Tag: #StephaniePlum

Going on a Binge #OpenBook Blog Hop

  By IWSG, Open Book

Dec 5, 2022

What TV show/or Movie, or book do you binge/return to/ re-watch the most?

If you’ve hung out here for any amount of time, you already know I don’t watch TV. Oh, I might stop and watch a few minutes of the news or whatever my husband is watching, but I rarely plan time to watch any show. Last time I did was over five years ago. 

Books are a different story. In the past few years, I’ve moved my go-to gift item from jewelry to books. (And since I retired, I rarely wear jewelry.) 

But I’m allowed to make exceptions, right? I stumbled across the now-ended series ‘Lucifer’. It seemed like fun. Best part was, I didn’t have to wait week after week for the next episode or the next season. It was all neatly wrapped up and waiting on Netflix. (I have to remember to close that account now!) So, I watched it. Sometimes three of four episodes in a day. It was my reward to me for making it through all the hard work and stress that came with moving halfway across the country. 

I haven’t picked up any new shows to watch. I got it out of my system.

I haven’t gotten binging on books out of my system. Hopefully, I never will. My latest binge was a dozen books in the Stephanie Plum series (and a few offshoots.) That put me up to book twenty-two of the series. Now, I’m taking a break, spending spare time on holiday preparations. (And binging on editing The Redemption of Jake Hennessey. I’ve never had the luxury of focusing on editing on of my books before because my day job required most of my attention.) 

What book/ series do I return to the most? At the moment, none. My taste in authors is changing. Or maybe it’s because so many authors have allowed their series to stretch out too long and the books come off as rehashing the same story. I’m more interested in discovering new (to me, at least) authors. (That goes for me, too. It’s time to start writing a new series of books.)

And I keep promising myself that I will read at least one book from each of the authors who contribute on regularly to this hop. I’m trying to develop new habits and make better use of my abundance of free time. The internet is a wonderful and terrible way to waste that time.

Do you have any suggestions that I should add to my to-be-read list? Leave them in the comments, please. 

Don’t forget to check out what the other authors on this hop are watching/reading by following the links below.

And, as always, until next time, please stay safe.

Dec 5, 2022

What TV show/or Movie, or book do you binge/return to/ re-watch the most?

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2. Notify your following that you are participating in this blog hop.
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My TBR (To-Be-Read) List #OpenBook Blog Hop

  By Open Book

Oct 11, 2021

What’s on your “TBR” (to be read) list?

 

Winter is on its way, although the forecast has backed off the snow that was predicted for my location this week, and that means more time for reading. (I hope!) So, what’s on my TBR (to-be-read list?)

Let’s start with one that’s been nagging me— Tripwire, the third Jack Reacher book. I got about a third of the way through it, and gave up. I wasn’t getting into the story. I feel obligated to give it another try because I enjoyed the first two in the series. 

Then there’s two books I should be getting for my birthday—a Craig Johnson (Longmire) book and a Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum) novel. Not the newest Longmire, because I wait until they come out in paperback. After my disappointment in the book two (?)  years ago, I’m not as much as much of a fan as I used to be. And I’m backfilling the Stephanie Plum books because I started reading them in the middle.

Next comes “The Time Is Now, A Call to Uncommon Courage” by Joan Chittister. I’ve mentioned her on this blog before. She’s the Roman Catholic nun famous for the quote “I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed.” She also happens to have been one of my teachers.

I also have a personal goal to read at least one book by every author who participates in this hop on a regular basis. I’m not doing a good job on that one. I’ve read books by two of them, bought books by two of them, and I still need to buy books by the rest of them. (No names. I don’t want to get in trouble with any of them!) Hey. I’ll get there one of these days.

What else? I bought a couple yellow-cover Nancy Drew books a while back to add to my collection. I should read them before I put them on the shelf. The racism in the last one I read has made me hesitate.

I’m trying to make it though a bunch of books I’ve downloaded to my Kindle. The quality varies, and I’m not  finishing ones that don’t capture my attention after a chapter or two. I’m even making a mental list of ones I need to remove. (No names here, either.)

That’s enough to last me a month or so. But I’m sure I’ll find more books to add to my list by the time I get done reading the other posts on this hop!

Off-topic- Speaking of the kindle- is there a way to get the library to show books in alphabetical order by author’s name? I’m using the kindle app and haven’t found a way to do it. I can sort by titles alphabetically, but not by author.

Anyway, until next time, stay safe! 

Oct 11, 2021

What’s on your “TBR” (to be read) list?

Rules:
1. Link your blog to this hop.
2. Notify your following that you are participating in this blog hop.
3. Promise to visit/leave a comment on all participants’ blogs.
4. Tweet/or share each person’s blog post. Use #OpenBook when tweeting.
5. Put a banner on your blog that you are participating.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter