Musing Mondays—August 29, 2011
This week's Musing Mondays asks…
What was the last book you…
• borrowed from the library?
• bought?
• cried over?
• disliked and couldn't finish?
• read & loved?
• got for review? (or: got in the mail?)
• gave to someone else?
• stayed up too late reading?
Ah, now these are excellent questions. I honestly can't remember the last book I myself checked out of the library. I haven't been in over a year. I helped Maggie check out some books on the Salem Witch Trials, I think, but I can't recall getting anything for myself that time.
The last book I bought was probably Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire because we could not find our copy. We are always reading those to death anyway. I think some of the books in that series are on their third copy.
The last book I cried over was Water for Elephants (review). I just loved that book, and parts of it were so sad.
The last book I disliked and couldn't finish…hmmm….I want to say that was Wuthering Bites, which made me sad because 1) it was a gift, and 2) I love Wuthering Heights and would like to believe I have a sense of humor about parodies of works I love, but this one just did not grab me. I don't think I made it into chapter 2.
The last book I read and loved was The Songcatcher (review) by Sharyn McCrumb. I really, really liked The Ballad of Frankie Silver (review), perhaps even loved it, but if we're talking it-went-on-my-list-of-favorites love, then that was The Songcatcher.
The last book I got for review that I actually have reviewed was The Wild Rose (review). I have some other review copies in my TBR pile (or on NetGalley, which amounts to the same thing).
Does PaperBackSwap count as giving a book to someone else? I'm going to say it does, in which case I mailed copies of Adam & Eve and Interpreter of Maladies on the same day, which was August 24. Giving a book as a gift, it was probably Christmas. I gave books to the kids and a Kindle to Steve.
The last time I stayed up too late reading was probably…oh, shoot…I do this so much during the summer that it's hard to keep track. I am going to say it was with Jennifer Donnelly's "Rose" trilogy: The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose, and the aforementioned The Wild Rose. I ate those books up with a spoon.
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Musing Mondays—August 29, 2011
