{"id":9971,"date":"2017-06-13T10:04:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/?p=9971"},"modified":"2017-06-13T05:32:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T10:32:29","slug":"read2017-april-and-may-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/read2017-april-and-may-update\/","title":{"rendered":"#Read2017 April and May Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am back with another #Read2017 update. Half the year is almost over and I am kind of glad about the books I have been picking and reading. I have also been abandoning books more easily.<\/p>\n<h2>And in the past 2 months<\/h2>\n<p>I have been reading but not as much as I did previously\u00a0and\u00a0have also not been documenting my reads the way I have previously been doing. Goodreads is the place where I keep track of what I read but I haven&#8217;t really thought about a book after I read it.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t write down quotes and words that intrigue me. It is high time I start\u00a0accepting that I cannot read at the same pace I did before.<\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights of May was visiting the Friends of HPL book sale. I ended up picking great books at dirt cheap rates. August and September will probably be my &#8220;read your bookshelf&#8221; months and I hope to get my hands on my newly purchased books then.<\/p>\n<h2>#Read2017 April and May Reads<\/h2>\n<p><em>All links lead to Goodreads.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/3156898-the-amateur-marriage\">The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler<\/a> (#Read2017 planned read)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/26192646-sweetbitter\">Sweetbitter by\u00a0Stephanie Danler<\/a>\u00a0(Random Pick inspired by Instagrammers)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/15793552-ways-of-going-home\">Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra<\/a> (Random Pick inspired by my previous Zambra read from March)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23128304-the-strange-library\">The Strange Library by Murakami<\/a> (#Read2017 planned read)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23615453-yokohama-california\">Yokohama, California<\/a>\u00a0by Toshio Mori\u00a0 (From the TBR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/31248102-everything-belongs-to-us\">Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace<\/a> (Random Pick)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/9258225-a-most-peculiar-malaysian-murder\">A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Flint Shamini<\/a>\u00a0(From the TBR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23398625-kitchens-of-the-great-midwest\">Kitchens of the Great MidWest by Ryan Stradal <\/a>(From the TBR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/18465852-the-book-of-unknown-americans\">The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez<\/a> (From the TBR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/13589186-may-we-be-forgiven\">May We be Forgiven by A.M Homes <\/a>(From the TBR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/88815.The_Reluctant_Fundamentalist\">The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid<\/a> (From the TBR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was quite surprised to see how diverse my reading list was\u00a0and am\u00a0quite proud of it.<\/p>\n<p>What are you reading? Any of these titles catch your eye?<\/p>\n<p>Happy Reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am back with another #Read2017 update. Half the year is almost over and I am kind of glad about the books I have been picking and reading. I have also been abandoning books more easily. And in the past 2 months I have been reading but not as much as I did previously\u00a0and\u00a0have also not been documenting my reads the way I have previously been doing. Goodreads is the place where I keep track of what I read but I haven&#8217;t really thought about a book after I read it. I don&#8217;t write down quotes and words that intrigue me. It is high time I start\u00a0accepting that I cannot read at the same pace I did before. One of the highlights of May was visiting the Friends of HPL book sale. I ended up picking great books at dirt cheap rates. August and September will probably be my &#8220;read your bookshelf&#8221; months and I hope to get my hands on my newly purchased books then. #Read2017 April and May Reads All links lead to Goodreads. The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler (#Read2017 planned read) Sweetbitter by\u00a0Stephanie Danler\u00a0(Random Pick inspired by Instagrammers) Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra (Random [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[1411,1406,343,1176,1525,1524,1526],"class_list":["post-9971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-library","tag-read2017","tag-1406","tag-book","tag-california","tag-everything-belongs-to-us","tag-kitchens-of-the-great-midwest","tag-yokohama"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#Read2017 April and May Update &#8212; PoohsDen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Combining April and May editions of #Read2017. 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