My April theme is dragons because I'm hoarding these books like mad. I adore dragons. If I could be any mythical creature that's what I would pick. A big, mighty western dragon with jade colored wings and beautiful frills.
Maybe i spend too much time thinking of this...
February Wrap-Up
February was a good month for me. I completed 14 book and 3 graphic novels. Out of those 17 completed works: I rated six as 5 stars, two as 4 stars, and one as 4 1/2 stars. I only had two books that I DNF, which is awesome. My average for the month for DNF is around 5. Going into March I have four books on my Currently Reading List.
I'm still doing the buddy read for American Gods, this will take a while because our schedules don't always sync up. If we're lucky we can get together once every other week. I'm still enjoying it and I'm kind of getting frustrated that we can't get together more frequently. I'm also slowly going through The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Volume II. I've been reading one story every other day and I fully expect to be finished with this volume before the end of the month. I'm finding that the formatting of this volume is really annoying me and I don't know why; it's set up the same way the previous volume was. Each page has two columns, the story is printed on the inner column and any notes on the outer column. This formatting is kept up throughout the book, even when there aren't any notes, so some pages have a huge empty space on the outer edges of the pages. I started An Elementary Study in Chemistry in February as well. I've been picking it up and reading a chapter at a time whenever I feel in the mood. This one I fully expect to be reading well into April. The final book on my Currently Reading List is The Force Awakens, which should be completed before the end of this week.
2016 Reading Challenge Update
1. Participate in four readathons.
I've participated in two readathons so far this year. In January I did the Bout of Books, which ran from January 4th-10th. In February I participated in the Rainbowthon 2.0, which ran February 7th-14th.
2. Finish "The Wheel of Time" Series.
I left off at book 5 in the series sometime last year. In March I'm planning to start up the series again, though I might need to refresh my memory of what happened in previous books.
3. Read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
I haven't done this yet and will probably not happen until later in the year.
4. Reduce Library Shelf by half.
I've already removed 21 books from my library wishlist, most of them I couldn't remember why I had added them in the first place.
5. Read Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
I started and finished this in February. I'm kind of mad at myself for putting this off for so long. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be picking up more of Dickens work in the near future to read.
6. Finish one series other than "The Wheel of Time".
This was done in January. I completed the Harper Hall Series, which had been sitting on my shelf unread for a ridiculous number of years.
7.Read at least 100 books.
Two months into the year and I've already read 32 books. I don't expect to keep this pace throughout the year. Usually around April my reading slows down, so it will be nice to have a good cushion going into the warmer months.
March Reading List
I have nine books on my March Reading List, one I've started already. The Dragon Throne, I won in a giveaway over a month ago. I know the author was expecting a review, so I feel bad about putting it off for so long, but there were other books that wanted to read before I dived into that one. After an almost three month hiatus I'm planning to jump back into the "Wheel of Time" series with The Lord of Chaos. Due to waiting so long, I will probably have to find a summary of the previous book on-line to refresh my memory and will be reading this book towards the end of the month. Relativity, Planet X, The Masterharper of Pern and Infinite Jest have all been on my shelf for over two years so it will be nice to clear them. March should be a good month
I absolutely loved reading about Master Robinton's life. I really liked seeing the whole evolution of this generation of Pern through his eyes. I also really enjoyed the explanation of how Flax came to power, which has always confused me a bit. Portions were frustrating, but only because I think, they were supposed to be from a plot's perspective. An excellent addition to the Pern series.
I kept thinking I knew my favorite male character until I would go to type and post the thing. I cannot pick just one so in no particular order I'll go with:
(although admittedly teenage me had quite a thing for Aragorn and grade school me read every Justice League of America and Batman comic book she could get so there is this small issue of buff men in spandex doing good deeds with good manners...)
I enjoyed this story and it made me sad. We finally learn about Robinton's history. He led a very hard life. I like how Ms. McCaffrey entwines all her stories. We find that Robinton's father influenced Menolly. I'm a bit disgusted with Robinton's father. It's sad how he jealously treated his son. I was surprised to read how Robinton could hear dragons. This was a lovely story focusing on Robinton instead of the dragons.
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