It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

11/28/2016

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

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving (unless you live outside the U.S. and didn't celebrate Thanksgiving last week. In that case, I hope you had a good week in general!). We had a great time with family, exploring some towns in the area, and spending some relaxing time at home. Back to normal life now!

My Recent Post

Circumreading the World - Seven Seasons in Siena

What I Read Last Week

Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk (Stop #5 for Circumreading the World. It was a beautifully written book. Random facts/review will go up on Friday.)

What I'm Reading Now

Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater (December selection for the Reading Together Book Club. Join us!)
The Iliad by Homer (Lots of people die in this book. I guess I didn't realize going in that so much of it was about battles.)

What's Coming Up Next

Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler (So yeah, this was my "coming up next" selection last week, too. It took longer to read Istanbul than I thought. I'm sure I'll get to this one this week!)

6 Comments

Kailana link

11/28/2016 11:33:04 am

I hope you have a great week. Glad you had a good Thanksgiving!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

12/1/2016 08:54:11 pm

Thanks, Kailana! I hope you have a great week as well!

Kathy Martin

11/28/2016 01:54:37 pm

Lots of variety there! Pip Bartlett is one that I have been curious about. Come see my week <a href="http://inside-dog.blogspot.com/2016/11/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-nov-28.html">here</a>. Happy reading!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

12/1/2016 08:54:48 pm

Pip Bartlett is great! You should definitely check that one out. :)

Melinda link

11/28/2016 03:17:39 pm

Walking the Bible sounds fascinating, but I think it is a book that would take me a LONG time to get through!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

12/1/2016 08:55:41 pm

It is fascinating so far. It's a fairly fast read because it's more travel narrative than scholarly work, even though it includes a lot of information. It's a really interesting book!