Not too long after my last post, I started seeing someone and my reading progress fell off a cliff. I now have this huge accumulation of unread #library books (this isn‘t even all of them!).

While I‘m certainly not complaining and am happy to report he‘s a fellow reader, I‘m also not sure when my reading or posting will increase in frequency again.

In the meantime, if you‘re reading this, how are you? Is 2021 off to an ok start?

First two books of the year! Trying out reading paired fiction and non-fiction selections for the first time. Ill definitely finish the novel before the non-fiction however. #12hppofxmas

Book 7️⃣ of the #12booksof2020

I just love Gene Luen Yang‘s comics. They‘re so clear while still maintaining a sense of movement and excitement, and he‘s such a good, thoughtful writer. Have to admit I teared up a few times while reading this. 🥺

Hoping to have these two finished by the end of the day as my last two books of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣

46 pages to go between the two of them

Suspect I might cry at the end of Dogsbody but we‘ll see.

#12hppofxmas

Book 6️⃣ of #12booksof2020

Was honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book about cars. It‘s about a lot more than cars, though. Covering vehicles from the Ford Model T to the Toyota Prius, it examines how these different vehicles shaped and responded to their times. Listened to this on audio and it felt like all the times I‘ve been to car shows with my dad (who was able to guess most of the vehicles when I told him about this book).

Book 5️⃣ of the #12booksof2020

An incredibly propulsive novel told in two separate timelines, one of which is related in reverse. I‘ll caution that the ending of one timeline is a bit unsatisfying. This is a story about a young woman named Jake who is running from something, all the way to a sheep farm on a remote island off the coast of Great Britain. When I finished it I immediately added Evie Wyld‘s other works to my tbr.

Book 4️⃣ of the #12booksof2020

This is the most fun I‘ve had with a Stephen King novel in quite a long time. This is a pretty straightforward vampire story that‘s super creepy and super exciting. Some of the character work is not QUITE as strong as I know King is capable of but his characters on a bad day are still head and shoulders above what a lot of authors can do at their best. Reignited my appetite for King!

New #library book day! I had to expand onto a second shelf again, thanks to my decision to browse a little after picking up my book on hold (tagged).

I‘ll certainly be prepared if the library has to close again, though I really hope that doesn‘t happen.

Book 3️⃣ of the #12booksof2020

This is a sentimental selection, falling as it does in what I‘m calling my #discwhirled (re)read. There are better Discworld books and better books featuring the Witches (IMO this book is a prototype for the eventual Tiffany Aching subseries). However, I needed Granny Weatherwax this year. Looking forward to continuing my Discworld reading at a faster pace in 2021.

A couple new reads for #12hppofxmas day 3

Read in bed for a while this morning but now it‘s time to get up!

Book 2️⃣ of the #12booksof2020

I‘ve gotten a slow start on the Aubrey-Maturin series over the past few years, but I have a feeling my progress will pick up beginning in 2021, after reading this terrific third entry in the series this year. This book is packed with nineteenth century nautical thrills and adventures, and populated by characters who feel true to their time while remaining likeable.

Book 1️⃣ of #12booksof2020

I just read this a few days ago and I absolutely loved it. The author is an anthropologist telling of his time with the people in Gapun village, who are the only people who have ever spoken a unique language called Tayap. This book has made me think very hard about my own privilege, colonial/imperialist forces still at work in the world, and the loss of indigenous languages in my own country.

@Andrew65

For the last several years I‘ve been doing my own personal readathon for Xmas that I call #12hppofxmas where I aim to read at least 100 pages per day for the 12 days of Christmas. This year, these are my current reads for the first day.

Just one new #library book today, and it‘s about a library!

Sadly today‘s library visit also involved overhearing one of the staff trying to get a difficult patron not following public health regulations to leave.

Just starting my first book of Christmas holidays! #catsoflitsy

I finally finished Golden Witchbreed today and it‘s most likely going to be my last #tbrbingo book of the year. I have a bunch of new library books that I‘m way more interested in! Still trying to decide what to do for next year. I have twelve physical #TBR books on my shelf but otherwise I‘d like to just read whatever I want for a bit after finishing the #modernlibrarytop100. Stay tuned to see what happens!

I continue checking out #library books at a frankly absurd rate. I returned two unread today but have overall managed to still finish them, so that‘s something! I also had to expand up to a second shelf (not shown). Tagged is the book I‘m most excited about and will likely start as soon as I finish the current two (Golden Witchbreed and His Bloody Project).

1️⃣ Tagged and His Bloody Project
2️⃣ I haven‘t read a single five star book this year apparently. Last one on Goodreads was Bastard Out of Carolina.
3️⃣ I don‘t think I have one!

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Just getting started on a new book.

New #library book day already! Tagged is my latest #bookclub book but I‘m not quite ready to pick it up yet.

Really happy to have several of these because I placed my holds prior to the March lockdown and they‘ve finally made their way to my shelf!

1️⃣ Saskatchewan 🇨🇦
2️⃣ tagged
3️⃣ Discworld
4️⃣ hm, don‘t think I have one
5️⃣ Star Trek in general
6️⃣ don‘t have a specific one of these either
7️⃣ blue
8️⃣ sf
9️⃣ sort of construction estimating
🔟 a little grey tabby named Jacques who technically belongs to my brother

#meetthelittens

New #library book day! I think I‘ll have to start with Catherine House since it seems to be in quite high demand.

Another success on my #tbrbingo!

Unfortunately I didn‘t like the book that much and would‘ve probably DNF‘d it if I hadn‘t purchased it. As is it‘s not going to stay in my collection. I‘m learning that I should really only purchase books I already know I love.

Anyway, this one starts off like it‘s going to be a slow burn family saga with fairies and tarot cards but then basically nothing happens till the end.

More thoughts in comments ⤵️

Tor.com is definitely my #favouriteblog for book stuff. I like that they not only promote their own new releases, but also lots of backlist sff. #forevernovember

(I was very tempted to just post my own blog. It‘s at www.twohectobooks.com)

Glad the weekend is here so I can get some #rest. I‘m currently reading these three books and hoping to finish the tagged one tonight. #forevernovember

The Whole #Family is a stunt novel — 12 authors contributed one chapter each. I‘ve never heard of most of them but the book came to my attention because Henry James participated, and sometimes I love him. This one may or may not be on my #tbr for next year.

#forevernovember

It‘s been over a decade since Wil Wheaton released his #Memories of the Future working on TNG. I have to admit I‘ve basically given up hope of ever seeing Volume 2 :( #forevernovember

I got to #vote twice last month, in my provincial and municipal elections. The municipal election is next week but I voted at an advance poll. It was an extra democratic time.

I‘ll be avoiding the American election news today as much as I can. Not even sure what to say.

#forevernovember

A book on the concept of #home from my #TBR. I‘ve been spending more time there than usual, even though I‘m normally a homebody anyway. Maybe I should move this further up the list. #forevernovember

I think this is the only book I own that #startswithn. More of an October book though ;) #forevernovember

I only finished one of my #tbrbingo books in October, though I read several books that aren‘t on it, and HMS Surprise was excellent. Every time I return to the Aubrey-Maturin series I wonder why I‘ve been away so long. I‘ve also been reading Little, Big since October 2. It‘s a slow burn and several unrenewable library books have taken precedence.

Old children‘s books are slowly evolving into a niche interest of mine, and this one has everything that I love about the genre: death and darkness, blatant moralizing, and a heavy dose of religion. I just find it so interesting what has been considered appropriate for children over the decades/centuries. The intro to the edition I read was by EV Lucas who clearly sort of hated the book, but I loved his shadiness.

Remembered to snap a pic just before returning this.

An excellent pop-science non-fiction book about past mass extinctions and possible future ones. This is the hundred million mile (year) high view so the author doesn‘t get into a ton of detail about each but I love his style which is a mix of awe and sarcasm.

‼️ WARNING ‼️ It did put me in a pretty dark headspace by the end.

It‘s been many months (almost a year!) since I last shared my #bedsidetablebooks

Did some Sunday morning reading but now it‘s time to get to work on my chores for the day and come back to these in the evening.

Went a little wild with spooky/mysterious/disturbing library holds for October. I‘ve read one already and am currently reading the tagged.

Got a bingo last night when I finished The Prestige! #tbrbingo

So I honestly think the movie improves on the source material and I wouldn‘t‘ve enjoyed this as much if I hadn‘t seen the movie first. Of course, without magic, there‘s no way of knowing for sure.

A story of two rival magicians in the late 19th century. They‘re both willing to go too far in order to be at the top of their fields. I liked some of the verbal and narrative antics.

My latest #konmari project is still in progress so no updated #shelfie just yet. But! I will be getting rid of a whole bunch of books.

200 pages left!

My sister has an ARC and recommended this to me last night - hopefully I can find a copy soon!

Next #bookclub book! I just started and it‘s so intriguing to read after already seeing the movie version! I‘ve always heard that this is a rare case of the movie being better, but as usual book club gets me to pick things up that I wouldn‘t bother with otherwise.

Jacques making an appearance as well #catsoflitsy

#konmari book sorting continues. So far I have about thirty books that won‘t be staying in my collection. Tomorrow or later today I‘ll be looking at my “practical” books like cookbooks, reference books, dictionaries, etc. I‘m also including music books in this category, and that‘s going to be tackled on Tuesday.

And here are all my #booksonthefloor. Books currently on the shelves are my Nancy drew collection which I will NOT be parting with, my brother‘s books, yearbooks, and photo albums.

Doing an eight week #konmari tidy challenge and this week is BOOKS. I did go through my books a few years ago using this method but I‘m going to be a bit more ruthless this time because I‘m running out of shelf space since my brother moved in. This is my before #shelfie. The living room is a bit messy due to other things that are ongoing in my life (ha).

It‘s taken me WAY too long to get to this novel that first caught my attention and made it onto my shelves in 2017, but here we are at last!

My feelings about Ulysses are ambivalent at best but this is beautiful.

Reading on the deck, first day of my summer staycation holiday. 1/3 of the way through Ulysses.

James Joyce can K.M.A. honestly. 20% done with Ulysses! #modernlibrarytop100

Excited to see that @DeweysReadathon has announced the Summer #ReverseReadathon, which is honestly my favourite one of the year. This year it falls August 7-8, which will be the perfect ending to my summer holiday!

https://deweysreadathon.wordpress.com/2020/07/17/summer-2020-reverse-readathon/

Returned these babies to the #library today after hanging onto them since mid-March. I‘d had Sons and Lovers since January and renewed it a couple times prior to the lockdown.

I‘ve taken out three books since my library reopened. We have to put them on hold and pick up at the door without entering the library building, so no browsing, but it‘s better than nothing.

Here we go!

This is the number one book on the #modernlibrarytop100 list, and I‘ve finally gotten to this point over a decade after starting to read from the bottom of The List.

Only read five pages of very tiny font and already exhausted, but I‘m trying to keep an open mind.