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My chosen quote this week includes two of my favourite things, travel and Sir Terry Pratchett.
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
Terry Pratchett
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I have had a great day of reading and teaching today. My planned reading for April did not go according to plan and I only read one of my planned reads. I’m really hoping I can do better in May.
I am really keen to read Under the Dome and I think that will be my next read. It is a huge book so it might take me most of the month to read but hopefully I will manage to read some other books as well.
What is on your TBR for May?
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Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I have had a lovely day of reading, cooking and packing Etsy orders.
My chosen book to feature this week is a recent addition to the Goodreads but one that I am very excited to read.
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Time isn’t just running short. It’s running out.
On a beautiful autumn day, a small New England town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into the dome and rain down flaming wreckage. A gardener’s hand is severed as it descends. Cars explode on impact. Families are separated and panic mounts.
No one can fathom what the barrier is, where it came from, or when – and if – it will go away.
Now, a few intrepid citizens, led by an Iraq War veteran turned short-order cook, face down a ruthless politician dead set on seizing the reins of power in the town. But their main adversary is the dome itself . . .
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I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a good week of blogging but not as much reading as I would have liked.
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Currently Reading
I have been really getting into Belgravia now but keep taking little breaks on Tuf Voyaging.
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Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.
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I hope everyone is enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend so far. I have managed a little bit of reading so far but I will be honest and say the snooker is distracting me at the moment.
I recently did a book order of some preordered books and on Waterstones and also added some of the books I would like to read soon. Here are the ones which arrived this week.
I can’t wait to get reading these books and hope to read them over the summer.
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Happy Friday!
My chosen poem this week is by the Victorian writer and nursery rhyme creator William Brightly Rands (1823-1882).
The Wonderful World
Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World,
With the wonderful water round you curled,
And the wonderful grass upon your breast -
World, you are beautifully dressed!
The wonderful air is over me,
And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree, -
It walks on the water, and whirls the mills,
And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
You friendly Earth, how far do you go,
With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow,
With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles,
And people upon you for thousands of miles?
Ah! you are so great, and I am so small,
I hardly can think of you, World, at all;
And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,
My mother kissed me, and said, quite gay,
"If the wonderful World is great to you,
And great to father and mother, too,
You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot!
You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!"
William Brightly Rands
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After such a fab month of reading in March I was excited for April and hoping it would also be a good month, but sadly it didn’t go according to plan. I did manage to read 4 books and some of those were quite big books but I had hoped to read more.
Statistics
Books
Pages: 387
Format Read: Hardback
Review to follow
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New Book
Pages: 560
Format Read: Hardback
Review to follow
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Old Book
Pages: 35
Format Read: Kindle
Review to follow
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲
New Book
Pages: 212
Format Read: Hardback
Review to follow
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲
New Book
Goodreads Challenge: 21/50
New Books: 3
Old Books: 1
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My chosen quote this week is by the American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, Isaac Asimov (1920-1992).
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Isaac Asimov
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WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I have had a busy day teaching but when I have had any spaces I had been busy reading.
What I am Currently Reading
I’m really enjoying both of these books so far. I did struggle with Belgravia to begin with as I found the writing style a bit stilted but I’ve finally got used to it.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I could not put The Bone Season down and absolutely loved it. I found Channel Island Monsters quite interesting and I loved the illustrations. Reviews will follow shortly.
What I Think I will Read Next
I have so many books I want to read at the moment and I’m not sure what I will choose.
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Last week I was in Jersey so this obviously meant I needed to visit the Waterstones at St Helier. I haven’t done much of my Waterstones Challenge recently but when I can I always visit a new store.
This store was very nice inside although it did have a very noisy floor. The store was over two floors and had a good selection of books. I was very well behaved though and only bought one book because I had limited luggage space.
Whenever I go to a book store I look for a book that I haven’t read by Alison Weir. There was a very limited selection of books by Weir but this one I haven’t read or own so I chose this one.
Another Waterstones ticked off the list many many more to go!
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