Comments on: What I’m into (belated February edition)

By: ARC

ARC — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:23:19 +0000

Laura – that is so awesome that you have managed to read so much! I miss all the luxurious reading time I had as a kid. I lost it in college (so much required reading!), and as I see my 7yo doing it now, I am determined to really make more time to read good books.

I have a simple list in my Bullet Journal, one for “I might like to read these” and one for “I read this”. I’m generally not a huge fan of tracking the number of books or setting reading goals because that makes it sound like a chore to me, but I am really happy to see at the end of the year how many books I finished 🙂

By: ARC

ARC — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:20:17 +0000

In reply to Courtney Westlake. I had such a hard time with this book. I wept at the end, but overall, I didn't find it as profound (or uplifting) as all the reviews made it sound. But I definitely think it's worth a read, esp as Laura is researching the idea of "time" :)

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 18:15:07 +0000

In reply to Harmony@CreatingMyKaleidoscope. @Harmony- I'm just keeping a list in a notebook of what I've read. It's motivational to see it grow. Maybe someday I'll copy it onto Goodreads, but perusing other people's To Be Read lists is probably a good way to figure out what I might like.

By: Harmony@CreatingMyKaleidoscope

Harmony@CreatingMyKaleidoscope — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:49:57 +0000

I love Goodreads for tracking my reading. You can connect with friends and see what they’re reading, including their personal reviews and ranking out of five stars. I have close to 200 books stored in my “To-Read” shelf, but can also look back at books I’ve read in the past. Someone once asked me a few specific questions about a book I’d read a couple of years before. I was able to look back at my short review of the book and be reminded about the specific reasons that I gave it a good rating.

By: Sally Martin

Sally Martin — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:09:12 +0000

I love the idea of tracking/noting what you are into month by month – I’m going to adopt this for myself as yet another resolution! On the topic of reading, are you familiar with Blinkist? Looks helpful for culling my voluminous want to read list into something manageable.

By: smh

smh — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:39:50 +0000

I am on p. 271 of The Little Paris Bookshop. I had high hopes for an international bestseller that had been translated into English. It has a lot going for it (including the short chapters), though I spend about 1/4 of the time being embarrassed for the author.

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:30:11 +0000

In reply to H. @H - now I'm trying to remember if I read Death Comes for the Archbishop. I feel like I have, but maybe not. Another for the list!

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:29:44 +0000

In reply to Carrie Willard.

@Carrie – I hope it does get a lot of attention. I also hope it causes an American book publisher to pick up the rights to South of Forgiveness. Thordis told me that they had not been able to secure publication in the US yet – no one was quite sure how to handle it.

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:27:35 +0000

In reply to Monica.

@Monica – I hadn’t really even thought about the weather part. I know roughly when we want to go to the top, but if it’s cloudy/foggy I will rethink that!

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:27:07 +0000

In reply to Courtney Westlake. @Courtney- I haven't read it but have heard much about it. I will put it on the list!