My stacks of books on my night table are getting precariously tall, so I think it is time to work on getting my reading under control. I know I say this all the time, but some of these books were started in the summer! For example I bought The Observations by Jane Harris when it came out in June! No comment on Sopie's Choice and I have been quite neglectful of War and Peace (and after I had been so good about reading some every day!).
What I want to do is count Twilight (that I just finished) as my last R.I.P. read. My goal was to read five, and while the five I finished are not the original five that I listed, they were still all scary or atmospheric books. I still plan on finishing Frankenstein and The Mystery of the Sea, but now I won't feel any pressure to do so before the end of this month. Instead I can concentrate on reading my "Slaves" book, Indiana, which we are discussing at the end of the month. It is good, but I am wondering why so much time is being spent talking about the affairs of Indiana's maid, Noun, rather than Indiana herself. Surely we're going somewhere with this and I just need to be patient. But the story is very readable nonetheless!
My goal is to just read my way through my stack of books without starting anything new (well, with the exception of a few titles....there always are exceptions). My exceptions are...after finishing Mr. Midshipman Hornblower I finally get to read something by Daphne Du Maurier (after I ordered all those books by her it is time to read one of them!). If I ever finish Gaudy Night, I am in the mood for a really, really good mystery! I am stalled on the Sayers book. I am not sure why, as it is well written and a good story. I am not giving it enough attention I guess, and it was supposed to be a "summer" reading challenge book. It would be nice to finish it before Christmas (at the rate I am going...)! And we'll see what happens with my library books. Otherwise the plan is to systematically read my way through the stack of books you see in the photo! I wonder what the chances I could get them all read by Christmas are....Hmm.