Book Lair discussion

November is coming up! What are your reading plans for the month?

Here are my plans for this month:

Nolan wrote:
The Way Of The Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire Decided to throw in some non-fiction as well.

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I'll tell you a secret: women are men like any others.

I'm planning to read Crisis on Infinite Earths and it's many crossover stories. That's a lot, but if I still have time, I'll read
Spice & Wolf, Vol. 9: The Town of Strife II
Mansfield Park
El hombre duplicado

and are my only planned reads, but I know I'll end up reading others.

@Gavin I love Mansfield Park! Maybe my favorite Jane Austen, although it's quite hard to pick one above the others.

@Kandice Coraline is fantastic too!

I've tried to read it a few times on my own, but it's the "One Book One San Diego" selection for the public library so my library book club is reading it together. This time I HAVE to read it.

Those are some pretty awesome picks!

House of Small Shadows sounds particularly appealing.

I am not sure what I will be reading in November, even less than usual because I believe I have slipped into a reading slump.

I am starting with a book offered by the author, The Viper and the Urchin, but so far I am not really engaged.

Meh, October was somewhat bad for me, particularly the last half, guess that's why I am feeling this way.

You can find my wrap-up post here: https://anaslair.wordpress.com/2015/1...

It's the last day of November, time for a little recap!

This month I've read:


All in all, it was quite a fruitful month, even though it didn't exactly went according to plan.

My favorite book this month was cearly The Garden of Evening Mists, that I found absolutely amazing. And I now want to share it with everyone.

As for the ones I liked the less, I found Settling in Spain: Our New Life Between the Mountains and the Sea particularly awful and Microserfs especially boring.

I hope next month will hold more good surprises such as The Garden of Evening Mists!

I didn't re-read Coraline, so didn't read the four I planned, but I did read Itsy Bitsy, Little Star, Wizard and Glass, One for the Road: An Illustrated Story, A Rose for Emily and am still slogging through Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. I've gotten a little over halfway through Wolves of the Calla.

December will be very busy so I may not get a lot of reading done.

I am so sad. I only managed to read two books. I have barely had time for reading or blogging, my only pastimes these days.
Sorry I haven't been around, guys. Work is draining me out.

I read The Viper and the Urchin and The Pestilence.

There are months like that...
I hope December is going to be better and less busy for you!

I'm so sorry Ana! I can't remember what you do, but I think I remember it being religion based which means December may not be less stressful. I know it won't for me for that reason!

I am so looking forward to the long weekends for Christmas and New Years and no work on Sundays during Winter break.

Oh no, that's only on my free time.
I got a job last July as an administrative.

Ana wrote: "Oh no, that's only on my free time.
I got a job last July as an administrative."

I was confused. Administrative Assistant kind of thing? That's my official title at work, but I've come to realize that's code for "whatever needs done"!

I work for an agency which handles the entire process of applying portuguese students to UK universities. I handle the paperwork part, mostly. But yes, new challenges keep arising, deadlines, etc.

Ana wrote: "I work for an agency which handles the entire process of applying portuguese students to UK universities. I handle the paperwork part, mostly. But yes, new challenges keep arising, deadlines, etc."

Jill of all Trades! :D

Eheh something like that :)
I really enjoy it but along with my church activities I feel like I never have the time or mindpower to focus on reading. I miss it a lot.

I hear you!