Musing Mondays (1 of 3)

CMash November 1, 2010 8 Comments

MONDAY

Happy Monday all! How was your Halloween? Yesterday my hubby went out and bought the candy for last night (I still am not allowed to drive). I told him approximately what to get, and being a man….did he listen…….NO!! He came home with enough candy for the next 4 years. I laughed all night because…..are you ready for this……we had about 6 little goblins that rang our doorbell all night lol. So this morning, I sent him off to work with a wicker basket and 1/3 of the candy and told him to put it on his desk. My plan was not only to get rid of all this candy, but every time he looks at it, he will be reminded that he should have listened to me lol.

Yesterday I asked about how I should post my memes. It was unanimous, to put all memes as one post instead of having each meme having it’s own posting. Since today’s memes had already been drafted and ready to go, in individual form, I didn’t want to redo them. I will be trying out the new format after today.

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Today’s Question:

Do you have any special reading that you do as it gets closer to Christmas? If so, tell us about it! And, if not, tell us why not!

My Answer:
As an adult…no. When my boys were small, I did read them Christmas stories. I never even thought about reading a book because of a holiday, I just read my favorite genres year round.

Musing Mondays

Musing Mondays (posting 1 of 4)

CMash October 25, 2010 7 Comments

MONDAY

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This week’s question:
About how many books (roughly) would you say you own? (If you don’t have a clue how many, do you care to know? Why, or why not?)

My answer:
I know its a lot less then a couple of months ago. I had read an article stating that if a book has been on your shelf unread for 2 years, then get rid of it. So when we redid one of our rooms into an office/library, I purged 4 big boxes of books. Not sure how many we have now, but the 2 brand new large 5 shelf bookcases are full and a couple of shelves with PBs are doubled up. I think if I new the exact number, it might depress me because I’m not sure if I can read all that I own, plus the books on my EReader. That is why instead of calling it my personal tbr list, I now call it my “tbr bucket list”.

Musing Mondays

Musing Mondays (posting 1 of 4)

CMash October 25, 2010 7 Comments

MONDAY

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This week’s question:
About how many books (roughly) would you say you own? (If you don’t have a clue how many, do you care to know? Why, or why not?)

My answer:
I know its a lot less then a couple of months ago. I had read an article stating that if a book has been on your shelf unread for 2 years, then get rid of it. So when we redid one of our rooms into an office/library, I purged 4 big boxes of books. Not sure how many we have now, but the 2 brand new large 5 shelf bookcases are full and a couple of shelves with PBs are doubled up. I think if I new the exact number, it might depress me because I’m not sure if I can read all that I own, plus the books on my EReader. That is why instead of calling it my personal tbr list, I now call it my “tbr bucket list”.

Musing Mondays

Musing Mondays (1 of 3)

CMash October 18, 2010 8 Comments

MONDAY

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Today’s Question:
Do you prefer hardcovers, trade paperbacks (the bigger ones), or mass market paperbacks (the smaller ones)? Why?

My Response:
This is a difficult question and hard to answer concisely unless I leave it at “it depends”. I am ambivalent on all types of books. HC: I prefer holding and reading them while sitting in my reading spots (except for the pool), the way they look in my bookcases and think they are easier to handle when reading in bed but on the other hand, they are a nuisance to carry around, usually can’t fit in pocketbook, take up a lot of room, in the summer won’t read one while sitting on a float in the pool, would never think of dog earring a page and most importantly, the price. PBs: (trade) like the look and size of the book, even though it is usually can’t fit in purse for on the go but find it very hard to read in bed and don’t like the price. PBs: (mass market). A little easier to shove in purse, will read while in the pool, and the price is a little bit better. Don’t like how they look in a bookcase after reading and find it harder to read while in bed. Since I have an EReader will add the pros and cons. Easy to transport, the price!!!!!!, accessing a book within seconds, easy to handle in any reading spot especially when reading in bed. The only cons, I think at least with mine, is no backlight and because at the time I spend reading, I need to recharge the battery often.
With all the choices on types of books and including all the good and bad features, I would say that overall my favorite is my EReader.

Musing Mondays

Musing Mondays (1 of 3)

CMash October 18, 2010 8 Comments

MONDAY

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

Today’s Question:
Do you prefer hardcovers, trade paperbacks (the bigger ones), or mass market paperbacks (the smaller ones)? Why?

My Response:
This is a difficult question and hard to answer concisely unless I leave it at “it depends”. I am ambivalent on all types of books. HC: I prefer holding and reading them while sitting in my reading spots (except for the pool), the way they look in my bookcases and think they are easier to handle when reading in bed but on the other hand, they are a nuisance to carry around, usually can’t fit in pocketbook, take up a lot of room, in the summer won’t read one while sitting on a float in the pool, would never think of dog earring a page and most importantly, the price. PBs: (trade) like the look and size of the book, even though it is usually can’t fit in purse for on the go but find it very hard to read in bed and don’t like the price. PBs: (mass market). A little easier to shove in purse, will read while in the pool, and the price is a little bit better. Don’t like how they look in a bookcase after reading and find it harder to read while in bed. Since I have an EReader will add the pros and cons. Easy to transport, the price!!!!!!, accessing a book within seconds, easy to handle in any reading spot especially when reading in bed. The only cons, I think at least with mine, is no backlight and because at the time I spend reading, I need to recharge the battery often.
With all the choices on types of books and including all the good and bad features, I would say that overall my favorite is my EReader.

Musing Mondays

Musing Mondays (1 of 3)

CMash October 4, 2010 9 Comments

MONDAY

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Today’s Question:

This week’s musing asks…

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?
My Response:
I don’t have a particular “cozy book”. The majority of my reading is Mystery/Suspense year round, so I can’t even say that my genre changes with the seasons. But I do enjoy sitting, curled up in an afghan, a cup of tea and/or hot chocolate and my current read, especially if it is snowing out, is a perfect setting for reading. I can honestly say that my genres don’t change with the seasons, only the scenarios change.

Musing Mondays

Musing Mondays (1 of 3)

CMash October 4, 2010 9 Comments

MONDAY

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

Today’s Question:

This week’s musing asks…

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?
My Response:
I don’t have a particular “cozy book”. The majority of my reading is Mystery/Suspense year round, so I can’t even say that my genre changes with the seasons. But I do enjoy sitting, curled up in an afghan, a cup of tea and/or hot chocolate and my current read, especially if it is snowing out, is a perfect setting for reading. I can honestly say that my genres don’t change with the seasons, only the scenarios change.

Musing Mondays

Musing Mondays (1 of 4)

CMash September 27, 2010 8 Comments

MONDAY

Due to the fact that I didn’t get much reading done last week, I will not be particpating in It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? It would be a duplicate of last week. Am hoping, that this will change for next week.

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This Week’s Question:

If your book group asked you to bring two (2) suggestions for group reads to your next meeting, what two books would you suggest? Why?

My Answer:

My suggestions would be by authors. I signed up for a challenge, Awesome Author, and have not made any progress with it. At the time, I thought requested reviews would be far and few between, and I was wrong. Not only that but I think I am the only one on planet earth that has never read a book by these 2 popular authors. So my suggestions would be any book by Nicholas Sparks and Sue Grafton.