It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

8/1/2016

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

Happy August, everybody! July went by extremely fast, capped off by a lazy weekend full of thunderstorms that my little guy surprisingly slept through (I don't know how he did that). Now it's on to busy August. Book club this week - at a campground! I can't wait for s'mores over a campfire!

My Recent Post

The Long Winter & Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

What I Read Last Week

The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting by Philip Hensher (Anything you ever wanted to know about handwriting styles, history, and quirky facts.)
Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington (Our August selection for the Reading Together book club. Look! I'm ahead!)

What I'm Reading Now

The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World by Jennifer Baggett (A book about something I've always dreamed of doing.)

What's Coming Up Next

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (This should be coming in the mail sometime today. And let's be honest - I'll probably drop my current read for this as soon as it arrives!)

9 Comments

Kym link

8/1/2016 12:03:28 pm

The Missing Ink - I am off to find a copy of that right now - looks fascinating!

My reading list: http://justasecondblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/what-im-reading-august-1-2016.html

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

8/1/2016 07:00:22 pm

It was very interesting! I hope you enjoy it, Kym! :)

Di @ Book Reviews by Di link

8/1/2016 02:37:56 pm

Great round up. The Missing Ink looks amazing and as soon as I get my copy of The Cursed Child I'll probably forget everything else exists too.

My weekly round up is on my blog : <a href="http://bookreviewsbydi.blogspot.com/2016/08/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-1st.html">#IMWAYR</a>

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

8/1/2016 07:01:06 pm

There's just something about a new Harry Potter book that makes it take precedence over life, isn't there? :)

Amy link

8/1/2016 03:46:18 pm

I didn't preorder HPATCC, although I do have it on hold at the library... (I'm 6th in line, even though I ordered it a couple of months ahead of time. Oh well.) I'm excited to read it (and hoping not to get spoiled) but I'm scared that I won't like it as much, or be unsatisfied with the ending, and then be disappointed!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

8/1/2016 07:01:45 pm

I'm pretty nervous about reading it, too. A new Harry Potter book is a really big deal! :)

Jade @ Reading With Jade link

8/1/2016 04:08:23 pm

Although I don't plan on reading it myself, I do look forward to hearing your thoughts on The Cursed Child.

Y'know, this may surprise you, but I've never had s'mores. I think that's quite common being a Brit, and I think for sure I am missing out!!

Happy reading!