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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

4/16/2018

This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

It's been a busy couple of weeks around here, which is why no posts happened last week. We had a birthday party for my son (which was book-themed, so there will be a post coming about it!). Then my husband was out of town for three days. I have to tell you that single parenting a two-year-old while being seven months pregnant is exhausting! I pretty much collapsed on the couch as soon as my little guy was in bed. I've really enjoyed this past weekend of no plans and relaxing (and having my husband home again!). I was even able to get a fair amount of reading in! :)

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2018 First Quarter Wrap-Up

What I Read in the Last Two Weeks

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (The pacing was on the slow side, but I still enjoyed this one. I keep thinking about the kids that were the main characters, so I'm sure I'll be reading the sequels soon.)
Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn (Almost bailed 50 pages in, but I'm glad I kept going. The second half was good enough to stick with it for.)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (I loved revisiting this one. It's a Newbery winner that I read in childhood and taught as a sixth grade teacher. It was fun to read it just to read it.)

What I'm Reading Now

The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost (This is for the country of Kiribati for the Litsy Passport Challenge. It's really better than the title suggests.)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (I'm on page 610 out of 710. One hundred pages to go!!)

What's Coming Up Next

Edward Trencom's Nose by Giles Milton (I'm trying to balance library and owned books, so I grabbed this one off my shelf. It's on my TBR Bingo that I'm trying to finish this year and have made very little progress on. Time to do something about that!)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

4/2/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter, spending time with family and friends. But most importantly, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ!

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What I Read Last Week

Where We Belong by Lynn Austin (This was a really enjoyable read.)
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (Another Newbery winner. I taught this one when I taught sixth grade, so it was interesting to revisit it just to read it.)

What I'm Reading Now

The Maiden's Bequest by George MacDonald (This is my yearly George MacDonald Holy Week read. It's a slow, savoring sort of read, so I didn't quite make it during Holy Week, but I should finish it up soon.)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (I'm on page 504 out of 710.)

What's Coming Up Next

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (This is one I've been hearing lots of good things about - and I just recently bought books 2 and 3 - so I finally decided to read book one!)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

3/26/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

I had a Saturday full of reading, which was a nice change from the normal busyness of our lives. I had to spend the morning at the lab for my three hour glucose tolerance test. Disgusting, but it allowed me to sit there and read for three hours! And then I got to go out to lunch by myself. I had eaten nothing since the night before, and I was starving. By the time I made it home, it was almost my little guy's naptime, which allowed me to sneak in some more reading in the afternoon. Isn't it amazing how the more you read, the more you want to read?

What I Read Last Week

M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton (I'm reading the Newbery winners from the 1970s during this year. I don't remember if I read this one when I was a kid or not, but I found it kind of meandering.)
A Flight of Fancy by Laurie Alice Eakes (I always love learning when I'm reading, especially when it's unexpected - like learning about early ventures in ballooning while reading a Christian romance!)

What I'm Reading Now

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (I read this one a while ago, but I'm rereading for next month's book club meeting. I love Bill Bryson!)
Where We Belong by Lynn Austin (Lynn Austin is rapidly becoming one of my favorite Christian writers.)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (Slow but steady progress. I'm on page 471 out of 710.)

What's Coming Up Next

The Maiden's Bequest by George MacDonald (I've decided to read a George MacDonald book each year during Holy Week, and this is this year's selection!)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

3/19/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

My almost two-year-old (how did that happen??) has discovered two of the wonders of spring - watching the birds through the window and making shadow puppets when the sun is shining. I love rediscovering the little things like this through his eyes!

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Top Ten Theursday - Books I Have Reread Many Times

What I Read Last Week

Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (I loved this one!!)
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler (This one was good, but I'm not sure I was intrigued enough to keep going with the series. We'll see if I'm still thinking about it in a few weeks.)

What I'm Reading Now

Into the Heart of Borneo by Redmond O'Hanlon (The blurb on the cover describes this travel narrative as having the "soul of Monty Python." It is a rather bumbling journey so far.)
Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink by Gail Carson Levine (I wrote stories all the time in high school, but haven't for years. I'm hoping this book will inspire me to pick up my pencil again.)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (I'm on page 437 out of 710.)

What's Coming Up Next

A Flight of Fancy by Laurie Alice Eakes (Time for some Christian fiction again!)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

3/12/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

And now it's white outside! We got about a foot of snow on Wednesday and Thursday last week. So much for spring! Crazy Michigan weather. :)

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There's a New Bookworm Coming!

What I Read Last Week

The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo (Loved this!)

What I'm Reading Now

Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (I am loving this one. Travel narratives, which are one of my favorite genres, combined with Steinbeck's writing is a winning combination!)
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler (I'm trying to savor the Steinbeck book, so I'm slipping this middle grade read in in the evenings.)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (I'm on page 376 out of 710. More than halfway!!)

What's Coming Up Next

Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink by Gail Carson Levine (This was a spontaneous grab at the library. I love books about writing.)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

3/5/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

I love living in Michigan, where we have four distinct seasons. What I don't like so much is this in-between season time. Nearly sixty degrees one day, but thirty degrees and snow the next. So confusing and hard to plan ahead. But at least those occasional warm days mean spring is not too far away!

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Cataloguing My Library

What I Read Last Week

Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber (This was a wonderful memoir of finding faith and love at Oxford University.)

What I'm Reading Now

The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo (This book is gorgeous and so good!)
Tribute to Brunei and Other Poems by John Onu Odihi (Onto the next country for my Litsy Passport Challenge.)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (I'm on page 325 of 710. Should be over halfway by next week!)

What's Coming Up Next

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck (I really liked Steinbeck's writing in The Grapes of Wrath, so I'm looking forward to this one.)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

2/26/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

As I type this post on Sunday afternoon, I'm watching cross-country skiing. Sadly, by the time you read this post on Monday, the Olympics will be over. I'm really looking forward to watching the Closing Ceremonies tonight, but sad that I will no longer be able to have the Olympics as the background of my life every afternoon and evening. I love everyone's stories and the way they draw the whole world together. Now just another two years until we can do this all again!

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Reorganizing My Library

What I Read Last Week

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (This was my February book club book, and we had our meeting on Friday. There was lots to discuss, and we all agreed that we loved this one.)
Paperboy by Vince Vawter (I have now read all the 2014 Newbery Honor books. My first Newbery goal of the year accomplished! Now I have to read all of this year's Honor books, and the winners from the 1970s. Yay for Newberys!)

What I'm Reading Now

Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw (Other than Act 3 being completely different than Acts 1 & 2, I'm enjoying this one. I love his wit.)
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper (I can't believe I never read this series as a kid, fantasy lover that I was. Glad I'm remedying that now!)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (I'm on page 272 out of 710. I'm hoping to reach page 300 by the end of the month.)

What's Coming Up Next

Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber (This has been on my TBR for two years. Out of the blue, one of my friends read the book, told me it made her think of me, and let me borrow her copy. I'm really looking forward to reading it!)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

2/19/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

So I've been working for the past month or so on reorganizing my bookshelves (including getting rid of a bunch of books) and cataloging what remained. It's been so much fun!! My one-year-old son helped, too, by pulling books off the shelves every time I had my back turned. :) At any rate, the process is finally over and I'm excited to share about it. Stay tuned for a big blog post about my revamped library!

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2018 Newbery and Caldecott Books

What I Read Last Week

Full Moon Over Noah's Ark: An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond by Rick Antonson (This was a really interesting book about traveling in the Middle East.)
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (This year's Newbery winner! I enjoyed it, but wasn't over the moon about it.)

What I'm Reading Now

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (My book club book that I need to finish by Friday. It's so good, but so long!)
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake (2014 Newbery Honor book)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (I'm on page 222 out of 710.)

What's Coming Up Next

Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw (Another one from my Classics Club list. I loved reading Pygmalion, so I'm looking forward to trying another one of Shaw's plays.)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

2/12/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

It's Olympics time! I love watching the Olympics, and the Winter Olympics happening right now are on as the background in my house as much as possible. Although my little guy is finding that much TV to be pretty distracting, so sometimes we turn it off so we don't turn into couch potatoes. After his bedtime, though, it's time for the Olympics!

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February TBR

What I Read Last Week

The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood (I love this series!)
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman (I love this series, too! Both series just keep getting better!)

What I'm Reading Now

Full Moon Over Noah's Ark: An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond by Rick Antonson (This is a fascinating book about an area of the world I know very little about.)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (Page 179 out of 710)

What's Coming Up Next

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (My book club book for February. I'm so looking forward to this one!)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

2/5/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

It's snowing!! I'm typing this post on Sunday, and it's been snowing since the middle of the night. We've gotten about five inches so far, and it's still coming down. I'm guessing there will be a snow day tomorrow (always nice for the day after the Superbowl). I'm ready to stay cozy inside with a good book! (If only my little guy will cooperate for his nap. We've been having some differences of opinion about this recently.)

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Reading Multiple Books at Once

What I Read Last Week

A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument by Jasper Rees (I learned so much about the French horn. This was just a fun and fascinating read overall.)
A Necessary Deception by Laurie Alice Eakes (I've found a new Christian fiction author I really enjoy. Must start collecting her books!)
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Okay, I didn't exactly read this one last week. I've been working on it since November, reading one canto a day. And I finally finished!!)

What I'm Reading Now (This list is ironically long, since I just posted on Thursday about how stressful I find it to read more than one book at a time.)

Efronia: An Armenian Love Story by Stina Katchadourian (My first read for the Litsy Passport Challenge. This woman's life is incredible.)
The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood (I chose this one to read during the Superbowl - that's what the game is for, right? I thought it would hold my attention better than Efronia, especially with all the background noise. This is such a fun series!)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (My current Newbery read)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (Really enjoying this one. I'm on page 137 out of 710.)

What's Coming Up Next

The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman (Cannot wait to read this one!!)

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