It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

Once again I go for the “Forgetful Blogger Award”…. I am sure I am a shoe in!  With Banned Book Week planning and everything else in my head I spaced the Monday post.  Again.  😯  Seriously, thanks for hanging with me… last few months have been a bumpy ride.

I did put some posts up this week:

 

Banned Book Week Kick Off with a link to a super post on Censorship

The Hunt by Andrew Fukoda (Hunger Games fans!  This one is for you!)

Banned Book Week with links to giveaway post

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn – well worth your time.  A brilliant fast fictional read on censorship.

 

There you have it.  As for this week I am not sure what I will be reading.  My week is a busy one and I have a couple books sitting in front of me right now I plan on giving a go at for the Bloggers Recommended newsletter.  I think I will leave it at that as this post is late and I just want to get it going 🙂

Here is the link up – add your Monday What Are You Reading post and please visit others as well.  You never know what direction that next great read/listen may be coming from!

 

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

Well if you are a regular tot his meme you know I totally missed last weeks post and that is rare.  I was out of town, out of internet range and once home… flat out too tired to post. 😀 

I actually posted this week a couple of times, here is what is new this week:

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Another one to check out!)

The White Princess by Philippa Gregory (audio baby and it was FANTASTIC!)

Why Do We Choose The Books We Do?

 

 

As for this week I am reading and listening to:

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Don’t Sweat.  Don’t Laugh.  Don’t draw attention to yourself.  And most of all, whatever you do, do not fall in love with one of them.

Gene is different from everyone else around him.  He can’t run with lightning speed, sunlight doesn’t hurt him and he doesn’t have an unquenchable lust for blood.  Gene is a human, and he knows the rules.  Keep the truth a secret.  It’s the only way to stay alive in a world of night—a world where humans are considered a delicacy and hunted for their blood.

When he’s chosen for a once in a lifetime opportunity to hunt the last remaining humans, Gene’s carefully constructed life begins to crumble around him.  He’s thrust into the path of a girl who makes him feel things he never thought possible—and into a ruthless pack of hunters whose suspicions about his true nature are growing. Now that Gene has finally found something worth fighting for, his need to survive is stronger than ever—but is it worth the cost of his humanity?

 

 

 

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In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as “Last Stand in Denver,” has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned—and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights.
 
One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation . . . unaware that the rules have changed. The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man’s extinction. If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price.

 

 

 

2c“Jacob was time out of sync, time more perfect than it had been. He was life the way it was supposed to be all those years ago. That’s what all the Returned were.”  

Harold and Lucille Hargrave’s lives have been both joyful and sorrowful in the decades since their only son, Jacob, died tragically at his eighth birthday party in 1966. In their old age they’ve settled comfortably into life without him, their wounds tempered through the grace of time…. Until one day Jacob mysteriously appears on their doorstep—flesh and blood, their sweet, precocious child, still eight years old. 

All over the world people’s loved ones are returning from beyond. No one knows how or why this is happening, whether it’s a miracle or a sign of the end. Not even Harold and Lucille can agree on whether the boy is real or a wondrous imitation, but one thing they know for sure: he’s their son. As chaos erupts around the globe, the newly reunited Hargrave family finds itself at the center of a community on the brink of collapse, forced to navigate a mysterious new reality and a conflict that threatens to unravel the very meaning of what it is to be human.

 

 

 

It feels good to be getting back into some sort of groove again.  So what are you reading?  Add your link below.

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

Well Wine and Words was this past Friday and it was a HUGE success! I was hoping to post about it earlier today but I have hardly been home in a week and between catching up on house duties and groceries and then spending time with my neglected husband, that post will have to wait until Tuesday.  Cant wait to share it with all of you! 😀

I believe that now that the big time consuming all brain cell engaging event is complete I can turn back to this neglected blog.  I did read a bit this week and I finished an audio book.  Mmmmm hmmmm… all by myself.  I did it. 😀

Reviews should return this week, morning meanderings should return this week…. I am super hopeful that I will be an online presence again.  So that said, “Hi, my name is Sheila.  I was once a great blogger and then I ran out of gas…errr… or time….or something.  😀  Anyhoo… welcome back to me 😀

Again, I have no reviews this week so I want to know what you are reading these days.  Please add your Monday What Are You Reading to the link below and I as well as others will pop in to see what is happening in your corner of the world.

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 200th addition

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

No excuses.  I was hoping to celebrate the 200 edition of IMWAYR at this post but it is not happening today.  Full steam ahead is still on the agenda and this week is the final planning and the Wine and Words event.  Our goal for this first year was 100 tickets.  As of this typing, we are at 169 tickets.  It is both thrilling and a little “anxiety causing” as we work together this week to get all the little details in place.  It has been a lot of work but we have a great team.

I am giving you the link to sign up with what you are reading, my reading is pretty much at a stand still at this time.  I am at camp the first few days of this week so hopefully I have a little reading and blogging time.  In the mean time, this 200th celebration is going to have a pin in it.

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

Another super busy week has passed here.  I was out of town at a work conference on Thursday and Friday, at a Vikings Game in the cities Friday night and ran a 7K mud run in Wisconsin on Saturday before returning home.  I planned a nice post for today as this is the 200th IMWAYR, but I am busy with prep work for upcoming events, cleaning my house, and I have a book club book to read that I have barely cracked the spine and the review is Tuesday.

Basically… the same thing is going on here that has been the story for the past two months.  Life is busy – all is well, I am just not around the laptop that much these days.

I have nothing new to report for what I am reading as I am still working on the same audio books and the same books.  Tomorrow afternoon I will be listening to audio while I mow the lawn so hopefully I will get close to finishing something… The White Princess and The Twelve are both nearing completion.

Below is the link for you to add what you are reading.  I really hope to get a chance to stop in and visit some of you this week.. believe me – its not from lack of trying 😀

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Next Sunday – lets plan on that celebration.  The library book sale will be over and I should be ready to roll out a good post prior to going to camp on Monday. 😀

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (#199 epic fail!)

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

Egads…. I have never been so late on this post.  Seriously.. . this is my 199th Monday What Are You Reading Post and as you can see it almost didn’t happen.  Life has taken over my life.  It’s all good, but things around here are quite a juggle right now.

This weekend I was biking two days for Camp Benedict.  150 miles of awesomeness and awesome people.  Last night, honestly I just wanted to sit on my deck with my husband and not think or do… and that is what I did.  This morning, I was up and on the road by 5 am to do my 6 mile run, worked until 10:15, meeting at the library ar 10:30 – 12:15, lunch with a friend from 12:30 – 4m went grocery shopping hope and writing the post.

Yeah… that about sums it up.  I know I have been mostly absent since June.  I do not plan on leaving, I am just experiencing juggle technicalities and to be honest – the summer sun is winning right now. 😀

Thank you for sticking with me and your patience – here is the link up below- my Sunday is open next week so my post should be beautiful and timely for Monday What are You Reading #200.  Perhaps… we will have to celebrate 🙂

 

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

I know I am putting this post up really late.  I usually have it up on Sunday evenings but after a trip to the North shore with my son from Thursday Morning until Saturday, then shopping for a picnic for 300 people and then on Sunday putting together the picnic for 300 people together along with an awesome team and then finally getting home at 3 pm and then falling asleep from 4 pm – 5:30, then dinner, then mowing the lawn…

let’s just say writing this post last night was not in the cards.

Yes… I have been absent a lot this summer, more than I ever have been.  The addition  of the half marathon training on top of my Library duties, job, weekend events, camp prep…  all of this has really made my blog window tiny.  I do believe this is only for a season so please hang with me… 😀

My reading (books) is almost at a standstill.  I have been reading the same book for the last three weeks.  The book is good, but I am just busy and sitting and reading is something I long to d0 – but can not find the time.  My audio book listening is still strong.  I haven’t started anything new this week but am still enjoying:  The White Princess by Philippa Gregory, The Twelve by Justin Cronin, and Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan.  

 

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I am hoping this afternoon to get in some reading time.  *fingers crossed*

What are you reading this week?  I am excited to see what books you are accomplishing this time of year!  Please add your link below.

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

Another busy week here, typical summer….  here is what I posted this past week:

Restrike by Reba White William

Pics from last weekends Go Commando Race

Looking For Me by Beth Hoffman

Here is what I am listening to this week (and I say listening because reading has been slow going…)

 

 

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In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as “Last Stand in Denver,” has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned—and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights.

One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation . . . unaware that the rules have changed. The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man’s extinction. If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price.
 

 

 

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In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald’s, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children—everything from cousins (“celebrities for little kids”) to toddlers’ communication skills (“they always sound like they have traveled by horseback for hours to deliver important news”), to the eating habits of four year olds (“there is no difference between a four year old eating a taco and throwing a taco on the floor”). Reminiscent of Bill Cosby’s Fatherhood, Dad is Fat is sharply observed, explosively funny, and a cry for help from a man who has realized he and his wife are outnumbered in their own home.

 

 

 

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When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house—Elizabeth of York—to unify a country divided by war for nearly two decades.

But his bride is still in love with his slain enemy, Richard III—and her mother and half of England dream of a missing heir, sent into the unknown by the White Queen. While the new monarchy can win power, it cannot win hearts in an England that plots for the triumphant return of the House of York.

Henry’s greatest fear is that somewhere a prince is waiting to invade and reclaim the throne. When a young man who would be king leads his army and invades England, Elizabeth has to choose between the new husband she is coming to love and the boy who claims to be her beloved lost brother: the rose of York come home at last.

 

 

 

I have had some great audio experiences lately and much to catch up on reviewing.  In the mean time, what are you reading?  I would love to know!  Add your link below where it says click here.

 

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I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

I have been absent this week – I have been gone all weekend running 5k’s with my college son, here’s a picture of the one we finished today – the Color Run.

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I just came back into town after 8:00 p.m. tonight so I am going to just let you know I have reviews to write, I hardly read a thing this week and that’s about it.  😀  Please share what are you are reading by using the link below:

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Have a great week! 🙂 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. While I am no longer offering up the giveaway incentive, I do hope you will still see the value of visiting other participants and seeing what they are reading- be warned though… this meme tends to add to your reading lists :D

It was a gorgeous week here in Central Minnesota.  I finished a great week of training for the half marathon in October and enjoyed a nice mix of work and sunshine and reading.  I even was able to see College son over the 4th!  Here is what I managed to read and post this week:

Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt

Inferno by Dan Brown (WOW!  Dan Brown really is an amazing writer that makes you think!

You think I would have posted more, I did finish more but the holiday and a busy weekend kept me off the computer (which is a good thing 😀 )

As for this week – here is what I am reading/listening to:

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Pain, Parties, Work by Elizabeth Winder is a compelling look at a young Sylvia Plath and the life-changing month that would lay the groundwork for her seminal novel, The Bell Jar.

In May of 1953, a twenty-one-year-old Plath arrived in New York City, the guest editor of Mademoiselle’s annual College Issue. She lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended the ballet, went to a Yankee game, and danced at the West Side Tennis Club. She was supposed to be having the time of her life. But what would follow was, in Plath’s words, twenty-six days of pain, parties, and work, that ultimately changed the course of her life.

A few years ago my book club read The Bell Jar for our Classic Month.  It was interesting to read about Sylvia Plath, really a road almost to madness… When I seen a review of this book (audio) on Kathy’s blog I was thrilled to learn even more about her.

 

 

 

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Cousins Coleman and Dinah Greene moved from North Carolina to New York after college to make their mark on the art world: Coleman is the editor of an influential arts magazine and Dinah is the owner of a print gallery in Greenwich Village. But their challenges are mounting as one of Coleman’s writers is discovered selling story ideas to a competitor and The Greene Gallery is in the red because sales are down. When billionaire Heyward Bain arrives with a glamorous assistant, announcing plans to fund a fine print museum, Coleman is intrigued and plans to get to know Bain and publish an article about him. Dinah hopes to sell him enough prints to save her gallery. At the same time, swindlers, attracted by Bain’s lavish spending, invade the print world to grab some of his money. When a print dealer dies in peculiar circumstances, Coleman is suspicious, but she can’t persuade the NYPD crime investigator of a connection between the dealer’s death and Bain’s buying spree. After one of Coleman’s editors is killed and Coleman is attacked, the police must acknowledge the connection, and Coleman becomes even more determined to discover the truth about Bain. In an unforgettable final scene, Coleman risks her life to expose the last deception threatening her, her friends, and the formerly tranquil print world.

Doesn’t this just sound fun?

 

 

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Celebrating the healing power of food and the magic of New York City, A Place at the Table follows the lives of three seekers who come together in the understanding that when you embrace the thing that makes you different, you become whole. A Place at the Table tells the story of three unforgettable characters whose paths converge in a storied Manhattan café: Bobby, a young gay man from Georgia who has been ostracized by his family; Amelia, a wealthy Connecticut woman whose life is upended when a family secret comes to light; and Alice, an African-American chef from North Carolina whose heritage is the basis of a renowned cookbook but whose past is a mystery to those who know her. These characters are exiles – from homeland, from marriage, from family. While they all find companionship and careers through cooking, they hunger for the deeper nourishment of communion. As the narrative sweeps from a freed-slave settlement in 1920s North Carolina to Manhattan during the deadly AIDS epidemic of the 1980s to the well-heeled hamlet of contemporary Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Bobby, Amelia, and Alice are asked to sacrifice everything they ever knew or cared about to find authenticity and fulfillment.

I think this sounds powerful.

 

 

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Love—and crushes—are in the air for Nikki Maxwell in this sixth book of the New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series.It’s the biggest dance of the year and Nikki Maxwell is hoping her crush, Brandon, wants to be her date. But time is running out. What if he doesn’t want to go with her? Or worse—what if he ends up going with Mackenzie?!!

Oh my.. this one is fun!

 

 

So that is what is happening here.  Lots of fun reads – and our Book Club Queen Event is this Tuesday!  SO EXCITED!!!!

What are you reading listening to this week?  I would love to know!  Add your link below where it says click here.

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