It's Monday, What Are You Reading?


It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.  It's a great way for book bloggers to get themselves organized for the week and for book lovers to find tons of new books to add to their reading pile!

I missed writing one of these posts last week due to all the illness going around my house.  I did very little reading for about a week and a half but thanks to Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon on Saturday I managed to get a couple of those left off books finished ask well as starting and finishing two great books.

What I Read:
 

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Inside by Alix Ohlin
The Stone Thrower: A Daughter's Lessons, A Father's Life by Jael Ealey Richardson
Teaching: It's Harder Than It Looks by Gerry Dee

What I'm Reading Now/Next:
Haven't quite decided what I'm going to pick up today but here's what is at the top of my pile.
 

The First Gardener by Denise Hildreth Jones
The Selector of Souls by Shauna Singh Baldwin
The Sweet Girl by Annabel Lyon

What are you reading this week?

Comments

  1. DorotheeOctober 15, 2012 at 9:29 AM

    Interesting mix of titles and also great covers – “Inside” and “Selctor of Souls” made me curious. Will check them out.
    Have a lovely reading week :) here are my reads: http://virtual-notes.blogspot.de/search/label/bookshelf

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    1. ShanOctober 16, 2012 at 8:16 AM

      Inside is a great book, it's getting lots of award attention right now here in Canada.

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  2. The Relentless ReaderOctober 15, 2012 at 10:18 AM

    Nice week of reading, yay Readathon!! :)

    The Sweet Girl sounds really, really good! I hope you love it.

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    1. ShanOctober 16, 2012 at 8:16 AM

      I'm wondering, when's the next readathon! They definitely help me out.

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  3. KristinOctober 15, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    I'm not familiar with these books, but they all look intriguing. Hope you enjoy them all.

    It seems almost everyone did the read-a-thon. I didn't but might have to try it out next time!

    Have a great week and thanks for stopping by my blog!
    ~Kristin @ Always With a Book

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    1. ShanOctober 16, 2012 at 8:17 AM

      You should definitely check it out (I think the next one is April.) You can make it how you want it and it's lots of fun.

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  4. Tanya PatriceOctober 15, 2012 at 12:53 PM

    Hope your family is recovering well from their illnesses - and looks like you rocked the readathon! Hope you enjoy your books this week.

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    1. ShanOctober 16, 2012 at 8:17 AM

      We've recovered now, hopefully we met the sick quota for the winter and won't get sick again!

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  5. CarpeDiemOctober 15, 2012 at 2:03 PM

    Those are some interesting-looking covers! Have a great week!

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  6. AthiraOctober 15, 2012 at 6:22 PM

    I like that cover of Brave New World. I'm eager to hear your thoughts on the book. I had pretty strong reactions. :)

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    1. ShanOctober 16, 2012 at 8:28 AM

      I've seen a bunch of covers for Brave New World and I thought that one is really cool! It's a book I've been wanting to read for a while and I'm glad I did!

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  7. The Brunette LibrarianOctober 15, 2012 at 9:25 PM

    Lovely covers this week :) Have a wonderful reading week!

    Whatcha readin' this week @ the Brunette Librarian :)

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