So, Amazon did a thing to my book that I'm a little peeved about.
Let me know if this has ever happened to you after ordering online. I'm genuinely curious as to how often this actually happens, if it does, or did I just get super unlucky?
Yes, it is I. It is hard to believe that I have been absent from BookTube, and this blog, for about 2 months. I have had a rather difficult time with my health - darn that chronic pain! - and that has affected my ability to a) film videos, and b) to sit down for hours to edit them.
However, I couldn't let Victober pass without at least getting a TBR out there... so, here we go.
I have listed all the links to the hosts, and other various sites/videos, for your Victober pleasure, so I won't rehash all that. But, I will tell you about the books I have decided to read for this Victober. The first is ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴍᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴏᴀᴛ by Jerome K. Jerome. Although I only read this book at the start of the year... oops, last August acutally!, and I still think about some of the passages. The language is beautiful, and the characters are memorable. I love the lazy storyline, it is so simple an idea and executed so well that I'm surprised that I hear so little about this book online. A great way to spend a few hours.
Next up is ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴍᴇɴ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜᴍᴍᴇʟ, a sequel to his much earlier novel. Not surprising since I loved their first outing up the Thames. This time round, the hypochondriac trio are off to the Black Forest on a cycling tour, with Montmorency in tow. I don't know anything else about it, and I'm going to go into this with no expectations apart from expecting more beautiful prose.
And finally, there is the underrated, and new to me, offering of Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett with ɴᴇᴡ ᴀᴍᴀᴢᴏɴɪᴀ. Published in 1889, it is a contemporary of Three Men in a Boat, and as I perused the synopsis, I immediately stopped as soon as I saw 'dystopian', and I'm going into this with no idea what it is about other than that.
So, those are the three books that I'm going to be reading this October. Fingers crossed it all goes well, and I will be devouring other Victober videos so if you have made one, or have posted something on your blog about it, then leave me a link in the comments.
A big thank you for watching, and until I see you next time,
Well. This feels a bit strange. I haven’t ‘blogged’ in so long that this feels a little weird 😉
I’m running a little bit behind this month, but I thought I’d take a moment to put up my June TBR. After May was a complete disaster on the reading front, Audible has been a great way to ease back into picking up books. I caved and bought the Kindle editions of Swamp Sniper and Swamp Team 3 by Jana DeLeon. These are books 3 and 4 respectively, and I am having so much fun with this light-hearted series. Full of comedy, murder, mystery, and a dash of Southern charm, I would recommend this series to anyone, but if you love Stephanie Plum I think this will appeal to you.
So, with my urge to read kickstarted, I am hoping to get to a few of the books that I neglected in May. I need to catch up on my #aclassicamonth by reading The Picture of Dorian Gray (April), Persuasion (May), and June’s classic which has yet to be decided. On the Stephen King front, I’m hoping to read Different Seasons, or at least one or two of the novellas, plus perhaps dipping my toes into The Talisman. The Rook by Daniel O’Malley - which hid from me for about 6 weeks, don’t ask - is also on my radar because of the upcoming Stan series, and last, but by no means least, I really need to get started on The Count of Monte Cristo. That sucker is over 1,400 pages and I have yet to read one sentence (really wishing I had joined in last years readalong).
So, I have officially committed. It is here for everyone to see, and will hopefully motivate me to get threw all these books. If I get the time to film and edit a TBR video I’ll link it above, and I have plans to film and upload a few videos this week, including a ‘Meet Earl Grey’ update.
Anyway, that’s all for the moment. I hope you’re having a lovely day, and until I see you next time,
I'm trying to get out my final videos of 2019, so bare with me ;-D
This is the first of my reading challenges for 2019. There are only two rules for the Big Book Challenge:
must come off my TBR shelves
must be over 1000 pages (although anything over 980 will be considered)
That's it! They can be of any genre, hardcover or paperback, and published last year, or 300 years ago.
This challenge started in, I want to say 2015 (?), and I found this to be a great way to get those hefty tomes I kept overlooking, or ignoring, off my overflowing TBR pile. This year I chose two translated classics - a complete coincidence I assure you ;-D
Let me know in the comments if you have read either of these books as I think I'll need the encouragement. I'd also love to hear what your reading goals are for 2019.
Thanks for watching, and until I see you next time,
It's taken a little longer than I'd hoped to film, edit, and finally get around to uploading this.
As I was editing this I was struck with the thought that I'd bought way too many books. Do I really need all of these? Probably not, but they make me happy so I'm going with that.
I really do need those new bookshelves ASAP, especially now that I have this haul to add to my ridiculously large TBR pile. I've got the name of a local carpentry place, and I'll bite the bullet soon and ask them for a quote to turn the spare rooms entire wall into built-in shelves. It won't be cheap, but at least I won't have to worry about how the hell I'll fit in a new bookcase.
Anyway, I'm off to go and finish Day 2's haul video. Wish me luck. Finger's crossed I can get it up over the weekend.
Yes, I have decided to toss my tiara into the ring and join #Victober 2018.
My plans were to start slowly and in Jane Eyre I found a book that actually fulfills all five challenges set by the hosts.
A book by a hosts favourite Victorian author - check ✔︎
Read a Victorian novel with a proper pronoun in the title (persons name/place name) - check ✔︎
Read a book published in either the first or last decade of the Victorian era - check ✔︎ Jane Eyre was first published in 1847
Read a novel written by a woman under a male pseudonym or published anonymously - check ✔︎
Read a novel and watch a screen adaptation - check ✔︎
Victober was created by Katie Lumsden over at BOOKS AND THINGS, and is co-hosted this year by Ange from BEYOND THE PAGES, KATE HOWE, and Lucy from LUCY THE READER, who all have Victober Announcement video's up on YouTube and I have linked them above if you are interested in watching them, or if you would like to participate this year.
So, as well as reading Jane Eyre, I will
also be attempting the book chosen for the readalong which is Wives and
Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. Like
Jane Eyre, I have been meaning to read this for years to no avail.
Looks like Victober is the kick in the butt I need to finally start
these classics.
Finger's crossed that I can complete both books. I'll be updating my reading progress as the month goes along. These won't be the only books I'll be reading in October. I also want to get in some Halloween Reads and a little bit of Kingoween as well. Looks like I'll have a lot on my plate for next month.
Yes, the annual book sale held in the town hall has been and gone. As per usual, I went both days - although I always pay for it in the following few days. Today, Monday, my feet and ankles are extremely tender, thank to achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis, and I have a sneaking feeling that my back will register a complaint by the end of the day. However, it was worth it as I found so many great books (book haul to come).
Today I thought I'd put together a little vlog style video of my weekend at the book sale. This is my first attempt at something like this, but I enjoy watching other booktubers vlog their bookish journeys so here goes nothing ;-D
Bonjour, mes amours! Yes, I have acquired some more translated French literature. Why do I keep doing this to myself? They have all been massive chunkers, but oh well, at least I have a few options for my Big Book challenge for 2019 ;-D
Today Les Mystères de Paris byEugène Sue arrived, and I swear I thought it was a multi-book package when my post lady, Rosie, handed it to me. She even felt up the package asking if it was more than one book. I had ordered this a couple of weeks ago, and wasn't expecting it quite so soon. As you know AbeBooks can be a little on the slow side when it comes to estimating the arrival date of the parcels.
Les Mystères de Paris was first published between 1842-1843 as a serialized novel - think Dickens - and inspired a whole new genre of mystery, the city mystery. Novels in this genre include Les Mystères de Marseille by Emile Zola, The Mysteries of London by George W. M. Reynolds, Les Mystères de Londres by Paul Feval, Les Mystères de Lyon by Jean de la Hire, there are many more, but you get the drift. It also, according to WIKIPEDIA, inspired Alexandre Dumas (at the prompting by his publishers) to write his masterpiece of revenge, The Count of Monte Cristo.
Anyway, I am in no rush to tackle this just yet. I might wait until there is a readalong, perhaps? But until then, this book will now go onto my ever increasing Classics TBR bookcase.
Thanks for watching, let me know in the comments if you have read Les Mystères de Paris, and if you have, what did you think of it - no spoilers please ;-D.
Yes! I have finally come to the end of this rather large (and if I'm honest, a pain in the arse) book haul. Remind me not to do this again any time soon ;-D
As you can see, my collection of classics is growing steadily. Enough so that I now need a large bookcase to keep them all together - they are scattered around various locations in the house at present - and with 3 very large bookcases crammed into the spare bedroom I feel the time has come to perhaps call a cabinet maker to make some custom shelves that cover a whole wall. Expensive, I know, but there is so much wasted space in using standard bookcases that I think it will be worth it in the long run... maybe?
Anyway, I have more video's to edit, including a bit of bookmail from this morning, that I want to get up asap. So I will leave you here, and until I see you guys next time,
It's been a few weeks since I've felt like filming, or editing, a video. However I have bought so many books during August that I really needed to get my butt in gear and film something, so welcome to the first of three book haul videos!
Today's video is just the new books I bought. These either came from Book Depository, Booktopia, or from my local shopping centre.
Let me know in the comments if you have read any of these, and what you thought of them. I'd love to hear your thoughts on these classics. And until next time,
Well, this is odd. Who would have thought that I'd get Part 2 of my August Book Haul up so quickly? ;-D
Thankfully I was able to film this on my small camera instead of the webcam (why are they such poor quality?) and after a bit of editing, voila, Part 2 is up. This video includes the romances I found, some miscellaneous titles (dystopian, non-fiction, horror/fantasy, etc.), and concludes with the small stash of cosy mysteries I was able to find.
Let me know in the comments if you have read any of these. I'd really like to hear your thoughts on them, and until I see you next time,
It's that time of the year again! Okay, it's Spring here in Australia, but still.... Halloween!
This year I'm going ahead and having a King themed month. Yah, Kingoween! Autumn/Winter is just made for Stephen King reading, but early spring will still do, so I've got four books that I'm hoping to read - Pet Sematary, Misery, Doctor Sleep, and Gerald's Game - as well as a couple of movie adaptations.
Thankfully the heatwave that sprang up so unexpectedly - and worryingly - has broken. It's dropped about 18°c (I'm back in long sleeves and a cardigan!) from temperatures over the last 10 or so days. Having a WTF moment wondering how hot it's going to get this summer. But that's beside the point. What I'm trying to say in a rather long winded fashion, is that it's actually perfect weather to start on my Kingoween plans. I might heat up some lunch and watch one of the movies, and see how it goes from there.
If you want to join in on my Kingoween TBR, or have a TBR of your own, let me know down below ;-D
And that's all I've got to say at the moment. I"m off to make my lunch. So until I see you next time,
