Kelly's Reads

**Old post again.  Yay!  The update I added at the bottom made me laugh.   It's snowing here.  I love the look of fresh snow, but hate cold weather.   Anyway, I did not finish my Goodreads challenge.  I was getting burned out trying to get that 48th book in, so I stopped worrying about it.  If I had, it would've been A Rogue's Life  by Wilkie Collins - that ended up being my first finished book of 2019.  I have no problem with carrying over books.  It happens.  T his year I plan on reading at least 60 books. Today, I've been listening to the audiobook version of I Am Malala .  I originally added that to my Goodreads in 2013, and am glad to finally be reading it.  It's also my first audiobook.  I started it last night and am already halfway through, which as a slow reader, is saying something.  I'm liking it a lot and even concluded I love audiobooks, because I was super engaged in it, which I...

**Another old post and I've failed (so far) at the re-reading... I've never been much of a re-reader.  Even books I love, I don't really re-read so much as I go back to certain passages that I liked.  In December however, I did re-read two books: My Sweet Audrina  by V.C. Andrews and The Martian  by Andy Weir.  Doing this sparked an interest in re-reading.  I would like to re-read at least one book per month, so seeing as January is nearing the end, I better get in gear. :) Number of times I used forms of the word 're-read': 6.

**This is actually an old post I made in April that's been sitting in my drafts folder.  I put an update for where I'm at with each book.  Now to the original post... As usual, I've got too many books going at once, so let's do a rundown... E-BOOKS/KINDLE Hitler's Furies  by Wendy Lower (library) Finished. Dreamfever  by Karen Marie Moning (library) Finished. Wind River  by James Reasoner & L.J. Washburn (own)  Still reading. 32 Yolks  by Eric Ripert (own) Almost done. PHYSICAL BOOKS The Orion Plan  by Mark Alpert (library) DNF. Dombey and Son  by Charles Dickens (own)  Still reading. The Siege  by Helen Dunmore (library) Returned for now. The Kindly Ones  by Jonathan Littell (own) Still reading. Parallel Stories  by Péter Nádas (own) Still reading. The Leftovers  by Tom Perrotta (library) Returned for now. Manhunt  by James L. Swanson (own) Still reading. Why do I do this ...