It’s Monday What Are You Reading

It’s Monday, WHAT Are YOU Reading?

by April (Books&Wine)

So, I know I rail against memes a lot, BUT well, I did like It’s Monday What Are You Reading, hosted by Sheila at Book Journey because it helps me to keep on track with my reading and reviewing. So, bear with me while I post this meme. As always, haters to the left. Those of you who don’t hate can shine on like crazy diamonds with me.

H’okay.

So Last Week I was awesome and read a few books:

Outside In by Maria V. Snyder (I plan to post review this week! If I don’t do it, please berate me on Twitter)

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepettys (which was heartwrenching, FYI)

(hmm, well I guess that’s it, that I can remember so far).

Besides reading two books I got through 40 episodes of Friends, which I guess is why I only read two books. (More on Friendsathon later!)

Right Now I Am Currently Reading:

Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran which is awesome and I wish I had more time to just fall into it. Maybe after work.

and

Twice Tempted By A Rogue by Tessa Dare. I am just waiting for the characters to have sex. No joke.

ALSO

I got two audible credits. SOOO, I now have THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfuss on my iPhone. You better believe I’m listening to that all over the place, as a sort of re-read before The Wise Man’s Fear.

I Plan To Read:

Jenna And Jonah’s Fauxmance by Brendan Halpin and Emily Franklin

Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

and if I can be super focused (hahahaha yeah right)

The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig

which ultimately totals to 1418 pages, if I read 200 pages a day for a week. I could probably do that, I guess.

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren.

For Review/Won From Random Buzzers:

Jumpstart The World by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Purchased:

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly

The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly

Last Week I Read:

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

I Plan To Read:

Starcrossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Jane by April Lindner

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

Clearly, I most likely will not get through my plan-to-reads, but I do want to make reading a larger priority this week, as compared to my crazy last two weeks!

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. It’s Monday What Are You Reading is hosted by One Person’s Journey Through A World Of Books.

For Review:
Jane by April Lindner
Cate of The Lost Colony by Lisa Klein
Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry
The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell

Purchased:
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (ebook AND physical book)
Oggi In Italia (for my Italian class)

Last Week I Read:
Halo by Alexandra Adornetto
The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clar

I Am Currently Reading:
Feed by Mira Grant (audio)
Transforming A Rape Culture (for work)
Bleak House by Charles Dickens (readalong)

I Plan To Read:
Next week is full of the busy-s, I have two presentations, classes, a meeting, a party. My life will be a bit insane. However, in my downtime I would like to complete these books:
The Call: The Magnificent 12 by Michael Grant
Plain Kate by Erin Bow
The Familiars by Adam Epstein and Andrew Jacobson

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. Oh, and I have a few little updates.

For Review:
Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (2 copies)
Radiance by Alyson Noel
At Home by Bill Bryson
Half Empty by David Rakoff

Contest Wins:
To Surrender To A Rogue by Cara Elliott
The Rock And The River by Kekla Magoon

Pre-Order Arrival:
Paperback of The Ask And The Answer by Patrick Ness

Participated in the Read Your Own Books Readathon: Books Read:
The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul Zindel
The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard
Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen

I am also joining Amanda at The Zen Leaf in reading Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I’m excited to FINALLY get my nose in a classic.

And this is what I plan to read over next week:
More of Bleak House, obvs.
MOCKINGJAY
Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Really, I have a crazy week of reading ahead of me.

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. It’s Monday What Are You Reading is hosted by One Person’s Journey Through A World Of Books.

For Review:
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (2nd copy)
Losing Faith by Denise Jaden
The Season of Risks by Susan Hubbard
The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, and June by Robin Benway
What’s Your Status: A Top 8 Novel by Kate Finn
Middleworld by J&P Voelkel

Random Buzzers:
The Cardturner by Lois Sacher

Birthday Present:
Card from Liz at Consumed By Books

Last Week I Read:
Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcolm
A Field Guide to Heartbreakers by Kristen Tracy
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Sleepless by Cyn Balog
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Other by Karen Kincy
Paranormalcy by Kierstan White
The Season of Risks by Susan Hubbard
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

Currently Reading:

Feed by Mira Grant – audio-ing
Nine Rules To Break When Romancing A Rake by Sarah Maclean
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

I Plan To Read:
Siren by Trisha Rayburn
Shiver by Magie Stiefvater
What’s Your Status by Katie Finn
The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, and June by Robin Benway
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
Middleworld by J&P Voelkel

ALSO
Kristen of Bookworming in the 21st Century and I are having a reading battle of who can read the most pages in July. The loser has to mail the winner a book.

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. It’s Monday What Are You Reading is hosted by One Person’s Journey Through A World of Books.

Purchased:
Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols
Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce
Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce
The Life And Times of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachman
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

Won:
Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready

For Review:
Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcom
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

As For Reading Progress:
Last Week I Read:
Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachman
Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Boys Next Door by Jennifer Echols
Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols

I Am Currently Reading:
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell – according to my calculator I am 58% done with it
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle – gorgeous so far, am halfway done with it

I Plan To Read:
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks – Allison of the Allure of Books and I are taking this on as a partner read
The Mosts by Melissa Senate
Sleepless by Cyn Balog
Shadow of the Swords by Kamra Pasha

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? is hosted by One Person’s Journey Through A World of Books.

For Review:
The Lighter Side of Life And Death by C.K. Kelly Martin
Sleepless by Cyn Balog
The Mosts by Melissa Senate
On Folly Beach by Karen White
Monsters Of Men by Patrick Ness
The Karma Club by Jessica Brody
Shadow of the Swords by Kamran Pasha – not in video

Bought:
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
One Dance With A Duke by Tessa Dare
The Wicked Duke Takes A Wife by Jillian Hunter
Rule’s Bride by Kat Martin
How To Tempt A Duke by Kasey Michaels
How To Beguile A Beauty by Kasey Michaels
Seducing An Angel by Mary Balogh
A Lady Never Tells by Candace Camp
A Gentleman Always Remembers by Candace Camp
Nine Rules To Break When Romancing A Rake by Sarah MacLean
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera (ebook, not mentioned in vlog)

Just so you all know, this is like two weeks worth of books.

As for what I am reading, here’s a rough break-down and my plans – which I find writing here what I am going to read is so much more helpful than just telling myself to read it.

Read last week:
The Passage by Justin Cronin – expect a review to come this week.
One Dance With A Duke by Tessa Dare – the review is posting tomorrow
The Lighter Side of Life And Death by C.K. Kelly Martin – review is posting after Zombies Vs. Unicorns Week

I Am Currently Reading:
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell – I just have to get to the 15th chapter, I am posting a mid-progress review of this on the 15th for a readalong hosted by Allie at A Literary Odyssey

I Plan To Read:
The Karma Club by Jessica Brody
Boom by Mark Haddon
Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund – for Zombies vs. Unicorns week of course!

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. It’s Monday What Are You Reading is hosted by One Person’s Journey Through A World of Books.

Received: Kind of for review, but I think more of as an award for making a silly goose of myself in this video.

Sea by Heidi R. Kling. I finished it and LOVED it.

Purchased:
Business Cards from UPrinting.com – Shanyn of Chick Loves Lit designed the card.
Two bookcases from the mart of wal.

I have been devouring books as of late. My review pile is down to two books. Here is what I have read from Sunday to today:

Bird by Zetta Elliott,
Only One Year by Andrea Cheng
The Heart is Not a Size by Beth Kephart
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok,
Alicia Afterimage by Lulu Delacre
Sea by Heidi R. Kling

I am currently reading: Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway (love the style so far!)

I plan to read:
SPIRIT BOUND by RICHELLE MEAD
and then I threw out a general help me pick a book to read request on twitter and got tons of recommendations from books I already own. I am pretty sure I trust twitter recs, after reading The Knife of Never Letting Go — which was the first one recommended, I am going to travel on down the list. So this is a plan on reading on-going project:
I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak, Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat by Vicki Myron, The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Paper Towns by John Green, Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen, Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder, Going Bovine by Libba Bray, Through A Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen, Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, Franny And Zooey by JD Salinger, Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, Dreaming Anastacia by Joy Preble, Just One Wish by Jeanette Rallison, A Curse As Dark As Gold by something Bunce, Nobody’s Princess by Ester Friesner, Avalon High by Meg Cabot.

ALSO! GUYS! I am doing participating in a read-a-long of Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell. Allie at Literary Odyssey is hosting this. I loved North and South, hopefully this is just as good, if not better.

Finally, I have this contest going on, and it’s international and there are no extra entries, so if the books interest you, why not enter?

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. New Crayons is hosted by Color Online. What Are You Reading Mondays are hosted by One Person’s Journey Through A World of Books. The idea of combining the memes was The Neverending Shelf’s.

Goodreads Swap:
Return to Labyrinth vol. 1 by Jake T. Forbes and Chris Lie

Purchase:
The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
Just In Case by Meg Rosoff
If I Have A Wicked Stepmother Where’s My Prince by Melissa Kantor
Gunslinger Girl vols. 4-6 by Yu Aida – New Crayon
Hot Gimmick 3 in 1 manga vol. 1 – by Miki Aihara – New Crayon
Azumanga Daioh omnibus by Kiyohiko Azuma – New Crayon
Harry Potter snuggie
iPhone

Review:
The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells
We Hear The Dead by Dianne K. Salerni
Picture The Dead by Adele Griffin
The Pack by LM Preston
The Heart is Not A Size by Beth Kephart – not mentioned in vlog

Won:
Numbers by Rachel Ward from Tynga
Hex Hall t-shirt from The Book Muncher

Read last week:
lots of books b/c of the readathon –too lazy to list for right now

Currently reading:
Germinal by Emile Zola
The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin

Plan to read:
Stitches by David Small
Terrier by Tamora Pierce
…and I’m keeping my schedule open after those two.

What else should I update you on? Oh, so we had to take the dog to the vet Friday night. Normally this would not have been such a huge deal, except the only vet on call was an hour and a half away. We didn’t get back home until 4 a.m. The dog has pneumonia. Right now, he just needs to take his meds and rest, he will be fine. On top of that, the boyfriend was offered an out of state job, but he decided not to take it, however there was much agonizing over the decision, lots of tears and whatnot. So, friends I am drained.

I got a cell phone, finally. It’s an iPhone, I’ve been downloading apps such as a fart noise maker, a voice changer, and a shut up button. I know, I am mature and classy.

I started my new job this week, so far, it’s been amazing, but it’s kept me so busy that I hardly have time to read, not nearly as much as I used to, guess this means I should pre-pack lunch so I can read during my lunch hour. Productivity, I has none.

Good Books & Good Wine Update

by April (Books&Wine)

Hello marvelous readers!

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. New Crayons is hosted by Color Online. It’s Monday What Are You Reading is hosted by One Person’s Journey Through a World Of Books.

Purchased:
Mugen Spiral vol. 1 and 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi – New Crayon
Gunslinger Girl vol. 1 and 3 by Yu Aida – New Crayon

For Review:
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken – 1 ARC Tours
The Tension of Opposites by Kristina McBride – Travelling Arc Tours
She’s So Dead To Us by Kieran Scott
Keeper by Kathi Appelt
Girl In Translation by Jean Kwok – New Crayon

OMG, guys, Saturday is the Dewey 24 Hour Readathon. I plan on participating. Not sure what I will be reading for that yet, but here’s my progress and what’s to come otherwise!

Read Last Week:
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonald
Brava, Valentine: A Novel by Adriana Trigiani
The Tension of Opposites by Kristina McBride

Currently Reading:
The Queen’s Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – and by current I mean, haven’t touched since Feb!
Octavian Nothing: Traitor To The Nation vol 1: The Pox Party by MT Anderson – audioing

I Plan To Read:
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken – plan on reading this tonight
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
The Queen of Palmrya by Minrose Gwin
The Swimming Pool by Holly Lecraw