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Smiling Shelves

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

9/5/2016

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.
It's been a slow reading week. Why is it that some weeks I'm able to zoom through several books, and other weeks I can barely make it through one? I guess I should just be glad that any reading gets done at all with a little one around the house, right? :)​

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What I Read Last Week

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Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas (Our book club book for September.)
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (The September read for the Little House Read-Along.)

What I'm Reading Now

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Story Thieves by James Riley (I'm only about 20 pages into this one, but oh my goodness, it's so good. A middle grade novel for book lovers!)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (The next installment in my first audiobook experience of Harry Potter.)

What's Coming Up Next

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The Private World of Georgette Heyer by Jane Aiken Hodge (Georgette Heyer is one of my favorite authors, yet I know nothing about her life. Time to remedy that!)
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Melinda link
9/5/2016 12:05:53 pm

The Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite of the HP books...and we're doing a listen through right now, as well!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
9/6/2016 04:31:22 pm

Prisoner of Azkaban is the top of my list, too. I'm really enjoying experiencing the books this way! :)

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Lindsey link
9/5/2016 03:03:59 pm

I'm so happy to see Story Thieves among your books! My son just picked it up this week and he is loving it.

Hope you have a great week, Julie!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
9/6/2016 04:32:08 pm

Story Thieves is great! I wish I were still teaching, so I could read it aloud to my fourth graders. They would love it! :)

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Jane @ Raincity Librarian link
9/5/2016 03:19:42 pm

Story Thieves looks so good, I'm looking forward to sharing this one with patrons.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
9/6/2016 04:32:33 pm

Story Thieves is great so far! :)

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Jade @ Reading With Jade link
9/5/2016 04:06:58 pm

How are you finding your HP audio reread now that you're a good way through it? I'm also currently on the third book, although truth be told I've been there for a while now! I never seem to make enough time for audiobooks these days.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
9/6/2016 04:35:10 pm

I'm enjoying HP on audio, especially since I probably wouldn't have time for a paper reread right now. This is a good way to get to revisit them. I like Jim Dale as a narrator, but I would really love to try one of Stephen Fry's. I just listened to him as the narrator for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and he was great. I can only imagine he'd be wonderful with Harry Potter!

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Kailana link
9/5/2016 06:40:11 pm

Story Thieves sounds worth checking out!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
9/6/2016 04:35:33 pm

It definitely is!

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