Last week went much better than I dared hope it would be. I managed to catch some parts of the Presidential Inauguration and the evening program, and just the realization that the administration is really, truly, definitively changing has just sunk in, I think. I haven't spent more than about 5 minutes each day on the news (didn't feel the need to) and I hope to keep it that way for as long as possible. Life Yep, another busy work week. I know I hoped for a lighter work week, but who am I kidding. Work has been a different kind of busy each week this whole month and it will be nothing different this coming week. I just hope to figure out how to get my lunch hour freed up and use it to recharge. Not much happened in life this week - kids are loving being back at school, and I am loving my uninterrupted time, something that was only a luxury for much of last year. Reading Even if life was busy this week, I did read quite a bit. I'm slowly reading So You Want To Talk About Ra
This is a weekly event initially hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog, now by Sheila @ One Persons Journey through a world of Books, to celebrate what you are reading for the week as well as books completed the previous week.
Books completed last week
Did anyone read anything this week, what with the BEA and the Armchair BEA? I didn't - a real bummer, since by mid-month, I read 8 books, then got into a rut and didn't read much. So I guess, my advice to self is to read at my normal pace. Ugh!
Books reviewed
None. Instead, check out my armchair BEA posts, if you haven't yet:
- Rise of the online book club member
- The Blogger and the Microblogger
- Books from far, far away
- How to keep an active buzzing blog
I am currently reading
Snow
Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See: I am halfway through, and I can't gush enough about the narrator. Really love it!
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling: Zero progress, still somewhere halfway through!
The
Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille: I read just a few chapters of this book this week. Since it's such a huge book, it's taking me some time to get through it.
One
Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: This is quite an enjoyable read, but I left it at some point and need to get back to it.
Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart: Amazing book so far! Set in 1945, with two girls as ambitious and daring as any girl today - there is a certain feel-good sentiment about it!
Comments
Have fun with Harry - I am on book 3 in audio and loving it!
I look forward to your review of SUMMER AT TIFFANY as it is one I have on my TBR list.
I just started reading an ARC of The Blind Contessa's New Machine by Carey Wallace and it is starting out pretty good. I love being one of the first to read new books, don't you?
Roseann
Here's my Monday post: http://leeswammes.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-2
Here is my Monday!
Here's my Monday:
http://laurel-rain-snow.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-monday-what-are-you-reading_30.html
Have a great week!!
dollycas
http://dollycas.blogspot.com/
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Have a great week!
My What are you reading? is here.
Happy Monday. :)
xx,
E.J
From the Shadows
Have a great week! Mine is:
http://www.dorolerium.com/?p=1347
my Monday reading roundup.