Book Lair discussion

Summer is pointing its nose. What readings have you planned for the coming long summer evenings?

For my part, I am planning on finishing the books I've started for the World's Literature Group. I'm quite late on their reading program, but all the books sound lovely so I hope I'll also be able to catch up with them. Which means that my June reading will consist of the following books:

This latest one is quite a thick one, and we have until end of July to discuss it, so maybe I'll just keep it for July, we'll see.

If I keep The Luminaries for July, maybe I'll try to read instead a few of my Netgalley or R4R books, such as the following ones:


How about you?

I am not too sure yet. I think my first book of the month will be Aftermath because that is what I started reading last night. It has been on my r4r shelf for a while so I figured I might start with it.

I want to get into two books and respective sequels soon, just not sure if I can manage both this month:

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I need to read The Great Gatsby for a group, and want to read Up the Down Staircase, Life After Life and never got around to The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon last month.

I beganRequiem for a Dream in May, but won't finish until June (obviously) so I guess that will count as well.

Melaslithos wrote: "Summer is pointing its nose. What readings have you planned for the coming long summer evenings?

For my part, I am planning on finishing the books I've started for the World's Literature Group. I'..."

Hi, I also plan to read the Luminaries at some point in the coming months. You can let me know in case you want to do a buddy read or something.

Yash wrote: "Melaslithos wrote: "Summer is pointing its nose. What readings have you planned for the coming long summer evenings?

For my part, I am planning on finishing the books I've started for the World's ..."

Of course! It'd be great!
For now, I'd say I might get to it around the end of June, or more probably the beginning of July, but let's see how long it'll take for me to finish the other three books first!

Yeah, that should be fine. I have a couple of books that are looking at me in a slightly accusing fashion from my 'currently reading' shelf, so I'll read those until then.

Oh, the accusing glare of unread books on our shelves, how terrible can they be!

Kandice wrote: "I need to read The Great Gatsby for a group, and want to read Up the Down Staircase, Life After Life and never got around to The Girl Who Loved Tom G..."


Oh! I need to read [book:The Great Gatsby and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon too. But I'm in no hurry at all, they're not in my priority list. So whenever you feel like reading it, tell me.

Well, I already fell waaaay behind you on Finders Keeps and It's Kind of a Funny Story because my life got in the way. O_o

I need to read GG ( for about the 20th time!) by the last Wednesday of the month.

The Girl Who...I could start anytime once I finish the three I'm working on now. Maybe next Tuesday or so?

Whenever you feel like it! I haven't started my Bucket List, well I have but I'm doing the light goals for now so I have a lot of free time.

IKOAFS and Finders Keepers were such an exception, I was so eager to read them. But when I buddy read I don't read that fast.

I am a quick reader when I can snuggle down and really read. Lately I have snatching a page or two on my phone or an hour at most before bed, which is usually pretty late so I have been snailing along.

June has been such a great month for me. I have read quite a few books (have had more free time), and some were plain awesome.

This is what I have read so far:

Aftermath by Tom Lewis

A Special Place: The Heart of a... by Peter Straub

Ensina-nos a rezar by Fundação Secretariado Nacion...

Halfskin by Tony Bertauski

Clay by Tony Bertauski

Disclaimer by Renée Knight

You can find the reviews on GoodReads and my blog Ana's Lair.

I am now reading The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg, which should be followed by the sequel The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

After that I am planning to read any of the titles in my 20 Books of Summer challenge and most likely one other that I requested recently via Blogging for Books.
It's The World Before Us by Aislinn Hunter

It is the first book I requested via that site, and only after requesting it did I find out I would not be able to request other titles until I have posted a review for that one, so will most likely move it up.
Smart move on their part! Bad for us procrastinators.
On the bright side, you don't have to wait for the request to be approved. You just need a higher Klout score to access more titles.

So many books! On my side, I have read only two books so far this month (Dusk & The Sound of One Hand Clapping), yet I was feeling so proud of myself for it! Clearly, we can't compete as for quantity read.

Since I'm approximately on track on this month's planning (I am finally keeping The Luminaries for July), I have decided too to attack my netgalley pile. I am therefore currently reading Rhymes of Early Jungle Folk: A Replica of the 1922 Edition Featuring the Poems of Mary E. Marcy with Woodcuts by Wharton Esherick. Poetry on science, dinosaurs and the orgin of earth/life, as seem by an early XXth century poet? I am having a lot of fun reading it.

Excellent progress Ana! I haven't read all I wanted to , but I still have enough time.

I've gone through:








and started:




and am fairly certain I will finish them all.

Wow Kandice, that's a lot!
Mine are all pretty short, and the one in portuguese has been with me since September, so I just finished the last few pages. I have made an effort to read more because I know I won't have time next month, since I will most likely be working nights again.

There's a book on my status as currently reading that I have been "reading" for all of May and now June. I just don't like it, but I hate putting books aside as unfinished. It's a self published book and the premise is terrific, but the editing and typos are just killing me!

Kandice wrote: "There's a book on my status as currently reading that I have been "reading" for all of May and now June. I just don't like it, but I hate putting books aside as unfinished. It's a self published bo..."

I have the same problem, maybe to a lesser extent though. I was reading The American by Henry James in March, and reached about 180 pages towards the end of March. Then I did not pick it up at all for more than two months. However, last week or so, I suddenly felt that it was time. I picked it up a few days ago and finished it. It was not even that the book was bad or anything. In fact, while I was finishing it, the primary thought process was, why did I stop again?

I often find that it's me and my mood, not the book which is why I am so reluctant to put books aside as DNF.

My eyes are getting worse all the time so the majority of my reading is on my Nook, audio books or large print books I request from the library. This book is a physical paperback and not available in ebook form so I think that is contributing.

Kandice wrote: "There's a book on my status as currently reading that I have been "reading" for all of May and now June. I just don't like it, but I hate putting books aside as unfinished. It's a self published bo..."

Yeah, I hate the thought of leaving a book unfinished too. But it is such a chore to get to some... And the worst thing is I generally only read one book at a time, so I can't help but think that I could be reading something really good in that time.

I absolutely know what you mean, but I think I am a sucker for guilt because I always, always feeling guilty thinking about how much effort and time went into writing it. I need to get over that! :D

Yeah... It doesn't help if you actually got the book in exchange for the review. I try my best to be professional and not only complete it but be thorough while at it. If I give a bad review, I try my best to specify why. So instead of skimming through a terrible book, I actually take ages...

The end of June is approaching, and surprisingly, I almost stuck to plan. And I'm quite happy because I had much more time to read than what I expected (being unable to sleep during your 9 hours flight and your 7 hours transfer does help).

Here's the final haul for this month's reading:


I've also started on The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China which I will continue on reading next month.

All in all, it was a rather fruitfull month!

Very nice! I strayed from plan as usual eheh

I read :


Can't say I really stuck to a plan, but I did finish all I started.

wow you really are shedulling those books to the point! I just don't know where to find time to fill in some more books.

Some r eally nice choices there, Kandice! Glad you manage to finish them all :)