My chosen poem this week is by the writer, poet, TV and film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival Henry Normal (1956).
Three Lies and One Truth about the Moon
1. The moon only exists at night, and occasionally during the day, in summer.
2. No one has ever landed on the moon, and the Russian President knows this but promised his mum he wouldn't say anything.
3. The moon is a hollow spaceship inhabited by nazi rabbits that turn men into werewolves.
4. If my heart was as big as the moon I couldn't love you more.
Henry Normal
I hope everyone is well. I thought it was time for another update on my Etsy shop. I am absolutely loving my little Etsy shop and have had some lovely feedback about orders.
I now have a few different versions of Blind Date with a Book available on my Etsy shop and this is the latest one. I confirm that the chocolate lollipops are very tasty.
Now this is something that I have wanted to set up for ages and this month I decided to go for it and set up my first book subscription service on my Etsy shop. I think getting a mystery book each month with a tasty treat is a great way to start each month so I decided to make it happen for my fellow bookworms. There is also the chance to get all the books in one go with my Book a Month product as well.
I have some more products that will be put on my Etsy shop soon so watch this space.
My chosen quote today is by the American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian, Angelina Jolie (1975).
“I don’t think about beauty. I wake up and I want to be a smarter person, that’s my focus. … I’m encouraging certainly my girls that if they can make their inside and who they are really, really stunning then everything falls together.”
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 hope you are all having a good week so far. Today has been a rather long day work wise. I’ve had students throw tantrums, students tell me ridiculous excuses for not practicing and students try and tell me that a piece I set them to practice for homework was not in the book. I do love it when an 8 year old tries to tell me I have no clue what I am doing.
Anyway back to the reading.
What I am Currently Reading
I am still trying to read at least a chapter a day of The Count of Monte Cristo but I have decided I can’t read it in bed anymore, this is due to the fact I fell asleep whilst reading and nearly gave myself a black eye when I dropped the book on my face. No reading in bed has slowed the progress somewhat for The Count of Monte Cristo. The Woman Who Would Be King is a great read but I must admit I do find Cooney a bit repetitive at times. I find myself saying ‘you have already told me this why are you telling me again?’.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
Nothing! This is really bad as I usually I have at least one book finished.
What I Think I will Read Next
I need to get a move on with my reading as I have got rather bogged down with my current reads and would love to get reading some other books.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
The topic today is a freebie which is very exciting as I have never taken part in a Top 5 Tuesday on a freebie day. I decided to choose classics that I plan to read this year because I am trying to read a Classic book off my Classics Club List ever month.
So here are the books I plan to read in 2023.
Some of these are quite hefty books but I really hope I get to read them this year. I am really looking forward to reading Cecilia by Fanny Burney after seeing a documentary by Lucy Worsley where she talked about this book in detail. I suspect Bleak House will take me quite a while to read though.
When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the “monster” is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo. Thus begins a journey of 20,000 leagues—nearly 50,000 miles—that will take Captain Nemo, his crew, and these three adventurers on a journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, miles-deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne’s novel of undersea exploration has been captivating readers ever since its first publication in 1870, and Frederick Paul Walter’s reader-friendly, scientifically meticulous translation of this visionary science fiction classic is complete and unabridged down to the smallest substantive detail.
Please drop me a comment if you have taken part in Goodreads Monday and I will head over for a visit.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a busy day with my Etsy store putting new products on the store and getting orders ready to post on Monday.
This year due to my challenges I am trying to be a little more structured with my reading but also leaving room for some mood reading as well. Every month I plan to read at least one non-fiction book, one Ancient Roman or Greek text, one Persephone book and one book off my Classics Club list.
So here are the books I plan to read for February.
Non- Fiction Read
This has been on my wish list for ages and when I had it for a Christmas present I decided I had to read it ASAP. I have actually started reading it and so far I can’t put it down.
Ancient Greek or Roman Text
This is actually on my Classics Club list as well but I am going to try and read another book off my Classics Club list this month as well.
Persephone Book
I really want to read this or at least start it this month as it is rather a large book.
Classics Club List
I’ve been sorting through some of my books recently and found my copy of this so I have left it out ready to read this month. I also have a beautiful antique copy of this book at my parents house which contains some stunning engravings but for now it will stay safely at my parents house till I get some proper bookshelves.
So those are my planned reads for this month whatever time I have left in the month I will devote to my mood reads.
I hope you have some good books planned for February.
I hope everyone has some fun plans for the weekend.
My chosen poem today is by a Chinese poet Li Po (701-762).
Poem is translated by Shigeyoshi Obata.
Addressed Humorously to Tu Fu
Here! is this you on the top of Fan-ko Mountain,
Wearing a huge hat in the noon-day sun?
How thin, how wretchedly thin, you have grown!
You must have been suffering from poetry again.
Li Po
I hope everyone has had a good day so far. My friend has been asking for an update on my challenge to read my height in books so here is my first update this year. I grabbed Lyra for the photo as well, she wasn’t that impressed.
The height of the books is at 6 inches just 61 inches to go!
In 2021 when I first tried this challenge the height of the pile was also at 6 inches with the books I had read in January. However, I really do not want to fail the challenge this time around so I must try and get higher numbers.
What reading challenges have you got for 2023 and are you on track?
Lady Book Dragon 