meaning “curl-up-on-a-cold-day comfort read“? Or, if you don’t have a particular book, what genre do you most feel like reading when the weather starts to turn colder?
There was a time when I used to go for those Mills & Boon and Harlequins for cozy reading. But that was a long time ago. I had the graphic novel phase too. In those days, Tintin and Asterix were very common. I loved to cozy up with those albums. Not any more. Presently, I continue with whatever I am reading. Anything goes!
Looking at my September total, I really feel so bad. I could read only three novels. And one is a pretty light read. I started so many but couldn't get through any of those. My mind was not into reading. It still is not. I don't know what to do. My target was 12 books a month, that makes it 108 till date. I finished only 83! I don't think I will make it. Coming back, I read the following, 81 and 82 being mystery novels: :
Glad that this Weekly Geek post is about Read-A-Thon Plans.
Like in the past, I am participating in it. As a reader. I think I will sign in for being a cheerleader too. I don't have any set strategy. I will simply go along. I do have certain books in my mind but not sure if I will read from those. I might pick up completely different books. I will try to finish at least three books, that is around, 1200 pages. But I don't know. I also plan to read a poetry book. My reading is very slow right now. I need to get out of my slump. I will make the Read-A-Thon do that for me. I will take breaks and will visit other readers to cheer them. Will also participate in mini challenges. I will drink a lot of tea! That's about it.
What about you?
Title: Angel Mine
Author: Sherryl Woods
ISBN: 1551666006
Publisher: Mira/2000
Pages:401
When Heather comes to Wyoming in search of Todd, with her 3-year-old daughter, Angel. she does not anticipate that he would not accept his own daughter. True, he did not know about Angel but one look at her, anyone could tell she was his daughter alright.
Todd has some issues to deal with. Heather wants him to share the responsibility of bringing up Angel. But he wants both of them out of his skin. However, he does not like it when Heather has to leave Angel in care of a 10-year-old while she works. While both deal with it, we meet some interesting characters in the novel. Those are supportive and make the novel move forward.
The beginning was very fast, the middle kind of dragged and the end 20 pages hurried through. However, I liked the way Angel pushes her way through her dad's heart. He simply can't resist her. No one can. After a lull in my reading, I liked getting back to a book, be it a romance novel!
Follow Friday, is hosted by ParaJunkee and Book Blogger Hop, is hosted by Jennifer (Crazy-For-Books), check both out and follow/hop to some new blogs.
Jennifer asks: "How do you spread the word about your blog?"
Mostly by visiting others and leaving a comment. Only recently I started twittering my posts.
ParaJunkee asks: What books have bitten you?
I say, too many! You will understand that better when you read the quote on my blog header!
Meanwhile, you can explore my blog. You will definitely find something that interests you. I read wide range of genres, except maybe for a few. Do check it out!
