Reading record posts are a look back on the week that has been, with notes regarding what I've been reading and just general bookish goodness.
I haven't shared a 'Reading Record' post for a while now due to it having been the school holidays here in the UK - the Easter holidays to be more specific. You haven't missed much! My reading & blogging rate tends to slow during the school holidays as I have less free time (and more time with my little one, happily so), however I thought I'd put together a little bookish summary of the school holidays - which is two weeks long - before sharing a regular 'Reading Record', which I've documented in the usual style.
WEEK 14 + WEEK 15
After way more deliberation than was nessecary, I DNF'ed two titles I had bookmarks in but weren't feeling that pull/connection to. I reorganised my bookshelves, twice. I picked up, and practically devoured in less than 48 hours, The Dry by Jane Harper. Watched a fair amount of BookTube videos. I acquired a reading timer which I haven't yet used, but I know I will love when it comes to readathons. I found the time to review The Dry by Jane Harper. I finished reading a collection of short stories, written by Agatha Christie, that I'd borrowed from the library last month. To conclude the school holidays, I treated myself to some books.
On to WEEK 16...
MONDAY 16TH APRIL
I started the week by making some good progress in To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey - the author who also wrote one of my favourite reads of last year: The Snow Child. Although two different stories, told in two different styles, something that holds in both is the author's ability to bring to life the landscape of which she writes.
In the evening I completed the very first of my £1 Penguin Modern titles - The Missing Girl by Shirley Jackson. There are three short stories within this book, with the middle story (Journey With A Lady) being my favourite of the three.
TUESDAY 17TH APRIL
Just a small portion of the day spent reading - 30 minutes or so in the afternoon.
WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL
Most days I wake up a little earlier than the rest of the family, finding myself usually using this time to work on blog to dos or read... Today I used that time to read, getting in thirty minutes before others started to wake.
The books I ordered at the end of last week arrived today - YAY!
With a heatwave sweeping across the UK currently, I found myself gravitating towards one of my new books in the afternoon as opposed to my main current read of To The Bright Edge of the World - whilst I am thoroughly enjoying this title, it wasn't quite fitting of my mood or the heat (backdrop of the story being Alaska's winter). I started reading On The Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher; it is proving to be a lighter read with elements of romance & magical realism, finding myself flying through with 108 pages completed today.
THURSDAY 19TH APRIL
Read 200+ pages of the Carrie Hope Fletcher title.
FRIDAY 20TH APRIL
The heatwave is hanging on until the weekend, and so I took the opportunity to sit and read in the garden this afternoon whilst Alexander was at nursery - other than the tricky task of trying to find a shady place to settle, it was glorious. I finished On The Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher on a positive note. I had heard comparisons of Carrie's writing being similar to that of Cecelia Ahern's (one of my all time favourite authors) which is what interested me in her books initially.
I was happy to have completed On The Other Side by time evening rolled around as today was the Spring Cosy Reading Night. If you're interested in learning more about this bookish event, or how I got on with it, then you can read my wrap up post.
SATURDAY 21ST APRIL
I read a further 30 pages in the Agatha Christie mystery I started for the Cosy Reading Night: 4.50 From Paddington.
A good accompaniment to the Christie read, I also started another non fiction title today that I will be dipping in and out of for a good little while I imagine: The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World.
SUNDAY 22ND APRIL
Finished reading 4.50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie - a really good Marple mystery that kept me guessing right until the very end. This was my seventh reading experience of Agatha Christie's writing, and the more I read by her the more I fall in love with her writing. I already have my eye on more titles!
Concluding my evening, and the week as a whole, I finished reading my second £1 Penguin Modern book which included two essays by Wendell Berry (I already read the first essay prior). Although the essays are decades old, some of the sentiments he shares are ones I hold myself now in current day. Interesting read - food for thought even.
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Dry by Jane Harper | The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie | To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey | The Missing Girl by Shirley Jackson | On the Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher | 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie | The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World by Anthony Lambert | Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer by Wendell Berry