Friday Finds #8

Yesterday, in preparation for Friday Finds, I started "organizing" my haphazard library of books. If you've followed me on Twitter @RaineReviews, you've seen the overflowing disaster that our one solitary bookshelf is.

I put organizing in quotation marks because I had a pretty....unique....system going: I made a stack for my favorite books, stacks for collections by the same author, a stack for books I was no longer interested in (oh my!), a stack for classics, and most importantly, a stack for my TBR list.

My hubby walked in on me surrounded by seemingly random stacks of books and just stared, a little bemused and a little amused. His response reassured me that I married the exact right person: "I'm going to build you some bookshelves." Hurray!!

And hurray also for separating my TBR books from the rest of my little library. For the first time ever, I have an actual physical stack of books to get through. 31 books. A lot of these are classics I collected while I was an English major, and even though I'm not in school anymore, I still think the classics are important, especially to my education as a writer. I'm loosely considering setting myself the goal of finishing this physical stack by the end of the year, but I haven't yet decided if that's a realistic goal. This would be aside from books I buy to read immediately, and any ARCs I'm sent, like, for example, this new addition to my TBR list (which is already in my digital library, and about to get opened!):

And I'm HOPING to get this bad boy from First To Read, if I'm lucky:

Yes, I'm keeping it short and sweet. I want my new shelves to at least LOOK nice for a little while before I overflow them with books. 

Do you, too, have a TBR pile somewhere in the house? Share a picture with @RaineReviews! I'll be posting pictures of my stacks all week, because what's better than a bunch of well-organized books?

Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by MizB @ A Daily Rhythm that showcases the books you've added to your TBR list this week. Everyone is welcome to join in. 

Friday Finds #7

It's that time of the week again...time to share the books we've added to our TBR list! Just in time for the weekend, too. Time time time. Where does it all go? Will there ever be enough time to actually finish my TBR list? Only time will tell...but for now, I'll tell you what:

I'm pretty happy with all four of these finds. If (okay, when) I decide to trim my TBR list, these guys will definitely make the final cut. Are there any books you're confident you want to read? Does your TBR list have levels? Ooooh, levels...guess I know how I'm spending the next six hours of my life. *organizational frenzy begins*


Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by MizB @ A Daily Rhythm that showcases the books we've added to your TBR list this week. Everyone is welcome to join in. You can comment on my post or on your own blog.

Friday Finds #6

Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by MizB @ A Daily Rhythm that showcases books you found and added to your TBR list this week.

This week I did a dangerous thing: I visited the library. We just moved to a new town, and the library is only five minutes down the road. (!!!!!!!!) This worried my husband a little bit because our new home is already overrun with books, which I of course unpacked right away despite our only having brought one bookshelf, and now we are likely to always have a few (dozen) library books floating around as well. Lucky for him, the library only let me check out two books this time because I'm a brand new member. Which brings me to my Friday Finds:

I'd heard about Grave Mercy a few years back when Figment.com held a giveaway for it, and I've been wanting to read it ever since. I was especially excited to check out Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph together, because I always like having the whole series on the off-chance that I love the first book so much that I go on a reading binge and just need to read them back-to-back. Plus, I was feeling a little stumped because I had just looked up A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas on the library catalog and discovered that there were 25 people on the waiting list. 25! If they each held on to the book for their 2 weeks, I wouldn't get to see ACTR for another year. Sooo yeah. I'm probably going to end up buying it. But in the meantime, let's read about assassin nuns. Woo. 

Want to share your Friday Finds? Comment below or join in on the Friday Finds fun on your own blog!

Friday Finds #5

It's Friday again! Where did the week go? I must have spent it buried in a fantasy book...and adding more to my TBR list. 

Have you read any of these recent releases? What did you think? 

Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by MizB @ A Daily Rhythm that showcases books you found and added to your TBR list this week. 

Want to share your Friday Finds? Comment below or join in on the FF event on your own blog!

Friday Finds #4

A month ago, when I realized I was going to be another year older again, I promised myself I would finish writing a piece as my birthday gift from myself. Normally this would be easy enough, but between life and a baby, there's not a lot of time left over to get creative. I knew that if I really wanted to reach my goal, I was going to have to actively avoid my TBR list, bookshelves, and sites like Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. I almost made it, too! With only a few days until my birthday, I happened to notice the monthly YA newsletter from Goodreads, which I couldn't help opening, and one thing led to another... So here are my Friday Finds:

Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by MizB @ A Daily Rhythm that showcases the books you found and added to your TBR list this week.

What's new in your TBR list? Share in the comments!

Friday Finds #3

Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by MizB @ A Daily Rhythm that showcases the books you "found" and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list...whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library - wherever!

My FF this week were found mostly online: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, the usual.

If you'd like to share your Friday Finds, leave a comment! I'd love to see what you've found to read this week.

Friday Finds #2

Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by MizB @ A Daily Rhythm that showcases the books you "found" and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list...whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library - wherever!

My FF this week were found mostly online: goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, the usual.

If you'd like to share your Friday Finds, leave a comment! I'd love to see what you've found to read this week.

Friday Finds #1

Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by MizB @ A Daily Rhythm that showcases the books you "found" and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list...whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library - wherever!

Yes, this is the third bookish meme I'm joining this week, and I couldn't be more excited. Especially since I just did a mini book exchange with a new friend who has very cool taste. These are the books she brought yesterday:

 

I think The Ruins of Ambrai will count for my 2015 Reading Challenge: "a book recommended by someone with great taste."  

If you'd like to share your Friday Finds, leave a comment! I'd love to see what you've found to read this week.