Dinara Tengri

  Welcome to Reading on a Sunday Afternoon , a weekly feature that is all about books you're currently reading and/or the ones you're going to read next. Why the weird title? I was inspired by an old Queen song, "Lazy on a Sunday Afternoon". It's almost February, and I have some books on my TBR that are just waiting to be read next month. Plus there's a few new releases that I want to look into, so there's a good chance I will collapse on the floor in the pile of books and curl up in a crying ball at some point next month. Or any other month. There is no endgame when it come to reading and reviewing. You just read and review. Anyway, once I'm done with Orange is the New Black , I will be reading A Dance with Dragons . Not a George R.R. Martin epic, but a fantasy/young adult series by Kaitlyn Davis. I have no idea what this book is about. I just wanted to read something new.

"Don't panic!" I said to myself. "It's okay to DNF. Occasionally." "But what about perseverance?" said my other self, the perfectionist, the one who always has the most unrealistic expectations. "If a book is too boring and slow you're just gonna stop reading it? You're one hundred pages in, there's only under three hundred left, you'll endure!" This is an illustration of the inner turmoil I was experiencing yesterday. The realist vs the perfectionist. I had this same conversation with myself way too many times, about books, about work, school etc. "You'll endure" is never a good argument when you're contemplating throwing a boring book in the wall. Okay, I do not actually promote violence against books (even bad ones). I'm speaking figuratively here. The book in question was Ancillary Justice , by author Ann Leckie. The first book in an epic space opera trilogy. The only reason I even pi...

Welcome to Reading on a Sunday Afternoon , a weekly feature where you can tell us about you're currently reading. Why the weird title? I was inspired by an old Queen song, "Lazy on a Sunday Afternoon". What are you reading this week? What will you be reading next week? Leave your answer in the comment section, or bring this little feature to your blog. Just don't forget to link back to me. This week's Sunday Afternoon, I feel is a little redundant, because I'm still reading the two books I wrote about earlier this week. I'm almost through with Soul Breaker . That's going very fast. Not because I'm a particularly efficient reader, but because it's nearly impossible to put the book down. Orange is the New Black is a different story, though. I've been dragging it for too long and now I don't even want to read it. What to do, what to do... DNF or not DNF? That is the question.

Welcome to Reading on a Sunday Afternoon , a weekly feature where you can tell us about you're currently reading. The title comes from Queen song, "Lazy on a Sunday Afternoon". Before I tell you about my current read, I have a small announcement to make. Last year, my review for Adventures of the Creeping Man was featured in  Book Bloggers International . I had a ton of fun with that little guest post, so when an opportunity arose again, I didn't hesitate. I'm going to write a guest post for their latest feature, Bookish Beasts. I'm working on it right now. Yesterday I finished Felicia Day's memoirs, You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), and now I'm going to read a book that's been on my TBR for a couple of months now: Orange is the new black is an autobiographical book by Piper Kerman. It has been adapted into a very popular Netflix series with the same name. Basically, I want to read this book so that I can watch the sh...

And so it's a new year. As promised, I'm making a few changes on my blog. First of all, I'm working very hard on a new bookish meme , which I will reveal to you later. Secondly, I'm not doing Musing Mondays anymore. It's very fun meme, but I have decided to clear my Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for reviews . So, let's take a look at what the rest of week will look like @ Dinara Tengri Tuesday I'm still doing Top Ten Tuesday . Nothing is changed here. Thursday I'm taking part in a new meme, called Quotable Thursdays . It's hosted by  Bookshelf Fantasies , and I've been wanting to take part in it for a long time now. Every Thursday I will post a quote from a book I'm currently reading. It will be either a meaningful quote, or just something fun. Saturday Now here's when I have an excuse to write about something else that's not books. Knitting, Movies, the weather, you name it! Saturday will b...