What book are you currently reading?
1) Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan.
2) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling.

How far in are you?
1) 146 of 310 pages
2) 210 of 223 pages

What's it about?
1) 2 teenage boys meet by chance in a place neither of them are supposed to be and find they have the same name.
2) ( Read more... )

Taken from Booking Through Thursday.

1. What’s your favorite time of day to read?
I don't know if I have favourite time to read as such, but most of my reading happens in the afternoon or at night.

2. Do you read during breakfast? (Assuming you eat breakfast.)
No. During the week, I eat at my desk when I get to work, and on weekends I just have a cup ( Read more... )

What book are you currently reading?
One Day by David Nicholls.

How far in are you?
305 pages of 435.

What's it about?
2 friends, Dexter and Emma, and their lives over the course of 20 years based on just one day of the year: July 15th.

Are you enjoying it?
Yes, I really am. I didn't see the movie but I've wanted to read this book for a long time. I love ( Read more... )

What book are you currently reading?
The Sword of Albion by Mark Chadbourn. Published as The Silver Skull in the U.S.

How far in are you?
176 pages of 542.

What's it about?
England is under constant threat from Spain but what the majority of the country don't know is that they face war on another front: from the Unseelie Court of malicious faerie folk. ( Read more... )

Taken from book_memes.

What book are you currently reading?
The Rogue by Trudi Canavan

How far in are you?
267 pages of 495.

What's it about?
This is the second in the Traitor Spy trilogy (the sequel series to Canavan's hugely popular Black Magician trilogy), and has a number of point of view characters and plot lines, including tracking down the rogue magician in ( Read more... )

...and this is my feeble attempt to climb back up.

I've been M.I.A. for a while now. Blame work and uni. I do.

This post isn't anything substantial but I really wanted to post something here. So, of course, I come bearing a (mini-) meme. It's taken from book_memes and they do this every month on the 10th. Basically it's an effort to see what everyone's reading ( Read more... )

Under the cut are the top 999 books (number of copies) on LibaryThing as of this month. I've stolen the meme from book_memes because...well...just because. So! I've put an X next to books I've read, and a * next to books I'd like to or intend to read. Various personal notes in italics will accompany some titles.

( The List )

Taken from book_memes.

The first book you read in 2010: Mr Darcy Takes a Wife - Linda Berdoll

The last book you finished in 2010: Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead

The first book you will finish (or did finish!) in 2011: The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Your favorite "classic" you read in 2010: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

The book series you ( Read more... )

( The Abbreviations )

I completed this over at book_memes and then figured I might as well post it here too. :) Given it's rather short, I invite you to ask any other book related questions you might have. I'm more than happy to answer and, honestly, I do enjoy answering book or writing questions. ;)

( Hi, my name is Marie and I'm that person who was always reading a book during recess and lunch while everyone else was off playing soccer. In addition to being an avid reader, I'm a writer and editor. I studied Professional Writing and Editing at university. )