It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

7/7/2014

This weekly meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend with family, fireworks, and freedom!

My Recent Posts

Second Quarter Wrap-Up (Can you believe the year is halfway over already?)
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard - my thoughts for the Reading to Know Book Club
Library Loot (second Library Day of the summer!)

What I Read Last Week

The Last Enchantments by Charles Finch

I got about halfway through The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence, and decided that I really didn't want to finish it. Sad. I had really high hopes for that book.

What I'm Reading Now

She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell (I am really enjoying this one. It's a Christian novel, set in the glitz and glamour of 1890s New York.)

What's Coming Up Next

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (This is the 2011 Newbery Award winner, and I'm reading it for my Newbery Reading Challenge.)

8 Comments

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

7/6/2014 11:53:32 pm

Your post has reminded me of something very important. I read all the Newbery winners several years ago, and I felt very happy about it...but I stopped and there have been several winners since! Thank you for this reminder.

Here's <a href="http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2014/07/its-monday-what-are-you-reading.html">my It's Monday!</a>

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/7/2014 05:48:48 am

You're welcome, Deb! Reading all the Newbery winners is my eventual goal. I'm getting there little by little. :)

Erin @ Quixotic Magpie link

7/7/2014 01:57:18 am

I am doing a terrible job at reading Newbery books! I have read a few though. And..your challenge did cause me to order missing Newbery books or replace older copies at the library where I work. :)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/7/2014 05:50:34 am

I haven't been doing very well, either, so I'm trying to catch up this summer. I'm glad you were able to fill in the gaps in your library!

Pat @ Posting For Now link

7/7/2014 02:42:06 am

Reading The Newbery Winners is an interesting idea. Hope you have a great week.

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/7/2014 05:51:55 am

I've really enjoyed the Newbery winners I've read so far. Hope your week is great, too!

Lindsey link

7/7/2014 04:30:18 am

Kudos for setting aside a book that wasn't working for you! I have the hardest time with that because I keep hoping it will improve and then I get grumpy at all of the time I wasted reading it!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/7/2014 05:53:53 am

I'm usually not very good about not finishing books, either. I think it helped that the library due date was coming up, and I knew I couldn't finish both of the books I had left. Do I stick with one I know I don't like, or take my chances and hope the other is better? Luckily, the other one was better, so I'm glad I stopped reading the first one!