By the time this post is published, we will all be back home, but right this moment, as I type this up, we are enjoying our last day at Daufuskie, a secluded island near Hilton Head, SC and Savannah, GA. We were lucky to score a cottage (without having to break the bank) with front-row access to the beach, something that has always been on my bucket list and that I was thrilled to cross off. This week has been very refreshing and just what I needed - a getaway, a break from it all, a retreat with family with no thoughts of work, to-do lists, and chores getting in the way. The island sure runs on its own time. The streetlights aren't turned ON at night to avoid attracting turtles too far from their ideal nesting place. There's the alligator crossing time at night when they go from pond to pond visiting friends (and hence tourists are advised to stay home when it's dark). There are very few cars - instead the preferred mode of transportation is via golf carts, which can go o
Sheila @ One Persons Journey through a world of Books wants to know what we're reading. I'm only too happy to oblige!
It's been a while since I did this, mostly because I've had something or the other come up on the past few weekends. Not that I managed to read very many books, but at least I've been reading a bit.
Books finished since the last update
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan
Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
The Giver by Lois Lowry (WOW!)
News from over my blog
Reviews up!
Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
Yo! by Julia Alvarez
In the Sea There are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda
BBAW posts
A toast to some favorite bloggers
The reader in my blog
The fun techie side of the blog
Grace of Books like Breathing won my giveaway
Other posts
With Indie Lit Awards just around the corner, I've posted some of my favorite books this year from the Fiction and other categories
The August Reading
New Reading Project: Blogger Recommends
Geeking out over a sci-fi list
Books on my nightstand
Since it's been a while after my last Monday post, the books on my nightstand have changed drastically. The ones that have been languishing there for a while have been shelved and I have some different ones holding my interest right now. I'm in the middle of two fabulous books and hoping to start a third one soon this week.
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami: This is my first read (Ti's recommendation) for my Blogger Recommends feature. There is enough fantasy in this one that it's not my usual fare, but there's enough intrigue that I just. cannot. put. it. down.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie: I chose this as one of my reads in celebration of this year's Banned Books Week. I was quite surprised by how easily it pulled me in and I can already see why many others loved this book. As always, I can't get why this book is even in a banned books list!
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: This is the other book I chose to read for this year's Banned Books Week. I read a couple of pages of this book and found it incredibly hard to get in. I'm definitely disappointed by that, but I'm hoping that was just because I was distracted. Have you read this one? If so, what did you think of it?
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan Irma Voth by Miriam Toews The Giver by Lois Lowry (WOW!)News from over my blog
Reviews up!
Irma Voth by Miriam Toews Yo! by Julia Alvarez In the Sea There are Crocodiles by Fabio GedaBBAW posts
A toast to some favorite bloggers The reader in my blog The fun techie side of the blog Grace of Books like Breathing won my giveawayOther posts
With Indie Lit Awards just around the corner, I've posted some of my favorite books this year from the Fiction and other categories The August Reading New Reading Project: Blogger Recommends Geeking out over a sci-fi listBooks on my nightstand
Since it's been a while after my last Monday post, the books on my nightstand have changed drastically. The ones that have been languishing there for a while have been shelved and I have some different ones holding my interest right now. I'm in the middle of two fabulous books and hoping to start a third one soon this week.
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami: This is my first read (Ti's recommendation) for my Blogger Recommends feature. There is enough fantasy in this one that it's not my usual fare, but there's enough intrigue that I just. cannot. put. it. down.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie: I chose this as one of my reads in celebration of this year's Banned Books Week. I was quite surprised by how easily it pulled me in and I can already see why many others loved this book. As always, I can't get why this book is even in a banned books list!Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: This is the other book I chose to read for this year's Banned Books Week. I read a couple of pages of this book and found it incredibly hard to get in. I'm definitely disappointed by that, but I'm hoping that was just because I was distracted. Have you read this one? If so, what did you think of it?
Comments
Stopping by via Its Monday! What are you Reading? Looks like some great titles, I must choose something to read for Banned Books Week
Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
Enjoy!
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I loved Brave New World...hope you enjoy all of your books.
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literarylindsey.blogspot.com
I finished Brave New World not too long ago and I'm working on a review now. It is a difficult book to get into but there are a few characters worth following - if you decide to keep reading you're in for a few surprises.