The Week That Was…
Second week of the school holidays, only three days left until it’s back to the grindstone…trying to enjoy it while it lasts. At least the sun is shining and we are currently having some pretty glorious winter weather out here in Central Australia.
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I embarked on a very satisfying project this week. The corner of my bedroom has looked very crazy book lady for the last couple of years. I had a small cube bookshelf packed with titles to be read, but this had long been obliterated by piles and piles of other books to be read. I’m not exaggerating, it’s lucky I have a big bedroom because I’m talking thirty books high, three piles wide and five deep, along with baskets jammed full at the very back in front of the bookcase. So I bought myself a bigger flat packed bookshelf, hauled everything out, including emptying the existing bookshelf, and began sorting. I built the new bookshelf myself after my teenage son tried to delay by going out with his friends, donated some titles I’ll never read, set a stack aside for giveaway through my Facebook book club, and then turned the rest into this:
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My own TBR library in the corner of my bedroom! I’m so excited! I can actually see my books and properly make reading selections. The smaller shelf on top of the chests (which contain things I don’t need access to) holds my publisher and author sent review TBR and the bigger shelf (which is the one I built this week) are my own purchases. Books that are read are in the lounge, already organised onto shelves inside cabinets and cupboards. I feel like I have finally implemented a long needed system. I do still have six baskets and three plastic tubs of own purchased TBR tiles tucked away elsewhere, but I figure they might dribble onto the shelves over time as I read these. I have of late been turning to e-books because finding something in the piles was just too much hard work, but this will set me back onto the right path. You may well see some older titles being reviewed more in between the new releases from here on in. The books are two deep on both shelves, but this is still easier to manage. I think though, that new purchases need to be e-books from here on in! Publisher sent titles will fill the gaps I make here by reading, but really, there’s not a lot of room for more. I still can’t get over all that floor space!
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When an author you admire releases a book trailer for their long-awaited next novel. This:
The Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley is out in late October. I can’t wait! And isn’t this just the most gorgeous trailer?!
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Joke of the week:
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Read of the week:
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Seeing as it’s school holidays, I have indulged in a bit of TV watching. Last Saturday I watched all of this:
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The fact that I watched it all in one day (eight episodes) should indicate how much I enjoyed it. Really looking forward to season two but as yet there is no firm release date. I may need to read the books in the meantime because this ended on a pretty big cliffhanger!
I’m now about halfway through this one:
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This is an interesting interpretation of Dracula and I’m quite enjoying it. It is very well cast and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers wears Dracula as well as he did Henry VIII.
It’s funny, but while I don’t read very much supernatural horror, I do tend to gravitate towards it with my TV viewing.
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Very excited to be teaming up with Tracey Allen from Carpe Librum for a community buddy read of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier in early August.
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What I’m reading right now:
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Until next week…
