Bout of Books Day 6

             

Books in Progress:

Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies edited by Martin Greenburg 

Abbadon's Gate by James S. A. Corey listened to 

Bride Gone Bad by Sabine Starr

Books Finished

Bout of Books Day 5

             

Books in Progress:

Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies edited by Martin Greenburg read 10 pages

Abbadon's Gate by James S. A. Corey listened to 3 hours 

Books Finished:

Bout of Books Day 4

             

Books in Progress:

Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies edited by Martin Greenburg

Abbadon's Gate by James S. A. Corey

Books Finished:

The Reason I Jump by  Naoki Higthashida

Bout of Books Day 3

Books in Progress:

The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida - read 140 pages

A boson Gate by James S. A. Corey - listened to 1 hour. 

Books Finished:

Bout of Books Day 2

              

Books in progress 

Abbadon's Gate by James S. A. Corey - listened to 2 hours

Black Hills by San Simmons - read 160 pages. 

Books finished: 

Black Hills by Dan Simmons

Bout of Books 15 - Day 1

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I will keep track of the books I am reading   during day one here.

Books in Progress:

Black Hills by Dan Simmons 100 pages read

Abbadon's Gate by James S. A. Corey 40 minutes listened

Books Finished:

Bout of books 15

Life has been hectic here. I plan on attempting to participate in the round 15 of bout of books week long read a thon this week.

It comes at a good time. I start my student teaching next week, and think that my reading time will be very limited afterwards. 

Not sure what I plan on reading. However I plan to start with the following titles:

 Black Hills by Dam Simmons of which I am currently about 200 pages from the end. 

Abbadon's Gate by James S. A. Corey. This is the third book in the expanse series. Elengil and I are listening to it together, and we have about 16 hours and 30 minute left in it. 

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 15 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

stacking the shelves #3

 

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!

I missed last weeks books so this will be extra long :) 

I found a few books at the library booksale, While headed to a nearby little free library I found a new little free library about five blocks South of where I was headed. Lastly some books that were ordered months ago came, and I'm still receiving some choco;ate tea and books sweeps packages.

1. Dragons by Michael Connelly

2.The Shape of Desire by Sharon Shinn

3. War of the Wizards - A World of Lone Wolf RPG fantasy book - I've been collecting these used since high school so I was super exited to find this one at the friends of the library booksale nook. Hopefully it isn't a double copy but the others are currently packed up in storage.

4. Lies, and the Lying Liers Who Tell Them by Al Franken

5. Chocolate by Joanne Harris

6. Survival: A Novel of the Donner Party by K. C. McKenna 

7. Time to Smell the Roses (Hermux Tantamoq Adventures) by Michael Hoeye 

8. City of the Dead (Nick Zuliani Mysteries) by Ian Morson

9. Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore (signed)

10. Brian Froud’s Faeries’ Tales by Wendy and Brian Froud (signed)
11. Mouse Tales by Arnold Loeb

More Little Free Libraries!

Evanston is sprouting Little Free Libraries all over. The following two were discovered unexpectedly while riding my bike to do errands:

Little Free Library at 1206 Hinman ave.

This Little Free Library was spotted while riding home from the library. I love the Tardis structure. It has two shelves with the bottom one full of children's and young adult/teen books and the upper shelf filled with adult books. I did not see any official markings on the box itself, so it looks like it may be unregistered.

Location: 1206 Hinman ave.

                 Evanston, IL 60202

Little Free Library at 637 Hinman ave.

While riding to drop books off at the 1206 Hinman Little Free Library I found this new to me location. I tend to ride on Hinman fairly often, so this  may be a newer Little Free Library to the neighborhood. It is located next to a tot lot playground so would be a great place for children's books. When I left my books there it was mainly filled with adult non fiction and fiction. There is an official little free library sign, but no noticeable charter number so maybe it will show up on the official Little Free Libraries map sometime soon.

Side note, A copy of Ill Wind that I released in a different localLittle Free Library and that had spent a good chunk of the spring  there was in this Little Free Library when I stopped and checked it out. With so many little libraries popping up  I can see books easily traveling from one part of the city to another just through the Little Free Libraries.

Location: 637 Hinman ave.

                 Evanston, IL 60202

Stacking the Shelves. #2

 

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!

This week continues to be a mix of required texts and books being shared by fellow Bookcrossing members.

The Required:

• Keys to Teaching Grammar to English Language Learners: A Practical Handbook by K. S Folse, 
• Workbook for Keys to Teaching Grammar to English by K. S Folse, 

The Fun:

• Mirror Sight: Book Five of Green Rider by Kristen Britain
• An Ice Cold Grave [Harper Connelly #3] by Charlaine Harris 
•  Women of the Outback by Sue Williams 
• Trunk Music by Michael Connelly 
• Return of the Hood by Mickey Spillane 

Bout of Books Final Tally!

I wasn't able to get online for a day 7 progress entry due to company. So, here is my final tally:

Books Finished:

1. The Seduction of  Emily by Rachel Brimble 
2. The Rockin' Chair by Stephen Manchester
3. Stealing Home (Diamonds and Dugouts #1) by Jennifer Seasons
4. Lenore: Swirlies by Roman Dirge
5. My Neighbor Seki Vol. ! 
6. Double Whammy by Carl Hiassen
7. Steeped in the World of Tea Edited by Sharon Bard, Birgit Nielsen, and Clara Rosemarda

Books started but not finished during the Read a Thon:

1. You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day 3 hrs 32 min remaining.

2. Winning Mars by Jason Stoddard 280 pages remaining.


Not bad. I finished 3 physical books, 3 E books, and one audiobook over the course of the week. 

Bout of Books 14 Day 6

       

Books in Progress:

1. You're Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day

Stacking the Shelves

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!

This is my first post for Stacking the Shelves. I should be holding back on books as classes start next week. But I've managed to pick up more than a few books this week.

The required textbooks for classes:

1. Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners: Practical Approaches for Teachers by J. Michael O'Malley & Lorraine Valdez Pierce
2. Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices by H. Douglas Brown & Priyanvada Abeywickrama
3. Do You Speak American by Robert MacNeil

The Fun:

I've been wanting to reread this series and the library had 5 of the 7 books in their book sale room:

1. Dragon Wing (The Death Gate Cycle, #1) 
2. Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, #2) 
3. Serpent Mage (The Death Gate Cycle, #4) 
4. Into the Labyrinth (The Death Gate Cycle, #6) 
5. The Seventh Gate (The Death Gate Cycle, #7) 

I have had a few books trickle in from other bookcrossers as I seem to have won the July/August edition of the tea, books, and chocolate sweeps (eep!)

1. Madame Verona Comes Down the Hill by Dimitri Verhulst
2. The American Film Industry by Tino Balio (Editor) 

And I grabbed a few free e-books this week:

1. Land: A Stranded Novel by Theresa Shaver
2. In Too Deep by Tracey Alverez
3. Lady Gone Bad by Sabine Starr

Bout of Books 14 Day 5

Books in Progress:

1. Steeped in the World of Tea Edited by Sharon Bard, Birgit Nielsen, and Clara Rosemarda

Books Finished:

1. Double Whammy by Carl Hiassen 

Bout of Books 14 Day 4

Not so much reading done yesterday. However progress is getting made in my audiobook :)

Books in Progress:

1. Double Whammy By Carl Hiassen 5 hrs 27 min. remainin
2. Steeped in the World of Tea Edited by Sharon Bard, Birgit Nielsen, and Clara Rosemarda

Books: Finished:

My Neighbor Seki Volume 1 by Tonari Seki-kun

Bout of Books 14 Day 3

        

In Progress:

1.  Double Whammy by Carl Hiassen
2. My Neighbor Seki Volume 1 by Tonari Seki-kun

Finished:

1. Stealing Home (Diamonds and Dugouts #1) by Jennifer Seasons
2. Lenore: Swirlies by Roman Dirge

Bout of Books Challenge: Bookish Scavenger Hunt

Book Scavenger Hunt:

1. A Book that begins with “B”  (for Bout of Books!)

2. A book you’re planning to read/currently reading for Bout of Books

3. Blue Book(s)

4. Books from your favorite genre!

5. A book on your TBR shelf, or your full TBR shelves

 The bottom two shelves on the left bookcase and the second shelf from the top on the right bookcase are all TBR books.

Bout of Books 14 Day 2

             

In Progress:

1.  Double Whammy by Carl Hiassen
2. Stealing Home (Diamonds and Dugouts #1) by Jennifer Seasons

Finished:

1.  The Rockin' Chair by Stephen Manchester

Bout of Books 14: Fictional World Travel Challenge!

                     

 I am taking part in the fictional world travel challenge hosted by Between Library Shelves

The Goal of this challenge is to travel the world through the books we read. Starting from the top of the pile I can visit:

The Snack Thief = Sicily, Italy

My Neighbor Seki = Japan

Brick Lane = Starts in Bengali then moves to London, UK

The Toss of a Lemon = India

Baghdad Without a Map = Baghdad and other points in the Middle East

Un Lun Dun = Alternate London

Mozart's Sister = Austria  and other points of Europe

These are all on my books to be read pile and now that I have pulled them out I may dip into one or two over the course of the Read a Thon.  As I am in the United States these all take place anyplace but the USA.

After taking my picture I realized that I have 7 books rather than the  3-6 book range from the challenge... 2 are set in different versions of London - one real world London and the other an alternate earth London.

Bout of Books 14 Day 1

So it's the start of the 14th Bout of Books Read a Thon. This week I plan on reading as much as I can since classes start for the semester next week *eep*!

I am starting the Read a Thon with:

•  about 100 pages left in Seducing Emily by Rachel Brimble on my Nook.
• 8 hours and 45 min of Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen

In Progress:

1. Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen
2. The Rockin' Chair by Stephen Manchester

Finished:

1. The Seduction of  Emily by Rachel Brimble