tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post3241990493286097715..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: Theme readingSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-84840279622481035632007-03-08T19:01:00.000-05:002007-03-08T19:01:00.000-05:00Oh yes, I can relate - and I'm off tomorrow to a l...Oh yes, I can relate - and I'm off tomorrow to a library book sale to add even more books to my TBR shelves!<BR/><BR/>A gentle madness indeed ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-27972907518117046732007-03-08T17:19:00.000-05:002007-03-08T17:19:00.000-05:00Theme reading is a great idea! I got in the habit...Theme reading is a great idea! I got in the habit last year of discovering a new author and then reading a few of their books back to back. This year I have been doing it with Philip Roth and it is great to see how you can slowly begin to identify their recurring patterns and themes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-39402465577672363022007-03-07T21:39:00.000-05:002007-03-07T21:39:00.000-05:00Well, I'm off to do themes now! What fun...(hummi...Well, I'm off to do themes now! What fun...(humming contentedly)Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-20285699010396980182007-03-07T15:39:00.000-05:002007-03-07T15:39:00.000-05:00This is so great. Makes me want to run off and do ...This is so great. Makes me want to run off and do the same with my many books waiting to be read. But, I know in the end I just end up reading at whim :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-72296846121858392882007-03-06T23:34:00.000-05:002007-03-06T23:34:00.000-05:00Very fun post. Loved the grouping into themes. S...Very fun post. Loved the grouping into themes. Since I've been bookmooching, I have many more in the mystery genre than I used to. One area I don't think I own any books in is westerns. Not a favorite genre.Bookloggedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00651016653247142255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-20943902103295896712007-03-06T19:10:00.000-05:002007-03-06T19:10:00.000-05:00I should just open my own branch of a local librar...I should just open my own branch of a local library, with my TBR books alone!<BR/><BR/>Well, you've got plenty of great reading ahead. Pick a pile, any pile!LKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-2329692093332150572007-03-06T18:23:00.000-05:002007-03-06T18:23:00.000-05:00I could do the themes too; I have tons of books on...I could do the themes too; I have tons of books on my TBR shelves, and yet I just mooched another one ... sigh.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-75994523767109552292007-03-06T17:39:00.000-05:002007-03-06T17:39:00.000-05:00I've got so many books laying around that I either...I've got so many books laying around that I either haven't read yet or didn't finish. Yet, I keep getting new books.<BR/><BR/>You might like the <A HREF="http://forums.onlinebookclub.org" REL="nofollow">Reading & Books Forum</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-38512797439607823882007-03-06T16:10:00.000-05:002007-03-06T16:10:00.000-05:00Love your theme lists. I could put together severa...Love your theme lists. I could put together several of my own but then I'd have to confront the reality of all those books I bought and planned to read right away and haven't and thus making me too ashamed to even think about planning a trip to the used bookstore which I haven't been to in a a whole month!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-21918721791153580512007-03-06T16:09:00.000-05:002007-03-06T16:09:00.000-05:00I have devised a well thought out way of figuring ...I have devised a well thought out way of figuring out what to read next...whatever book is literally on top of the pile of books in my closet that I haven't read yet. A little too scientific, I know, but one has to have a methodical reading schedule.Mike B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12970156936438168999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-27294185854759823952007-03-06T15:08:00.000-05:002007-03-06T15:08:00.000-05:00You are one brave woman to put it all out there, j...You are one brave woman to put it all out there, just like that. I recently bought a book that I had already read from the library and now I want to own it for reference purposes. I have to ask, can I count it as reading a book that I already own? Thus helping to fulfill my reading goal for the year of getting to the stuff I own rather than just reading library books--damn those due dates!Lisa Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543435909439905937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-7226518146251340592007-03-06T13:26:00.000-05:002007-03-06T13:26:00.000-05:00:) Thanks for the list of possibilities for the Fa...:) Thanks for the list of possibilities for the Fairy Tale/Fantasy Challenge! My list just keeps growing for this one...<BR/><BR/>I'm ignoring your other lists for the moment; I really am.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-54681145932703201842007-03-06T11:53:00.000-05:002007-03-06T11:53:00.000-05:00If only TIME would freeze for a few months so that...If only TIME would freeze for a few months so that we could catch up!<BR/><BR/>I want to make a themed list of my TBR now too, that's right up my alley.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401807675546808620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-76649266923952141412007-03-06T11:37:00.000-05:002007-03-06T11:37:00.000-05:00If only the publishing industry would freeze for a...If only the publishing industry would freeze for a few months.<BR/><BR/>PS, Wise Blood is fantastic, but if I were you I'd skip Go Down, Moses and just go for The Wild Palms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-10345211994921095612007-03-06T10:31:00.000-05:002007-03-06T10:31:00.000-05:00Right that's it. I now have to hunker down with m...Right that's it. I now have to hunker down with my own tbr list and organise it into themes. This is irresistible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-27493620980906396322007-03-06T10:04:00.000-05:002007-03-06T10:04:00.000-05:00I'm trying to wait until at least May before I buy...I'm trying to wait until at least May before I buy anything else. It feels strange not to spend my gift certificates as soon as I get 'em, but I do need to be more selective. And since there's nothing out there right now that I feel I have to read the very moment I recieve it, and I'm so out of shelf space these days, it doesn't make sense to continue buying like it's my last chance to hoard against the coming book famine.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-67449664588163141882007-03-06T09:52:00.000-05:002007-03-06T09:52:00.000-05:00No matter how saturated I feel--and I often feel t...No matter how saturated I feel--and I often feel the same way, I still keep buying. I have at least three gift certificates at home (of not too shabby amounts on them), which I feel compelled to use. I am trying to ration them and wait as there will be loads of things this summer. I think I may have to splurge on The Terror, though...and a few other things. It's funny now when I order from Amazon, though, I don't go as crazy as I used to as I find myself being much more selective. I love this theme idea...I could come up with a few as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com