tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post7510665156988950714..comments2024-03-28T06:24:25.829-06:00Comments on The Quivering Pen: My Year of Reading: The UnreadsDavid Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06013514596973186440noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-49372696344345780142012-12-27T15:10:57.244-07:002012-12-27T15:10:57.244-07:00Can I say anything to put The Light Between Oceans...Can I say anything to put The Light Between Oceans higher on your pile? It's really tremendous. I've been recommending it at every tour stop and book club. <br /><br />On to 2013, another year, another pile! Nichole Bernierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332906083219966402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-37493407962735564252012-12-19T21:09:28.339-07:002012-12-19T21:09:28.339-07:00I just came in here to say OMG GO READ BEAUTIFUL R...I just came in here to say OMG GO READ BEAUTIFUL RUINS ALREADY.<br /><br />Yes, that warranted the ALL-CAPSING and the OMG.<br /><br />My to-read pile is also fairly ridiculous, so I know your pain. (Wonderful pain.)<br /><br />As you were.Sara Habeinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846120300134871618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-88032833315249063652012-12-19T19:03:25.339-07:002012-12-19T19:03:25.339-07:00My unread list is eerily similar to yours. This wa...My unread list is eerily similar to yours. This was going to be the year of reading new releases so I wouldn't "get behind". Ha! What a joke. Now in addition to the other 15,000 books in my house, I've also added two double-stacked shelves of new hardcover releases that I really want(ed) to get through in 2012. <br /><br />I was feeling guilty about how much money I was spending on new hardcovers, so I started getting my new releases from the library. <br /><br />(An aside: lucky you, being sent books by authors and publishers!!! That alone makes being a successful author worthwhile!!!) <br /><br />You know where this is going don't you? Now that I regularly read library books (always picking up more when I take back the old stack, I rarely glance at the 100-read-NOW books that wait beside my desk. <br /><br />The tip of THAT iceberg contains: Shine, Shine, Shine; The Light Between Oceans; Telegraph Avenue; Sweeth Tooth; Beautiful Ruins; Sacre Bleu; The Forever Marriage; The Diviners; The Middlesteins; The Dog Stars; Heading Out to Wonderful; etc etc etc. <br /><br />Today I just finished "The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving" which is my #2 pick of the year (it was the 148th book I've finished this year; I'm aiming for 150 - looks like I'll make it. Incidentally my fave book of the year is Heft by Liz Moore. Have you read THAT one?). <br /><br />Can't recommend Revised Fundamentals highly enough. Felt like a kind of grown-up The Fault in Our Stars; a brilliant way to end the reading year especially in light of the recent events in CT (in a weird sort of way). 'Course, Revised Fundamentals is a library book. (I'm sad to part with it.) Now I'm on ANOTHER library book: Life Among Giants, which I can't put down. Strange and utterly absorbing. <br /><br />Ok, enough writing. Gotta get reading again!<br /><br />Happy holidays!Linda Sexauerhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/alaskabookwormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-12438879082114066522012-12-07T14:37:36.902-07:002012-12-07T14:37:36.902-07:00I have a few of the same books as you and my pile,...I have a few of the same books as you and my pile, well it's its own bookshelf...I can't help myself. I wish I could read faster and yet when I read quickly I feel like I didn't fully emerge myself into the story and wish to reread it. <br /><br />Is it wrong that I was going through your list thinking man I want some of these, lol. And like you I wouldn't have a chance to read them. :D<br /><br />A few in my pile is Gone Girl, The Light Between Oceans, The Red Book, The Unfinished work of Elizabeth D., The Crown, THe house of Velvet and Glass, The Weird Sisters, Night Circus...it goes on and on.Laura Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009532621158292428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-84382683594339056672012-12-06T12:50:51.734-07:002012-12-06T12:50:51.734-07:00I feel your pain, Carol, I feel your pain. The on...I feel your pain, Carol, I feel your pain. The only true solution is to Read Faster! (Not Buying Books is not an option for me)David Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013514596973186440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-76110933126914293142012-12-06T11:51:54.569-07:002012-12-06T11:51:54.569-07:00I have the same thing going on. I can't read a...I have the same thing going on. I can't read as fast as they came in. I have been culling regularly. This is the reason I haven't been entering your contests! I made a spreadsheet and at the worst time there were 403 unread books. I have struggled and read and read and now they are down to 392! We, if we can sell our house, will be moving to a one bedroom apartment and I have been studying the floorplan (when I am not reading) for where I can put my books!<br /><br />P.S. I am addicted to free e-books, there are now in the thousands but I still only read one a month.Carol N Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873206816286352639noreply@blogger.com