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What Are You Reading: November 14, 2011: 11/14/11

What Are You Reading? I have a bunch of books going but it was a week of re-reading picture books with my kids and working through longer books on my own time. Nanowrimo and my term paper are taking a bite out of my reading time too.

I did manage to finish Flood and Fire by Emily Diamand.I am still slowly working through The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan. I plan to finish listening to The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente.

I still want to get to Blackout by Connie Willis, The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson and Of All the Stupid Things by Alexandra Diaz. But I haven't yet.

What about you? What are you reading?

Did Not Finish:

  1. Tankborn by Karen Sandler (review copy)

Finished Last Week:

  1. Flood and Fire by Emily Diamand (library book)
  2. The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (personal collection)
  3. Imagine a Night by Sarah L. Thomson (library book)
  4. Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India by Gerald McDermott (library book)
  5. A Pig Named Perrier by Elizabeth Spurr (personal collection)
  6. Yam by Corey Barba (library book)

Currently Reading:

  1. Angels by Marian Keyes (personal collection)
  2. Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (personal collection)
  3. Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer (library book)
  4. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (audio) (library book)
  5. The Phantom Limb by William Sleator (review copy)
  6. A Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks (personal collection)
  7. Small Steps by Louis Sachar (library book)
  8. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan (personal collection)

Reviews Posted:

  1. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison (personal collection)
  2. Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass (library book)
  3. How to Survive a Killer Seance by Penny Warner (personal collection)
  4. Pieces for the Left Hand by J. Robert Demas (library book)
  5. Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh by R.L. LaFevers (review copy)
  6. The Train by Georges Simenon (review copy)
  7. The Writing Circle by Corinne Demas (library book)



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Comment #1: Monday, November, 14, 2011 at 03:16:24

Jackie

wow that's an impressing list .



Comment #2: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 22:35:31

Pussreboots

Thanks. It feels like a quiet week of reading for me.



Comment #3: Monday, November, 14, 2011 at 10:43:42

Book Snob Wannabe

Like me, I see that you read several books at the same time. However it is starting to get a little overwhelming. Do you have any advice or how do you manage to tackle reading several books at one time?



Comment #4: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 22:39:04

Pussreboots

I keep the different books in different places (for the most part). So I have a purse book, an audio in the car, a book in the bathroom, a book before bed, and so forth.



Comment #5: Monday, November, 14, 2011 at 16:11:31

LORI/DOLLYCAS

GREAT WEEK!!!
Happy Reading!!!!



Comment #6: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 22:41:01

Pussreboots

Thank you. Same to you.



Comment #7: Tuesday, November, 15, 2011 at 01:50:44

Zoe inthenextroom.blogspot.com

that's disappointing about tankborn, I did love it! i hope you have more time for reading this week, nanowrimo really does take up a lot of time though! even though i'm really far behind.



Comment #8: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 22:43:15

Pussreboots

My homework is the thing taking up most of my free time. I'm glad to have the projects and papers coming to an end soon. Tankborn just wasn't my cup of tea but lots of people seem to like it.



Comment #9: Tuesday, November, 15, 2011 at 04:02:57

Mardel

I think I read Angels a while ago, sounds familiar. I know I've read a few Marian Keyes novels, and she's a pretty good writer.



Comment #10: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 22:45:40

Pussreboots

It's been about five or six years since the last time I read one of her novels.



Comment #11: Tuesday, November, 15, 2011 at 08:42:44

Niina from Reading and Reviewing

How to survive a killer seance, sound pretty cool! ;)



Comment #12: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 22:46:48

Pussreboots

It is. It's part of a fun series.



Comment #13: Tuesday, November, 15, 2011 at 15:04:07

Mandy

wow how can you read all those books at once? I do good just reading one at a time.
thanks for stopping by my blog :)



Comment #14: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 22:50:50

Pussreboots

Reading more than one book is no different than following more than one TV series in a season.



Comment #15: Tuesday, November, 15, 2011 at 21:46:58

Angie Simmonds

I have some book club friends that love anything by Adriana Trigiani and I've heard good things about Bloody Jack as well. Enjoy!



Comment #16: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 22:52:14

Pussreboots

I'm not sure what I think of Big Stone Gap yet. Bloody Jack, though, is turning out to be a good read.



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