Something borrowed weekly check-in

[fred_mouse]

'Tis late on Saturday here, and it seems as good a time as any to ask how everyone's week has gone in reading their borrowed books. Have you read any? Finished any? Returned anything? Gone to the library, failed to return anything, and borrowed more books? (guilty) Read something different while the borrowed books gather dust?

Update us! No judgements, just congratulations and sympathy.

Comments

[fred_mouse]

Last week, I had seven borrowed books to finish. Now, I have eleven. One of the new ones is a junior primary chapter book, and I anticipate finishing it tomorrow. The other three new ones are bilingual chinese/english early readers, and my goal is to work through them a page at a time, looking up the Chinese and attempting to learn to recognise some more words.

My goals for the coming week are

1. at least one more chapter of Norse Mythology
2. finish Willodeen
3. progress at least one other borrowed book

[shanaqui]

I mean, that's the general course of my TBR anyway, borrowed or not. Somehow, it grows, no matter how much I read. XD

Good luck with those goals!

[peaceful_sands]

I understand your problem - although this week all additions have been from sales and charity shops so not 'expensive' in cost (only in storage space!)

[fred_mouse]

Indeed to both of you -- the TBR pile (and the wishlist of 'can I find that') grows much faster than my time for reading.

[cactus_rs]

This is such a mood, there's just so much to read out there in the world. I need to stop surrounding myself with interesting people who make interesting recommendations, or find more hours in the day, one of the two...

[shanaqui]

I accidentally borrowed books this week, having not expected the library to just... go ahead and buy the ebooks I suggested so quickly. I've finished one, started a second, and not yet touched the third. So... so far so good.

I do have two books out of one of my libraries since pre-pandemic, and they finally want them back now... and, uh, I still haven't read them. So I'm contemplating focusing on those, this week.

[peaceful_sands]

Wow! I want to join your library!

[fred_mouse]

Oh, wow, that is fabulous of your library!

Good luck with getting through the long term loan books.

[peaceful_sands]

Borrowed books finished this week - The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon and Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (this last came in about a week early so I got straight to it). I would give them all generally favourable reviews although I had one or two small niggly complaints about each but definitely come down on the plus side.

I'm waiting for the next audio loan to arrive from the library tomorrow - Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella is due to arrive tomorrow, so am listening to 'The Masquerading Magician' in the meantime (as the next but one in the series is available on sale for today only so I want to know whether to get it while I can).

[fred_mouse]

That is great going -- three books done!

[cactus_rs]

Congrats on finishing An Unkindness of Ghosts! 🎉

[cactus_rs]

Finished two chapters, two chapters left and I can return this overdue library book 🙃

[fred_mouse]

Progress! Go you! Here's to some enjoyable reading, returning the library book, and then reading another something!