Hi everyone! I am currently in Florida with my College Son enjoying sunny weather, Harry Potter World, great food, and a Pirates Show.
On Sunday evening, Vicki from I’d Rather Be Reading At The Beach has graciously offered to host for me this week. Please stop over there to connect all things It’s Monday!
I will be back in town Monday night.
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 list!
Hi all! Hope your week was WONDERFUL! Mine was pretty sweet! A couple dress up events (costume style) and a fairly relaxing weekend. Which has been awesome! Here is what I posted this past week:
This week I have started some new reads and I am excited to move on them:
The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most importantly of all—she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.
But nothing comes without a price.
Someone is murdering Shadowhunters, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. Clary’s best friend, Simon, can’t help her—his mother just found out that he’s a vampire, and now he’s homeless. When Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: she herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.
This is my current guilty pleasure read. Having races first the first thee in this series now I am ready to see what happens in book 4!
This document, dear friend, will shatter the Church…..
Reading these words in a letter in a dusty archive, Thomas Kelly is skeptical. The papers to which they refer have vanished, but Father Kelly, a Jesuit priest, doubts that anything could ever have had that power—until the Vatican suddenly calls him to Rome to begin a desperate search for that very document.
Meanwhile, standing before a council of her people, Livia Pietro receives instructions: she must find a Jesuit priest who has recently arrived in Rome and join his search for a document that contains a secret so shocking it has the power to destroy not only the Catholic Church, but Livia’s people as well.
As cryptic messages from the past throw Thomas and Livia into a treacherous world of art, religion, and conspiracy, they are pursued by those who would cross any line to obtain the document for themselves. Thomas and Livia must race to stop the chaos and destruction that the revelation of these secrets would create. Livia, though, has a secret of her own: She and her people are vampires.
In a sprawling tapestry that combines the religious intrigue of Dan Brown with the otherworldly terror of Stephenie Meyer, Blood of the Lamb is an unforgettable journey into an unthinkable past.
I have started this one… with a little Davinchi feel… this could be interesting.
Since the publication of A Mile Down (2005), a true account of Vann’s misadventures at sea, his highly acclaimed works have won 15 awards and been translated into 18 languages. Yet perhaps none have drawn more deeply on Vann’s own violent family history than this latest novel about an unnamed 11-year-old boy on a hunting trip with his male elders. While camping with his grandfather, father, and family friend on their ancestral 640-acre northern California ranch, with Goat Mountain looming above, the foursome stumbles on a poacher whom the boy, on an inexplicable impulse, shoots and kills. Recounting the incident decades later, the boy, now a man, describes the harrowing aftermath of his actions, from his father’s decision to hang the corpse in full view of their camp, to a hellish night on the mountain alone after snagging his first buck.
Egads right????
So moving on… I need to get this post up 😀
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I am home from a weekend at our cabin with friends. A little reading, a little eating, a little movie and games, and a lot of fun! Here’s a peek at what we did:
Anyhoo… I am just going to put the link up as I am late late late tonight:
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My week was a pretty busy one with book club, helping with the teens, spent a little time sick, and cheered on two friends as they ran heir first half marathon. Reading was minimum, but I managed one post, and here is a picture from our book club review (more on that this week):
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince by J K Rowling (audio review… I know, I know… but read it. Its funny. I think.
As for this week, here is what I am doing that is new:
Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America’s favorite comedians, now that he’s 65, and a look back at a remarkable career.
Billy Crystal is 65, and he’s not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like “Buying the Plot” and “Nodding Off,” Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone age with him. He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life, from entertaining his relatives as a kid in Long Beach, Long Island, and his years doing stand-up in the Village, up through his legendary stint at Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally, and his long run as host of the Academy Awards. Listeners get a front-row seat to his one-day career with the New York Yankees (he was the first player to ever “test positive for Maalox”), his love affair with Sophia Loren, and his enduring friendships with several of his idols, including Mickey Mantle and Muhammad Ali. He lends a light touch to more serious topics like religion (“the aging friends I know have turned to the Holy Trinity: Advil, bourbon, and Prozac”); grandparenting; and, of course, dentistry. As wise and poignant as they are funny, Crystal’s reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived.
I started listening to this one on my way home yesterday.
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I feel rejuvenated. I think I have done more BOOK reading the past two weeks then I have done in months. In feels great to really dig into a book and actually have time to enjoy it. 😀 I even wrote a couple reviews:
Ok… I lied. I wrote one review. I really need to catch up. :razz; BUT I did write some fun morning meanderings… about a show I will miss, about the end of the kickball season (yes, kickball!) and my struggle with the book club book.
This week I am still listening to Dr. Sleep (phone) and The Half Blood Prince (car) and reading The City Of Class by Cassandra Clare. As far as whats up next….hmmm….
As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren’t good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean’s office for seven days until they finally let him enroll.
Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world’s best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world’s most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it’s not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob’s love takes action. Bob believes Love Does.
When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don’t want to miss.
I picked this up at a conference we went to for work a few months back.
With death only a heartbeat away, Gene and the remaining humans must find a way to survive long enough to escape the hungry predators chasing them through the night. But they’re not the only things following Gene. He’s haunted by Ashley June who he left behind, and his burgeoning feelings for Sissy, the human girl at his side.
Their escape takes them to a refuge of humans living high in the mountains. Gene and his friends think they’re finally safe, but not everything here is as it seems. And before long, Gene must ask himself if the new world they’ve entered is just as evil as the one they left behind. As their enemies close in on them and push Gene and Sissy closer, one thing becomes painfully clear: all they have is each other…if they can stay alive.
The sequel to The Hunt (which I loved!)
I am not sure if I will get to a new audio this week or not. You r turn next! What are you reading? Add your link below where it says click here.
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First off – I did write last weeks post! I did! From that Little Cafe in Ely Minnesota – I wrote it and I scheduled it to go live on Sunday late afternoon…. and…. crickets. 😦 I dont know why it didnt go , but clearly it did not.
Along with last weeks post (yeah yeah… the one that wasn’t but was) I had planned a giveaway $10 Amazon Gift card…sort of a “while I am away” plan. Since no one knew about the giveaway because the post was like a bad stick of dynamite and never went off…. I would like to extend that to this week instead – AND to be entered leave a comment here and for a BONUS point, leave a comment on my adventure post I put up earlier today… my one post this week:
As for this week I do have a few things going on (YES!):
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters—never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.As Clary uncovers more about her family’s past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he’s willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City—whatever the cost?
I whipped through the second book while in the boundary waters and now have dived into this book #3. The Mortal Instrument series is giving me a good Harry Potterish fix 🙂
This one, needs no introduction. 🙂 This was my “comfort listen” while I drove the 5 hours to Ely this last week and then 5 hours home I enjoyed a good listen to an awesome favorite series. A little bonus, it is on the banned book list and of last week was banned book week.
Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death.
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant “shining” power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.”
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.
I am fascinated with the premise of this book… bringing back the little boy from The Shining all of these years later is BRILLIANT. I started listening to this one today. So excited!!!
That’s where I am spending my time this week. How about you? What are you reading and listening too? Please add your link below where it says “click here” to link up your own What Are You Reading post.
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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:
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 🙂
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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:
As for this week I am reading and listening to:
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?
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.
“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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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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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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