Day 6‘s challenge: e-reader.
I use the Overdrive app on my iPad, since a lot of my books are digital advance copies from Netgalley with time restrictions. I prefer the e-pub format to Kindle or (shudder) PDF files, since e-pub allows for font size alteration and flips pages with either a tap or a swipe (handy if you’re reading while walking on the treadmill, which I do from time to time). I might even venture to say that most of my books are e-books nowadays–if you can get free-for-a-review electronic copies months before the release date, why wouldn’t you? BTW, you can read my book reviews over at Aspire Reviews.
My watch has decided it has ticked its last. New watch or new battery? I’ll decide later.
StandardMy watch has decided it has ticked its last. New watch or new battery? I’ll decide later.
May Book Photo Challenge: Day 5
StandardFeliz Cinco de Mayo! For today’s photo challenge, I picked a book that frequently made me laugh out loud.
“Polka will never die!” If you enjoy sarcastic humor in the face of sure death (and dinosaurs in Chicago), you’ll like Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files. DEAD BEAT is #7 in the series, so don’t start there–the first six books have their share of LOL moments and page-turning action too. The 15th book in the series comes out later this month, and I can’t wait!
Jen reads: That Part Was True
StandardJen reads: That Part Was True
In which Jen reads a book that promises Paris and doesn’t quite deliver.
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! I’m thinking taco bowls for dinner.
StandardFeliz Cinco de Mayo! I’m thinking taco bowls for dinner.
May Book Photo Challenge: Day 4
StandardLate for Day 4 of May’s book photo challenge: Favorite series.
This one is really hard, because I love so many–how can I pick just one series? But I had to go with Carol Berg’s Lighthouse Duet. Beautiful epic fantasy.
I could have gone with Patrick Rothfuss’ KINGKILLER CHRONICLES, or GRRM’s A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, or Jim Butcher’s DRESDEN FILES or CODEX ALERA, or any of Carol Berg’s other books (try THE BRIDGE OF D’ARNATH series). I just keep going back to these books. They make me happy.
May Book Photo Challenge: Day 3
StandardLate, as usual. Challenge day three: quote.
THE FOREVER KING is the first fantasy book I remember reading on purpose. I was twelve, and I have loved King Arthur stories ever since.
“My king,” he whispered.
For a moment the field was utterly silent. Not a whisper of breeze, not the chirping of a single insect. It was the sound of time turning backward. And then, ringing across the rolling hills came Arthur’s command, rough with tears and pain and loss:
“To arms! Your king calls you to arms!”
May the Fourth be with you!
StandardMay the Fourth be with you!
May Book Photo Challenge: Day 2
StandardDay two: bookshelf.
This is one of many in the house. Some of my favorite books are here, but not all. Every shelf is two books deep. I may not know what exactly is on each shelf, but I have a general idea where every book is.
Ooh, a spam message from a Brigadier General who wants to send me money! #notsuspiciousatall
StandardOoh, a spam message from a Brigadier General who wants to send me money! #notsuspiciousatall