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Smiling Shelves

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

10/23/2017

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.
Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon was this past Saturday! Did you participate? I had so much fun! I also spent two hours at my library book sale gathering a stash for my Little Free Library. I came home with nine bags! (The volunteers said I won the prize for the day.) There will be a forthcoming post about the many books, once I have a chance to sort through them. Such a fun day!

What I Read Last Week

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The Bark of the Bog Owl by Jonathan Rogers (I slipped this quick middle grade read into the beginning of the week. It was really good.)
The Prime of MIss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (The only book I completely finished during the readathon. It helped that it was only 127 pages.)
Edge of Extinction: Code Name Flood by Laura Martin (This one was even better than the first. SO GOOD!)

What I'm Reading Now

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The Harvest Raise by Katie Schuermann (If you like Jan Karon's Mitford, you will love this series.)
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (My Classics Club deadline is the end of August next year, and I still have 12 books to read. Yikes. Serial Reader will hopefully help me get most of those titles read in time. This one is currently 9% complete.)
Inferno by Dante Alighieri (Ditto above explanation. 15% complete.)

What's Coming Up Next

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The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (I was hoping to get to my monthly Fforde reread during the readathon, but I didn't. I've still got a week to fit it in before the month ends!)
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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
10/23/2017 07:46:45 am

I am so behind for clsssics club! I’d have to go back as check my numbers, but early on I wasn’t counting anything I didn’t review but now I am questioning that decision! I’m so tempted to just start over, but maybe that’s another challenge that I’m better off leaving behind. I haven’t decided yet!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/29/2017 03:25:39 pm

I started off reviewing everything I read for the Classics Club, but that has definitely fallen by the wayside. Just reading counts now, and I'll be lucky if I can finish that in time!

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Lois link
10/23/2017 11:19:45 am

I'm glad someone else is as behind as me... I have a little more time left than you but also more books. I'm working through War and Peace on serial reader right now. That was my biggest fear so I'm excited to be at least started on it and I'm actually enjoying it. It's much less daunting in this format.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/29/2017 03:26:40 pm

Serial Reader has been so helpful! I didn't know it existed when I read War and Peace last year, but I read it serially anyway, 15 pages a day. Small chunks seems to be the way to go for those scary huge books!

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Kathy Martin
10/23/2017 11:43:31 am

I remember reading Gulliver's Travels but have no idea why. I generally avoid Classics of any type. I hope you enjoy it. Come see my week <a href="http://inside-dog.blogspot.com/2017/10/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-oct-23.html">here</a>. Happy reading!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/29/2017 03:27:18 pm

I am really enjoying Gulliver's Travels so far. It's not as dry as I expected. Happy reading!

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Sarah @ PussReboots link
10/24/2017 12:13:46 am

I have a copy of Inferno in storage which I'm planning to read. <a href="http://pussreboots.com/blog/2017/comments_10/what_are_you_reading_1023.html">Come see what I'm reading</a>

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/29/2017 03:28:06 pm

I've had Inferno sitting on my shelf for a long time, but I'm only getting around to read it because of the Serial Reader app. Still counts as reading a book I own, though! ;)

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Erin @ Quixotic Magpie link
10/26/2017 05:40:05 pm

I love the Mitford books! I was just thinking about rereading them. I will have to check out Katie Schuermann, and also that bog owl book!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/29/2017 03:28:41 pm

I liked Katie Schuermann's trilogy even better than the Mitford books, and that's saying something! :)

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Lindsey link
10/26/2017 09:50:40 pm

What a brilliant idea to raid the library book sale for little free library books! Can't wait to see that post. :)

I'm glad you had a happy Readathon!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/29/2017 03:30:07 pm

The volunteers at the book sale were surprised when I kept filling bag after bag, but they totally understood when I explained. I've sorted through six of the nine bags so far. Now I just need a place to store them all as they cycle through my LFL! :)

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