It’s Monday! What Are You Reading is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.
I will be combining my YA and adult reading and purchases on this one weekly roundup. YA and middle grade reviews will still be posted on Ms. Martin Teaches Media - my other blog.
Other Than Reading...
One down and one to go! The closing on the Locust Street house finally happened on Friday and the checks went into the bank on Saturday. Now I just need to find someone to buy my townhouse which had all new carpeting installed on Tuesday.
I was going to wait until I had sold my townhouse to buy a new, Duluth winter appropriate car but with cooler weather and morning frost my brother and I decided to use some of this house money to buy now. My brother and I will be test driving the kind I think I want next week when he has a couple of weekdays off. I'm looking at a Subaru Crosstrek with all wheel drive to deal with the hills in Duluth and, in particular, our hilly driveway.
I'm trying something new, and a little scary, on my blogs. Since I don't have very many review books for November and December, I am digging into my TBR mountains. I usually have my whole calendar filled and posts started at least a month ahead. What I am trying is to choose something that catches my attention, read it, and write the post after I finish. What I'm afraid of is that I'll read a page or two of a book and ditch it for something else if it doesn't catch my attention. That makes a lot of books sampled but not a lot of books finished. It could also mean that I will discover a lot of books that I am no longer interested in for my donation pile which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Since I've been home, I have been on a quest to find the best hamburger in Duluth, Minnesota. I joined a group called Nextdoor Kenwood which gives recommendations, local news updates, lost and found, etc. and asked for recommendations. My brother and I had tried lots of the places recommended but went out to one new to both of us on Thursday and had the best hamburgers in Duluth so far. We will be trying a few more of the recommendations as we get time because I like to go out to eat and it is nice to have someone to go with.
Read Last Week
- In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan - enjoyable middle grade fantasy. Review posted Oct. 27.
- India Black by Carol K. Carr - wonderful historical mystery that had been on TBR mountain since March 14, 2011. Review posted Nov. 1.
- Much Ado About Murder by Elizabeth J. Duncan - entertaining cozy mystery, 3rd in a series. Review posted Nov. 2.
- The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress - on TBR mountain since Dec. 12, 2012, steampunk, girl power and adventure. Review posted Nov. 1.
- Unholy City by Carrie Smith - intriguing mystery title, 3rd Claire Codella mystery. Review posted Nov. 4.
- Long Way Home by Katie McGarry - emotionally intense contemporary romance/thriller. Review posted Nov. 4
Next Week
- Breath of Fire by Amanda Bouchet - TBR mountain
- City of Lies by Victoria Thompson - Review book, Nov. 7 release
- Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda - YA review book, Nov. 14 release date
- Huntress by Malinda Lo - TBR Mountain (added Jan. 2, 2013)
- Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson - New arrival on TBR mountain
- Prophecy by Ellen Oh - TBR mountain (added Jan. 4, 2013)
On Ms. Martin Teaches Media:
- The Innocence Treatment by Ari Goelman
- Last Chance by Gregg Hurwitz
- Secrets in Death by J. D. Robb
- The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess
- Best-Laid Plants by Marty Wingate
- India Black and the Widow of Windsor by Carol K. Carr
- India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy by Carol K. Carr
- A Witchy Boxed Set by D. S. Butler
- Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson
- The Cat of the Baskervilles by Vicki Delany (Feb. 13)
- No One Can Know by Lucy Kerr (Feb. 13)
- Lost Crow Conspiracy by Rosalyn Eves (March 27)
