tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:21:28 +0000All about the books, paper and electronic, that I am reading.http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)Blogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-1237284526425252295Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:21:00 +00002010-04-17T05:21:28.621-05:00 This blog is now located at http://elsireads.blogspot.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://elsireads.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default. http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/this-blog-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-1883405583344677192Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:17:00 +00002010-04-11T15:11:54.529-05:00 The Story Siren sponsors a weekly meme about the books that bloggers have received in the previous week. While I'm on a roll, posting to my reading blog, I figure I'll play along. Purchased:Hell Fire by Ann Aguirre Corrine Solomon #2. I pre-ordered this book from Amazon.com; publication/release date was 6 April. My copy arrived on Thursday, the 8th. Book #1 is on my TBR stack. A Tale of Two http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/in-my-mailbox-04-april-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-3158026116800847641Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:39:00 +00002010-04-11T12:07:42.789-05:00As if 24 hours of marathon reading and blogging weren't enough, I'm going to go ahead and set some reading challenges for the rest of the year. I thought about it at the end of 2009, but I had gotten very lax about posting to the blog, so I didn't step up to any challenges. I am, however, still reading and keeping lists (such as the Books Read in 2010 page), so all I need to do is sign up for ahttp://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/challenges.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-3459634456858330043Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:23:00 +00002010-04-11T13:47:50.742-05:00That's all, folks Reading Location: Still at Baby Aiden's house Currently Reading: Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart Total Pages read so far: 500 Total Time spent reading so far: 436 minutes Other Readers I have visited: None since the last post. Finished Books: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox (last 36 pages); The Ruthless Realtor Murders by David A Kaufelt (244 pages); The Greathttp://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/read-thon-end-of-event-wrap-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-3004086601841899669Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:54:00 +00002010-04-11T07:47:29.312-05:00Nearly 24 Hours Later Reading Location: Currently Reading: Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart Total Pages read so far: 496 Total Time spent reading so far: 430 minutes Other Readers I have visited: No one since my last post. I plan to visit lots of participants in the next few days. Finished Books: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox (last 36 pages); The Ruthless Realtor Murders by http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/read-thon-finished-another-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-5377712364910185378Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +00002010-04-11T06:08:36.733-05:00At the 23 Hour Mark Reading Location: still at Baby Aiden's house Currently Reading: The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley; page 150 Total Pages read so far: 430 Total Time spent reading so far: 385 minutes Other Readers I have visited: I revisited Shaunie's Happy Place and followed the link to Kanaye Speaks. Finished Books: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox (last 36 pages); http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/read-thon-1-hour-to-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-4059643566128141179Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:11:00 +00002010-04-11T03:20:34.241-05:00At the 3/4 mark Reading Location: Still at Baby Aiden's house Currently Reading: The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley; page 66 Total Pages read so far: 346 Total Time spent reading so far: 340 minutes Other Readers I have visited: Bea @ How Novel! Finished Books: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox (last 36 pages); The Ruthless Realtor Murders by David A Kaufelt (244 pages)http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/read-thon-ummm-nap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-757166933627173968Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:13:00 +00002010-04-10T22:31:42.862-05:00Hour 15 Update Reading Location: Currently Reading: The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley Total Pages read so far: 280 Total Time spent reading so far: 290 minutes Other Readers I have visited: Kay's Random Acts of Reading Finished Books: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox (last 36 pages); The Ruthless Realtor Murders by David A Kaufelt (244 pages)     Comments: Yes! I http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/15-hours-of-read-thon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-8863388547911622530Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:17:00 +00002010-04-11T07:49:35.981-05:00Update after 12 hours Reading Location: Baby Aiden's house Currently Reading: The Ruthless Realtor Murders by David A Kaufelt; now on page 196 Total Pages read so far: 234 Total Time spent reading so far: 252 Other Readers I have visited: none recently Finished Books: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox Comments: I was able to spend almost an hour reading over the last 2 hourshttp://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/read-thon-12-way-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-7670859867857464670Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:55:00 +00002010-04-10T17:10:11.105-05:00Hour 10 Update Reading Location: Baby Aiden's house in Grapevine, TX Currently Reading: The Ruthless Realtor Murders by David A Kaufelt; now on page 144 Total Pages read so far: 182 Total Time spent reading so far: 198 minutes Other Readers I have visited: JudyLynn @ Carpe Libris and Joystory Finished Books: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox Comments: The in-laws have http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/read-thon-10-hours-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-8924784613154186738Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:32:00 +00002010-04-10T12:40:56.241-05:00I read in the car for 45 minutes as we drove from Sanger to Grapevine. Now up to page 92 in The Ruthless Realtor Murders. But since arriving at the hospital, I've not read any more. Instead, I've been visiting with Baby Victoria and her mother and the other family members have arrived and we're probably going to head out to get some lunch in the next few minutes. Hour 5+ Update Reading http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/read-thon-update-at-5-12-hours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-8560772512186415144Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:06:00 +00002010-04-10T10:15:56.753-05:00Hour 3 Update Reading Location: still at home in Sanger, TX Currently Reading: The Ruthless Realtor Murders by David A Kaufelt Total Pages read so far: only 94 Total Time spent reading so far: 88 minutes Other Readers I have visited: Bekah and Wendy Finished Books: Same as at hour 2, A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox Comments: Oh my! I was selected as one of the "readers of thehttp://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/deweys-read-thon-hour-3-summary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-2744694396880162542Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:56:00 +00002010-04-10T09:06:16.960-05:00Hour 2 Update Reading Location: home (Sanger, TX) Currently Reading: The Ruthless Realtor Murders by David A Kaufelt Total Pages read so far: 64 Total Time spent reading so far: 48 minutes Other Readers I have visited: Shaunesay and readerbuzz Finished Books: A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox Comments: I didn't prepare as I had intended, so I spent time in both the 1st http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/deweys-read-thon-hour-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-5445510138650949515Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:49:00 +00002010-04-10T07:57:10.272-05:00Where are you reading from today? I'm in Texas. I'm starting out the morning at my home in Sanger, but will be going down to Grapevine in a little while to visit with the newest member of our family, baby Victoria who was born on 8 April. 3 facts about me * I am an Information Technology Specialist, working with large mainframe servers.* I am a grandmother, with two grandchildren born in 2010: http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/deweys-read-thon-hour-1-meme.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-6586629329428259966Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:42:00 +00002010-04-10T07:47:49.811-05:00I had 36 pages left to read in A Tale of Two Demon Slayers when the Read-a-Thon began. I had tried to finish the book last night—urm, well, actually early this morning—so I could start with a brand-new book for the Read-a-Thon. But, when the book fell out of my hand for the 3rd time, I knew it was better to just turn off the light and go to sleep than to keep staring at the same paragraph over http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/deweys-read-thon-first-book-finished.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-2297695376164949696Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:01:00 +00002010-04-10T07:32:35.081-05:00I'm here. I'm here! Yes, I'm participating in Dewey's 24-hour Read-a-Thon again. I overslept and didn't get my prep done before the opening bell rang at 7am. Oh well. At least I'm starting on time. First book up is A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox. I'm on page 272 and will be back to post more when I've finished it.http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2010/04/deweys-24-hour-read-thon-april-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-3474318197848032849Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:17:00 +00002009-11-12T16:50:35.961-06:00When I first looked at this week's Booking Through Thursday prompt, I thought the question “Too Short?” referred to the length of a book. Instead, it asks, “Do you read everything all the way through or do you feel life really is too short to read bad books?”. Deb also says, “I’d always heard that, but I still read books through until the end no matter how bad they were because I had this sensehttp://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/11/btt-too-short.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-799344224763568566Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:49:00 +00002009-11-12T13:55:32.346-06:00That's the question I just have to get answered when I travel. I am always peeking at book covers or even accosting the few readers who are carrying Kindle or Sony e-Book devices to see what books are popular. I get a lot of suggestions for books to read from fellow travellers. Seated in my row on today's flight is a woman from Midland, Texas, who is carrying a Kindle 2. She's reading True Blue http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/11/what-are-people-reading-on-plane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-6470421575423527947Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:34:00 +00002009-10-25T08:14:04.087-05:00I kept a very simple timeline in a plain text file which I updated each time I changed activities. This allowed me to see that I spent 16 hours and 39 minutes reading books and the other 7 hours and 21 minutes reading blogs, posting blogs, reading fora about reading, etc.This is my timeline7:01 -- Post to reading blog 7:15 -- start reading Mark of the Lion at page 138 8:50 -- to Old West for http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/10/24-hour-read-thon-summary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-2812196436220734482Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:40:00 +00002009-10-25T07:17:48.956-05:00It's 6:40 in the morning, only 20 minutes more and I'm not engaged enough with my book to keep my eyes open. I finished reading Shakespeare's Christmas just a few minutes before 6 and took a very short break to update my master lists and check the 24-hour Read-a-Thon home page for any challenges for the last hour. By 6:15, I had picked out the next book I'd start—A Village Affair by Joanna http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/10/winding-it-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-5040806241603524366Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:09:00 +00002009-10-25T05:18:51.293-05:00I'm reading slowly—much more slowly that usual. Must be fatigue setting in, or just the fact that it's the wee hours of the morning. The last break I took (Time for a mini-challenge) was almost exactly 45 minutes long. It took me almost 20 minutes to put together my blog post, including finding images of the book covers online. Google is my friend. I'm getting close to the end of http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/10/down-to-wire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-8237388478916473401Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:11:00 +00002009-10-25T03:37:00.243-05:00In honor of Miss Adison who is 4, Dana issued a challenge to link and/or post pictures of my favorite 4 reads either from childhood or from now. Well, this is a challenge that I can rise to; especially for Miss Adison. After all, my father and my son both carry the masculine form—Addison—as a middle name.Now let's see. One of the first books that comes to mind is Babar the Elephant. While I http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/10/time-for-mini-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-9146644024347667047Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:15:00 +00002009-10-25T01:21:41.072-05:00Since I'd already read one Christmas book during the Read-a-Thon, I decided that I'd read Shakespeare's Christmas next. I'm currently on page 70 and thoroughly engaged in Lily Bard's newest adventure. In the reading period from 23:52 to 01:00, I also ate a small, but healthy, snack—a bosc pear and 10 raw almonds. Normally, I try to make an afternoon snack from fruit plus almonds, but today I http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/10/six-hours-to-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-325487503663921473Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:19:00 +00002009-10-24T23:44:48.720-05:00I just finished reading Bitten and Smitten, the 113th book I have read in 2009 and the 14th read in October. I've updated the lists I keep on my laptop, marked the book read in the Kindle by attaching a note to it, and updated the home page and list of books read in 2009 posted right here at this blogging site.       After a quick look at the Read-a-thon home page and a glance at the PUF Swaphttp://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/10/status-at-hour-17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694196.post-7553088176175476583Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:01:00 +00002009-10-24T21:21:26.073-05:00The clock just ticked over to 9pm, 14 hours into the Read-a-Thon. I'm ready to start reading chapter 16 of Bitten and Smitten, making me just a bit more than 50% of the way through the book, or approximately 210 pages into the 400 page paperback. Of course, I'm not reading the paperback edition; I'm reading it on my Kindle. I purchased from Amazon.com on 1 September for only $1.99. It was a http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/10/14-hours-and-going-strong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Elsi)0