Tuesday Thingers

Today’s question- Blog Widgets. Do you use them? Do you have them on your blog? Do you know what I’m talking about? :-) A blog widget is that list of books “From my LibraryThing” and such, that you’ll sometimes see on someone’s sidebar. If you use it, do all of your books show up or do you have it set to only show certain books? Do you have a search widget, which would allow your blog readers to search your library? Have you ever made a photomosaic of your book covers? You can find widgets and photomosaic information on the “Tools” tab in LibraryThing.

Today’s Answer – I don’t know of many, but I do have a blog that I used the “from my LibraryThing” widget, but I don’t think it ever made it to this blog. Interesting. I see that one specifically on a lot of blogs, or one similiar to it from those people who use other book categorizing websites. I don’t have a search engine, but maybe I’ll look into that one. I have such a basic blog that I haven’t taken a whole lot of time in figuring some things out. It’s a work in progress.

What’s on Your Nightstand – November

It’s my second time joining 5 Minutes for Books in the What’s on Your Nightstand carnival.

Last month I had read 24 books, but this month has been a little slower. I have only read 19 pieces of work, including two plays. I managed to get through most of my anticipated reading, with the exception of one book.

Currently on my nightstand:

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• The Purpose Driven Life
• The Lovely Bones
• Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
• The Picture of Dorian Gray
• The Time Traveler’s Wife

Being that I have a challenge that ends on December 20, my focus has been on trying to complete as much of this as possible. I’m hoping to get in The Secret and Stiff before this deadline, which still leaves me with 4 more books for that challenge. I don’t think I will be finishing this one.

Then through the rest of December I hope to read Deck the Halls, The Year of Yes, Secrets of the Morning, and Cat and Mouse, hopefully leading me into the first of the year with all new challenges ahead of me.

Here’s to more productive reading.

2009 YA Challenge

And the challenges keep coming. Similar to the 2nds Challenge. Read 12 YA books. More rules and info here.

1. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
2. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
3. Daniel X: Alien Hunter by James Patterson
4. Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers by Louise Rennison 
5. Startled by His Fury Shorts by Louise Rennison
6. Love is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison
7. Stop in the Name of Pants by Louise Rennison
8. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me by Louise Rennison
9. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
10. Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson
11. Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson
12. The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

2nds Challenge 2009

And yet another one. All the rules and instructions are here.

I’ll have 2nd in Series books and 2nd book I’ve read by an author.

1. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
2. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks 
3. Mommywood by Tori Spelling
4. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane 
5. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 
6. The Witches by Roald Dahl 
7. Spiderwick Chronicles: the Seeing Stone by Holly Black 
8. Persepolis 2 byMarjane Satrapis 
9. Maus II by Art Spiegelman 
10. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
11. Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
12. 300 by Frank Miller

The Lake House

Title: The Lake House
Author: James Patterson
Year Published: 2003
Finished: November 19
Pages: 380
Challenges: Fall Into Reading 2008, Countdown Challenge, From the Stacks

The sequal to When the Wind Blows, and it starts off with a bang. Frannie and Kit are waiting to find out if they will received custody of the extraordinary children, but while they’re trying to move on with their lives past heartache, someone else is creating a place much worse than the school – The Hospital.

It was a great conclusion to the adventure, even up until the very last page of the book, where you are unsure what is really going to happen.

I’m interested to see where the Maximum Ride series comes in and how they take off from end of this story. Unless, it’s about the kids adventures before they meet Frannie and Kit.

Overall, a very good book, doesn’t necessarily need to accompanied with When the Wind Blows.