Booking Through Thursday: Springing

Spring is coming unusually fast this year (at least here in the Northeast). Do your reading habits change as we get into the warmer months?

My reading habits don't seem to change lately. I haven't been reading too much and going real slow. Life is pulling me back from reading with all things going on in my life but I do try my best to read whenever I can.
So I don't think the weather or the season have anything to do with it. Usually I read when commuting to and from work if I don't get distracted by my phone or Ipad.

Booking Through Thursday - Too Short?

“Life is too short to read bad books.” I’d always heard that, but I still read books through until the end no matter how bad they were because I had this sense of obligation.

That is, until this week when I tried (really tried) to read a book that is utterly boring and unrealistic. I had to stop reading.

Do you read everything all the way through or do you feel life really is too short to read bad books?

Life is truly so short that I prefer not to waste it on bad books.. so usually if I don't like it I'll just skip the book and go pick up something better to read :) I believe I've already wasted so much time reading text books that I really did not enjoy so now it's time for pleasure reading :D

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Booking Through Thursday - It’s All About Me

Late as always :)

Which do you prefer? Biographies written about someone? Or Autobiographies written by the actual person (and/or ghost-writer)?

Actually I prefer neither one.. I prefer fiction to any kind of auto/biography.. I did try to read a biography once, although the author was funny I just got bored in the middle of the book. I tried an autobiography but didn't finish the book either.. So I just guess it's not my cuppa tea ;)

For this week's BTT

Booking Through Thursday - Recent Sadness

What’s the saddest book you’ve read recently?

I usually avoid sad books because when I read I want something fun and entertaining.. life is already full of sadness.. but sometimes I get caught off guard..

I couldn't choose just one so the books that I remember that did that to me are.. (in no particular order)

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Atonement by Ian McEwan

PS, I Love You by Cecilia Ahern

A Boy Called It by Dave Pelzer

Sincerely Yours by Rebecca Goings

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas by James Patterson

So what are you sad books??

Booking Through Thursday - Hot

Now that summer is here (in the northern hemisphere, anyway), what is the most “Summery” book

you can think of? The one that captures the essence of summer for you?

(I’m not asking for you to list your ideal “beach reading,” you understand, but the book that you can read at any time of year but that evokes “summer.”)

Well I don't have certain books that I read depending on weather and season.. I just read what I feel like reading so it depends on the mood and the last book I read..

Sometimes after I read a thriller or a complicated murder/mystery I want something light and funny to defuse my thoughts and unwind.. sometimes if I'm reading a series I would like to continue and read the next book in the series.. so it all depends on my mood.. :)

But the book that I read while I was on my summer vacation 2 years ago was Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.. that was because it was released at that time and I was waiting for the book :D so this would be the book that comes to mind :)

So do you have certain summer reads?? Check out what other people have to say about it..

Booking Through Thursday - Unread

In the perfect follow-up to last week’s question, as suggested by C in DC:

Is there a book that you wish you could “unread”? One that you disliked so thoroughly you wish you could just forget that you ever read it?

I must have more than one book that I wish I never read, but the only one that come's to my mind right now is Love-Slave To The Sheikh by Miranda Lee . I really wish I didn't waste my time on this book because I just hate this kinky domination thing and it was tooooooooo much, I think it scarred me for life! Just kidding :)

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Booking Through Thursday - A Second First Time?

What book would you love to be able to read again for the first time?

(Interestingly, I thought that I had thought this one up myself, but when I started scrolling through the Suggestions, found that Rebecca had suggested almost exactly this question a couple months ago. So, we both get credit!)

Well I can't just list just one.. I have so many favorite books that I wish I just discovered and would love to read them for the very first time!!

If only one could erase a certain part of reading memory to erase what I know of these books and read them and be amazed and surprised again and again :) That would be perfect!!

They are in no particular order.. So I will have to say..

1. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

2. Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

3. Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris

4. The Demonica series by Larissa Ione

5. No Evil series by Allison Brennan

6. The Dark Ones series by Katie Macalister

7. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

8. P.S I Love You by Cecilia Ahern

9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

10. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

OK these are the ones I could remember right now.. could be more though :)

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Booking Through Thursday - Gluttony

Mariel suggested this week’s question

Book Gluttony! Are your eyes bigger than your book belly? Do you have a habit of buying up books far quicker than you could possibly read them? Have you had to curb your book buying habits until you can catch up with yourself? Or are you a controlled buyer, only purchasing books when you have run out of things to read?

Yes, my eyes are so bigger than my book belly!!

I buy books that attract my attention in hope that one day I will read them.. I try to stock books because maybe one day bookstores will be extinct.. (Just Kidding) well I'm trying to convince myself that way!!

And if there is an offer like buy 2 books get the third free.. oooh I'm so into that.. I can't contain myself..

Lately I'm trying to avoid going to the bookstore.. so the bookstore came to me.. EBOOKS!!! Now I buy them online from the confort of my home and upload them to my reader..

My reader has over 200 books that are waiting to be read!! What do you think of this GLUTTONY!!

So what do you do?!

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Booking Through Thursday - Windfall

Yesterday, April 15th, was Tax Day here in the U.S., which means lots of lucky people will get refunds of over-paid taxes.

Whether you’re one of them or not, what would you spend an unexpected windfall on? Say … $50? How about $500?

(And, this is a reading meme, so by rights the answer should be book-related, but hey, feel free to go wild and splurge on anything you like.)

Well, although I don't live in the USA and we don't have taxes here in my country I was reluctant to answer this weeks question.. But I though I would consider that somehow I got a refund for something I bought and got back $50 or $500 and what I would do with the money..

Well if I got $50 I'll go get me some books from Amazon or ebooks from Fictionwise :) can't have that TBR losing weight :)

If I got $500 than that is a completly different issue.. I would go get me a Netbook with 3G access :) so I could easily blog anywhere I go.. the smaller the Netbook te better with the most capacity possible ;)

That's it for me, what about you?? What would you do if you got back $50 or $500??

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Booking Through Thursday - Numbers Game

For something different, I’m borrowing a question from … here! One of the very first questions ever at Booking Through Thursday. Back from 2005 when Laura owned the blog but, because it was so new, it didn’t get as many responses as it does now … so, why not revisit?

Here’s the question:
Some people read one book at a time. Some people have a number of them on the go at any given time, perhaps a reading in bed book, a breakfast table book, a bathroom book, and so on, which leads me to…

Are you currently reading more than one book?
If so, how many books are you currently reading?
Is this normal for you?
Where do you keep your current reads?

I'm currently reading one book since this is the norm for me.. I tried to read 2 books a while ago and I got so confused I kept thinking who's who in which book.. I guess it doesn't help when both books are crime/mystery.. :)

So after that I went back to reading one book at a time.. unless it is a short story that is completly different than what I'm reading I would do that..

The book I'm reading now is "See No Evil" by Alisson Brennan and I'm halfway through.

Where I keep my reads is real close to me.. If I'm going out it's always in my bag, if I'm home it's surely in the same room with me.. even now it's next to the keyboard just waiting to be picked up :) It does help when it's in my Sony reader too :)

What do you do?

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Booking Through Thursday - Best Bad Book?

Suggested by Janet:

The opposite of last week’s question: “What’s the best ‘worst’ book you’ve ever read — the one you like despite some negative reviews or features?”

I had to search for the worst books of all time lists and found that I enjoyed a number of them..

This is the link I checked ..

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2.The_worst_books_of_all_time

For example.. the number one book was The DaVinci Code, and truth be told I was facinated by that book.. true I read it before I started blogging my reads so I don't have a review for it but I would have givin it a 4 stars out of five..

As for choosing to read it, it was chosen because I heard about the controversy around it and chose to see for myself.

The second book on the list was no other than Twilight.. I enjoyed that book although I've read so many negative reviews about it.. but I read it after I already finished the 7 Harry Potter books and there was no more so I thought of trying Twilight out as a substitute after HP and I enjoyed it very much.. I even recommended it to my neice who is a very dedicated HP fan and she enjoyed it too.. I would say the same for the rest of the series too :)

This one I chose because I read that it was about vampires (something new for me to read about, now I just ADORE them) and was not introduced to the land of blogging yet so I didn't get to read the mixed reviews until after I already read the first 3 books of the series :)

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Booking Through Thursday - Worst Best Book You’ve Ever Read

Suggested by Janet:

How about, “What’s the worst ‘best’ book you’ve ever read — the one everyone says is so great, but you can’t figure out why?”

The ones that come to mind are..

Atonement by Ian McEwan, I've read so much about how great it is and how wonderfully written it was.. plus the impressive awards it got.. but when I was reading it I was having so much trouble turning from one page to the next.. especially the second part of the book about the war.. I almost read the page diagonally..

I saw the movie after I finished the book and loved it.. it was the first movie I ever saw that I loved the movie better than the book..

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, actually I couldn't finish them so I don't think they count.. but I just couldn't keep reading and reading descriptions of every leaf on the tree.. It bored my head off and I didn't even reach half of the first book!

The Hobbit, same here! I really tried!

The Golden Compass, for some reason it just did not grip me.. I thought it would be great, but I couldn't finish it.. I might give it a try again but not sure!

And last but not least.. Fledgling by Octavia Butler, I read over 50 pages and just couldn't get into the story

I'm sure a lot of you will disagree, but I believe different genres were meant for our different tastes :) and I truly like to read for enjoyment not as a punishment, so I prefer to read what I like :)

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Booking Through Thursday - The Best Book You’ve Never Read

We’ve all seen the lists, we’ve all thought, “I should really read that someday,” but for all of us, there are still books on “The List” that we haven’t actually gotten around to reading. Even though we know they’re fabulous. Even though we know that we’ll like them. Or that we’ll learn from them. Or just that they’re supposed to be worthy. We just … haven’t gotten around to them yet.

What’s the best book that YOU haven’t read yet?

I have so many books that I'm sure I'll enjoy that I still need to get to, but non are classics, since i read them all as a kid.
My shelves are packed either the virtual or actual shelves. So I will list the books that I'm sure I will enjoy reading because I can't just eat one I mean name one.. :)

* The alphabet series by Sue Grafton (I only read A and B so I got a lot to read)
* The Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell (I've been always planning on starting it but didn't get to it yet)
* The Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay (Didn't start yet although my cat's name is Dexter which I named after the character since I saw the series)
* The Shopaholic series by shophie Kinsella (I only read the first 2)
* The Alex Cross series by James Patterson (I only read 3)
* The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich ( I only read the first one)
* The Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs (I didn't even start it..shame on me)
* The Anita Blake - Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton (I read the first one only)

Oh my I could go on forever and ever.. I have so many books that I plan to read because I've either tried part of the series and enjoyed it or read about it or have been recommended to me by trustworthy reviewers :)

I guess I'll stop here and see maybe this would encourage me to start some of the ones I listed above.. *hopeful* :)

What is/are the best book/books that you've never read ?