It’s Monday What Are you Reading is the perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs.
I Read and Reviewed (click the title to be taken to the review):
- The 19th Element by John L. Betcher
- The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick *My favourite book of the week
- Lost Lustre by Josh Karlen
- Regression by Kathy Bell
- Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb
- The Book of Eli by Sam Moffie
- Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
- Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately
- The Portrait by Hazel Statham
- The Peanuts Collection by Nat Gertler
- The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis
- James Beard’s American Cookery by James Beard
- Annexed by Sharon Dogar
- Song of the Orange Moons by Lori Ann Stephens
- Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
- The Sixth Surrender by Hana Samek Norton
- Heidegger’s Glasses by Thaisa Frank
- Uncertain Heart by Andrea Boeshaar
- The Mermaid’s Pendant by Leann Neal Reilly
- Nightingale by Susan May Warren
- Child of the Northern Spring by Persia Woolley
- Arsenic and Clam Chowder by James D. Livingston
- The Wolves of Andover by Kathleen Kent
- The Legacy of Pemberley by Rebecca Ann Collins
- The Green Age of Asher Witherow by M. Allen Cunningham
This week I am planning to read/review:
Visit next Monday to see if I managed to accomplish my reading goals.
You accomplished a lot, as usual. I want to read Wishin’ and Hopin’, and I’ll be reading Brava, Valentine soon, as it’s on my stacks.
Enjoy your week.
Here’s mine:
http://laurelrainsnow.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-nov-15/
I laughed all through Wishin’ and Hopin’. Brava, Valentine was okay, I would have liked it better if I had read the first in the series.
Wow you can read, it will probably take me weeks just to read The Forever Queen but I was excited to see that it was your favourite book last week. I’m really enjoying it. Have a wonderful week and happy reading
The Forever Queen was brilliant.
You had a huge week! I have to look at a few of your reviews that I did not catch when they went up this week.
My week was a lot more full than I had intended.
You had another wonderful reading week! I feel like such a slacker. All of your books are new to me. I hope next week goes as well for you. Happy reading!
My week was absolutely crazy and I need a slower week.
Wow, I always love to see your weeks, you always get so much done! Hope you have a great one this week
Thank you. So far so good!
I miss being able to read that many books.
I’ve been wanting to read The Book of Eli for awhile now.
And Dreamfever? Loved it!
The Book of Eli was not for me, but I did read it. Dreamfever was quite intense.
I’ll be watching for your review of Wolves of Andover!
I am very excited to get started on it.
What a great week you had! My students are requesting the Book of Eli so I’ll check out your review
It was not for me at all. I thought it would be so much more and while the ending has redeeming qualities, Eli’s blatant promiscuity and infidelity was too much for me.
I am always so in awe of what you accomplish. Arsenic and Clam Chowder sounds right up my alley!!
Dollycas
http://dollycas.blogspot.com/
Thanks! It looks like it will be a delightful cozy mystery.
Great reading week. We have a couple of the same books on our stacks. I see a couple that I am interested in and look forward to your thoughts.
Oh, I will be over to see you list.
Sorry to hear that Brava, Valentine didn’t work out for you. I have the first two books of the series on my shelf, so I’m hoping reading the first one will help me enjoy them more.
Thanks for sharing that list! I’m feeling a bit jealous
Head over to my blog and check out my much smaller list!
I will head over. I wanted it smaller and somehow it grew!
I am always in awe of how much you read! And you have such a busy life too. They all sound good and I really want to read Wally Lambs book, I love all his books. Also Adriana Trigiani book.
Hope your week goes well,
Natalie :0)
Thank you Natalie. Wally Lamb’s book is a riot.
We have several of the same books coming up. I agree with you about The Forever Queen, excellent book! I’m looking forward to Child of the Northern Spring as well.
I really enjoyed Child of a Northern Spring. I always wanted to hear the story through her eyes.
Wow, you got a lot of reading done! I wish I had that much time
Thanks for stopping by my blog too. Have a great week.
I actually am trying to read a little less, but the next few weeks are rather hectic.
I saw the book trailer for Annexed and have had it on my TBR list since then. I did just read Bending Toward the Sun, which reminded me of Anne Frank.
Thanks for stopping by my blog
Oh I did like Bending Toward the Sun. Annexed is truly interesting, since not much is known about him, the author had to research and use her imagination to fill the gaps.
Wow, wow, wow! that’s quite a list of finished books! I haven’t managed a big week like that for a while. Thanks for stopping by mine! Arsenic & Clam Chowder sounds interesting….
Thanks for popping by Bev. I am hoping Arsenic and Clam Chowder will be a cozy mystery.
WOW, what a list!
Here’s mine:
http://theintertwinedlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/its-monday-what-are-you-reading.html
The next few weeks may be a bit crazy.
It always amazes me how much you get accomplished each week. Right now I am reading The 19th Element for review/blog tour. Have a great week, and here is mine:
http://bookjunkiemom.blogspot.com/2010/11/its-monday-what-are-you-reading_15.html
Thanks. I am coming up with a new system for the new year.
Wow! Again, another fantastic week! I’ve been really dying to read Brava, Valentine but I’m sad to see you didn’t like it much. I may have to try what you mentioned and start from the beginning of the series and work my way forward.
Have a fabulous reading week!
Thanks! I have always liked her books, so I think I will go back and begin with the first as she wrote the series.
You had a fantastic week!
To counter balance the large number of academic journal articles I’m reading, I read a bunch of books off my wishlist. Here’s what I’m reading this week.
It was a busy week. The next couple will be that way.
Wow…you read that many books in 1 week!! amazing. I will never accomplice that much because I’m a slow reader
Sometimes I read too fast.
Whew – what a list. I am now 72% completed on The Forever Queen. It took me time to get into it but I think I was intimidated by the size. Lots of great detail/history.
Have a great week.
Is this your first book by Helen Hollick? If so, I recommend all her books, they are wonderful.
As always, I am astonished at the number of books you were able to read and review in one week! I have The Book of Eli as part of a tour and I just reviewed Lipstick in Afghanistan-very good book that had me Googling to find out more about the village it is set in. The Forever Queen, Regression, Child of the Northern Spring, and The Wolves of Andover are on my wishlist. I’m off to read some of your reviews!
The Bok of Ei was not one I enjoyed. However I have read the rest and highly recommend The Forever Queen, Child of the Northern Spring, and (so far, as I am not finished with this one-yet) The Wolves of Andover.