It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
March 5, 2012 17 Comments
“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly event hosted by Sheila at Bookjourney to share with others what you’ve read the past week and planning to read next.
*****
I read 3 books in the last week
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel. Fun story about a boy who gets a chimpanzee to live with them, for research purposes. 4.5 stars
Het dorpsgericht [The Village Judgement] by Frans van den Ouweland. A man moves from Paris to the French rural area to work as a school teacher. The villagers team up against him. 4 stars
Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber by Dane Batty. The author’s uncle was a bank robber who was wanted by the FBI. The book is the memoir of the uncle. 3.5 stars
Currently Reading
![Plastic panda's by Bas Haring [Dutch]](http://leeswammes.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/plastic-pandas.jpg?w=114&h=150 "Plastic panda's by Bas Haring [Dutch]")
Reviews
Click on the orange links to go to the blog post.
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. By the writer of When She Woke, a very good story about an American family in the 1940s on an isolated farm. 5 stars
Away by Amy Bloom. A young Russian woman travels to the USA in the 1920s to start a new life. When she finds out that her baby girl may still be alive in Russia, she travels back. 4.5 stars
De Kok [The Cook] by Martin Suter [Dutch]. When a Sri-Lankan refugee who works as a kitchen hand in a posh Swiss restaurant is fired, he starts a company together with the waitress, preparing aphrodisiac food for couples. 4 stars
Other news…
Read what new books entered my house… New Arrivals!
March Blogger events around the internet – check HERE.
People stole my blog posts! HERE.
February overview… HERE.
That’s it! What are YOU reading this week?
You always finish several good books a week. Good for you!
Here’s my
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? I’d love to have you stop by!
Plastic Pandas looks unusual! xx
Wendy, Plastic Pandas is a non-fiction book about nature and whether we need it. It’s fun to read, the writer is a philosopher.
I must be spending too much time on my blogs and not enough time reading, as still reading the same book as this time last week.
LindyLou, you should take some time for reading (if that is what you want) – just plan it and do it! I know, I get distracted by my computer A LOT too!!
I loved Mudbound…now I’m zeroing in on Away…what a great sounding story!
Enjoy your week….
Here’s MY MONDAY MEMES POST
I do think you’d love Away, Laurel-Rain!
I’m half way through Beautiful girl, I just realized this! I was listening to it, then company arrived for over a month and I wasn’t able to walk around the house with earbuds. Must finish this book!
Have a great week
I just finished *Beautiful Girl,* Mari and I liked it a lot. Hope you;ll get round to it, maybe when redecorating?
I just finished The Story of Beautiful Girl. Loved it!
I just finished too, Lisa. I very much enjoyed *Beautiful Girl*, except I thought the end was a bit contrived and speeded up.
Mudbound and When She Awoke are both on my TBR list so I’m glad to see you enjoyed them. This week I’m making my way through The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco) and Gregor the Overlander (Suzanne Collins). So far Name of the Rose feels like a bit of a slog so I’ve been grateful for the distraction of Gregor. Have a great week!
I loved *The Name of the Rose* when I read it years ago but I think it wasn’t the fastests of reads. I haven’t read anything by Suzanne Collings other than the Hungergames series. Hope it’s good!
Definitely getting Mudbound after your review!! Thanks for sharing!!
Have a great week!
I thought *Mudbound* was really good, Dollycas. Hope you’ll enjoy it too!
Looks like you had a good week of reading.
My daughter convinced me that she needed her own library card. Please come see what I’m reading.
I think you’ll enjoy The Story of Beautiful Girl. Right now, I’m reading nothing I want to.
In school w/ an overloaded curriculum. Can’t wait for last day of classes. What a luxury it will be to have the time & freedom to chose what I want to read!