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Smiling Shelves

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

1/29/2018

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This weekly chance to add to your reading list is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.
Well, I'm getting this post up a little late because this weekend was the 24 in 48 Readathon!! And instead of working on this post Sunday evening like I normally do, I decided to read instead. So here we are during naptime, and I can finally get this post written!

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24 in 48 Readathon - The Stack and Updates

What I Read Last Week

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The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes (A cute read)
Torrent by Lisa Tawn Bergren (Time travel to medieval Italy. Yes, please!)
Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein (I loved this one!!)
Love Comes Calling by Siri Mitchell (A fast Christian fiction book was just what I needed for the readathon. I enjoyed this one.)

What I'm Reading Now (A Lot in Progress from the Readathon)

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A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument by Jasper Rees (This is a fun book about relearning the French horn. The band geek in me loves it!)
Doll Bones by Holly Black (I started this one Sunday afternoon, but had to put it down because it was too scary for reading just before bed. I'll keep reading it during the daytime!)
A Necessary Deception by Laurie Alice Eakes (And this was the book I picked off my shelves to read in the evening instead of Doll Bones. I'm loving it so far!)
Solo by Kwame Alexander (This is my audiobook from the readathon. I'm about halfway through. It's read by the author, which is awesome!)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (Making steady but slow progress. I'm on page 88 out of 710.)

What's Coming Up Next

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The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood (If I can get through all those books this week, then I'll be reading this one next!)
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Erin @ Quixotic Magpie link
1/29/2018 08:12:46 pm

I love Holly Black and Kevin Henkes! I haven't read either of those though. :) I love the cover for Ashton Place.

Have a great week!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/2/2018 03:52:57 pm

This is the first chapter book by Kevin Henkes that I've read. I love his picture books!

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Meaghan Gerard link
2/1/2018 12:32:14 pm

I read Incorrigible Children when I was working at a library and I often recommended it to kids. It's lots of fun.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/2/2018 03:53:34 pm

I bought the set for the school library I volunteer in, and I recommend it often as well! They're such good books. :)

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