It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Sheila from One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books so stop by and join in!
Books Completed Last Week
El Gavilan by Craig McDonald
Currently Reading
A Simple Act of Violence by R.J. Ellory (audio book)
The Bungalow by Sarah Jio
Books to Complete This Week
The Innocent by Taylor Stevens
The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn
What are you reading this week?
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On Friday I started “The Great Typo Hunt” by Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson.
Last week I finished “Everything Beautiful Began After” by Simon Van Booy
And for those looking for their next read, make sure you check out the Gaithersburg Book Festival blog where authors from the 2011 festival are recommending their favorite reads of 2011. http://gaithersburgbookfestival.org/gbf-blog
Last week I finished Todd Ritter’s BAD MOON, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I also finished ROAM (Alan Lazar) on audio. Now I’m working on Alan Glynn’s BLOODLAND in print and Andrew Gross’ EYES WIDE OPEN on audio.
I’m eager to finish up books I started last week. And get started on some new ones!
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I can’t wait to read your thoughts on The Bungalow. Happy reading!
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Last week I finished A Train In Winter by Caroline Moorhead, about women in occupied France during WW2 who helped distribute anti-Nazi writings, hide and transport Jews to safety, organized among the resistance, and a large group of whom ended up going to a concentration camp. It was absolutely heartbreaking and horrifying to read – the author at one point gets very specific and detailed about what happened in the camps, and as a Jew, knowing that some of my ancestors likely experienced this exact stuff…I almost thought I might not be able to finish the book, but I did and I’m glad. Obviously most of us know in general about the atrocities, but there were details I’d never heard before, and suffice it to say they were the stuff of nightmares. But if you think you can handle that, I definitely recommend the book.
I also read, finished yesterday, The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht. Definitely see why it was on so many Best of 2011 lists – very enchanting story with a great mix of vivid strong details and magical realism themes. I’m looking forward to more from this young author!
Today I’ll be starting Pillar of Fire by Taylor Branch, the second book in his trilogy about Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. I read the first book a long time ago and am looking to get back into it – it’s absolutely packed with details and information, and lots of great pictures as well.
I’ve read good reviews for The Bungalow. I look forward to The Innocent. Have a great reading week.
I am planning to read The Bungalow shortly! I am very much looking forward to it.
Enjoy your books.
All new books to me. I hope you enjoyed them.
I’m on vacation and the time off has given me time to finish my GoodReads challenge. Please come see what I’m reading.
Just finished Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland (highly recommend) and getting started again on Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows for a second time. How is the internet changing the way you think?
I finished up Lament earlier this week and have to say it was the first Maggie Steifvater book I didn’t enjoy. It was alright just not her usual gripping read. I finished up Ockler’s Bittersweet this morning and enjoyed it a great deal. Great contemporary YA.