No.
No, that was a lie. I would never let my books touch a dirty street. I would have to put it in a biohazard bag afterwards. No dirty books!
They're pretty much only photographed at my kitchen table since that's where I do most of my reading. Put a cup of coffee and a cookie in front of me and I will literally be a statue for the next two hours.
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Most important thing to know about my bookish habits lately is that I read A Game of Thrones.
I did it. Took me a few weeks, but I actually did it.
I. Read. All. 800. Pages.
As you can see, this is an older version of the book. I think this copy is from 1997 maybe? I found it a few years ago from my local used bookstore and it was only a few dollars so I grabbed it and it's been sitting on my shelf ever since. I knew it was a long series and I knew not all of the books had been released yet so I just let it stay tucked away. I have the next three books in the series all ready to go (at 25 cents apiece they were a steal!) for when I want to dive back in.
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Another "big" series I started this month was Death Note.
There are 12 manga's (I believe) and I've read the first three with the next two on their way from my library. I am not a huge fan of manga but I see people everywhere saying that even if you don't enjoy the genre very much that these are still a worthwhile read so I gave it a shot and fell in love. Ryuk is so sassy and hilarious and L is growing on me, but Light is just no. Just 100% no.
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My husband lets me add things to his Amazon wishlist and occasionally he'll buy a few random things off it and surprise me. In this box I got a new copy of Jane Eyre (my fourth!).
And a travel mug since I keep complaining that I never have anything to take coffee in while I drive.
One of my favorite things to do each year is to go mushroom hunting with my daddy. When I was younger we went multiple times every spring and it's something I love sharing with my kids.
Poppy took us to a new place and even though we didn't find many we still had a good time and I got to claim bragging rights that I found the first one. And a white one at that!
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I won a gift card to my local library bookstore a long time ago and finally finished it off with a huge stack of books.
I think I paid $4 or $5 dollars for this after the remaining gift card was used.I actually bought these before I read and despised Moby-Dick and that's why Ahab's Wife is in there. I thought it would be interesting to read it after reading Melville's original story. Hindsight and all that. We read Sir Gawain and the Green Night and Beowulf in high school and I'm interested to see how they hold up compared to my memory of them.
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My local bookstore changed ownership and the new owners had a "$1 for everything" sale going on with all of the leftover inventory so I charged in and made my way out with a few books I've been contemplating reading.
Outlander is another series like Game of Thrones: not sure if I want to read it THAT badly, but a lot of people seem to like it and there's a TV show of it. So for a dollar a book I figured it was worth it. That Series of Unfortunate Events book was the only one Goose didn't have so I was excited to finish off her collection. She wants to reread all of them since she heard there's a TV show of it coming out.
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Besides Game of Thrones, my favorite book I have read lately is North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. I honestly hadn't heard of this book before stumbling over it on Goodreads but as soon as I found out there was a BBC miniseries starring Richard Armitrage I was IN.
This book was beautiful and thought-provoking and everything I love reading in a classic English novel. I wish it was more well known because I would have read it ages ago. It reminded me of a working class Jane Eyre. I borrowed mine from the library and it's a gorgeous edition, but I now have my eye on this beauty for a forever home in my bookcase. *also I have a new owl mug and I'm in love with it*
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Mother's Day was a few weeks ago and my girls woke up with breakfast in bed.
They made this flower all by themselves and were so proud when they gave it to me. I ate everything but the green Jell-O grass because A) I don't really like it and B) it was warm by the time it made it to me. My sweet girls love me and nothing else in the world matters to me.
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