I love to read so imagine my delite when two of my favorite blogs (Nola at Alamo North and Dee from Red Dirt Ramblings) were both playing a rowsing game of book tag. I think it was Kathi that tagged me a while back, too but I procrastinated as usual. Sorry but I've been a bit busy lately. Never too busy to read though, just too busy to write about it!
What am I reading now? I am in the midst of reading about 5 books right now. I bet some of you probably may think that makes me just a bit crazy, but you never know what you'll be in the mood to read at any given time so I like to read a variety. I have three books on the couch by me right now. Two of them were in a pile together so it was a toss up of which one to choose.
For the games Kathi and Dee were playing we're supposed to open the book to page 56 and write down the 5th sentence as well as the next 2-3 sentences to give the readers some context of what is going on.
I actually grabbed the one on top of the pile Your Country Kitchen by Jocasta Innes first. When I opened it to page 56 and picked the 5th paragraph I decided there really wasn't enough context to get the idea of what was going on even after adding the next 2 or 3 sentences as directed. What was it talking about? Making your own beer.
I grabbed the other book in the pile which was titled Landscaping with Herbs by Jim Wilson. Only three sentences on that page captioning pictures. Hmm, I guess I'm not doing very well! I suppose I could just turn further in the book, but would that be considered following the directions then? Next book, please!
The last book on the couch is These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Let's hope this one works out better than the other two! Jackpot. Here's what the book says. Tommy smiled, so she gave him a spelling book and a new piece of chalk. When he had copied his lesson, she praised his writing and told him that he could now study his spelling from the board. She gave the spelling book to Ruby.
Nola's game of book tag asks us to say 7 random book facts about us, so here goes!
1. This is the last of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books I have to read.
2. I didn't read them all in order, I read the ones I owned first.
3. This one is borrowed from the local library as are the other two books on the couch. I own the other two books I'm currently reading, one is in my subbing bag out in the van and the other is on my bedside table.
4. I like to read books about Star Wars. Except the x wing squadron books, for some reason I can't get into those. I have a large library of Star Wars books.
5. I use receipts as book marks in the books I read even though we own a bazillion book marks. I never seem to be near a bookmark when I need one, but receipts are usually very close by. Most of those receipts are really the printout slip reminding me of when the book is due back though so I suppose I shouldn't really call them receipts.
6. When we buy books I tend to buy used books. They're cheaper than new and the funds usually benefit a good cause so it's a double bonus.
7. I don't really have a favorite type of book to read. I'm an ecclectic type of person and my book choices reflect that fact. I tend to choose mostly spiritual, self help, diy, gardening, crafting, home decorating, non-fiction, science fiction, education, and children's books.
We're supposed to tag 5 (or 7) people but I am going to just tell whoever want to play to go right ahead and play along.
Thank you for stopping by. Please leave me a message and a backlink. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Cindy
9 comments:
I don't know what my book habits are cause they are never the same. I bet you do read a lot in the winter with all that snow piled up.
I love the Laura Ingalls books - don't even know how many times I've read them since childhood. I have my own set (bought used too) that I "lend" to my children, lol!
I, too, love the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. I'm so glad you came to play! That was a sweet quote about Tommy smiling and Laura (?) giving him a new piece of chalk and his spelling book. So sweet. I also use receipts to mark my books all the time. I am also an eclectic reader, loving all kinds of books. I felt right at home with all of your selections.~~Dee
I loved all the laura Ingalls Wilder books as a child ; one of my lower school teachers read us the entire series. Then I read them as a young adult to my niece and she reads them to her daughters. Books are wonderful...I can see you think so, too!
Gail
How fun! I don't have time to play right now but maybe this winter when all is quiet. I love your selection. I can't wait to read Laura Ingalls Wilder books to my daughter.
Oh, my, Cinj! You're not the only one who simply has to read multiple books at a time. OFB and I each have a stack about 7 books high on our coffeetable right now! Mine include a complete Jane Austen, since I just saw the BBC's most recent version of "Mansfield Park" and wanted to re-read it to see how the text compared; a couple of Amish romances by Wanda Brunstetter and Beverly Lewis; a book on Colonial cooking; a slender volume on what it's like to be a Muslim teen in the U.S. today (I'm virtual godmother to two fraternal twin boys, whose mother has been one of my closest friends since grad school); a book on collecting cat's-eye marbles; and "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. I read all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books when I was in fourth grade and decided that I would be a pioneer when I grew up! And I have Jim Wilson's herb book, too. Happy reading!!!
Anna- Ha! Then I'd have to say you're eclectic too.
I read, sew, clean, play video games, and work on craft projects. I suppose I do other things too, but those are the main ones. We usually end up with about 6 months worth of winter here so there isn't a whole lot else to do. Unless you like to ski, snowmobile, iceskate, sled, or ice fish. I'd need some adult snow pants if I were to choose many of those activities though and I'm just way too fat for that.
Oops! What just happened? Anyway...
Amy- My books were actually my sister's. I wasn't allowed to read them when I was younger, but she didn't want them when she moved out. Son tried reading a few pages of one of them this summer but I guess it wasn't action packed enough to capture his attention.
Dee- Good to know I'm not alone. The kids seem to like to break a book's binding and lay it face down on a table to hold their place. I don't see that as a very book friendly way to mark a place.
Gail- That would have been neat. I didn't have any teachers that really read to us. All I can remember being read to was Coudroy.
Cindy- Please do! We'll look forward to it.
Ellen- Glad to know that I'm not the only one who does that. It's nice to have a change of pace when you are in the mood, isn't it?
Landscaping with herbs, that's sounds awesome! I'm going to look that one up! I almost jumped when I saw your new pic, that's a lot of snow! You have a fun selection of books, I have seen this meme quite a bit and it's been fun to see what people post! :)
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