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Clare-Dragonfly ([personal profile] clare_dragonfly) wrote2011-07-05 10:58 pm
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June books!

I keep forgetting to do this. I'm glad somebody on my reading list posted a June books list to remind me today! :D

48. Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill - ****
49. Elfland by Freda Warrington (unfinished)
50. Bicycling for Dummies by Allen St. John - ***
51. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham - ****
52. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - ** 1/2
53. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - ****
54. Twilight of Avalon by Anna Elliott - ***
55. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (unfinished)

State of the TBR: 141

Kind of a slow month. But I am reading, uh... seven books right now, according to Goodreads. So they're all going a bit slower.

I'm also implementing a new rule for myself: I can only check out from the library the same as many books as or fewer books than I'm returning that day. So far so good--last library trip, I returned two books and only checked out one. Of course, I didn't actually go into the library... my mom went, returned, and picked up a hold for me while I was away housesitting...
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[personal profile] sweet_sparrow 2011-07-06 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
*chuckles at the library story* If it works, it works. ^-^ I hope you're enjoying the books you're reading now more than the ones you read last month!
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[personal profile] clare_dragonfly 2011-07-06 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Last month wasn't so bad! Three four-star books! (Five-stars are fairly rare for me, I think. I've had seven this year, out of 53 attempted books, and two of those are by my absolute favorite author.) Actually, I might have to say that four stars is the "recommendations stage"--if it's lower, I don't feel I can confidently recommend it, and if it's five stars, I accept that it's a book I loved so much that I'm not totally rational about it. Like Holly Black, and MeiLin Miranda, and The Mists of Avalon. So read those books! XD

I have to go to the library today, though... I forgot to do renewals online yesterday and now I need to go in, pay fines before they accumulate more, and hope they'll let me renew the books once I'm there.
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[personal profile] sweet_sparrow 2011-07-06 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You said it was slow, though.

It's interesting how different ratings are for people. ^-^ Most people I know are happy to recommend three star books, though sometimes with reservations.

I should remember to add The Mists of Avalon to my records. I've actually tried the book years ago already. ^-^ (And I should read more by Holly Black, too. I enjoyed the stories I've read!)

Oooh, sounds dangerous... Here's to hoping that you'll keep up your library rule when you're there and get to take home the books you want to renew! (I miss libraries that have books I enjoy...)
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[personal profile] clare_dragonfly 2011-07-06 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I meant I didn't read that many, not that I didn't like them. And now that I think of it, The Name of the Wind is like eight hundred pages.

I wouldn't recommend against three-star books, I just wouldn't volunteer them as much as four-stars.

Hopefully I can get in and out without walking past the main desk!
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[personal profile] sweet_sparrow 2011-07-06 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. You sounded a bit sad about that, so I was hoping your reading this month would leave you happier there. (Of course if you wind up reading less books, but all books you really, really love that would be more awesome.)

Ah, sorry. I'm not trying to say that you'd recommend against them. It's just that your words implied to me that you wouldn't recommend them gladly. I don't think that's a reaction I've seen much toward three star reviews is all. ^-^

Good luck! ^-^
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[personal profile] kayim 2011-07-06 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I've got those Maria V. Snyder books - three of them, I think - that I picked up in a cheap bookshop. I haven't read them though :)
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[personal profile] clare_dragonfly 2011-07-06 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's a trilogy--Magic Study is the second, I bought it after finishing Poison Study but haven't read it yet. I do recommend Poison Study!
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[personal profile] syntaxofthings 2011-07-06 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Bicycling for Dummies isn't a joke book, is it? I keep wanting to get into bicycling and then keep being scared off by all the things I don't know about bikes in general! :( Maybe I should check out a book like that.
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[personal profile] clare_dragonfly 2011-07-06 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, it's part of the whole For Dummies series! It's probably a good idea if you're trying to learn more about bikes.
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[personal profile] syntaxofthings 2011-07-06 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool, thanks! I would probably feel a lot better about bikes if I'd read a book first. Books are that wonderful. *g*
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