It's Monday! What are You Reading? is hosted by One Persons Journey through a World of Books. Each week we spotlight the books we are reading, planning on reading or just finished reading.
I'm embarrassed to admit it AGAIN that I am currently stuck in slow books so my list looks very similar to the list I created two weeks ago. But here is what I'm reading, listening to, and what's on deck...
What I'm currently reading:1. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman- I've only just started this book but Goodman is often compared to Jane Austen, my favorite, and the book sounds intriguing. Here is the summary from Goodreads: "Bicoastal, surprising, rich in ideas and characters, The Cookbook Collector is a novel about getting and spending, and about the substitutions we make when we can’t find what we’re looking for: reading cookbooks instead of cooking, speculating instead of creating, collecting instead of living. But above all it is about holding on to what is real in a virtual world: love that stays." This is for book club next week. Get cracking, Anne!
What I'm currently listening to on audiobooks:Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly- I know, I know, I know. I have been listening to this book for nearly three weeks. It has over 15 hours of recorded audiobooks and I am on the second-to-the-last CD. The book just took an unexpected twist which has reignited my interest. I like the information about the French Revolution but find the modern-day story a bit tedious. Look for my full review soon, I hope.
What I just finished:
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan- a haunting debut novel about the many faces of racism in the deep south in post WWII America. This story still has me in its grip.
What I plan to listen to next:
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- I've never read this dystopian classic, plus it is only 4 1/2 CDs long. I should be able to listen to it in a week.
What I hope to read next:
Stolen! by Lucy Christopher- this is the only remaining 2011 Printz Award/Honor book I haven't read, yet. Kids who have read tell me it is good! I sure hope that it isn't full of whiny teenagers. I'm sick of that whiny tone-of-voice from the batch of books I've recently been reading.
What are you reading/listening to right now?
Stolen is a great book. I hope you enjoy it! Right now I'm reading Choker by Elizabeth Woods it's really creepy. :)
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I've heard great things about Revolution. No worries - it always takes me many weeks to finish audio books because I only listen during lunch and sometimes in the car (but my old VW doesn't have a CD player(!!) so I can only listen if I take the newer car somewhere).
ReplyDeleteSo glad you loved Mudbound! It is the kind of book that sticks with you.
I just read Lord of the Flies for the first time a few years ago, too.
Enjoy your books this week!
Sue
Oh, Mudbound! Wonderful book. I still think about it and I read it about a year ago.
ReplyDeleteThat's all right, I've been in a bit of a rut lately myself. That's interesting that Lord of the Flies is considered dystopian. I guess the society the boys create for themselves is dystopian but at least it's not THE society of the world. Have a great reading week :)
ReplyDeleteAre you listening to the William Golding-read version of LOF from Pierce County Library? It's cool that it's read by the author...but he doesn't have the most exciting of voices...
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