"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Monday, July 30, 2012

It's Monday, July 30, and I'm reading...


Sheila at Book Journey

Jen and Kellee at Teach Mentor Textt
Currently Reading:
  • The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer Smith...should be a quick read. I'm about half finished and just started it last night.
  • Emma by Jane Austen---Still plodding along in this book, though I've actually read about 50 pages of this week so I feel better about the progress.
I'm listening to:
  • Cinder by Marissa Meyers... a retelling of the Cinderella story. In this one Cinderalla is a cyborg, or half human, half machine.
What I've recently finished:
  • Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks--- a graphic novel about a girl just starting out in high school.
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline---A new favorite. It is geektastic!
  • A Bride's Story #1 by Kaoru Mori...a graphic novel with absolutely lovely illustrations.
  • Stotan! by Chris Crutcher...part of the Chris Crutcher Challenge
  • The Year of Beast by Cecil Castellucci and Nate Powell...half graphic, half regular novel.

What I hope to read next: We leave for our trip to Italy Wednesday.  These are the books I am taking along, all books I own so they can be shed when I'm finished:
  • Wither by Lauren DeStefano...the only YA book I'm taking along. I will share this with my daughter if she runs out of reading material before the end of the trip.
  • A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry...this has been on my TBR pile for years.
  • Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean...an up-coming book club selection
  • Dancing with Mr. Darcy, a collection of short stories...thought this lightweight volume would be a good one to slip in my purse to read while we stand in line at museums, etc.

 What are you reading?

20 books in July challenge.  How am I doing? 
I have completed 17 books and I'm half way through two others.  I think with a bit of a push I will be able to finish 19 books.  My daughter pointed out that since I made the rules of this challenge I should just read a Dr. Seuss book for my 20th and call it good. Not sure if that is quite what I had in mind when I set the challenge for myself. Ha!


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