It got busy this week! Lots going on at home, work, and otherwise as well. Life My daughter's school decided to close on Friday, along with several other schools in the area, with some being closed from Thursday. Not enough staff. The school had been on a mask mandate since the beginning of the pandemic, dropping it only for one week when the pandemic had appeared to have stabilized last year. And yet, they dropped the mandate completely at the beginning of this year, when cases were exponentially rising, only to bring it back again starting next week. I've gone from being very annoyed to angry to feeling fatigue in these first two weeks already. I won't lie - we all mask around here and try to avoid going where we don't have a need to be in, and still, we are not taking anything close to the extreme precaution we all took at the beginning of the pandemic. I cannot and don't want to keep my kids home - I have at least that much faith in the schools' precautions
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.