Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History by Patrick Hunt

Title: Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History

Author: Patrick Hunt

Publisher: Plume 2007

Genre: Nonfiction -- History

Pages: 226

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Dewey -- 930s

How I Got It: Library Loan

Renowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Nineveh's Assyrian Library, King Tut’s Tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Thera, Olduvai Gorge, and the Tomb of 10,000 Warriors—Hunt reveals the fascinating stories of these amazing discoveries and explains the ways in which they added to our knowledge of human history and permanently altered our worldview. Part travel guide to the wonders of the world and part primer on ancient world history, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History captures the awe and excitement of finding a lost window into ancient civilization.

I loved this book! A beautiful blend of storytelling and archaeology, I sped through the pages eager to read about the next big find. To be fair, I already knew about each of these discoveries, but Hunt create such a great narrative I couldn't resist reading. The discoveries themselves are breathtaking. Who didn't dream of being an Indiana Jones style archaeologist at some point in their childhood? The people behind these discoveries were just that. I loved reading the stories behind the discoveries and the impact on history. A great short introduction to amazing finds in archaeology.

Top Ten Tuesday -- Bookish People to Meet

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We’d love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!Each week we will post a new Top Ten list complete with one of our bloggers’ answers. Everyone is welcome to join. If you can’t come up with ten, don’t worry about it—post as many as you can!

Last time I did this topic, I picked a mix of living and dead authors. This time I wanted to highlight only living authors. So here we go...

1. Neil Gaiman -- I've really gotten into his Sandman series and now want to read all of his works. Maybe I'll make that a 2013 reading challenge. Plus he's married to Amanda Palmer (love her!) and his Twitter feed is just great. I've put the new hardback version of Stardust on my Amazon wish list. I would love the signed version (so expensive), but unsigned is okay.

2. Lev Grossman -- I was blown away by The Magicians. J keeps bugging me to read The Magician King and I really should, but so many books...

3. Richard Castle -- Okay I'm cheating a bit... But I really would love to meet Richard Castle and discuss his process. As a bonus I would get to meet Nathan Fillion... Swoon!

4. Rick Riordan -- The boys and I have fallen for his Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series. I missed my opportunity to meet him back in Indiana a few years ago. I don't want to miss another.

5. Garth Ennis -- The Boys is one of my new favorite series. It's so dark and twisted. I would love to ask Ennis all about his inspirations.

6. Bill Willingham -- On the lighter side of comics, I adore the Fables series.

7. Robin McKInley -- Sunshine may be my favorite book of the year, even beating The Hunger Games. I would love to discuss fairy tales with McKinley.

8. George Martin -- If only to encourage him to write faster and finish the series...

9. Mike Mullin -- He has created one of the scariest series I have ever read. And I'm a huge horror fan... Must discuss super volcanoes with him.

10. Libba Bray -- I liked her Gemma Doyle series and hear that her other books are amazing. Plus every blogger who has met her has great things to say. I should add her other books to my next year's TBR list.

Music Monday -- New Music VI

As part of my Day Zero Project, I am finding some new music. Specifically I want to find a great new-to-me band for each letter of the alphabet. Today, I have a few songs to share.

Music Selections: Basically all of these selections were pulled from Alt Nation on Sirius XM and the blog The Glitter Pox. Check The Glitter Pox out for newly discovered music every Tuesday and Thursday.

O Emperor "Don Quixote"

Firelight "Unbreakable" -- While I like the song, I want the lead singer's hair..

Veronica Falls "Bad Feeling"

Middle Class Rut "New Low"

Joe Gil "Woodblock" -- Ignore the video... just listen to the this amazing song.

Complete A to Z list:

A – Awolnation “Not Your Fault”
B – Birdy “Just a Game”
C – Cake “Mustache Man (Wasted)”
D — Alex Clare “Damn Your Eyes”
E – Ellie Goulding “Lights”
F – Fun “We are Young”
G – Gotye “Somebody That I Used to Know”
H – Edward Sharpe “Home”
I – Imagine Dragons “It’s Time”
J -- Joe Gil "Woodblock"
K – Kindness “House”
L – The Lumineers “Ho Hey”
M -- Middle Class Rut "New Low"
N – Neon Trees “Everybody Talks”
O – Of Mosnter and Men “Little Talks”
P – Punch Brothers “Dark Days”
Q -- O Emperor "Don Quixote"
R – Radical Face “Welcome Home”
S – St. Vincent “Cheerleader”
T – GROUPLOVE “Tongue Tied”
U -- Firelight "Unbreakable"
V -- Veronica Falls "Bad Feeling"
W – Walk the Moon “Anna Sun”
X -- O Emperor "Don Quixote" (couldn't find another Q or X)
Y - Young the Giant “Cough Syrup”
Z – Zulu Winter “We Should Be Swimming”

Slanted and Enchanted by Kayla Oakes

Title: Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture

Author: Kayla Oakes

Publisher: Holt 2009

Genre: Nonfiction

Pages: 256

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: A to Z -- O; Dewey -- 700s

How I Got It: Library Loan

As popular television shows adopt indie soundtracks and the signature style bleeds into mainstream fashion, the quirky individuality of the movement seems to be losing ground. In Slanted and Enchanted, Kaya Oakes demonstrates how this phase is part of the natural cycle of a culture that reinvents itself continuously to preserve its core ideals of experimentation, freedom, and collaboration.
Through interviews and profiles of the artists who have spearheaded the cause over the years—including Mike Watt, David Berman, Kathleen Hanna, and Dan Clowes—Oakes examines the collective creativity and cross-genre experimentation that are the hallmarks of this popular lifestyle trend. Her visits to music festivals, craft fairs, and smaller collectives around the country round out the story, providing a compelling portayal of indie life on the ground. Culminating in the current indie milieu of music, crafting, style, art, comics, and zines, Oakes reveals from whence indie came and where it will go next.

Not a bad book, but not really my cup of tea. I read too much of this as sarcastic and/or pretentious. I just couldn't get into this book at all. At many points, the author presupposes knowledge of indie movers and shakers. I just don't have that knowledge. I felt lost and confused many times throughout. I just kind of skimmed through this and immediately forgot it.

Change.edu by Andrew Rosen

Title: Change.edu: Rebooting for the New Talent Economy

Author: Andrew Rosen

Publisher: Kaplan 2011

Genre: Nonfiction

Pages: 240

Rating: 4 /5 stars

Reading Challenges: Dewey -- 370s

How I Got It: Library Loan

While low-income students can’t find a spot in their local community colleges for lack of funding, public four-year universities are spending staggering sums on luxurious residence halls, ever-bigger football stadiums, and obscure research institutes. We have cosseted our most advantaged students even as we deny access to the working adults who urgently need higher education to advance their careers and our economy. In Change.edu: Rebooting for the new talent economy Andrew S. Rosen clearly and entertainingly details how far the American higher education system has strayed from the goals of access, quality, affordability, and accountability that should characterize our system, and offers a prescription to restore American educational pre-eminence.

A bit of a departure from my Shakespeare and romance novels. I was craving some thought provoking nonfiction, and I got it. Although I mistakenly believed this book was aimed at K-12 education when I grabbed it, I came to really enjoy the examination of our nation's higher education system. Overall, I agreed with Rosen on the large issues at play in higher education: money allocation, focus on education, displaced interests. We have gradually gotten away from education our next generation and focused on money, prestige, and image of colleges. We need to take a hard look at our post secondary arena and determine what we really want. What is the purpose of college? If we need skilled students exiting into the new technological world, we aren't fulfilling the need. A very thought provoking book.

The Sunday Salon #27

Listening To: More forgotten cds... almost completed the upload.

Book finished: At the Queen's Summons; The Lost Millennium; Change.edu

Reading: Slanted and Enchanted by Kaya Oakes

On the Nightstand: Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History; On Target

Making Lists: Bloggiesta to do list. I am up to 14 items and holding steady. I don't think I will be adding anything else to the list.

Around the house: Our fridge has another of its mini temper tantrums complete with crazy sounds and a drop in cooling. The maintenance men came and did something again. The fridge started working, but I have little faith that this won't happen again.

From the kitchen: Nothing interesting. I ate a ton of random leftovers and small meals.

On the Web: Found some new wonderful blogs to follow. My Google Reader is up to 396 subscriptions! (Number #12 on my Bloggiesta list)

Farmer's Market Finds: See yesterday's post for a complete rundown.

Crafting: Crafty madness this week! I scrapped a ton catching our books up to Spring Break 2012. I ordered the prints and am just waiting for the delivery. Plus I completed a crap ton of bookmarks for giveaways and friends.

Watching: We finished Stargate Atlantis S4 and started S5. Plus I caught up on Grimm. I grabbed Gossip Girl S3 and S4 from the library.

Wondering: When this cold will go away? It's been a week I'm over it!

Shopping Scores: I got a deal on prints from Walgreens and I went on a bit of Michael's crafting supply spree. I got a ton of supplies and items for Christmas gifts. I traveled over to Old Navy and finally bought some new jeans that fit.

Project: Crafting, crafting, and more crafting

Lovely Morning at the Market

For the first time in a few weeks, I woke up, showered, and dressed early enough to head down to the farmer's market. Have I told you how amazing my local market is? It is gorgeous! It's only two blocks down the street on historic Murphy Street.

My first stop is always the front stalls off of Evelyn. I never remember to pay attention to the names of the farms but one sells a ton of yummy cheap vegetables and the other one has yummy cheap fruits. Unfortunately peaches and nectarines are going out of season and bit too mushy and sweet for my tastes. The veggie stand had some great looking zucchini for a great price. I snapped some up!

That was all I was going for, zucchini. But like usual, I always find something else enticing at the market. This time it was apples! Throughout the summer, a stall or two have had apples, but they've been puny and I imagine extremely tart. I have been waiting for apple season and it has finally arrived. I was strolling towards the coffeehouse when a man thrust a sample apple slice in my face. I tried it and oh my! The perfect blend of sweet and tart and crisp. I had to stop and grabbed me some apples.

Armed with zucchinis and apples, I sauntered down the block suddenly craving a croissant or a quiche. My favorite bakery has a stall just at the end of the block. Along the way I always pass some bountiful flower stalls. I am sometimes tempted to buy some, but my black thumb halts me. Oh well...

Along the way, I passed the Taverna Bistro. J and I ate dinner there for the first time last night. A wonderful little Mediterranean restaurant. Their hummus was to die for and the lamb kebabs were scrumptious. I made it to the end of the block. Thankfully my bakery had a ham and cheese quiche, chocolate croissant, and apple turnover left. I snapped those up. Finally I grabbed a mango strawberry smoothie from the coffeehouse and returned home with my bounty. Until next week!

Bookmark Love

For whatever reason, this week I have been a crafting maniac... This maybe because I am getting excited for the holidays. I got this crazy idea in my head to make handmade cards for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Plus I wanted to make some homemade gifts for some of my family and friends. To be fair, last year I made over 100 homemade cards for family, friends, and coworkers. This year I have only aimed for ~40 cards for Christmas. That's less, but I feel like the other projects will make up for the time saved. I found myself at Michael's the other day loading up on some supplies. They had a great deal on albums and paper stacks. I just can't help myself when I enter that (or any) craft store. I get all these great ideas and inspirations. I want to try everything. Thankfully I limit myself to a few projects at a time. Currently I have al but finished my Christmas cards. On to the next projects...

Bookmarks! I made a batch of bookmarks last year to include in my book giveaways. I wanted to do that again (October giveaway is coming...) and I wanted to make some bookmarks for friends and family. What reader doesn't love a good bookmark. The best part is that making bookmarks allows me to use a ton of scraps laying around my crafting area. All those small paper pieces that would look silly on a 12x12 scrapbook page can add just the right amount of flourish to a bookmark. Check out my new creations!

I think my personal favorite is the the middle one in the third picture. I love the blues and greens (even if my favorite color is purple) and the silver letters "read daily" and blue ribbon just tie the entire design together. See any you like?

Quote Wednesday - Rage Against the Machine

If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face. -- Rage Against the Machine "Settle for Nothing"

I felt this was appropriate for all the crap on the news and about the election. Do some fact checking and research for yourself instead of listening to the talking head.

The Lost Millennium by Florin Diacu

Title: The Lost Millennium: History's Timetables Under Siege

Author: Florin Diacu

Publisher: John Hopkins 2005, 2011 (2nd edition)

Genre: Nonfiction - History

Pages: 237

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Mixing it Up -- History; Dewey -- 900s

How I Got It: Library Loan

We measure history—its defining moments, landmark documents, and great figures—by dates. The French Revolution began in 1789, the Magna Carta was originally issued in 1215, and Julius Caesar died in the year 44 BC. What makes these dates correct, though? Is it possible that there is a massive gap in the historical record and that the calendar we use today is off by about 1,000 years? Sparked by a chance meeting at a conference in Mexico more than fifteen years ago, Florin Diacu sets off on a journey into the field of historical chronology to answer these fascinating questions.
This book reads like a detective story, describing in vivid detail Diacu’s adventure back in time as he explores the shocking theory of a lost millennium. He meets a colorful cast of characters along the way. Chief among them is Anatoli Fomenko, a Russian mathematician who supports drastically revising historical chronology based on his extensive research in ancient astronomy, linguistics, cartography, and a crucial manuscript by Ptolemy. Fomenko, however, is not the only one to puzzle over time; Isaac Newton, Voltaire, and Edmund Halley, among others, also enter into this captivating quest.

I usually love history books (any history book), but I found this one to be too dense for my liking. I found Diacu's questions on chronology fascinating, but the writing felt clunky to me. I had to read and read some of the passages to get a real sense of his intent and methodology. Maybe I have been spoiled with story-like history books (Mayflower, The Great Mortality, The Ghost Map) that I am now a foreigner to dense historical papers. Whatever my problems, I just did love this book. And while Diacu has his doubts about some of the revisionist theories of chronology, I find much of it too confusing too care. This book is only for the deep academic and possible mathematicians...

At the Queen's Summons by Susan Wiggs

Title: At the Queen's Summons (Tudor Rose Trilogy #3)

Author: Susn Wiggs

Publisher: Mira 2009

Genre: Historical Romance

Pages: 384

Rating: 5 / 5 stars

Reading Challenges: Romance; Mount TBR

How I Got It: I own it!

Feisty orphan Pippa de Lacey lives by wit and skill as a London street performer. But when her sharp tongue gets her into serious trouble, she throws herself upon the mercy of Irish chieftain Aidan O'Donoghue.Pippa provides a welcome diversion for Aidan as he awaits an audience with the queen, who holds his people's fate in her hands. Amused at first, he becomes obsessed with the audacious waif who claims his patronage.Rash and impetuous, their unlikely alliance reverberates with desire and the tantalizing promise of a life each has always wanted—but never dreamed of attaining.

After reading The Maid's Hand, I wasn't sure about the third book. I didn't really like Lark and this time I wanted a good female character. I got one! Pippa is fun and feisty. She's naive but adventurous. I loved her interactions with every single one of the other characters. Wiggs set up a great dynamic between Pippa and Aidan. Of course I guessed her family connections within the first chapter. Thankfully the romantic relationship between Pippa and Aidan and the struggle between Aidan the English kept me engaged throughout. And I love how this one brought the trilogy full circle with the prophecy from Zara and the continuation of the Tudor lineage. Great historical romance!

Tudor Rose Trilogy:

#1 At the King’s Command (or Circle in the Water)
#2 The Maiden’s Hand (or Vows Made in Wine)
#3 At the Queen’s Summons (Dancing on Air)

Under the Weather

Saturday, I woke up to a sore throat and some sinus pressure. Sunday, I couldn't breath. I am officially sick with the worst cold that I have had in at least a few years. The headache and sinus pressure is so bad that I am having trouble reading. Ugh! The one thing I would love to lay in bed and do, I can't really. This sucks!

Music Monday -- 2012

As part of my ongoing celebration for my 30th birthday, I am highlighting some popular songs from throughout my years. Songs were picked based off of a list of Grammy award winners and Billboard Top 100. Then, I chose my favorites to highlight.

Year: 2012

Music Selections: I realize that it is only September, but I've come to the end of my Music Mondays My Years posts. So I thought I would end them with some of my favorites for this year so far.

Florence + the Machine "What the Water Gave Me" -- Such a beautiful song. This is hands down my favorite song on the album.
The Black Keys "Gold on the Ceiling" -- Who doesn't love The Black Keys? I would take them home any day.
Green Day "Oh Love" -- While I wasn't that excited about 21st Century Breakdown, I am loving this song...
David Guetta feat. Sia "Titanium" -- This is my summer song.
The Shins "Simple Song" -- Another favorite band. I love this song way too much and James Mercer's voice is to die for...
Jack White "Sixteen Saltines" -- I really must buy this album. I love everything Jack White does.
Santigold "Disparate Youth" -- I'm not a huge fan of hers, but I love the music behind this one.
Mumford and Sons "I Will Wait" -- I can't wait until the new album. I already pre-ordered it on iTunes.
Alex Clare "Too Close" -- A relatively new find for me. Love his voice.

The Sunday Salon #26

Listening To: The last of my cds being put onto the server. Lots and lots of music to enjoy. Now I can get rid of another huge box. Plus, I sold some of my cds to Amazon.

Book finished: Liberty Defined; King Lear; The Maiden's Hand -- Slower week, but good page count. 950 for the week.

Reading: At the Queen's Summons

On the Nightstand: Shakespeare, HP7, and nonfiction from the library

Making Lists: Bloggiesta to do list. I am finally joining in the fun this year. I have a growing list (14 at last count) of housekeeping projects for my blog and books.

Around the house: I was struck down with a nasty cold this weekend, so not much is getting down. I had wanted to clean and organize, but no energy. Instead J and I watched a ton of West Wing.

On the Web: Remember the FrightFall Readathon is coming October 1-7. Come and join the fun!

Crafting: During the week I caught up my scrapbooking just a bit more. We're to Spring 2012! I need to print our spring break photos before I can complete the next phase. I'm also debating about whether to put those in a separate album combined with my westward journey photos. Hmmm... decisions decisions.

I had signed up for a meet and greet card class today, but with my cold I decided to cancel. I think the other ladies will appreciate not getting infected today. Thankfully I have a class the week after next to look forward to.

Watching: J got me hooked on The West Wing. We're already in season 2. I caught up on The Daily Show and Colbert Report's coverage of the RNC and DNC. I am losing hope for our country... I've also been watching Grimm, trying to catch up to the current season. I like the play on old fairy tales. Finally, we acquired the DW season premiere, Asylum of the Daleks. OMG that was good. And now we have a whole season to look forward too...

Wondering: If Oswin Oswald will show up again, or just the actress playing a new character for the Christmas special? (Doctor Who question)

Shopping Scores: While J was in Seattle meeting with Microsoft, I decided to go and browse at Barnes and Noble. I've been trying to avoid bookstores, because I always go a little nuts. I somehow managed to walk out with only one book, Sadie Walker is Stranded, that I have been craving for awhile. It will make an appearance during the FrightFall Readathon as I am doing an all zombie readathon.

I also embarked on the adventure that is buying plane tickets this week. After perusing the sites, I found a flight for $570 flying San Jose to Fort Wayne. Many other airlines were charging $740+. I got excited, whipped out the credit card, entered tons of info, and hit buy. Nothing happened. An error message popped up saying they couldn't complete my order. Bummer! I happened to be on Travelocity and hit the "flexible dates" button just to see what happened. If I flew out of Fort Wayne a day later, I could get a ticket for $400. Sold! Thankfully this time it worked and I now have my tickets for Thanksgiving. I'll be there a few days before and a fews days after the boys get out of school, so I can help with the flower shop or hang out with old friends.

Project: I'm getting closer and closer to completing my Christmas cards. Now I've started to think about gifts...

The Maiden's Hand by Susan Wiggs

Title: The Maiden's Hand (Tudor Rose Trilogy #2)

Author: Susn Wiggs

Publisher: Mira 2009

Genre: Historical Romance

Pages: 352

Rating: 4 / 5 stars

Reading Challenges: Mount TBR; Romance

How I Got It: I own it!

Roguishly handsome Oliver de Lacey has always lived lustily: wine, weapons and women are his bywords. Even salvation from the noose by a shadowy society provides no epiphany to mend his debauched ways.Mistress Lark's sole passion is her secret work with a group of Protestant dissidents thwarting the queen's executions. She needs no other excitement—until Oliver de Lacey drops through the hangman's door and into her life.
As their fates become inextricably bound together in a struggle against royal persecution, both Oliver and Lark discover a love worth saving…even dying for.

A good light and fluffy romance to cleanse my palate after a ton of Shakespeare and some nonfiction. I enjoy these romances from time to time, especially the historical romances. While this one isn't set in my favorite time period, Regency England, it is set in an interesting time period, Queen Mary's reign. I love the Protestant vs. Catholic subplot that ran throughout the novel. It gave the book a bit more than just a romance. We see Lark at work with the Samaritans. It's easy to imagine the unease in England during that time period. Actually I love how the entire trilogy traces the Tudor House from Henry VIII to Mary to Elizabeth. A nice touch. As to the romance itself, It was good. It wasn't excellent in my mind because of the character of Lark. While Oliver doesn't much change throughout the novel, Lark does a 180 in personality. I had a bit trouble believing the change or even rooting for you. She just seemed so jaded yet naive. Why would Oliver even fall for her? For my disbelief, I knocked off a star. But I really did enjoy it. Since I am now in the mood for romance, I am going to finish off the series with At the Queen's Summons.

Tudor Rose Trilogy:

#1 At the King's Command (or Circle in the Water)
#2 The Maiden's Hand (or Vows Made in Wine)
#3 At the Queen's Summons (Dancing on Air)

Bloggiesta's Just Around the Corner

From It's All About Books and There's a Book:

Fall is a busy time of year with school starting and with a number of other blogging events going on, including Book Blogger Appreciation Week (don’t miss this!), but we wanted to give everyone some time to focus on those small tasks that fall by the wayside during busy times. Bloggiesta is the perfect event to check off those to-do lists and also get inspiration going into the wintry months! It’s also a great opportunity to connect with other bloggers you may have not met before or haven’t talked to in awhile. We’d love to have anyone interested to join in the fun!

Remember, the level of commitment during Bloggiesta is up to you. We’d love for you to find lots of time to devote to blogging with us during those three days, but if you have just one day that you can join us, or even just a few hours of one day, please do not hesitate to sign up.

If you decide to participate in the Fall 2012 edition you can expect:

to spend time that weekend (as much or as little as your schedule allows) working on your blog

to create a to do list to share on your blog and link up with other participants

to hopefully participant in several mini challenges and learn something new

to connect with other participants through blog hopping or twitter

to make new blogging friends!

to come away at the end of the three days with a spiffed up blog!

A few of the topics we’ve already had interest in through our mini-challenge sign-ups (now closed):

Scheduling Posts and Organization

Increasing Blog Traffic

Using a Variety of Applications in Conjunction with your Blogging. (ie. Evernote, Microsoft Access, etc.)

WordPress vs. Blogger

Discussion Posts…How-to

And many many more!

This is my first time joining Bloggiesta. Before now, I just didn't have much to my blog. Now my blog has grown and grown. I think I have some projects lined up just for this event. Tentative goal list:

Clean up various pages (About; Quotes; Blogs; Review Policy; Thankfuls; RCs)
Clean up right hand column
Prep templates/posts through December
Recheck reading challenge spreadsheet
Update Day Zero Project (page and actual website)
Clean out GoogleReader
Connect with other bloggers

These are a few of my favorite things... Redux

Taking an account of my life centered posts lately, I've been in a bit of a funk. So I thought I would lighten it up just a bit. I originally wrote this report way back in November 2010. I think it's time to revisit my favorite things...

Pie

The smell from the Thai place down the street

Caramel lattes

Complex pool

Books

Scrap/Stamp supplies

Sunny days

Awesome tv shows

My bed

Comfy reading chairs

School supplies

Music (any music really)

Blogging

Reading others' blogs

Stuffed animals

Wine (lots of it)

What are your favorite things?

Quote Wednesday - Morrison

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors. -- Jim Morrison

Do you ever wake up in the morning and search for those doors? I do. For once I want to find the in between. While Morrison may have been high when he wrote that song, I still love the thought. Enjoy your search for the doors today...

Labor Day Readathon Wrap-Up

Pages read today: 246 of Liberty Defined

Pages read total: 1012

Time read today: 2 hour 10 minutes

Time read total: 8 hour 16 minutes

TBR Pile:

King Lear by Shakespeare -- up next
~~This Book is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson~~
~~Haunts of San Jose by David Lee~~
~~Liberty Defined by Ron Paul~~
~~Twelfth Night by Shakespeare~~
Cymbeline by Shakespeare
As You Like It by Shakespeare
Added -- ~~Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love~~

Goals:

Read at least three of the Shakespeare plays -- So close... okay not really. I only got one read, but my overall total is nice.
Read at least one of the nonfiction selections √
Write reviews for all books read √
Read at least 10 hours -- Close but no cigar. Although I am really happy with my page total. 1000 pages is nothing to sneeze.

Top Ten Tuesday -- Fall TBR List

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We’d love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!Each week we will post a new Top Ten list complete with one of our bloggers’ answers. Everyone is welcome to join. If you can’t come up with ten, don’t worry about it—post as many as you can!

My Fall TBR list is really my "I need to read to finish my reading challenges" books. So really this should be a my Fall TBR categories and number of books. Some of these are already sitting on my TBR shelf and others are definitely not going to get read... So sad! I'm sure some of these will end up on my Winter TBR list.

1. Zombie (7) -- Rhiannon Frater's As the World Dies trilogy; Feed and Deadline by Mira Grant; Sadie Walker is Stranded by Madeleine Roux

2. Fantasy (2) -- The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming

3. Romance (3) -- The Maiden's Hand and At the Queen's Summons by Susan Wiggs; P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern

4. Fairy Tales (5) - A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn; Mythology by Edith Hamilton; The Princess and the Bear by Mette Ivie Harrison; The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

5. Historical Fiction (6) -- The Girl from Junchow and The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall; The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O'Connor McNees;

6. Shakespeare (5) - As You Like It; King Lear; Pericles; Cymbeline; Othello

7. Science Fiction (3) - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep? by Philip K. Dick; Snow Crash By Neal Stephensob

8. Outlander series (5)

9. HP (1)

10. Classics (5) -- A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle; Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson; Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes

11. Lots of nonfiction (too many to list)

Summer TBR Recap -- more than half, but not great progress

His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Mythology by Edith Hamilton (started)
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Neptune’s Sun by Rick Riordan (started)
The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
A Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Fairy tale retellings
Lots of romance from Susan Wiggs, Nora Roberts, Julia London, Paula Quinn and others
Finish the Semi-Charmed Summer Challenge