It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
October 29, 2012 35 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 was the start of the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop. I’m giving away 4 books (3 world-wide) and there are links to 40+ other blogs giving away a book. So check it out and win a book! The blog hop runs until (and including) Wednesday.
My 13 year old son is spending a week in Denmark with school. He’s taking bilingual education, where half of his subjects are in Dutch and half in English. As part of the bilingual program they go abroad every year. Not only to learn better English, but also to learn about different countries and to become an international person! He’s staying with the family of a boy of his own age, who will visit us next spring. Exciting for our son ánd for us. One fewer person makes our family so much quieter. My older son enjoys the sole attention of his parents.
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Books I finished in the last week: 3
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton. As a 16-year old, Laurel sees her mother commit a crime. Many years later, when her mother is dying, she tries to find out what exactly happened and why. Historical fiction. 4 stars.
Love Virtually by Daniel Glattauer. A man and a woman start emailing each other by accident. An online relationship follows. Contemporary fiction. 4 stars.
Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos. Pen and Will are summoned by Jason, the husband of their college friend Cat, to try and find her because she’s disappeared. Together they search for her, looking back on the past in the mean time. Contemporary fiction. 4 stars.
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Books I’m reading and planning to read
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Reviews
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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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Also check out
The new books I received: New Arrivals.
Don’t forget to enter for a chance to win a book in the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop.
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That’s it!
What are you reading this week?
I have to get to Falling Together! Its on the shelf
Sheila, I liked *Falling Together* but didn’t love it. I think you might like it a little better than me. I hope you do, anyway.
I’ve always thought Love Virtually sounds like fun. Look forward to reading your review.
Jo, yes, *Love Virtually* was fun to read. I first thought it was YA, but it wasn’t.
That’s a good reading week
Falling Together gets my vote for the cover, but I’m not sure about the story, it sounds quite samey.
That’s a great summary of *Falling Together*, Charlie!
Great books this week. I have the new Kate Morton book on my tbr list…hope to get a copy of it soon!
Have a great week!
~Kristin @ Always With a Book
Hope you’ll enjoy the Kate Morton book, Kristin. I didn’t like it as much as her others.
I should be more careful about my daily information consumption. Perhaps it is overconsumption of information that actually leads to our biggest troubles in life.
Here’s my It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? I hope you will stop in and say hello.
Debnance, the book focuses especially on how people tend to read information that suits their beliefs and how we should sometimes read the opponents’ believes to get a better understanding of the world.
I’m reading (for review) Elena, Woman of Courage and I’ve got 6 others behind that. Morton’s book is on my TBR, so will be interested in what you think about it.
June, my review of The Secret Keeper is here. I liked it but didn’t love it. Hope you’ll enjoy it!
I have been wanting to read The Secret Keeper and I am sorry it did not work out for you.
Mystica, I think you’ll love The Secret Keeper!
The Secret Keeper is on my “must read” list, along with Falling Together. I enjoyed a couple of other books by the author.
Have a great week, and here’s MY MONDAY MEMES POST
Laurel-Rain, I do think you’ll love those book.
All your books look great to me and I entered your giveaway too! Have a great week!!
Nice, good luck, Dollycas.
Sounds like a great opportunity for your son! Also, I think The Secret Keeper sound pretty interesting.
Audrey, yes, he seems to be having a great time!
I found *The Secret Keeper* a bit disappointing, unfortunately, but still a worthwhile read.
I have Charlotte Street in my pile to read during the storm. Found it through your blog, so thank you!
That’s a fantastic opportunity for your son! My daughter is doing bilingual education in French and English! I hope it will give her lots of opportunity for travel one day.
Shan, *Charlotte Street* is fun, but turns out to be a bit of a lad-lit (chick-lit for men) which I didn’t expect. I do often enjoy that genre, so it’s fine with me.
Wow, that international program your son is in sounds wonderful! What a fabulous experience for him!
I read another Kate Morton novel and liked it very much, and I listened to Falling Together on audio – a bit long but enjoyable.
Enjoy your books this week –
Sue
Book By Book
Sue, yes, my son is having a great time. I should have mentioned that we live in The Netherlands which is only 2 countries away from Denmark, but still it is quite the experiences.
I also thought *Falling Together* was a bit longer than it might have been, but it was a fun read.
What a great opportunity for your son! I will have to check out the Marian Keye’s book. Have a great week of reading.
Nise’, I’ve now finished the Marian Keyes book and it was a fun read. It reminded me a bit of the Meg Cabot books (Size 12 is Not Fat).
I’ve just started The Secret keeper and i am enjoying it so far! How great for your son to spend a week overseas, I hope he has a great time and that the rest of you enjoy the peace!
We’re enjoying it, Shelleyrae! Good to hear you find The Secret Keeper enjoyable!
Thank you for stopping by earlier.
I confess I haven’t even heard of any of your reading selections this week. There are so many good books out there, aren’t there?
Anne, there certainly are. It’s amazing how many good books there are in the world. I want to read them all!
It always amazes me what a difference one more or less person makes in the sound department. You think I’d be used to this, I grew up in a large family, and always had lots of kids around with my own four, but nope! Always amazed.
Good luck to your son – how cool that he gets to go to school in a different country for a while.
Mardel, it’s indeed very nice for my son. And we’re really enjoying the difference. My son is the noisy, difficult one who is always challenging what we ask him to do. My other (older) son is much more easy going. It’s nice that we can give him a bit more attention.
How wonderful for your son. I think programs like that are really great. Our daughter did two weeks in Costa Rica and they were to only speak Spanish which did strengthen her language skills.
I hope you have had a grand reading week.
Martha, thanks. Yes, it’s a week of only speaking English (their non-native language). My son actually *is* bilingual anyway, but it’s still a good exercise to go out and speak English to strangers.