One thing I'm trying to control about my reading habit is succumbing to the temptation of buying more books than I can carry in my luggage when it's time to move to a permanent place. The bookcase I got is space-limited, city-ish. My hoarder instinct makes it a major object in my daydreams: ship the contents home when I'm finally through with Bangkok.
...devour more like
1. Harry Potter 1-7 by JK Rowling
passage by passage
2. A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
in less than 4 hours
3. Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
to satisfy my curiosity
4. Empty Promises Vol. 7 and other true cases by Ann Rule
to pass the time away
5. Prince Charming: The John F. Kennedy Story by Wendy Leigh
for entertainment
6. The Complete Neurotic by Charles A. Monagan
7. You Don't Say I forgot the author but it's about identifying people who should be credited for famous quotations we know, like some of Shakespeare's lines we think are his but they can actually be traced back to someone else before him
8. Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do by Kate White
as insomnia pills
9. Compendiums of Bronte and Austen novels
10. Short Stories from the 19th Century compiled and introduced by David Stuart Davies
because it's necessary and I enjoy them at the same time
11. How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World by Frank L. Acuff; Communication Research Measures edited by Rubin, R.B., Palmgreen, P. & Sypher, H.E.; Anthropology: exploration of human diversity (international edition) by C.P. Kottak
and these are books I'm reviewing for a cousin's 8-year old bookworm son
12. Jesus in Blue Jeans by Laurie Beth Jones
13. Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex by Contact Publishing
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These are book(s) in my bookcase I read:...devour more like
1. Harry Potter 1-7 by JK Rowling
passage by passage
2. A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
in less than 4 hours
3. Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
to satisfy my curiosity
4. Empty Promises Vol. 7 and other true cases by Ann Rule
to pass the time away
5. Prince Charming: The John F. Kennedy Story by Wendy Leigh
for entertainment
6. The Complete Neurotic by Charles A. Monagan
7. You Don't Say I forgot the author but it's about identifying people who should be credited for famous quotations we know, like some of Shakespeare's lines we think are his but they can actually be traced back to someone else before him
8. Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do by Kate White
as insomnia pills
9. Compendiums of Bronte and Austen novels
10. Short Stories from the 19th Century compiled and introduced by David Stuart Davies
because it's necessary and I enjoy them at the same time
11. How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World by Frank L. Acuff; Communication Research Measures edited by Rubin, R.B., Palmgreen, P. & Sypher, H.E.; Anthropology: exploration of human diversity (international edition) by C.P. Kottak
and these are books I'm reviewing for a cousin's 8-year old bookworm son
12. Jesus in Blue Jeans by Laurie Beth Jones
13. Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex by Contact Publishing
I really liked the Harry Potter books. I've never read the Da Vinci Code. I think everyone else in the world has going by the sales numbers. :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent books. Number 8 sounds especially interesting :) All I have in my bookcase are manuals LOL :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting list--I've read the Harry Potter books and Anne Frank's tales from the annexe--oh and the DaVinci Code (didn't care for that one). We're alike in that I hoard books too!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't have as serious a storage/space problem, I do have a problem giving them up when new ones come in the door, something has to go out. Great list.
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Jesus in Blue Jeans sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your recent post and for mentioning my book Jesus in Blue Jeans. Blessings on your path. Laurie Beth Jones
ReplyDeleteI have HP on my bookshelf too. I want to re-read them this year before the final movie comes out.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading The Curse of the Good Girl. Your book about Gutsy Girls sounds interesting and along similar lines.
I really want to have a book exchange party. I love that idea.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite the diverse selection of reading. Enjoy!
Happy T13!
Shelley, I haven't read DaVinci yet, either -- although there's a copy on the TBR mountains.
ReplyDeleteGreat choice....
ReplyDeletemy last book was Da Vinci Code !!
:-)