Stephen King - Full Dark, No Stars

Reread. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (2010)

Length: 560 pages

Genre: Short Story 

Originally Read: 24 September 2012

Reread Finished: 7 August 2017

Where did it come from? Originally from Price Chopper, then from my "keeper" shelf.

So, I was once again trying to find something to read and actually couldn't locate my first choice. The previous book that I finished on July 22nd, 2017 - Night in Jerusalem: A Novel by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy - was slightly different than most of the historical fiction that I usually read. I found it to be very poignant and well-written, and actually quite lyrical. Since I couldn't locate my first choice, I chose a book that I had reread last year.

I had bought this book back on September 20th, 2012 when I went out shopping at my local Price Chopper. This was my first book purchase in quite some time, but the synopsis just looked so interesting, that I just had to buy the book. It was almost like it was calling me to buy it.

I immediately started reading it on the day I bought it, and it only took me four days to read the book - from September 20th, to September 24th, 2012. My reread of the book took me another four days in January of 2016 - from January 7th, to January 11th, 2016! I started reading the book again for the third time over a week starting on July 31st, to August 7th, 2017! So far, the book is a definite keeper for me.

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

I'm Almost Finished With an Earlier Reread!

Hello everyone! I hope that you're all just fine this morning - I certainly am! :) Anyway, I just wanted to give you an update on how I'm doing so far.

I'm beginning to think that I am taking one step forward and two steps back as regards the pace of my reading. I only mean that I thought I was doing so well last month having read two books, then this month I've continually been stumped by what I wanted to read next. I have at least four books on my radar at the moment, but I can't seem to choose which one to read.

Granted three of the books are rereads for me, but I think the oldest one is from about twenty years ago. So, that's almost like reading an entirely new book. I'm just in the process of locating at least one of these four books.

I'm immersing myself in sum-doku and sudoku puzzles as well: I'm happy to say that I finally finished one of my sudoku puzzle books three days ago, on Wednesday, August 2nd! This was a book that I started on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 - just over ten years ago! I have also done 68 sum-doku puzzles in the book that I'm currently working through.

As regards my own reading, the most recent book that I've read was Night in Jerusalem: A Novel by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy, which I finished on Saturday, July 22nd. I started reading Full Dark, no Stars by Stephen King on Monday, July 31st. According to Goodreads, as of Saturday morning, August 5th - I've read 460 pages or approximately 82 percent of the story.

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

I'm Still Looking For a Book That Was a Reread For me From a While Ago!

Hello everyone! I hope that you're all just fine this morning - I certainly am! :) Anyway, I just wanted to give you an update on how I'm doing so far.

I'm beginning to think that I am taking one step forward and two steps back as regards the pace of my reading. I only mean that I thought I was doing so well last month having read two books, then this month I've continually been stumped by what I wanted to read next. I have at least four books on my radar at the moment, but I can't seem to choose which one to read.

Granted three of the books are rereads for me, but I think the oldest one is from about twenty years ago. So, that's almost like reading an entirely new book. I'm just in the process of locating at least one of these four books.

I'm immersing myself in sum-doku and sudoku puzzles as well: I'm happy to say that I finally finished one of my sudoku puzzle books yesterday morning, Wednesday, August 2nd! This was a book that I started on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 - just over ten years ago! I have also done 64 sum-doku puzzles in the book that I'm currently working through.

As regards my own reading, the most recent book that I've read was Night in Jerusalem: A Novel by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy, which I finished on Saturday, July 22nd. I started reading Full Dark, no Stars by Stephen King on Monday, July 31st. According to Goodreads, as of Thursday morning, August 3rd - I've read 360 pages or approximately 64 percent of the story.

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

Reading Wrap-up For July at Moonshine and Rosefire

Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as Rosefire around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, Emeraldfire's Bookmark but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)

Anyway, I started out July with 1,063 books lying around the house and ended the month with 1,062 books unread. All the books that I acquired this month came from Penny Dell Puzzles and Mareena.

Let me try to break down the influx for you:

Changes to the TBR pile

Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))
- Night in Jerusalem: A Novel by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy

Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! Not too bad though, I suppose:))
- Collector's Series Sum-Doku Puzzles 6-pack: (Volumes 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) by Dell Magazines

Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))
- When the Ghost Screams: True Stories of Victims Who Haunt by Leslie Rule

Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:

Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 236
Grade Range: A!

So, there you go! The reading month that was July. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

July's Book of the Month

Hello Everyone! I chose the picture posted above because it reminds me of reading to my daughter Mareena when she was little. Every afternoon until she was about eight or nine years old, we would take one of her books that she wanted to read or that she was reading and we would curl up together on my big bed. 

We would spend an hour or so reading a chapter of her book, and then take a nap together. Her absolutely favorite author at that time was an English author named Enid Blyton. Ahh, nice memories...

My picks for 'Books of the Month' will be decidedly more adult these days, but they will be from almost any genre. July's Book of the Month is: 

Night in Jerusalem: A Novel by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy

Published as: Night in Jerusalem in October 2016

Publisher: PKZ

Birth Name: Gaelle Lehrer

Born: 1946 in New York, New York

Canonical Name: Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy

Pseudonyms: None

Night in Jerusalem: A Novel by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy was the sixteenth book that I read in 2017. I have had this book on my TBR shelf since July 12, 2017 and it took me seven days to read. Since Mareena recently received this book for a book blog tour that she is reviewing for soon, I will be returning it to her.

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

Mareena Has Found One of the Books That I Want to Read!

Hello everyone! I hope that you're all just fine this morning - I certainly am! :) Anyway, I just wanted to give you an update on how I'm doing so far.

I'm beginning to think that I am taking one step forward and two steps back as regards the pace of my reading. I only mean that I thought I was doing so well last month having read two books, then this month I've been stumped by what I wanted to read next. I have at least four books on my radar at the moment, but I can't seem to choose which one to read.

Granted three of the books are rereads for me, but I think the oldest one is from about twenty years ago. So, that's almost like reading an entirely new book. I'm just in the process of locating at least one of these four books. I'm immersing myself in sum-doku puzzles as well: I'm happy to say that I finally finished one of my sum-doku puzzle books eight days ago - a book that I started on Tuesday, May 9th! I have also done 52 sum-doku puzzles in the book that I'm currently working through.

As regards my own reading, the most recent book that I've read was Night in Jerusalem: A Novel by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy, which I finished on Saturday, July 22nd. Although I have been trying to figure out what to read next, I did receive another six-pack of sum-doku puzzles through the mail yesterday afternoon - Monday, July 24th!

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

Like I Said Before: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back!

Hello everyone! I hope that you're all just fine this morning - I certainly am! :) Anyway, I just wanted to give you an update on how I'm doing so far.

I'm beginning to think that I am taking one step forward and two steps back as regards the pace of my reading. I only mean that I thought I was doing so well last month having read two books, then this month I've been stumped by what I wanted to read next. I have at least four books on my radar at the moment, but I can't seem to choose which one to read.

Granted three of the books are rereads for me, but I think the oldest one is from about twenty years ago. So, that's almost like reading an entirely new book. I'm just in the process of locating at least one of these four books. I'm immersing myself in sum-doku puzzles as well: I'm happy to say that I finally finished one of my sum-doku puzzle books five days ago - a book that I started on Tuesday, May 9th! I have also done 46 sum-doku puzzles in the book that I'm currently working through.

As regards my own reading, the most recent book that I've read was Night in Jerusalem: A Novel by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy, which I finished on Saturday, July 22nd. Although I have been trying to figure out what to read next, I did receive another six-pack of sum-doku puzzles through the mail yesterday afternoon - Monday, July 24th!

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight