It's Monday! What are You Reading? (Jan. 4)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week.  It's a great post to organise yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog   and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

What I am currently reading:

• The Science behind TV's The Big Bang Theory 

• A Duty to the Dead 

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

What I completed last week:

Not much. Between travelling most of the afternoon on Monday and working on Thursday evening and recovering from travelling and working, I didn't read much. 

Reviews posted:

None. I haven't had my computer available to me for most of the week and blogging on my iPhone isn't ideal. I hope to have the remaining reviews from 2015 up this coming week, as I will have my computer available to sometime this coming week. 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Dec. 28)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week.  It's a great post to organise yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

My week:
Read a little bit, as most of my reading happened in the previous weeks, when I had more materials on hand and wasn't recovering from a busy week of Christmas related events. I did start reading The Science of The Big Bang Theory and als started A Duty to the Dead as well.   I don't know how much I'll read tomorrow, as it is a travel day for me and by the time I get home, I'll probably be tired. 

Current Reads:
• The Science of The Big Bang Theory 
• A Duty to the Dead

What I read since my last post:
• Let it Snow
• The Beautiful Bureaucrat
• Displacement: A Travelogue
• An Age of License: A Travelogue 
• Get Jiro!
• Dashing Through the Snow 

What I reviewed since my last post:
• A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams (review)
• Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essenbaum (review)
• Travelling to Infinity by Jane Hawking (review)
• The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (review)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (review)
• Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (review)

Hope you all have a wonderful week of reading.

It's Monday! What are you reading? (Dec. 7)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week.  It's a great post to organise yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

My week:
Started to get caught up on my book reviews and hence my book reading has suffered as a result. Hopefully I can do a bit of each this coming week, but with a number of things up this coming week, the reading may suffer yet again.

Current reads:
• An Irish Country Christmas

• While We're Far Apart
• Let it Snow

What I read last week: 
• Circling the Sun
• The Mistletoe Inn

What I reviewed this week:
• The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber (review)
• Ru by Kim Thúy (review)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (review)
• Such a Pretty Face by Cathy Lamb (review)
• Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott (review)
• And Nothing But the Truth by Kit Pearson (review)
• Wolf Hall by Hilary by Hilary Mantel (review)
• The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham (review)
• Shadow of Darkness by Deborah Harkness (review)
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (review)
• Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix (review)
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (review)
• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (review)
• All the Bright Places by Jennifer Nivens (review)
• Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar (review)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (review)
• Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (review)
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle (review)
• The Prime Minister's Secret Agent by Susan Elia MacNeal (review)

Coming up this week:
Posting more reviews on the blog and probably reading some more Christmas-type books.

Have a great week!

It's Monday! What are you reading? (Nov.30)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week.  It's a great post to organise yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

My week:
Week was actually pretty good, reading wise, at least at the end of the week.   Guess I was too busy this week to get myself to read a book.  So here is what I read and am going to be reading this week:

Current reads:
• An Irish Country Christmas
• While We're Far Apart
• Circling the Sun

What I read last week:
• And to All a Good Night
• The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
• Winter Street
• Butternut Lake: The Night Before Christmas

Coming up this week:
Probably more Christmas-type books and the new Richard Paul Evans book that I have signed out.

Hope you all have a great week of reading.

It's Monday! What are you reading? (Aug. 10)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.  

I would have posted earlier, but I was feeling a little groggy last night and hence didn't post last night.

It wasn't a busy week of reading, but I think that this week will be a little more busy, as I will have to get the books I have signed out from the library completed before I return them this coming weekend.


Last week

Didn't finish anything.  I didn't read much from either The Book of Life or Travelling to Infinity for some reason, but did start read To Kill a Mockingbird and A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean.  And I am vowing not to start anything else before I finish these four books.

Current read(s)

• A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Book of LIfe by Deborah Harkness
• Travelling to Infinity by Jane Hawking

Coming up this week:

I will try to finish up the books that I have as my current reads right now as much as possible and will likely read The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot as well.

Reviews:
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (review)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (review)

As for my plans outside of reading, at this point I really don't know.  Probably go to the pool for an afternoon or two and do some swimming and reading.  I will also likely take some walks, as I have been too much of a coach potato for the past few days and need to get back into my walking routine.

What books are you reading this week? Any plans outside of reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Aug.3)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

Since my last post on this meme, I have read a number of books, but my reviewing has gone down substantially.  I am hoping to work on book reviews tomorrow (Monday) and have some of them up on the blog within the week.

I am also going to change things up a little bit with how I go about this meme based on something I have seen from another participant.


Last Week

I read quite a bit out of Travelling to Infinity and started The Book of Life again.  I am hoping to finish both of them by the end of the week; just have to get myself calm enough to get into a reading mood, but knowing how I am thinking, I should be able to get into my reading mode in the next day or two.  Part of the reason for the lack of reading was because of travel and for some reason, I was unable to read much.

Current Read(s)

Still currently reading Travelling to Infinity by Jane Hawking (Stephen Hawking's first wife) and its a fairly thick and dense book, even though I can get into the book quite easily, and The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness.

Coming Up this Week

I hope to start To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Odyssey by Homer (this one is a book club read) and possibly The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot.

As for my non-book activities, I hoping to go paddle-boarding with my dad this coming week and hopefully go on a go-Kart for the first time.  All are weather dependent.  If not, I have Secret Garden to work on.

Happy Monday to all!

What books are you reading this week? Any plans outside of reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Mar.16)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

Books finished this week:
Nothing

Books reviewed this week:
None

Books to finish this week:

• Liar, Temptress, Soldier Spy
• Such a Pretty Face
• The Color Purple

Books to work on this week:

• While We're Far Apart
• Shadow of Night
• A Memory of Violets

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Mar. 9)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

Books finished in the last few weeks:

• After the War is Over
• The Book of Strange New Things
• Ru
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Books reviewed:

None; I have been busy reading and watching the first two seasons of House of Cards and playing with my new laptop and was quite busy last week; plan to start working on book reviews in the next day or two.

Books I hope to finish this week:

• Shadow of Night
• Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
• The Color Purple

Books to work on this week:

• While We're Far Apart
• How to be a Victorian
• Beautiful, Little Things

Hope you have a good reading week.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Feb. 16)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

Books finished this month:

• The Silver Chair
• The Last Battle
• Station Eleven
• The Miniaturist
• Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
• Ella Enchanted
• Madame Picasso
• Fall on Your Knees
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Books reviewed this month:

•  Daisy Miller by Henry James
• Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
• Christmas Carol, A by Charles Dickens

Books I hope to finish this week:

• The Book of Strange New Things
• After the War is Over

Books I hope to work on this week:

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• While We're Far Apart

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Jan.19)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

Books finished this week:

• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• A Christmas Carol

Books reviewed this week:

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
• Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
• The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Books I hope to finish this week:

• The Miniaturist
• The Silver Chair
• The Last Battle
• Station Eleven

Books I hope to work on this week:

• Fall on your Knees
• Pioneer Girl
• whatever catches my fancy

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Nov. 10)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

Books finished this week:
None

Books reviewed this week:
None

Books I hope to finish this week:

• A Sudden Light

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

• A Discovery of Witches

Books I hope to work on this week:
• Lawrence in Arabia
• The Woman in White
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Five Days at Memorial
• Anna and the French Kiss
• Delicious!

• The Color Purple

• The Thousand Dollar Tan
• Howard's End

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Nov. 3)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

Books finished this week:
None

Books reviewed this week:

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 
• The Cuckoo's Calling by Richard Galbraith
• The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon

• Mrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood 
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

• Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan 
• The Martian by Andy Weir 
• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 
• The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman 
• The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd 
• The Story Hour by Thirty Umrigar 
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 
• The Children Act by Ian McEwan 
• All the Lights We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 
• The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers 
• The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simison 

Books I hope to finish this week:

• A Sudden Light

Books I hope to work on this week:
• Lawrence in Arabia
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• The Woman in White
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Five Days at Memorial
• Anna and the French Kiss
• Delicious!

• The Color Purple

• The Thousand Dollar Tan
• A Discovery of Witches
• Howard's End

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Oct. 27)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

Books finished this week:
None

Book reviews posted:
None, but I am planning on getting some up this coming week.

Books I hope to finish this week:
• A Sudden Light

Books I hope to work on this week:
• Lawrence in Arabia
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• The Woman in White
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Five Days at Memorial
• Anna and the French Kiss
• Delicious!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Oct. 20)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

It's been almost 2 months since I last did one of these, so forgive me if some of the lists are a little long.

Book finished since my last post on Sept. 1:
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
• Under the Wide and Starry Sky (reading of the book made me want to read Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde)
• The Martian
• Big Little Lies
• The Guns of August
• The Invention of Wings
• The Story Hour
• Wuthering Heights (book club read; re-read)
• The Children Act
• All the Light We Cannot See
• The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Bridge to Haven
• The Rosie Effect

Book reviews posted:
None

Books I hope to finish this week:
• A Sudden Light
• Veronica Mars The Thousand Dollar Tan Line

Books I hope to work on this week:
• Lawrence in Arabia
• The Woman in White
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Five Days at Memorial
• Anna and the French Kiss
• Delicious!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Sept. 1)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme that is hosted by Shelia at Book Journey, in which we share what we've read and reviewed and what we plan on reading in the coming week.

I can hardly believe that its been a month since I posted here, so here is what I have been up to in the last month:

Book finished in the last month:
• Empty Mansions
• We Were Liars
• The Circle
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Cuckoo's Calling
• The Word Exchange
• Mrs. Hemingway

Book reviews posted:
• The Mysteries of the Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (review)
• The Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Pamela Mingle (review)
• Frog Music by Emma Donoghue (review)
• The Bear by Claire Cameron (review)
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (review)
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (review)
• While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell (review)
• A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (review)
• The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld (review)
• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (review)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (review)
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (review)
• His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal (review)
• Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch (review)
• The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (review)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (review)
• Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley (review)
• Levels of Life by Julian Barnes (review)
• Road Ends by Mary Lawson (review)
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (review)

Books I hope to finish this week:
• Under a Wide and Starry Sky
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Books I hope to work on this week:
• The Martian
• Bittersweet
• The Lady and The Unicorn
• The Invention of Wings