S is for Score!

[yendi]

On a whim, I figured I'd head upstairs and see if, by some fluke, the library had a copy of S is for Silence. I figured that it'd likely be out, but it turns out that someone had just returned it this morning, and the advantage of being housed in an academic library during the winter break is that no one's around. So it's all mine for the next two weeks (or, more likely, the next two days, as Grafton's books don't take that long to devour).

If I was keeping track of the 50 Book Challenge thing (and I'm well past 100, or 200 if you count YA and graphic novels, which is why I'm not really keeping track*), Grafton alone would have accounted for getting me nineteen books along that path this year.


*Well, that and the fact that I'm generally lazy and disorganized.

Comments

[muse0fire.livejournal.com]

Heh! You and my mom-in-law have something in common - she loves the Grafton mysteries, and hubby always gets her a few for Xmas.

What is the 50 Book Challenge Thing?

[yendi]

:-) I only just got into them this year, but when I get into a series, I tend to hit it hard. :-)

The 50 Book Challenge is a meme that's been going around blogdom for a couple of years -- basically, people challenge themselves to read 50 books in the course of a year (essentially, one a week, with off-time around Xmas and Thanksgiving). There's an LJ community where people post what they read, and a lot of folks just post the results in their own LJs. Like I said, I've always been too lazy to really both documenting my reading that well, though. :-)

[phantom_wolfboy]

See, I refused to get into that cause, really, why should I slow down that much?

[yendi]

Heh. My sentiments exactly.

[phantom_wolfboy]

That was one of the things that started me keeping track of my reading, though. I was curious.

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

Just saw that book on sale today at Kroger. If I had twenty bucks to spare, I'd've bought it. But I don't, so I didn't.

[yendi]

I had it on my wishlist, figuring that either a relative would buy it, or I'd get it from the library after the holidays. I just figured that I'd have to wait longer for the latter.

[jenni-powell.livejournal.com]

Ooh, 50 Book Challenge...I like the sound of that...

[yendi]

I love the idea. I just don't have the organizational skills to remember to write down everything I read. :-)

[ydnic.livejournal.com]

I didn't know S was out! Thanks for the tip. ;-)

[yendi]

:-) No problem. I'd known it was coming out this winter, and I figured it'd be before the holidays (it's currently in the top 30 in books, and I'm sure it was a pretty heavily-gifted item this season).

[ydnic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been staying away from bookstores due to $$ concerns, but as I've got the entire rest of the series..some autographed...I ordered S. ;-)

[yendi]

*nods* If I'd actually owned the rest of the series, I'd be doing the same. I think I only have three or four of the books, all grabbed for a quarter or so.

Still, they're damned good. I might grab the omnibus editions eventually.