It's Monday, What Are You Reading?


Happy Monday!  It's the first Monday of June, less than one month until summer vacation!  Everyone in my house is looking forward to it.
It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.  Warning - it will make your to read list grow by leaps and bounds.

Last week I:


Read (reviews coming soon)
Everybody Has Everything by Katrina Onstad
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam


Saw
Malcolm Gladwell at the Toronto Reference Library.  Fantastic night, excellent interview, great guy.  Check out my thoughts on the night here.

This week I am:


Reading

Gold by Chris Cleave 
Katie and Zoe met at age nineteen while in training as competitive cyclists.  Now at the age of 32, they are both fighting to make it to the London Olympics and win the gold medal.  But with the stress of life and maintaining relationships and their friendship, they will be pushed to the limit in their quest for Gold.

Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter by Carmen Aguirre
Carmen Aguirre was a young girl when Augusto Pinochet overthrew the regime in her home country of Chile.  Her family fled but returned to become resistance members and at the age of 18 she joined herself. This memoir takes readers inside the resistance fights that occurred in South America in the 80's.


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  1. LindseyJune 4, 2012 at 11:21 PM

    I really want to read Gold. I hope you are enjoying it!

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