It's Monday! August 22nd



 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date. Due to illness and busy-ness I haven't been able to read as much as I would have liked, but I still managed to finish one book, and make progress on some others. Hopefully this week will be a more successful reading week than the last.

 

Books finished this week:

Cinder by Marissa Meyer. I didn't really know what to expect going into this since it is different from what I usually read, but I had heard good things about it so I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did, because it was really good - and now I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series to find out what happens next!

Currently reading:
I keep starting books and not getting around to finishing what I was reading - so the number of books on my "currently reading" pile keeps growing! However, the books I'm currently actively reading (as opposed to books I'll probably pick up again in a week or two when I've hopefully finished some of these) are:

On the Loose by Jenny B. Jones
What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan
The Forever Girl by Alexander McCall Smith
Life with God by Richard Foster
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

 

What I plan to read next:
I'm not sure what I'll end up reading next - I tend to just pick up whatever I feel like reading - but here are three books I'm hoping to get to soon:

Five Magic Spindles by various authors

Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte

What have you been reading lately? Feel free to leave a comment!

It's Monday! August 15th



 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date. I haven't participated for a few weeks, so there will be a lot of books mentioned in this post :)

 

Books finished since last post:

Poems of John Milton, selected and edited by Claire Tomalin. I quite enjoyed this book, at least the bits that I could understand :)

Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber. I did enjoy this a lot, although it didn't quite live up to my (admittedly very high) expectations.

Miriam by Mesu Andrews. This was alright. Read my review here.
  

Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe. An entertaining read.

A Cathedral Courtship by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Review here.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling. I actually really enjoyed this, although it was different to the series.

Monks-Hood by Ellis Peters. This was the third book in the Brother Cadfael series, and I enjoyed it just as much as the last one.

Currently reading:

Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson. I really need to get around to finishing this!
 

Penelope's English Experiences by Kate Douglas Wiggin. I'm finding this entertaining, but not as much as her other books that I've read.

On the Loose by Jenny B. Jones. I've had this on my Kindle for ages and not got around to it, but I am enjoying it a lot.

What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan. I've only read the first few chapters of this, but I'm finding it interesting so far.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer. This is different to what I usually read but I'm enjoying it a lot so far.

 

What I plan to read next:

Five Magic Spindles by various authors

The Wouldbegoods by E. Nesbit
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Growing Summer by Noel Streatfeild

I haven't posted for a while since I've been pretty busy lately, but I'm hoping to post a bit more over the next couple of weeks.

It's Monday! July 18th



 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Date. This is my first time participating in it!

 

This week was a reasonably good one for reading; although I only finished one book I've made a fair amount of progress on several others. I was also away over the weekend so didn't get much of a chance for reading then. I also managed to pick up a few books that I've been wanting to read for a while at a second-hand bookshop and The Works, so it's been a successful week for book buying as well :)



Recent additions to my library

 

Books finished this week:
 

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This was on my Classics Club list. I really really liked this book (and can't quite believe I waited so long to read it). I should have a review of it up sometime this week.

Currently reading:

My currently-reading pile - not including Kindle books

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. I've just started this but am enjoying it pretty well so far.

 

The Children Who Lived in a Barn by Eleanor Graham. This is going OK. It's quite a quick read so I'll probably have finished it in a few days.

 

Miriam by Mesu Andrews. I am quite enjoying this.

 

Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe. I'm also enjoying this, but reading it pretty slowly.

 

Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson. I haven't actually read any of this for a while, after finishing the first section of it, but I'm hoping to pick it up again this week.

 

What I plan to read next:

Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed

Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Wouldbegoods by E. Nesbit

Posts this week:

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Bookish Facts About Me

Six in Six (Mid-Year Recap)
 

In this coming week I hope to post a couple of reviews for things I've read recently, so look out for them!

Weekly Recap - July 11th

I've finished three books this week, which makes it a pretty good reading week! Admittedly two of them were pretty short, but it still feels good :)

Finished this week:
Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland (re-read) (review to come)
Rivals of the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Practically Perfect by Hilary McKay

Currently Reading:
Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber
Miriam by Mesu Andrews
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe

To Read Next:
I'm reading quite a few fairly long books at the moment and I feel like I probably have enough to be going on with! But I have several library books I want to get to soon:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Children Who Lived in a Barn by Eleanor Graham

Blog Posts This Week:
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Under 2000 Goodreads Ratings

I haven't been posting that much lately, but I'm hoping to post a bit more often over the next few weeks.