Happy Monday, my literary friends! How are you?
I want to say a quick but sincere thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make Armchair BEA happen this past week. (Wow, I must really be tired. I originally wrote that as "Bookchair BEA." Sigh.) Armchair BEA is quite an undertaking with topics for blogging each day, twitter parties, and prizes. I had a great time, but it is decidedly an event that needs a lot of time and energy. I'm not sure I will be able to do it every year!
On Saturday morning, Becca Grace and I climbed into the minivan with my mom, sisters, and one sister's fiance to drive to my cousin's bridal shower. Suffice it to say that out of 40 hours on Saturday/Sunday, we spent about 16 of them driving. We got home a little before midnight on Sunday night and I think it might take us a while to get back into the swing of things...
Read This Week:
Chasing God
By Angie Smith
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
By Genevieve Valentine
Posts from this Past Week:
It's Monday
Armchair BEA Posts
Reviews of The Qualities of Wood and The Accident
Reading Now:
Blacklist
By Jerry Ludwig
Up Next:
Boy, Snow, Bird
By Helen Oyeyemi
What are you reading this week?
I wish it was a long weekend here too, but no. *sigh* Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm hoping for a more restful weekend coming up! I hope you have happy reading this week too. :)
DeleteLooks like a great set of books! I just finished Paul Acampora's I Kill the Mockingbird, which is middle grade fiction related to To Kill a Mockingbird (one of my favorite books!). Now I'm reading Kate Bracy's That Crazy Little Thing. I wish I had more time for reading this week.
ReplyDeleteDon't we always wish for more reading time, regardless of how much we have?!?
DeleteI will have to check out I Kill the Mockingbird, since I love its inspiration so much. Have a great week!
I Kill the Mockingbird was a sweet book. I hope you're having a great week too!
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ReplyDeleteLove the cover of "Chasing God". And "Blacklist" looks very interesting. I've TBR'd it on GoodReads.
It is a beautiful cover! I love that the author references it right in the first chapter. I hate reading a book and wondering how the cover design relates to the book.
DeleteThanks for subscribing and welcome! :)
I'm with you! It was tough to keep up last week but fun discovering some new blogs.
ReplyDeleteI've heard great things about Boy, Snow, Bird.
Enjoy your books this week!
Sue
2014 Big Book Summer Challenge
Maybe Armchair BEA is sort of like the 24 Hour Readathon - you see if the grandparents want to spend some time with the kids so you can read or blog! :)
DeleteHave a wonderful week, Sue!
Ohh, that's a lot of time on the road :) Hope you rest and recover soon! It can take a while! I've heard good things about Boy, Snow, Bird...also, the cover is awesome. I hope the insides are as good!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I forgot how hard it is to get back into the swing of things!
DeleteI'm excited to read Boy, Snow, Bird although I've read some mixed reviews...
I have Boy, Snow, Bird on my kindle somewhere, yet unread. I did a silly thing and read through reviews on Goodreads, and not all were flattering so I put it aside. I need to remember that I only have myself to answer to and should not be swayed by public opinion so easily. Enjoy your week.
ReplyDeleteI try (not always successfully) to stay away from reviews of books I haven't read yet. I will check out some other opinions if I am on the fence about reading a book in the first place, though.
DeleteI finished Girls at the Kingfisher Club, and just enjoyed it tremendously. Boy, Snow, Bird has been on my list for while now, and I do hope to get to it this summer. I know some reviews have been iffy... but honestly, often the books that I love get only so-so reviews.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure how much I would like it at the beginning, but I ended up loving it.
DeleteI think that's a fair point about reviews. Sometimes they ring true if it is someone with similar taste, but there are usually going to be negative reviews of books you love and vice versa!