It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

12/22/2014

This weekly chance to add to a reading list is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

Made it through the last week of school! Now let the Christmas festivities begin. :)

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What I Read Last Week

The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones (If you are at all interested in Chinese culture, especially Chinese food, you should read this book. It was fascinating!)
The Feast by Randy Lee Eickhoff (One of Ireland's epic tales told as a story. Interesting concept, but way too much language and crudity for me.)

What I'm Reading Now

Esther: The Star and the Sceptre by Gini Andrews (I recently discovered this on the shelf of my school library. I know I read a Biblical fiction account of Esther when I was in middle school. I remember loving it, but I have no clue of the title. I'm hoping that this is the one!)

What's Coming Up Next

No idea! With all the busyness of celebrating Christmas, I probably won't get much time to read. I have great plans for what I'll be reading come January 1 (a new round of reading challenges begins!), but I don't know if I'll be able to fit another book in there after Esther. I guess we'll see how it goes!

6 Comments

Lois link

12/22/2014 03:07:09 am

I know I read a historical fiction of Esther when I was a kid too but I don't remember what it was either. I wonder if it was this one. :)
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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

12/22/2014 11:05:59 am

Nothing is jumping out at me like "I've read this before!", but it's still a good book. It's so hard to find those books we remember from childhood sometimes!

Lindsey link

12/22/2014 08:33:31 am

I hate when you read a book as a kid and then can't find it again! I remember loving a retelling of the Scheherazade story from her sister's POV but I haven't been able to find it again.

Enjoy your time off and have a very Merry Christmas!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

12/22/2014 11:07:08 am

Ooh, that sounds like an interesting book. It's so frustrating to not be able to find those books again! I guess it's just something to keep the searches at bookstores interesting. :) Merry Christmas to you, too, Lindsey!

Greg Hill link

12/22/2014 02:15:50 pm

I think the Last Chinese Chef looks interesting. I'm not reading much this week just too busy with Christmas, but also looking forward to a bunch of reading in January. Have a merry Christmas!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

12/27/2014 02:41:50 am

I know what you mean. This week is definitely busy, but I've got my reading list all planned out for January! Merry Christmas!