It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
October 22, 2012 28 Comments
“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly event hosted by Sheila at Bookjourney to share with others what we’ve read the past week and planning to read next.
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The week
This weekend I had a book blogging meeting with some Dutch book bloggers. There were 8 of us and it was fun to talk about blogging, blogging schedules, our libraries at home and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold fry (by Rachel Johnson).
I’m looking forward to the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop that starts the coming weekend. You can still sign up to link up your blog with almost 50 others.
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Books I finished in the last week: 3
Click on the blue links to see the review
The River King by Alice Hoffman. A murder mystery at a boarding school with an element of magical realism and some romance thrown in. 3.5 stars
The Heart Broke In by James Meek. Love and betrayal in families, and some medical science. 3.5 stars
Infominderen [The Information Diet] by Clay A. Johnson. Non-fiction about making better choices for daily information consumption. 3.5 stars
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Books I’m reading and planning to read
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Reviews
Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn. The Queen of England does a similar thing to Harold Fry: she leaves the palace to buy some cheese and decides to make a trip to Scotland. 4 stars
Tweestrijd [Conflict] by Linda Jansma. A Dutch thriller about a woman with a very dominant husband who beats her up whenever he feels like it. But then a policewoman moves in across the street and she doesn’t believe the perfect couple story that they seem to exude. 5 stars
Forgotten by Catherine McKenzie. A laywer comes back from an extended holiday in an African country to find that she’s been resumed dead. She has to build up her life again as good as she can. 4.5 stars
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The new books I received: New Arrivals.
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That’s it!
What are you reading this week?
I am reading the new Patricia Cornwell.
Not really mad about it because there is too much about Kay Scarpetta and her personal relationships and too little story, Many authors make that mistake methinks.
Pity it’s not so good as you’d hoped, melouisef. Maybe Cornwell is trying something new but it obviously doesn’t work for you.
I wish I could participate in your fun giveaway hop. Next time! And I will definitely plan to visit the participating blogs.
Here’s my It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? I hope you will drop by!
Next time, Deb!
Hi Lee! These are all unfamiliar titles to me, but they all look great! A book blogging meeting with the Dutch bookbloggers also sound fabulous! Perhaps I can join the next time you guys have a meeting? How does it work?
Myra, are you in the Netherlands? We meet very informally about once every half year, and it’s in Dutch… I usually mention it on my Dutch blog well in advance. We just do some chatting about books and discussing a chosen book. Of course you’re welcome!
Hahahaha! I thought it was a virtual meeting. I’m based in Singapore.
You had a good reading week and a good plan for this week too!
Thanks for stopping by Sheila!
Ooh, I see several enticing books! I received Forgotten…and I’m eager to read The Secret Keeper and River King (another Hoffman that I’ve missed!). Thanks for sharing.
Here’s MY MONDAY MEMES POST
I loved *Forgotten*, Laurel-Rain. And I do think you’ll enjoy it too.
Charlotte Street and The Secret Keeper have both been favourites of mine recently. I hop you enjoy them both but I can see The Secret Keeper being more your sort of thing.
I’m not sure, Lucy. I find *The Secret Keeper* a little slow going. Good to hear you liked both books, though.
Well done on the books read and reviews written, three completed in a week is pretty awesome. I’m reading Vanity Fair.
Good for you, Charlie! I haven’t read a classic in…. eh, ages!
You’ve reminded me that I got Forgotten several months ago – I really should find it and read it soon.
I’m interested to hear what you think of Falling Together – I keep seeing it around and I’m curious.
Did you forget about *Forgotten, *Shannon? I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.
Ha ha ha, yes I did!! And I didn’t even notice the irony when I wrote that either!
I am looking forward to the blog hop too!!! All your books look wonderful.
Happy Reading!!
Thanks, Dollycas.
I’d like to pick up Falling Together. I’m looking forward to your review of Secret Keeper also!
At the moment I’m finding everything slow going, Shelleyrae. I guess it’s me, not the books.
I have Secret Keeper too but it’s a few books down in the pile (and we know how slow I read! lol).
A book blogger meetup sounds like good fun.
The blogger meeting was really nice, Leslie. I (and they) can talk books forever.
The Secret Keeper is the one I would really like to get hold of. Your other books sound so good too.
I hope they’re good, Mystica! Have a great week.
Still reading IQ84. Seems like it is taking forever…..it is an interesting read, just long!
That’s what I feared, Susan! I’d love to read 1Q84 but I don’t have that much time for a big book at the moment. Good to hear it’s interesting, though!