It's Monday. What Are You Reading?

17th July

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 had another great week of reading. Winter hit us in the last week, it usually does at this time, so cold and wet. Means my walks are fewer because I am not willing to get soaking wet.

While I try not to buy new books I do! Cough! However while chatting on an author's FB reading page we got to talking about books we read as children and loved. Someone mentioned the Cherry Ames books (I liked what I read of them) and that in turn reminded me of the Sue Barton books, so in a moment of weakness I purchased from Amazon a set of the seven books in the series. At a stiff cost when you take in postage to NZ etc. 

What would be one of your childhood nostalgic books or series?                                      

What I read last week:

I listened to this from the library while sewing. I gobbled it up, really loved it on audio. I won't be reviewing it but Rita's short review of The Stars are Fire at Paging Through Books was the one that fully decided me on reading it. And as I listened to the audiobook version I highly recommend the narration of Suzanne Elise Freeman.

I also listened to Until it Fades

I really enjoyed this romantic tale that had a Cinderella tinge to it. Enjoyable and entertaining and really well narrated. Sheer escapism!

From the TBR shelf I read and liked We Never Asked for Wings. I also read a review book - Until You Loved Me by Brenda Novak - review will be posted. Liked it as well.

What I am reading at present:

Now reading a review book, the one granted to me a year after requesting! It is historical fiction and I think I will enjoy it. 30% in.

And just starting to listen to...

The title alone would draw me in! But I've read some of your reviews too  ;)

Up next:

One of my recently buys, most likely...

Last Weeks Posts
The Almost Sisters   Joshilyn Jackson
Secrets of the Tulip Sisters   Susan Mallery
The Beach at Painter's Cover   Shelley Noble

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