Little Dorrit progress

Well as I mentioned in the previous post I am reading Little Dorrit. I am now 524 pages in and so far I am really enjoying it. I started the second "book" yesterday. So the Dorrits are now rich. I really feel sad for Little Dorrit. She is so kind, patient, and  loving [even when the others aren't that nice to her].

I don't think I have ever read a book as fast as I am reading Little Dorrit. Before I started reading it I wasn't sure if it would seem like it was dragging on but it hasn't. The story is moving along at a nice pace, not to fast but not to slow.

I ordered Northanger Abbey and Do Hard Things by Brett and Alex Harris off the internet. I can hardly wait till they come in. Plus my birthday is coming up and I have requested two books. So I am excited!!! I am reading a friends copy of Do Hard Things right now. It is a paperback but the one I am getting is a hard cover. So it should be more durable.

Once I get Northanger Abbey I will have the complete Jane Austen set [not including her minor works]. Then I just need to read Emma and Mansfield Park and I will have read all of them!

I will be sure to post when I get my new books!

~K

Welcome!

Welcome to Jr Bookshelf my book blog.

As of December 26 2008 I wasn't big on reading. When I was younger I would read some and collect some books but when I got older I got out of reading and only read what I had too. Then last December I borrowed Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen from my sister and have never looked back. From then on I almost always had a book on the go.

This May I started my own book collection. I bought Persuasion by Jane Austen and have slowly expanded my collection one by one. So now that I am reading more I decided to start a blog to write what I think of the books I am reading, what new books I get etc.

Here is a quick list of what I have read since Dec 2008 [in no particular order]
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- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- Persuasion by Jane Austen

- Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

- Secret of the old clock [Nancy Drew] Carolyn Keene
- Before you meet Prince Charming by Sarah Mally


Right now I am reading Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. This is the first Charles Dickens that I have ever read. I am on page 300. I was a little concerned that it might be to hard for me to read but so far that hasn't been a problem.

Yesterday we went book shopping and I bought these books

-The mystery of the brass bound trunk [Nancy Drew, full 220 pages]
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis [the movie tie-in]
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
- The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
- The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
- The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
and my sister bought me Bleak House by Charles Dickens

 I will soon be needing a bigger book shelf.

Anyways that is all for now.

~K