Check-in: Pick a book, any book!

[fred_mouse]

Check in post! Tell us in the comments how you went. Did you finish the book? Did you make progress? Did you procrastinate and read something else instead? Did life or something else get in your way?

And! Because this was so successful for me, I'm going to run this at least two more weeks, with the goal of picking one book each week, and getting to feel smug if I achieve it. So! The other thing you can do in the comments is tell us about a book you want to make progress on this week. I'll aim to put up a check in post at about the same time next week ('tis Sunday morning where I am, but I'm aware it is still Saturday evening for a large number of people)

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[fred_mouse]

I finished The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman. It was worth keeping going, although I wasn't expecting a murder mystery to have me weeping for pages.

This week, my goal book to finish is The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. I bought it at the airport, umm, in January I think, read half of it on the outward bound trip, and then life happened.

[kalloway]

I need to start writing up some comments on the advent ebooks, but I'm about halfway through what I've received so far.

(I was planning on doing my annual Merrineum 'lingering' challenge starting next weekend - we can certainly overlap though!)

[rmc28]

I finished the trilogy I had out from the library! (And then I fell off a kerb and can't go to the library as planned this weekend. But I can renew anyway, and take the books back some point next week when the ankle is a bit better.)

Something I haven't done in months is read a "goodbye book" - I have swathes of books that I probably want to let go, but I want to read one more time to be sure before I do. So my goal for this week is to read at least one of those, starting with The Black Echo by Michael Connelly.

[cactus_rs]

Finished Crisis! Still working on Nightingale.

[illariy]

I had planned to read my book on the commute on Thursday but then Thursday came and I realised that I forgot my book at home. I had unpacked it for grocery shopping and then forgotten to repack it. I did not find any other time for reading this week.

But: I have found the book again and put it into my backpack for real this time. My commute next week will be two days, Tuesday and Thursday. I hope to get some reading done on both days! We shall see. I look forward to the next check-in. :D

[glinda]

I finished (just this minute) A Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers! It’s been in the ‘started not finished’ pile since spring 2020, so while it was an enjoyable read in its own right I’m almost more excited to have it out of the pile and to be able to file it on my shelves!

this week I hope to finish another book from that pile, His Bloody Project by Graham MacRae Burnet.

[angledge]

I finished Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II by Lena S. Andrews. It's a good read, with just enough statistics to drive home the all-encompassing effort that was WWII. For me, it was a good reminder that, although in some ways I have been a trailblazer for women in my own field, I still stand on the shoulders of these women who went before me.

My next book to finish is a re-read for me: This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust. There's a new Foreword by the author, reflecting on the deaths caused by COVID, which made the book feel more relevant than the first time I read it.