It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

10/19/2015

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

My reading stats are going to look pretty good this week, thanks to Dewey's 24-hour readathon on Saturday. This is one of my favorite days of the year. Can we all just agree that we should spend every Saturday like this? :)

My Recent Posts

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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - My Thoughts
Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon Updates

What I Read Last Week

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (I posted my thoughts about this last week. Suffice it to say that it was not my favorite book ever.)
The Real Boy by Anne Ursu (I didn't love it as much as Breadcrumbs, but I did enjoy it very much!)
Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride by Peter Zheutlin (She went around the world on a bicycle (more or less) at the turn of the century. Interesting look at women's rights at the time.)
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (I devoured this one on readathon day!)

What I'm Reading Now

Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams (Machu Picchu is high on list of places I want to travel someday. This book is a very informative and entertaining look at it.)
The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays by Oscar Wilde (I read & listened to The Importance of Being Earnest as part of my readathon reads. Now I just have to find the time to do the same with the other four plays in this book!)

What's Coming Up Next

America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great by Ben Carson (This is our book club book for October.)

12 Comments

Debbie link

10/19/2015 09:30:28 am

I've never done the readathon, but all of you loved it so much, I just might join in next spring. Great list of books!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

10/19/2015 08:34:30 pm

I hope you decide to participate in April! It's so much fun!

Laurel-Rain Snow link

10/19/2015 10:15:28 am

I keep planning to join in the Readathon...maybe next time! Yours was successful...several very engaging books. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the new week.

Here are <a href=http://bluemondaysnomore.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/weekly-updates-fall-distractions-changes//> MY WEEKLY UPDATES </a>

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

10/19/2015 08:35:51 pm

The best part of this readathon is that you can be successful no matter how much or how little you read. A no pressure day full of reading. Can't get much better than that! :)

Kathy Martin

10/19/2015 02:12:30 pm

I couldn't take part in the readathon. Saturday was the Twin Cities Book Festival. I got a chance to meet lots of authors and buy some books but there was no time to read. <a href="http://inside-dog.blogspot.com/2015/10/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-oct-19.html">Come see my week here.</a> Happy reading!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

10/19/2015 08:36:40 pm

A book festival is a pretty awesome replacement for a readathon! Sounds like you had fun! :)

Kathryn link

10/19/2015 02:31:01 pm

I've never done a readathon like that, good on you and getting so much done. I've read Breadcrumbs but not The Real Boy.

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

10/19/2015 08:37:47 pm

I loved Ursu's writing style in Breadcrumbs. It was very full of what I call "shiver language." There wasn't very much of that in The Real Boy, but it was still a very engaging story!

Greg Hill link

10/19/2015 03:54:53 pm

I think that would be a great way to spend every Saturday! I didn't do the readathon but it was fun seeing everyone's updates. Anne Ursu's covers are always so nice, that's a good one but the breadcrumbs cover was awesome too.