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Smiling Shelves

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

6/29/2015

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I spent two whole days this past week doing nothing but reading. It was glorious! (And it really helped me be able to return my library books on time.)

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Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (I LOVED this book!)
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough (I finally finished this rather large book. It was occasionally a little too technical for me, but overall I found it pretty fascinating.)
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart (Fun British read.)
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (The continuing adventures of Grandma Dowdel!)
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (Couldn't put this one down. I think J.K. Rowling has redeemed herself.)

What I'm Reading Now

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (My read for July for the Birthday Month Challenge.)

What's Coming Up Next

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A Passion Denied by Julie Lessman (I've been looking forward to reading the next book in this series since January. Glad I finally have a chance to!)
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Kate @ Mom's Radius link
6/29/2015 01:47:03 am

Two days reading. So jealous! I agree about Rowlings' Robert Galbraith books. They're both so good. I did not like A Casual Vacancy. Too much character development for a stand alone book.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
6/30/2015 01:44:31 am

I know I'm blessed to be able to read for those couple of days. I'm sure it won't last long, especially when I have kids! :) I'm glad I'm not the only one that didn't really like A Casual Vacancy. But the Robert Galbraith books are good!

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Lois link
6/29/2015 03:18:28 pm

Brave New World is really interesting. Dystopian is like that though and I always come away not knowing if I liked the book or not when I read that genre.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
6/30/2015 01:46:12 am

I am finding Brave New World really interesting. I'm not sure I would say I like the genre of dystopia, but I definitely like the classics in that genre better than the current dystopian books published. Classics are always better, right? :)

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