What's Reading this Week! (Nov 25, 2013)

There has been so much going on over here and so much changing soon. I wish I could say I was reading a lot, but it's feeling like a luxury at the moment.

Family visitLast week, we had my husband's brother and his wife drive down from Boston and stay with us for the week. It had been months since we enjoyed anyone's close companionship for that long so we all enjoyed the time together. We were very sad to say our goodbyes. I hope we can all return to the pre-March era soon.
While they were here, we celebrated the girl's birthday. (I feel like I have been talking about birthdays on this blog for the past many weeks but we are done for the year! Next birthday is in March.) My daughter had wanted a unicorn cake, and that's exactly what we got, so that made her day. For her birthday present, we wanted to take her to a store and get her a bike but stock is incredibly low. Last week, she had just mastered riding a bike (no training wheels, she went straight from balance …

What's Reading this Week! (Nov 25, 2013)

This week and reading, not so much. I've been watching some TV but mostly spending lots of meaningless hours on my iPad. I only just discovered the iTunes University and decided to sign up for courses I've always wanted to take (Literature-related) but never could fit into my major (Computer Engineering). One of the courses I started was Fiction for Young Adults and another one which I'm hoping to get started on is Creative Writing.

The other thing I've been doing on my iPad is playing Clumsy Ninja. Seriously, this is one of the best graphics I've seen in games, because you can tickle this ninja of yours, lift him by the leg, give him high five, throw him through a basketball hoop. Man, I got a nice laugh out of it all.

On the book front, I finished only one book since the last update - Tina's Mouth, which I reviewed this week. I'm still listening to Life of Pi in the car (please, don't ever listen to this one as an audiobook - some descriptions have made me want to pull over and puke). Other than that, I started Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl this weekend. Fangirl may well be my favorite Rowell book and it's made me want to start writing fiction of my own.

Next in the list

The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #7)

I went and borrowed the last two books of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. I somehow missed news of their release but I'm now looking forward to a rollicking time with them.

Posted
My thoughts on the Oyster app (the Netflix for books)
Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary by Keshni Kashyap (Lovely graphics)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Such a clever book!)
Some of my knitting projects or what I've been doing when I'm not reading
Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Meh!)

Review Backlog
1. The Walking Dead Compendium 1 by Robert Kirkman
2. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
4. Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
5. Quarantine by Rahul Mehta
6. MetaMaus by Art Speigelman
7. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
8. Maus by Art Speigelman
9. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
10. Can you Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
11. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
12. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
13. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Comments

Judith (Leeswammes) said…

So you're enjoying the Wimpy Kid series? I always thought they're for teenage boys! Maybe I should try them, then!

November 25, 2013 at 7:57 AM

Shelleyrae said…

I pretty much only play Words with Friends on my iPad but my kids have it loaded up with all sorts off games.
Fangirl is on my wish list :)

Have a great week

November 25, 2013 at 9:15 AM

Vasilly said…

Now I want to read Fangirl.

November 25, 2013 at 11:22 AM

Juju at Tales of Whimsy.com said…

Reallly? Makes you want to write? That's awesome.

November 25, 2013 at 12:19 PM

Man of la Book said…

I was reading a few of the "Diary" books while my daughter was reading them, so I'll be able to discuss them with her.

http://www.ManOfLaBook.com

November 26, 2013 at 11:15 AM

Erin Kurup said…

Oh man. So iTunes University is good?? I've never really explored it because I'll most likely get sucked down the rabbit hole when I do. It sounds really cool.

Also, no Life of Pi on audio...haha, got it!!

November 27, 2013 at 5:33 PM

Athira / Aths said…

They are not just for teenage boys! You should try reading them. They are hilarious! :0

December 10, 2013 at 12:57 PM

ITunesU is quite cool! They have a ton of interesting looking courses. But rabbit hole is also right! :)

December 10, 2013 at 12:58 PM