I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. I have managed quite a bit of reading and some gardening jobs. Blogging is still not going as well as it usually does but hopefully it will improve.
I’m not sure what to make of Cleopatra and Frankenstein so far. I have read 50 pages so far and I could just leave it but I will read a bit more and see if it improves.
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.
Hello!
I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a lovely weekend so far which has involved a lot of reading. Two books finished in the space of two days is extremely good for me. I have also managed some more time working in the garden which has been great to get some fresh air.
I had another preordered book arrive this week which I am very excited about. This is a new author for me but the book looks really interesting.
I have two weeks off planned at the beginning of April and this is definitely one of my planned reads for my time off.
I have managed quite a bit of reading today which has been nice.
My chosen poem this week is by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834).
Work Without Hope
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair - The bees are stirring - birds are on the wing - And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.
Yet well I ken the banks where amaranths blow, Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow. Bloom, O ye amaranths! bloom for whom ye may, For me ye bloom not! Glide, rich streams, away! With lips unbrightened, wreathless brow, I stroll: And would you learn the spells that drowse my soul? Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live.
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.
Happy Monday!
I have had a glorious day working in the garden in the sunshine. It is so nice to finally have some sun and no rain! I am really hoping to actually use my garden this year so I am working hard to tame it so I can happily sit in the sunshine reading a good book during the summer. There is a lot of work to do before I get to this stage.
My chosen book to feature off my TBR this week is one that I bought relatively recently and hope to read soon.
334 BC. Alexander the Great is just twenty-one years old when he sets out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world.
Together, his Macedonian army marches East into the unknown – winning battles against overwhelming odds, storming impregnable fortresses from the Aegean through to India.
But there is another Alexander. Prince of the Macedonian royal house of Lyncestis, he becomes Alexander the Great’s general and most trusted friend.
Alexander of Lyncestis is between this friendship and the duty to avenge his murdered brothers. And he is under threat, too. Others – Persians, Greeks, Macedonians – see him him as a rival for the throne. For six years of conspiracy and battle, his life hangs by a thread.
I hope everyone has had a nice weekend. This week has been slightly better on the blog front and a lot better on the reading front. I definitely managed more blogging this week than I did last week.
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’ve been really good so far this month with my book buying and I have only bought one book so far, which arrived this week. I am currently reading Blade Breaker so I am hoping to get to this book once I finish it. I am really enjoying this series so far so I thought I had better buy the next book so it is ready to read.
I have managed a good amount of reading today which has been nice.
My chosen poem this week is by the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).
A Light Exists in Spring
A light exists in spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science cannot overtake, But Human Nature feels.
It waits upon the Lawn, It shows the furthest Tree Upon the furthest Slope you know; It almost speaks to you.
Then, as Horizons step Or Noons report away Without the Formula of sound It passes, and we stay -
A quality of loss Affecting our Content, As Trade had suddenly encroached Opon a Sacrament -
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
Hello!
I had a great day reading yesterday but this was sadly because I had caught some sort of bug and felt really rough so all I did was curl up on the sofa and read my book.
What I am Currently Reading
I’m still plodding along with The Fires of Heaven and I am really enjoying it so far. I read the first 100 pages of Blade Breaker yesterday and couldn’t put it down, sadly I haven’t done so well today but that is due to work.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it a really clever read. Here is my review if anybody is interested.
What I Think I will Read Next
As per usual I have no real idea what I want to read next but I am craving a nonfiction read so I might go down that route.
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