QUOTE OF THE NOW

"Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That's why it's good to be able to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower. 'Lead us not into temptation.'" Joseph Campbell

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Mid-day Book Sortitude Update!

RE-READING

I don't re-read a lot, and if you've been following this Mabel Catalogs Her Books series, you'll know why.

But I am dying to re-read all 1400 pages of A Suitable Boy. I was completely transported. ...And I'm hard to transport. I'm the kind of person you can talk to while reading or watching a movie, and I will hear you.

But I can't bring it with me. Too big. ...Maybe I'll buy the French ebook and read it that way.

 

UPDATE ON THE GENRES

Here are the finished, culled and organized shelves.

science fiction and fantasy
books that are part of a series, but we don't have the first book, are hidden at the back of each shelf so my husband will be less likely to choose one!

romance on the left

the agatha christies and hard cover/trade mysteries on the right
on the bottoms of the christies i wrote whether it's sans detective, or a mix of detectives, or a poirot, a marple, a tommy and tuppence, a harley quin, an oliver, or... i'm missing one

the mysteries in top (includes thrillers and a couple horrors)

and below is the lit, and children/ya
(i don't have a lot cause some is mixed in with the sff books, and i use the library more, when they're short)

Here's what I'm working through today. Getting there! When done, I have to organize clothes, get some things off the floor, and then do a big vacuum and floor wash. Get some of my stuff out of the way so Fernando can frolick in here while I'm in Nanaimo.

Fave Authors / Books
most already read, but i have to go through the unreads
Poetry and a Miscellany of Mess

Plays (and my prescriptions)

Will be back tonight with an update. When this is done, I should have the final Nanaimo longlist for your consideration! Now I'm off for a bath and recharge the ipad.

 

CAT PHOTO

High five Minion!

 

2 comments:

Judy,Judy,Judy. said...

Anxiously awaiting your list while laughing at the thought of Fernando frolicking through the apartment with the cats.

London Mabel said...

They'll be holding ancient pagan soring rites or something!

Reading

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Les années douces : Volume 1
Back on the Rez
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Stupeur et tremblements
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