It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye’s Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!
Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of Unleashing Readers decided to give It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, anything in the world of kidlit – join them!
I seem to have accomplished quite a bit of reading this week without trying. The books almost read themselves!
I have quite a few reserves on at the library and five of them came in this past week and one now there still waiting to pick up. Feast or famine!
What I read last week:
I finished listening to this book, I enjoyed it and I can also tick off classic in my reading challenges.
I also read for review, I have reviewed this on NG and Goodreads and will on Amazon when it publishes but won’t here on the blog. I liked it – 4 stars.
This one came off my TBR, it has been there for a very long time! Tick off another challenge book.
And from the library these two books. Am American Marriage was good but not really my cup of tea. I just didn’t warm to the characters. Sorry! However I see it has been nominated for the long list of the 2018 National Book Award so another tick off for a reading challenge. The Desert Nurse I loved and what a gorgeous cover.
What I am reading at present:
So reading on through the library books!
And I started listening to
The Book Date 
I hope you are enjoying The Summer Sail. You had a really varied book list last week!
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Wow, you sure did read a lot this past week. How fun for you.
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Great reading week! I have Persuasion on my list too though I think I’m going to tackle Sense and Sensibility first. The JD Robb is a series is one I need to tackle. I love Nora Roberts but haven’t tried this one. Hope you’re having a great week!
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Katherine do try the J. D. Robb books, starting at the beginning because relationships of all kinds develop over time. And only on audiobook – fantastic series on audio.
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Hello There! I hope you are doing well! Yes, you certainly have had a feast of books come into your life, a few of which I added to my want to read list at Goodreads – again! I’m reading more library books since I found Book Date! Thank you for hosting and for sharing your reading life!
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Oh the JD Robb. I so need to get caught up with her books. So good!
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Wow, great reading week for you! I want to read An American Marriage (sorry it wasn’t quite your thing) – I keep hearing good reviews of it and that National Book Award nomination.
Hope you have another wonderful reading week – and thanks for hosting!
Sue
Book By Book
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I wish my books would read themselves. Reading has been a struggle lately. I’m glad you read some good books and completed some challenges. Have a great week!
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An American Marriage was recommended as a whatsapp group book read and it was amazing. I would never have chosen it and thought it was a great book, I loved it but can understand if some won’t understand it.
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The nurse cover reminds me if Nicole Kidman!
Enjoy All your reads.
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That is exactly the first thing that I thought too Mystica – so like Nicole Kidman.
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I’ve seen An American Marriage popping up a lot lately. Sounds interesting, sorry you didn’t connect with the characters though!
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looks like you have a good week coming up. I got a new reviewing gig for Mystery Scene Magazine so I’m working on a few reviews for them. Happy Monday
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They all look good, Kathryn.
ENJOY your books and your week.
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You sure did accomplish a lot. Many great books and pretty covers. Hope you have a wonderful week.
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Great list of books. Summer Sail looks really good. I’ll have to look for that one. Have a great week!
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So many good books on your list today. I’m playing catch-up with Robb’s books. I love the narrator! And the stories. Have a great week!
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It’s weird how some weeks the books just flow! You had a great flow of very different books!
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An American Marriage is also on my TBR. I seem to get all my library holds at the same time, too! I can barely finish an audiobook on Overdrive before another is automatically checked out to me!! Persuasion is a classic that’s also on my TBR. Have a great week!
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I listened to Persuasion this year – love it as much as P&P.
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That’s how I like to read…like breathing.
I’ve only just started American Marriage. I hope I like it more than you did.
And yay for Persuasion!
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I must find out your secret. Last week was not a good one reading wise for me!
Glad you enjoyed The Desert Nurse – I thought it was lovely.
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Ohhh Persuasion! That’s nice 🙂
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I challenged myself to read all six Jane Austen novels last year. A bit of a hit and miss experience, but I hadn’t read any before! Northanger Abbey was my favourite
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Hi, I hope you had a good weekend. Thanks for hosting again this week.
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I read By Invitation Only a few weeks ago. I hope you enjoy it!
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I enjoyed that audio version of Persuasion. Have a good week.
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Glad the reading has been going well! I love that cover of Summer Sail.
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You have a nice assortment of books. I’ve been meaning to read more of Jane Austen’s books. Maybe Persuasion should be next. Thanks for sharing…and for hosting.
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