Hello! Welcome to It’s Monday What Are You Reading? The meme that we use to share what we read this past week and what our plans are for the upcoming week. It’s a great way to see what others are reading and add to your own To Be Read list. 😀 You never know where that next great read may come from!
Finally feel like I am getting ready for Christmas. Wrapped gifts this afternoon, finishing touches on shopping, and even turned on the Christmas tree lights! So excited that in a few days the boys will be here hanging out at the house… good food, good games, movies and just being together. These are my absolute favorite times! 😀
*Quick note on the late posting…. uhh… yeah, sorry about that. We were out with friends last night and when I got home I was just too tired to put this post together.
Here is what I posted this past week:
Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican
My Living Room Facelift (Color makes a difference!)
The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham
2014 The Books That Made My Year!
The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
What I Know For Sure by Oprah WInfrey
As for this week…
For My Ears
Stuck in a job he no longer found fulfilling, journalist Mike McIntyre felt his life was quickly passing him by. So one day he hit the road to trek from one end of the country to the other with little more than the clothes on his back and without a single penny in his pocket. Through his travels, he found varying degrees of kindness in strangers from all walks of life-and discovered more about people and values and life on the road in America than he’d ever thought possible. The gifts of food and shelter he received along the way were outweighed only by the touching gifts of the heart-the willingness of many he met to welcome a lonely stranger into their homes…and the discovery that sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare.
Goodnight Moon is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the “great green room” might have come to be.
June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. Unexpectedly, she is called to settle her great-aunt Ruby’s estate and determine the fate of Bluebird Books, the children’s bookstore Ruby founded in the 1940s. Amid the store’s papers, June stumbles upon letters between her great-aunt and the late Margaret Wise Brown – and steps into the pages of American literature.
For My Eyes
Everyone who lives at 23 Beulah Grove has a secret. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be renting rooms in a dodgy old building for cash—no credit check, no lease. It’s the kind of place you end up when you you’ve run out of other options. The six residents mostly keep to themselves, but one unbearably hot summer night, a terrible accident pushes them into an uneasy alliance. What they don’t know is that one of them is a killer. He’s already chosen his next victim, and he’ll do anything to protect his secret.
Also.. do not forget the First Book Of The Year! This is going to be a lot of fun! If you are signed up remember to send me your pic this week of what you will be reading and if you are not signed up, it is not too late and this is a pretty cool thing to do to kick off the New Year! Check it out here.
I think that is the plan. What are you reading/listening to this week? Is this a good reading week for you with the holidays or is it a hard week to read with everything going on? I will have a mix of quiet days and crazy days… but all should work out to a good week to read 🙂
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I’m hoping to sneak in some reading time, but have a few gifts to finish making (crocheting) and I still need to wrap all my gifts. I’m heading out of town on Wednesday for 2 days to my in-laws and then have my family coming on Saturday for the day. But, since I’m driving by myself (hubby is heading straight from work) I have at least 3 hours of quality audio book time!!!
I have Goodnight Moon on my book shelf and am hoping to get to it soon. I loved The Look of Love – it was my first Sarah Jio book!
Merry Christmas and enjoy your time with your boys!!!
I am working on a project as well for my son… I will post pics after Christmas as I have been taking step by step pics… but we will see if it works! 😛
Definitely mostly crazy days here, but i will still make time to read! We had to cancel our trip to Florida after Christmas because of my son’s concussion, so things will be very quiet here next week. On the plus side, I can now do your First Book of the Year challenge/meme since we’ll be home now!
The Kindness of Strangers and Goodnight June both sound very intriguing.
Enjoy your books this week!
Sue
Book By Book
Thanks Sue! Sorry about your sons concussion! Hope all is well and Merry Christmas!
I loved Goodnight June…and The Killer Next Door sounds really good. Enjoy! I hope to get some reading done this morning, but then will be hanging out with my grandson Noah this afternoon. Sometimes we both read, which is kind of fun.
I will be crafting here pretty quick so it will be audio this morning but may have some book time this afternoon after I get back home from a lunch date 🙂
I just set aside my third book ( out of 203!) this year. I’d even beta read it, but right now, it won’t kerp my interest. Despite our packing up for apt work, I did hit my GoodReads goal of 200 during last week. Have set my goal for 2015 and chosen Alison Weier’s Tudor Rose for my first book of the year. We have a lot more adventures in plastic bin land over the next few weeks, but right now “Armed and Fabulous” and “The Angry Woman Suite” are qued for the week. Happy Holidays Sheila and we’ll get those pix to you ASAP
Awesome! You sound crazy busy! AND a 200 book goal! WOW! I was impressed that I made it past my 120 goal 😀
Oh, and Belong to Me is fabulous
I am excited to start it – it may be a book for the plane ride coming up…. 😀
I really need to sign up for The First Book of the Year, but I have no idea what it will be… yet 😉
It took me a while to decide too, but once I knew what I have been wanting to read… I was ready to go 😀
The Kindness of Strangers is my kind of read or listen, in this case. 🙂 I still have to create my post for First Book of the Year which I want to join again. Thanks for doing this, Sheila!
YAY!!! So glad to have you on the First Book Challenge again! (The jury is still out on The Kindness Of Strangers, while it is kind of what I thought it would be… there are some odd scenarios here and I am not sure what I am going to think in the end…)
The Killer Next Door is a book I have too. I am sure it will be good.
It should be a good reading week for me. Our Christmas is usually quiet.
Merry Christmas.
Elizabeth
We will have the boys hanging out for a couple of days but after Thursday it will get quiet here again and the weekend is totally free so yay book time! 😀 Merry Christmas!
I too am feeling almost ready for Christmas. Only one stop at See’s Candy tonight and the gifts are done. Last minute food will be picked up tomorrow after work. Looking forward to the day with family.
That’s about where I am… I have a couple of gift cards to pick up today and tomorrow I will brave the rush of what we will be eating…. Maybe I will do that today… now really committed to what I am planning yet 🙂
I’m reading “Remember Me Like This” about a kidnapped boy who returns to his family. This is an excellent book.
OOH, true story?
The Kindness of Strangers sounds like an inspiring read! I hope it’s as good as it sounds. Now I need to think about my first read of 2015. 🙂
Oh yeah, the first read is a BIG DEAL! 😀
My roommate is out of town so I’ve found myself just vegging out and enjoying having the house all to myself. Hopefully I can get some reading done!
I have a few things to do today… need to get organized yet 😀
I’m reading AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO by Leslie Glaister, a novel but there is mystery and suspense so far very good
THE CITY OF BLOOD by Frederique Molay French Police Procedural another good one
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Good choices Betty! Enjoy!
Hi Sheila,
I must say I am looking forward to just being done with work tomorrow so that I can focus on the holidays and try to fit in some reading. I am almost done with Ticker, and have started Rooms, but I am taking it slow. I am not sure what kind of week I am going to get, but I think it will be too crazy to read much the next few days. Hopefully I will get some in today and then probably not until Friday. Have a Happy Holiday and Happy Reading!
Thanks! This is the first year I can remember where I am not working hard before the Christmas break… I spent 14 years at Walmart (RETAIL!) and then 10 years working in a church office (CHURCH!) so Christmas has always been busy… this year it is really nice to just plan for it at a slower pace. 🙂
I’ve had Goodnight June on my Kindle since this summer! Would be interested to hear your thoughts!
I just picked it this morning… sounded good and lite for my mood 🙂
I’m not reading much, just too much going on with Christmas… The Kindness of Strangers and Goodnight June both sound good. I keep hearing good thing about Sarah Jio and that book looks interesting to me, I may try it.
Have a merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas to you as well!
I may forget to tell you often, but I love this weekly meme and your blog!! I love how you love books, libraries and your friends. Have a Merry Christmas!!
Ahhhh thank you Anita! 🙂 Merry Christmas!
I loved Goodnight June! It was so warm and fuzzy and I loved the book references. I finally have my book picked out for first book! I’ll be sending you a picture soon but I’m waiting for the cold of death to pass so I don’t scare everyone! Enjoy your reading/listening! The Killer Next Door looks great!
OOH I am excited about it now! LOVE book references!
great post ! I’m going to sign up for first book of 2015. Hope your holiday is lovely!
Awesome!! The more the merrier!
I’ve just added my name to your first book of the year meme. We will be away, but getting an email prompt from you will remind to take a photo and send it in (hopefully:-)
Merry Christmas
Oh sweet! LOVE having you take part!
I loved, loved, loved Goodnight June, hope you do too Sheila. Have a joyous Christmas, enjoy the festivities and family time. Things have been a tad crazy in the lead up to Christmas so I’m looking forward to reading and relaxing in the New Year lol,
From all the raving I think I will love the book 😀
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I am reading CLOUD MOUNTAIN by Aimee E. Liu
Great!
I’m managing to read a page or two every once in a while but, other than that, there’s not much reading going on here. I hope you’re finding more time to read.
I am – I am pretty set for Christmas. Bought the groceries today and have a few things to pick up early tomorrow and then should be set 😀
My family is soaking up the sun in Cancun this week, so I’ve been a bit absent, but I want to wish you a wonderful Christmas!
Ha! I didn’t get time to finish mine yesterday so decided to give it a miss this week, so can understand your lateness. Enjoy the holiday season!
Deb
Like the sound of The Killer Next Door. Happy reading and merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you and yours Sheila!