Not Enough Bookshelves: July 2011

So I am unplugging, cutting back on television, and reading (yes even reading. I really do want this), so I can buckle down and try and get this first draft done by August 1st.


Wish me luck.


I’ll probably check blogs on Sundays, I can’t go completely cold turkey, but I won’t be posting (my procrastination method of choice) for a while. 

So today’s questions are all about re-reading, which I’ve been doing a fair bit of recently.


Do you re-read books?


I re-read about ten books a year.


Which books to you re-read?


My most re-read books include Saving Francesca, Perfect You, His Dark Materials (always re-read this at Christmas) The Pursuit of Love, I capture the Castle, Pride and Prejudice (currently re-reading after finally watching the Keria Knightly version ~ it’s so good I shouldn’t have been prejudice against it!), What my Mother Doesn’t Know, The Truth About Forever, Hideous Kinky, Wyrd Sisters, 


My re-reading habit has grown since I started reading YA. Also I tend to re-read in the winter time. maybe I need the comfort when the weather is bad and the nights are dark.


What makes you re-read a book?


For me it’s the characters. I want to revisit them. Looking at my list the books tend to be the slower paced books, not the ones where I’m reading fast to finish.

Which got me thinking ~ what, where, when and how do other people read?

 So I thought I’d ask.

What do you read?
Do you read mainly YA,? A mixture of adult, YA, MG?

The bulk of my reading is now YA, probably a 4:1 ratio with adult books.

Where do you read?
Do you take your book out and about with you? Or always read at home? 

I tend you read at home, I’ll use my iphone and read blogs if I’m at a loose end when I’m out.




When do you read?
Do you schedule it in? Do you read all day? At night? In the morning? Do you sandwich in your reading or do you prefer to have a good chuck of time?

I tend to read at night. Although if a book is brilliant I’ll chuck the chores and read through my son’s nap time. I like to know I’ve got a big chuck of time (or at least half an hour) to sink into the book.

How? 
Do you read more than one book at a time? Do you use audio books?

I can only seem to do one book at a time. I am becoming more and more of a fan of audio books, although the narrator has to be right.

I’m really curious so I hope you’ll share : D

All photos from Weheartit

Thanks to everyone who entered. Hope you manage to get your own copy of the book because it is amazing.


Also I just hit 300 followers, thanks so much you guys. So I think we need a thank you contest, I’ll just have to think about what it will be.

I need to borrow a Granny to make me one

2) How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff ~ huh what’s that you say? You read my 2011 Faves list, you know I love this book to distraction? I should just write a review already? I am trying, but it’s so hard to write it. I may have to resort to a list of love.


3) Wimbledon ~ yay for tennis and strawberries at SW1. And oh my gosh there might be a Brit in the final. Finger tightly crossed.


4) New Shoes ~ I usually spend my summer in flip flops, but I couldn’t resist these. They’re from CLARKS! For those of you unfamiliar with the store, it’s where generations of british school children have been dragged for foot measuring and new shoes. Apparently while I’ve been overseas they have stepped up their game and moved beyond shiny patent shoes with buckles.

5) Sour Wine Gums ~ I love winegums and new sour winegums rule.