I think I ruined my reading month by doing so well last month...
As of right now, I am still 2 books ahead in my reading challenge. I'm not worried about that, I'm just bummed about not reading much this month. Shame on me.
Hopefully, I will get back into it now that I am on my spring break (aka week of reviews). Talking about a bunch of books should get me excited about reading again.
I'm trying... I am.
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Friday, March 15, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Organizing Books
Here's the deal, the majority of my books have not been with me recently. They have been living in storage in a number of locations just waiting for me to have the space for them. It's not that I haven't wanted to keep my books close, I have. It's just that there is no room for them.
Well, it finally got to the point where all of the new books I have gotten recently have no place to go either... In fact, they have been sitting on the floor mostly. So I sucked it up, did some creative rearranging, and bought a bookshelf. Now, this shelf will not completely fix the problem, but it will help. Also my boyfriend is finishing some wall shelves he is making for our room. Hopefully between all the new shelving I can fit most of my books. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
In hopes that I can now house them, I brought a laundry basket full of my books to my new place. So that is another thing I will be doing this coming week. I will organize my books. I will do it. I will.
There will be pictures to follow. Get excited for pictures.
Well, it finally got to the point where all of the new books I have gotten recently have no place to go either... In fact, they have been sitting on the floor mostly. So I sucked it up, did some creative rearranging, and bought a bookshelf. Now, this shelf will not completely fix the problem, but it will help. Also my boyfriend is finishing some wall shelves he is making for our room. Hopefully between all the new shelving I can fit most of my books. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
In hopes that I can now house them, I brought a laundry basket full of my books to my new place. So that is another thing I will be doing this coming week. I will organize my books. I will do it. I will.
There will be pictures to follow. Get excited for pictures.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Finding a Balance
My biggest challenge right now is trying to find a balance in my life. Honestly, I am trying to balance all aspects of my life, but specifically reading.
If I could, I swear I would read every day for most of the day. Unfortunately I just don't have the time for that. Which is why I have always been curious about the people who read 100 books in a year. Where do they find the time? Maybe it's the fact that I am a slow reader as well. It just takes me longer to finish a book... Even if I was a faster reader, I doubt that I would be able to read much more than 50 books in a year just because of time restraints.
School and work eat up most of my day, plus there is still eating and sleeping. Then there are my 4 pets I have to take care of and give attention to. (If you want to know more about my animals check out chrissyandashleygotovegas.com tomorrow.) Add blogging (I have 3 blogs) and vlogging (just one channel) to my free time and I am left with very little. Oh yeah and my boyfriend wants me to pay attention to him every once and a while too. Needless to say I read when I can. Not to say that I can't get much reading done, I do stick to a schedule of about a book a week, which is more than some people can say.
I just feel like so many people get much more reading done than I am able to do. Jealousy is the root of the issue though. Being able to get through that many books in a month or a year is something I would love to be able to do. There are just so many great books out there (with more coming out all the time) that I just want a chance to get at more of them. At the end of the day though, my life is what it is and I can read only what I can.
Maybe after graduation I will have more time to read... or maybe I will have less. Let's hope for the first.
If I could, I swear I would read every day for most of the day. Unfortunately I just don't have the time for that. Which is why I have always been curious about the people who read 100 books in a year. Where do they find the time? Maybe it's the fact that I am a slow reader as well. It just takes me longer to finish a book... Even if I was a faster reader, I doubt that I would be able to read much more than 50 books in a year just because of time restraints.
School and work eat up most of my day, plus there is still eating and sleeping. Then there are my 4 pets I have to take care of and give attention to. (If you want to know more about my animals check out chrissyandashleygotovegas.com tomorrow.) Add blogging (I have 3 blogs) and vlogging (just one channel) to my free time and I am left with very little. Oh yeah and my boyfriend wants me to pay attention to him every once and a while too. Needless to say I read when I can. Not to say that I can't get much reading done, I do stick to a schedule of about a book a week, which is more than some people can say.
I just feel like so many people get much more reading done than I am able to do. Jealousy is the root of the issue though. Being able to get through that many books in a month or a year is something I would love to be able to do. There are just so many great books out there (with more coming out all the time) that I just want a chance to get at more of them. At the end of the day though, my life is what it is and I can read only what I can.
Maybe after graduation I will have more time to read... or maybe I will have less. Let's hope for the first.
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