#omgreading

[bookbandit]

omgreading replied to your post “So in case, anyone is wondering how my #tbrbusterchallenge is going...”

I checked both of these out before the library closed, I will have to read them soon!

@omgreading let me know when you’ve read them!! I hope you like them :)

Things that never occurred to me when I knew this was coming: going to the library to get some books. At least its forcing me to stay on track with my #tbrbusterchallenge

[darkestwings]

Oops I almost forgot about this, I suck, but here I go. I was tagged by my buddy @vaxis-rose :)

1. birthday: Feb 3, just passed :)

2. zodiac: I’m told Aquarius, but I don’t know what that says about me.

3. height: 5′2″ TECHNICALLY. By which I mean, if I’ve recently been to the chiropractor I’m just barely 5′2″, but otherwise I’m around 5′ or 5′1″ lol

4. hobbies: READING! I do occasionally splash some paint around or play skyrim, but really my main hobby is reading.

5. last song i listened to: FML // Arizona Zervas

6. last movie i watched: Birds of Prey, yesterday with the boyf

7. favorite books: The Tales of the Kingdom series by Cynthia Voigt are my all time favorite books I recommend them to EVERYONE CONSTANTLY!!

8. dream job: Librarian :)

9. favorite color: Yellow

10. meaning behind url: It’s from a song a friend of mine wrote and I’ve been using it for a long time so I have a sentimental attachment to it now lol

First of all if you are one of those people (like me) who love tag games, but rarely get tagged, consider yourself tagged right now!

Secondly:  @omgreading, @onotriel, @storytime-reviews, @flamingmirrorbookish, & @dudebroghost

[books-and-cookies]

For your anon that is offended by your comments, have you considered that people on Tumblr can actually read a person's opinions and not have to believe everything that they read. Have you considered that they can see Mary's review and still want to read a book because they know that opinions are like assholes, everyone has them? That they aren't just going to feel that something isn't worth it because another person said that. You are not giving people enough credit to make up their own mind.

I’m publishing this, because yes - people are capable of making their own minds about wanting or not wanting to read a book. Y’all give me way too much credit in terms of influencing people.

[akhuna]

Shelf-History Tag!

I got tagged my @omgreading and it was an amazing surprise!!

Here are the rules:

❀ This tag is for those books that came to you in an unusual, interesting, funny, or sweet way. Pick 5 (or more if you want) books from your shelf and tell us the story of how you came to own that book. If you’re a public library user and don’t really own any books, you can still participate. Just tell us the most interesting/funny/sweet ways you came to find a particular library book.

Tag your posts #ShelfHistory so I can see them all!

When you’re finished, tag 5 (or more) readers whose Shelf-History you’d like to know about! This one can easily be done on any blogging/vlogging platform so feel free to tag cross-platform if you really want to. ❀

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Now, I get a lot of my books because they are mentioned in other books, and if I like the character who is reading them, or they sound interesting, I will give them a shot. Here we go ...

Charles Darwin: The Voyage of the Beagle. This got mentioned in one of Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti novels - Brunetti’s mother in law reads it (and he is very surprised about this, because, as he later tells his wife, “he never pictured her [his MiL] as a serious reader” (she doesn’t show her intellectual side a lot). She said she loved the animal descriptions, and so I put it on my wishlist for Christmas. I still have to get past the first entries - Darwin’s style is a little hard for me - but it’s nice! :)

Kathryn Stockett: The Help. This was mentioned by a blogger I was following years ago - she read it for her book club. The story sounded interesting, so I looked up the book and then bought it for me - it’s one of my favourites. Definitely recommend it!!

Henry D. Thoreau: Walden. Same old, same old ... My mother has been collecting Lilian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who ... crime novels, and the protagonist reads Walden in one of the books. The crime novel series is light reading and very nice, I still have to get past the first few pages, but also looking forward to this. :)

Jiro Taniguchi (any of his graphic novels). These are mentioned in Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog; Paloma, the second protagonist, reads these a lot (in French, because she is still learning Japanese). The comics are very, very beautiful, The Gourmet being my faovurite. ;)

Carson McCullers: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. This is my favourite book story, because ... it’s a little long-winded. ;) So, my favourite band is Electric Six, right? I was listening to their song Greener Pastures one day (for the umpteenth time), and noticed the line: “And my heart ... yeah, my heart is a lonely hunter”. I raise my eyebrows approvingly. “WOAH!”, I think, “NICE!!” A few days later, during my lunch break, I’m in a book shop and browse the English section and TA-DAAA!!! This is an actual title of an actual book! Woah. I read the summary on the back and then but it back on the shelf, because I have enough books as it is. Fast forward a bit, and I get Susan Hill’s Howard’s End is on the Landing for Christmas (a collection of essays from a year during which she was only reading books she already owned. It was on my wishlist). In one of the first chapters, Hill gives you a list of great titles. Guess what - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is on that list as well. The next time I was in the book shop, I took the book from the shelf (it’s still there), read half a page, and fell in love. Carson McCullers is one of my favourite writers, thanks to my favourite band.

I’m tagging @lenkalost , @actualmichelle , @lettersfromthelighthouse , @teastainedpaper , aaaaand .... @spacepaanda !! If anyone else would like to do this, please come forward!! :)

[just0nemorepage]

Shout-Out Saturday is a weekly feature on my blog to promote one randomly picked lesser-known book blog in order to help it receive a little more attention. Please consider checking them out, following them, or maybe even sending a message!

Every URL featured here will be added for good in the top half of my fellow bookish blogs page. If you are interested in being featured, please fill out this form.

This week’s bookish blog: @omgreading​

Name: Hailey.

Age: 30.

Lives in: USA.

Favorite books: Anna Karenina ; A Song of Ice and Fire ; Lullaby ; Gone With the Wind ; The Wicked Years ; The Book Thief ; The Three Musketeers ; The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.

Unique blog features: Book Photography ; Original Posts ; #Words I Like.

Also found on: Goodreads ; Instagram.

“Hailey | 30 | English Undergrad | Hufflepuff “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin”

[lornaslibrary]

Hello, I hope your day is going well. I'm good, but very tired. There is a good chance I will crash in an hour or I could get past my tired and be up all day. I am reading Goblet of Fire and The Goldfinch right now, focusing a little more on GoF right now. What are you reading? Are you enjoying it?

Oof, I know that feeling. It really sucks.

I love Harry Potter so much!! Is it your first time reading them?? 

I have The Goldfinch but I haven’t read it yet...

I’m reading Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff!! I tried to avoid seeing anything about it on booklr and goodreads so I went into it mostly blind. I’m just about halfway through and I’m really enjoying it so far!! 

[lizziethereader]

I absolutely love the way you rate your book reviews. Its so clever and funny and what a great way to tie the book in. I always look forward to them.

aww, thank you! (I’m a bit behind on reviews, but rest assured, there will be more soon) :) 

[flamingmirrorbookish]

omgreading replied to your post “So is this Activity being wiped clean a general thing or did I do...”

Something got flagged? Your usually able to click on the flagged item and say it isn't inappropriate.

I meant the Notes Activity. It tells me that my posts got 3 notes in the last 24 hours. That’s a bit unusual