Just a little hiccup is all

Currently reading Pet Sematary 

Oh, boy.  Just when you think it’s safe to go back in the pool, Murphy’s Law strikes.

So. I had two videos that I was hoping to finish editing and get uploaded this week, but the internet gods have thrown a spanner in the works and I received notification that not only was my NBN Broadband going to be down this week, you know, for maintenance (yeah, right), but my power supply would also be in question this week as the electricity company also wants to do some maintenance... seriously, what are the odds for this?

That means that I’m not going to be editing diddley-squat because I do not want to loose any of my footage thanks to an ill timed outage, not that I will be able to upload it anyway. So, I’m falling back on my reading, and to my delight, I’ve been burning up the pages. I’ve already surpassed my goal of 100 books for the year (28 February), and I’m now chasing my highest page count of 45,000+ (set in 2017).  I’ve been discovering a lot of great new authors and series - thanks to the free books on Amazon Kindle - so I think I’ll try to put together a list of my favourite new authors/series.

Then there are the books that I’m trying very hard to read because a) they’re on my personal reading goals list for this year, and b) because I want to watch the adaptation, so I need to read the book.  So far I’m working my way through Pet Sematary by Stephen King, and I’m expecting The Meg blu-ray in the mail tomorrow so I’m downloaded the ebook.  For my #aclassicamonth challenge, I’ve decided to go with Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie so I can get it off my list.  However my #bigbook2019 progress has floundered because I have yet to pick up The Count of Monte Cristo.  Oops.

I’m currently flying through some new urban fantasy and paranormal cosy mysteries, but I’ll catch you up on those in a future post.  Now, I think you’re all up to speed on what’s happening, or not happening, so I’ll leave you here, and until I see you next time,

Kindle Binge

I can't believe that January is already behind us in the review mirror of life, and it seems the older I get, the faster time flies.  As I have mentioned before, thanks to the insane weather conditions this summer, I have spent a lot of time inside reading.  And this has led to a corker of a reading month.  So far, in January, I have managed to plow through a grand total of...

 

Yeah.  Just like last year, I have read over half of my Goodreads challenge goal in January.  Now, if I can keep this up for even another month or two, I'll be well on my way to having my best ever year!  If you are wondering if I'm competing against anyone/everyone by blowing through so many books

a) NO, and

b) I only compete against my own previous results.

and to my surprise, even thought I don't like reading Kindle/eBooks (because they make my eyes sore, and I can get bad tension headaches), I fly through them. I devour the electronic editions so much faster than I can the print versions.

Anyway, to wrap this up - Yes, January was a great reading month.  I discovered a few new series, and a couple of new authors that I will be trying more of.  I hope you also had a great reading month, whether that was finishing two books, or one hundred and twenty. 

If you have any recommendations - I'm always looking for new books and authors - please let me know in the comments below, and until I see you next time,