It is time for another uncomfortable photo of myself standing next to a pile of books. I will be honest the pile of books has not increased much in March as I was struggling to focus with my reading and I kept flitting between books.
The book pile consists of 15 books and now measures 14.5 inches high. This leaves me with 52.5 inches to go.
I am still ahead of 2021 though as the pile was only 13.5 inches high. Hopefully, April will add some more height to the pile of books and be more successful than March.
Look at that pile grow!
Lyra is still refusing to appear in more pictures sadly but hopefully I will convince her to appear again soon.
I hope everyone has had a good week and has some fun plans for the weekend.
My chosen poem this week is by the poet and author Edith Nesbit (1858-1924).
Spring Song
All winter through I sat alone,
Doors barred and windows shuttered fast,
And listened to the wind's faint moan moan,
And ghostly mutterings of the past;
And in the pauses of the rain,
Mid whispers of dead sorrow and sin,
Love tapped upon the window pane:
I had no heart to let him in.
But now, with spring, my doors stand wide;
My windows let delight creep through;
I hear the skylark sing outside;
I see the crocus, golden new.
The pigeons on my window-sill,
Winging and wooing, flirt and flout,-
Now Love must enter if he will,
I have no heart to keep him out.
Edith Nesbit
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
Hello!
This weeks Top Ten Tuesday is a rewind so I have chosen last weeks topic as I missed it last week. So here are some of the books I plan to read in Spring 2023.
All of these have been stuck on my TBR pile for far top long. This year I am buying less books and so far I have only bought one book a month. This lack of book buying will hopefully mean I can get through my TBR pile a bit this year.
Fingers crossed I get around to reading some of these books.
If you have taken part in Top Ten Tuesday this week please drop me your link and I will head over for a visit.
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 hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I will be honest I haven’t had the best start to the week. Teaching naughty children and having my time wasted left me very annoyed but at least I got some reading done in my lunch break.
My chosen book this week is one from one of my all time favourite authors, Alexandre Dumas. I would love to eventually read all of his books but I will be honest most of his books are rather weighty and take me quite a while to read. However, I live in hope that one day I will manage it.
Cornelius von Baerle, a respectable tulip-grower, lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But after his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in deadly political intrigue and is falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival. Condemned to life imprisonment, his only comfort is Rosa, the jailer’s beautiful daughter, and together they concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in secret. Dumas’ last major historical novel is a tale of romantic love, jealousy and obsession, interweaving historical events surrounding the brutal murders of two Dutch statesman in 1672 with the phenomenon of tulipomania that gripped seventeenth-century Holland.
Fingers crossed I will get around to reading this soon but first I must finish The Count of Monte Cristo!
I hope everyone has had a nice weekend. I have spent the evening busily packaging up an order for my Etsy. The customer ordered A Book A Month for 6 months so they will be receiving 6 mystery books in the post in the next few days. I really hope they like the books as they look fab.
I’m desperately trying to finish these books because I really prefer just reading one book at a time and I feel little overwhelmed having so many books on the go.
Lady Book Dragon 