Welcome to my feature Chuckles Weekend Roundup where I will be looking at what books I've received, anything interesting I've done or bought or watched and other random stuff. I'll be taking a look back at what happened in my blogging world too, sort of like The Sunday Post that some of you do!
Please note that I'll be visiting your STS/SP as normal, but I don't follow or leave comments on blogs run by Google Plus, or DISQUS as I refuse to join something just to leave comments, and I won't allow DISQUS to follow new people, update my profile or post tweets 'on my behalf'. I am the only one who does that on my social media! I won't comment on any blog that makes me sign in using another account. Sometimes, I have problems leaving messages on blogs hosted by Wordpress-they try to block me because I deleted my account with them but I will persevere as it only happens the odd time!
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Apologies
for the lack of posts this week. Yet again I have been busy getting
things done elsewhere on the computer and around the house and garden. I
finished with the varnished fence in the front garden and we have all
the paint in that we need for the other fence that will get two coats of
a berry coloured paint. I'm waiting for my dad to finish sanding it so I
can get on with it. It'll be next week before I do it. We straightened
out my dad's room and most of it is tidy other than putting the last of
his cds away. I put the stained glass stickers on the first of the
windows in the hall and I really like the way it looks. I had a pile of
the usual housework to fit in and I'm trying to get stuff deleted from
the computer and organise things a bit better but these tasks all seem
to take forever!
I
read one book this week but I did DNF the first book in a couple of
series, meaning two more bags of books ready for the charity shop. I
have about seven waiting to go now so that clears a bit of space! It
does mean that my TBR total has dropped a fair bit this week and I'm
well on target to get my total dow below 1000 before the year ends so
I'm pretty pleased with that! It's a pity I'm 15 books behind on my
Goodreads total but there is still time to catch up before the challenge
ends so I hope May is good for reading!
DOWNLOADS
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Tackling The TBR
Chuckles Blogging World
I'll be catching up on your blog posts and comments here through the weekend!
Book Reviews
none this week
Regular Posts
I
went Around The Blogs to share some interesting posts with you, Cover
Love was all about those shades of red, yellow and orange, Top Ten
Tuesday is where I shared my early reviewed Indie books and Books From
The Backlog was back to The Tudors.
Chuckles Cover Love
Around The Blogs With Chuckles
Top Ten Tuesday
Books From The Backlog
Discussion Posts
none this week
Book Challenges
Tackling The TBR
Special Posts
none this week
Film & TV
I've started watching reruns of Ninja Warrior UK. Not as good as other versions but still ok to watch for entertainment.
Book Tags/Blog Awards
none this week
Currently Reading/Up Next
I
tackled a few series this week that had poor reviews. I DNFed two of
the first books, letting me delete the rest of each series from my TBR.
The third series I did finish the first book but wasn't engaged enough
to want to read on so that was more off the list! I'm planning to tackle
a few more first books and series with poor reviews this week to see if
I can finish or DNF any more books this coming week.
Thrasher has an awesome cover and I guess I never realized Fright Night was a book - now I want to read it. Sounds like you got quite a bit done. I'm trying to get back in the swing of reading as you can imagine it's been a tad rough. Cass is doing fine though which has been my focus this week as he's never been an "only dog." I've got The Hiding Place on reserve through Overdrive and it's my "one more chance" for this author. Have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteI can't recall if I read Fright Night when I first saw the film but I'll certainly look forward to reading it soon! I surprised myself with liking the first CJ Tudor book so I sort of had to grab this one.
DeleteI can't even imagine how bad it has been for you this week, with your furry guys being your children. It must have been such a horrible shock. I must admit I was quite upset myself and shed a good few tears for Booker T. I felt as if I did know him because of your blog, even though I never met him. Poor Cass...I hope he and Mr Barb are ok. I have been thinking of you all.
Congrats on getting books off the TBR! Good luck with the house projects.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
I'm pleased with progress on both!
DeleteI had no idea Fright Night was a book. I've seen the original movie hundreds of times because it's one of my favorite movies. Chris Sarandon made for one sexy vampire. Omg. I saw the remake and liked it but not as much as the original and I might have squealed when I saw that Chris Sarandon made an appearance in the movie, that was awesome.
ReplyDeleteI love the original Fright Night film! Peter Vincent was pathetic, Ed was funny and Chris Sarandon was gorgeous! The soundtrack was great too! I haven't watched the remake as I'm not a fan of Colin Farrell.
DeleteSounds like a busy week and I love the idea of a berry covered paint on the fence. Too bad about the DNFs but I'm glad you didn't keep going with books that weren't working with you. I do that way too much!
ReplyDeleteIt should have a sort of pinky red raspberry look to it which will look nicer than the dull red fence paint we put on years ago! DNFs are good-it means my TBR is reducing and it has been a great week for that!
DeleteGood luck on finishing up your other fence. :)
ReplyDeleteI certainly want it all done by the end of May!
DeleteYou are making a lot of progress with your projects! I see some sea monsters I need to check out. I hope you enjoy Hunter. I sure did!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure I first saw Hunter on your blog! Yes the various projects are all moving along which is good so I can't complain!
DeleteGlad you're getting on well with your projects and your chosen charity shop will be delighted with all those bags of books :-)
ReplyDeleteWe certainly keep the charity shops well supplied with books!
DeleteYou should take pictures of the fence when your done! I would love to see it. I love the cover for Dog Gone It. So cute and I want to read The Hiding Place.
ReplyDeleteMary
I hope to get some photos of our finished garden by the end of the summer. I need to get back to work on it this week!
DeleteDog On It is SO FUN! I read that a few years ago when I saw a copy in my school's shop!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of that kind of book but have yet to find one that really delivers!
DeleteYou are doing amazing with clearing your shelves. I'm so terrible... *clutches books helplessly*
ReplyDeleteI've been looking at the same apocalypse series sitting on my shelves for five years and knew I had to get dealing with them! A bit of a mixed bag and a lot of DNFs!
DeleteGlad you are making some real progress with all the work you are doing around the house. Nice that you are making some progress with the tbr pile. I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI had a bit of a lazy week so I really need to get moving with it!
DeleteI've fallen behind on Goodreads too. I new being ahead would never last, lol. Ah well... Plenty of time before December 31st!
ReplyDeleteI'm 15 books behind and it will be tough to catch up on that!
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