Weekly Reading Roundup
June 11, 2012 22 Comments
No It’s Monday meme from me today, I’m not linking up with anyone. I’ve been linking up with lots of people all week last week, because of Armchair BEA so this week, I need a rest! Don’t worry, if you leave a comment I will visit you and I will visit the blogs that I’m subscribed to. Just not anyone else.
So, Armchair BEA – phew! I had great fun and found some great new blogs. I was in the commenting committee which meant every day I visited a certain number of blogs from the daily linky list (as well as the blogs I subscribe to) and it was very busy. But great fun.
My armchair BEA posts: Introductions, Favorite Books and Giveaway (now closed), Networking, Beyond the Blog, Ask the Experts.
Other news:
- I read a book a day every day last week. Was it fun? Check out this post.
- I started at the gym and had 3 sessions. I bought myself a beautiful tiny MP3 player so I can have some music going while exercising.
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Books I finished this week: 8
Sounds a lot, but see above: I read a book a day last week!
The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri. 4.5 stars
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. 4.5 stars
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. 4 stars
Een gat in de lucht [Jumping in the Air] by Erik Nieuwenhuis. 4.5 stars
The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell. 5 stars
Virals by Kathy Reichs. 3 stars
The Turnaround by George Pelecanos. 3.5 stars
The Duplicate by Helen Fitzgerald. 4 stars
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Books I’m reading
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Reviews
Beneath the Shadows by Sara Foster. A man goes missing, leaving a pram with his tiny daughter on the doorstep of his cottage in a remote Yorkshire village. A year later, his wife returns with their baby daughter to clear the cottage and discovers what happened to him. Spooky cottage! 4 stars
De ooggetuige [The Eye Witness] by Simone van der Vlugt. A visually impaired woman is the sole eye witness of a robbery at a jeweller’s . The robbers think she is blind but when it becomes known the woman can see a little bit, she worries for her safety. 2.5 stars
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That’s it!
What are you reading this week?
Love the cover of The Sisters Brothers!
Beneath the Shadows is the one I am looking forward to specially if there is a giveaway.
There isn’t, this time, Mystica! It’s a good read, though.
Have you read Shreve before this novel? I LOVED her first 4-5 novels… be sure to check them out. This is a good one though if your interested in Africa and the hike.
Do you have any idea how excited I get when I see people starting a workout plan? Congratulations and good luck!
Mari, this is my first Shreve. Do you mean to say her later novels are not so good? Or are there just 5 or so? I like it so far.
Well, this gym, I’ve been there before for years, they had a special Summer Offer in the newspaper. The reasons I stopped my subscription before are now no longer valid so I thought: hey, I should do this. It’s for 3 months, in the summer, should be fine to get out of the house to get there (although it’s been raining all 4 times I went so far!) and I have the time for it. So, we’ll see how it goes, so far, I’m enjoying it.
I’m going to second the early Shreve novels recommendation. Not that her recent novels aren’t good… but the early ones are superb! IMHO anyway. Her first book, Eden Close is still my most favorite.
True story… I was browsing the stacks at my public library back in 1990 ( I know, I’m old) when a stranger walked up to me, pointed to Eden Close, and told me I just had to read that book, that it was wonderful. So I did.
Leslie, the Shreve book I’m reading right now is pretty good too. Thanks for the recommendations.
How nice that someone just recommended this to you and now, years later you are passing on the recommendation to me!
Judith, Can I tell you how jealous I am that you read a book a day last week! awesome. I am reading the 1,100++ page edition of Stephen King’s The STAND…LOL
Don’t be jealous, Diane, it wasn’t that much fun. Ha ha, The Stand is not a book to read in one day! Even I took a few days to read that (a few years ago). But I did enjoy it, hope you’re having a good time with it.
I amvery curious about the Shreve book, Judith. I already heard a lot about this author, but haven’t read her.
Enjoy your reading!
Thanks, Nadine. So far, I like the book.
I am curious about some of the reviews from the book you’ve read
I hope you will have a quiet week now and just enjoy reading in your own pace 
Uniflame, I’m saving up some reviews for when I’m on holiday – bog fillers.
I am taking it easy this week. There isn’t even much pressure to read review books etc. so I can read at my own pace.
I’m glad you liked The Sisters Brothers. Of course I’m partial since he’s Canadian but I really liked the book. It won a few awards here last year.
Shan, yesm *The Sisters Brothers* was very good. I wasn’t really sure I’d like a book about the Wild West but I did.
I didn’t think I was going to like the Western theme at all, I’m just now into it, but his writing was so good.
A book a day, that is totally impressive! i may do it next year, during some holiday… (Ally – Snow Feathers)
Ally, it wasn’t much fun though – but maybe in a holiday when you’ve got nothing much else to do, it might work.
You had a very busy week. Take a short break!
I’m reading this wonderful book, Rikki – well, two of them, the two that are listed here. They are really good and I can’t stop reading. But I do like it that I’ve started these books 2 days ago and I won’t be finishing today.
You deserve a week off after reading a book a day and still blogging and commenting for Armchair BEA.
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