It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

6/27/2016

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

So I decided to sign up for the Make Me Read It Readathon last week, which is a readathon in July where you get to vote on what I read. I am now mildly obsessed with checking the voting results, looking several times a day to see which book is in the lead. If you would like to encourage my obsession (and please do), vote here!

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What I Read Last Week

The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch (5 stars! Loved this book!)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Enjoyed my first audiobook read of this, and will soon be moving on to book 2.)
Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper (Our book club book for the month.)

What I'm Reading Now

The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell (A true story of a man adopting a penguin in Argentina.)
Son by Lois Lowry (It's fun to see all the books come together in this last book of The Giver series.

What's Coming Up Next

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Better finish the June book for the Little House Read-Along very soon!)

15 Comments

Erin @ Quixotic Magpie link

6/27/2016 09:20:14 am

The Penguin Lessons looks fun!!! If you get a chance, try to visit the new penguin exhibit at the zoo - it is really neat!

I loved The Long Winter - it is one of my favorite of her books. There is a book called The Children's Blizzard that is nonfiction about that very same winter - I read them one year back to back. It was interesting - and sad, the non-Laura Ingalls Wilder version.

Have a great week, and enjoy that little guy!

Oh, and I voted! What a fun idea!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

6/27/2016 08:51:39 pm

I really want to get to the new penguin exhibit. It looks awesome! Hopefully we can go when my little guy's a little older.

Thanks for voting! :)

Kathy Martin

6/27/2016 09:35:40 am

What an interesting variety of books! It has been many years since I read the Little House books. Farmer Boy is still my favorite. I wasn't a big fan of The Giver and never read any of the other books in the series. I hope you enjoy the finish. Come see what I read <a href="http://inside-dog.blogspot.com/2016/06/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-june-27.html">last week</a>. Happy reading!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

6/27/2016 08:53:24 pm

This is my first read through of the Little House books, and I'm really enjoying it. Honestly, I wasn't a huge fan of The Giver, either. The second book in the series, Gathering Blue, is my favorite so far. We'll see if the last book changes that! :)

Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link

6/27/2016 10:45:42 am

Haha -- it is hard to not check on the results -- I'm just too curious too to see what's in the lead too!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

6/27/2016 08:53:55 pm

Glad I'm not alone. I refuse to admit how many times I've checked today. :)

Kailana link

6/27/2016 08:37:00 pm

I haven't read Son yet. It didn't exist when I read the rest of the series and I just haven't got to it.

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

6/27/2016 08:55:13 pm

I didn't realize Son was that much newer than the rest of them until I started reading it. It's good so far! :)

Heather Fineisen link

6/27/2016 09:01:38 pm

I loved The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap! Happy Reading!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/1/2016 09:26:26 am

Isn't it fun? I definitely want to open a bookstore now! :)

Lindsey link

6/28/2016 12:57:04 pm

I really liked Emma and Otto and Russell and James. I hope you will tell us how your book club discussion goes!

I love the idea of people voting for you next read. That's so fun!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/1/2016 09:27:30 am

My book club (except for me) doesn't seem to be big on magical realism, so they weren't entirely sold on Etta and Otto and Russell and James. We still had a great discussion, though! :)

Jade @ Reading With Jade link

6/28/2016 03:07:02 pm

Are you listening to the Stephen Fry HP audios? I'm loving my Harry Potter reread via audio. What's great as well is that they are child friendly, so often times I can listen to it whilst toddler is pottering about.

I hope you enjoy all your reads :-)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/1/2016 09:28:55 am

My library has the Jim Dale version of the Harry Potter audios, but I'd love to try Stephen Fry's as well, just to see the difference between the two! :)

Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link

7/1/2016 02:33:36 pm

I did not know there was a different narrator in the UK and US editions! I just went down a bit of an internet rabbit hole looking into it further... I haven't listened to the full Jim Dale books, but bits and pieces when in the car with my husband and he's in the middle of reading one of them. And while they are not bad by any means, I'm not in love with the narration. Stephen Fry's seems very appealing to me though! Perhaps I will splurge on the audio CDs from Book Depository when they are reissued with new cover art in the fall :)