September’s Bookation is come and almost gone
We’re in the dog days of summer with fall right around the corner and my bookation is coming to a end during these last days of September. I dedicated this month to taking a bookation – a month of guilt-free, self-indulgent, pure pleasure reading. A couple of ARCs and review books did sneak their way in as they kept whispering to me from the stacks. I also used it as a time to catch up on those nagging blogging and virtual library tasks that had fallen by the wayside. My bookation was a huge success and I had a wonderful time.
Blogging/virtual library tasks checked off:
Created a favorite authors page
Created a favorite books over the years page (this is very much a continuing project)
Updated my series reading page
Updated my About me & Contact Marcia page
Installed a new blog theme
Updated my Librarything library
The magazine stacks are no more. Well at least not for me. They’ve move to my hubby’s end table. We’ll see how long they gather dust over there.
And reading…
The main reason I took a bookation. My reading was suffering a serious case of the blahs. For every book I was finishing I was DNFing an equal number. So I was in need of comfort reading for my book soul. I’ve also decided to go back to reading books that fall into genres that really call to me. My September reading list should give you a good idea of what those genres might be.
And sadly there were once again some DNFs.
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
The Summer Kitchen by Karen Weinreb
The Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
I’ll be kicking off the new year in January with another bookation.
Posted in 2 Responses to “September’s Bookation is come and almost gone”
- Button Holed (Button Box Mysteries, #1) by Kylie Logan February 8, 2012
- File M for Murder (Cat in the Stacks, #3) by Miranda James February 7, 2012
- Mozart’s Last Aria by Matt Rees February 7, 2012
- Restless in the Grave (Kate Shugak, #19) by Dana Stabenow February 7, 2012
- A Dark Anatomy (Cragg & Fidelis, #1) by Robin Blake February 7, 2012
- Blog update June 30, 2011
- No Rest for the Wiccan (Bewitching Mysteries, #4) by Madelyn Alt June 28, 2011
- On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgertons, #8) by Julia Quinn June 28, 2011
- The Witch Is Dead (Ophelia & Abby, #5) by Shirley Damsgaard June 28, 2011
- When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6) by Julia Quinn June 22, 2011
- HF Giveaway | The Turning of Anne Merrick by Christine Blevins February 5, 2012
- Mailbox Monday | February ’12 (January’s books) February 5, 2012
- February happenings the Mailbox Monday blog January 31, 2012
- Server issues for January’s MM host At Home with Books January 11, 2012
- Mailbox Monday | January ’12 (December’s books) January 8, 2012
I think it’s great you did what you needed to do, Marcia. Reading is supposed to be enjoyable, relaxing, a break from life. At least for me it is, otherwise it becomes a job. And then susceptible to problems, complaints etc. It sounds like a good idea to focus on the genres you like. And it certainly looks like you have some great books to read.
~ Amy
Great September reading! I have got to get to those Chelsea Cains!