I should get one of those!
I tend to hold my book with one hand and use the other hand to turn the pages. Unfortunately, my big books are too heavy for my sprained wrist and it's tough to turn the pages with it. So I've mainly just been propping them in my lap and hunching over a bit to read them. Not the most comfortable position, but it works.

Ah. I hunch, but that might now be part of the reason for my iffy neck and shoulders. Can you rest it on a forearm and turn the pages with the good hand?

Not comfortably, no.

Hey everyone!
I'm on vacation in Florida so I am reading a lot.
I need to update my list.

yaay reading! yaay florida!

I brought a book with me to Scandinavia when I went. A number of hostels had book exchanges where people dropped off what they read and picked up other stuff. Handy when packing light I suppose, but I didn't want to leave my copy of Thomas the Rhymer behind. Given that I gave it away some time ago, I probably could have.

Also this!

I found one of their books sitting in the library student's resource room.

oh that's really cool!

I hate the part where it involves putting a sticker on the book. But other than that, it's a cool idea.

I do believe that I would put the sticker on the inside of the book, but yeah, or maybe put the sticker on like a gift tag, with a ribbon. So tempted to get some.

I forgot to announce, but I finished my January book! 1 down, 11 to go. Now to pick a book for February, and here I am in my Mom's place in the presence of all her bookstore glory.

Yeah, I would do the sticker maybe on a bookmark in the book for sure. (Because, lets face it, if a person will pass the book on like they're supposed to, a bookmark is easy to place in the book and if they keep the book instead, then the book doesn't have a sticker stuck to it.

One of my friends got me "book stickers" as a gift. The kind you stick in the cover of a book with your name written on, so everyone knows it's your book. To which I qas all "do you not know me at all? That's book abuse". I think I still have them somewhere, unopened.

those book stickers could come in handy some day.

for example, i was at a birthday party for my nephew who was 1 back in november. my other brother and his son (the other nephew) randomly quoted some lines from a book, and i quoted a line as well, and my brother says "oh you got him that book? we were wondering where/who it came from!"

so, yeah. sometimes they're good

Yeah, nope. I never will put a sticker in a book unless the backing is still on the sticker and it's being used as a bookmark.

fair enough

My Reading Challenge: I haven't done much actual book reading since I graduated in 2013 (by that I mean maybe 1 book T_T ), so it's my goal to read at least 15 books this year (will be updated if goal is met). And more than just manga! I will NOT be counting all the manga I'm catching up on in this challenge!

Not sure yet which books I'll read (yet), but I'd love to crack open my completed works of William Shakespeare that I got for Christmas 2015 lol

might update later with a book list

(I love this idea, by the way <3)

so i'm reading a book on my reread list (1984), and then i put books on hold at the library... and now i have TWO waiting for me. LOL!

i love the reading challenge idea too!

edit: Ash, i'll link your post #135 in post #2 on the first page, for reference when you want to post your book list! =)

LOL I used to have a lot of books on hold for me whenever I'd go the the library back in the day... I miss when I could read 2 books a day D':

also, thanks!

i love my library. =)

and you're welcome!

Book plates. I like those things, but sadly they hardly seem to exist anymore. I only selectively use them though, on stuff that is not leaving my possession until I'm gone, and then it becomes historical record. ;)

I think I might do the book fairies thing anyway, and just use some green and white ribbon with a tag with the website. I'm a little strapped for funds at the moment.

Eek! Almost a week into February and I still haven't picked a book! Leaning towards finally finished Mrs. Dalloway from back in Uni, or finally reading this miscellaneous book about bears from the creator of the Warriors series.

i'm still reading 1984, but i'll be getting those books from the library later today - Hardcore Twenty-Four, the most recent Stephanie Plum novel; and Tigerheart's Shadow, the Warriors super edition from 2017.

also, @Quiet Man - i've only read the Warriors books from Erin Hunter. how are the other series?

No idea. I've only heard of them. This series is "The Seekers" with bears.

I wanted to finally pick up that copy of Where the Red Fern Grows that I'm pretty sure my aunt got me for Christmas ages ago, but can't seem to find it. I've heard it's good, but hideously depressing. It is worse than Bridge to Terabithia?

ah, ok. i've only read the Warriors.

i'm not familiar with Where the Red Fern Grows, maybe someone else here has heard of it? read reviews on Goodreads?

So I had a dream the other night that I was visiting relatives and found an old cabin/trailer thing that was handmade and had all the old toys and things from various relatives and such (I knew this much with that usual dream logic one has) and there as also a shelf of all the books I liked as kid, like Ramona and Beezes and such, and I started looking for Where the Red Fern Grows before I woke up.

No luck in the dream, or at home, so I went to the bookstore and bought a copy. That's my book for the month.

I checked out Goodreads and it's one of those books that people read in high school all the time, and is known for being sad and heartfelt and all the usual stuff. I figure I can handle all that now. ;). At it's heart, a story about a boy and his dogs, young reader stuff, in the vein of books like Old Yeller and perhaps Big Red.

I wish I had found my old copy that I'm pretty sure my aunt gave me. I know she gave my sister and I (and my mom did as well) some books for Christmas that she thought we should read. I remember The Trumpet of the Swan and Stuart Little, both of which I'm pretty sure I did read, but can no longer find. I bumped into a copy of Never Cry Wolf as well, and that may also have been in the mix.


On a slightly related note, we've been talking about demand driven acquisitions (DDA) in class: library acquisitions that are determined by user request. The practice can make it easier on library budgets, but has the drawback of largely leading to a library filled with what happen to be popular. My teacher was working on a reader advisory board in a library (fancy name for librarians that recommend stuff to readers) and she was helping a child pick a book. She went to go get a kids classic she thought would be great, but the library didn't have it. Since it was such as kids staple, it never occurred to her that it was something a library might not have. That was part of the problem with DDA was that older books that aren't necessarily known to current audiences might not make it into collections.

Oh my god this kid is me! Except I had a show dog and not coonhounds. Still, I'm enjoying the book.

I feel like they're both kind of on the same level, tbh. Although it's been ages since I've read either one. But they both make me shed quite a few tears, so...


And ugh, I am 100% slacking on my reading list. Like, I have not finished a single book yet.
I have a few leftover from last year though that are close. So maybe I can get a few done before the month is over.

I'm thinking of adding a "shame list" which is all the books I've started for various reasons, and said I would finish, but have yet to do so.

I'm getting a little scared of this book now. I know it's going to end badly but things are starting a little sooner than I thought.

So the first reading challenge I ever picked up was done by the Library and Info Tech students association where I go to college. As I'm part of that association now, I'm going to bring it back! Anyone have ideas on what categories of book I can add?

so i finished 1984. still as creepy - and sad - as i remembered it.

I still haven't finished my second book. I'm getting scared of it though. I'm waiting for more bad things to happen.

what book are you reading, Quiet Man?

Where the Red Fern Grows. One death already, but I'm pretty sure that's not the reason the book is famous for being a tear jerker.

I'm not familiar with that one

Oh my sweet frack, I had to read Where the Red Fern Grows in 6th grade and I feel like I'm STILL recovering from that book

Yeah, I've heard, but I've also heard it's a wonderful book. I'm hoping my being adult will help a little. I'm crafting a list of classic dogs books now, reading and re-reading things, (the local used bookstore has a copy of Big Red on hold for me ;)) and putting it on my member profile at my regional library. I'm also assembling a list of really big books that are worth reading. I've only got two on that so far.

Ow.

Ow.

That...was painful.

Pardon me while I get over the trauma and rethink my position on writing my own dog book.

I never read Where The Red Fern Grows, everyone that has read it said they cried so much. Its just so sad when an animal dies, I remember that movie, My Dog Skip, I sobbed and sobbed at the movie theater.

I just updated my reading list. I'm reading at a good clip so far this year!

I definitely watched Where the Red Fern grows before ever reading it, but even knowing what happens doesn't stop me from bawling like a baby.
I hate when animals die.

The worst for me was when I had decided to watch Marley and Me and I actually didn't know anything about it except that it was a dog movie. Oh man, that one got me good. So many tears!

I uh...still haven't finished any books, though I did read some a few days back...
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I was prepared for the dogs dying but not how it was laid out. I could have handled Dan but oh God, Little Ann got me.

I don't think I regret reading the book. Having gone through a similar deal with my own dog I found it incredibly relateable, but the memories it brought up with my thoughts of maybe writing a book about my little dog makes me wonder if it's something I can emotionally handle. Like, it I wanted someone to understand how I felt about my dog, I'd suggest they read that book.

Now I need to find a book for March.