Monday, October 26, 2009

What are you reading on Mondays?

Hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog

Books recently completed :

93.A Short History of Women***+ by Kate Walbert US (239 pages)
94.Novel About My Wife***+ by Emily Perkins UK (279 pages)
95.An After-Dinner's Sleep***+ by Stanley Middleton UK (224 pages)
96.The Lace Reader***** by Brunonia Barry US (390 pages)
97.The Entropy of Aaron Rosclatt***+ by James Sandham Canada (193 pages)

During the weekend Read-a-thon:

98.After the Fire, a Still Small Voice**** by Evie Wyld Australia(397 pages)
99.Dancing Backwards***+ by Salley Vickers UK (261 pages)
100.In the Lake of the Woods***** by Tim O'Brien US (303 pages)
101.The Music Room****+ by William Fiennes UK (216 pages)

Up Next:

31 Hours by Masha Hamilton
Laish by Aharon Appelfeld
Summertime by J.M. Coetzee
The Bird Catcher by Laura Jacobs

What are you reading this week?

I welcome questions, comments, opinions, reading recommendations, links to books I've read, reviewed, or mentioned. I'd love to read them.

14 comments:

  1. What a great week! You read so many books and you passed the 100, that's great!

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  2. Quite a list there. I have been waiting to read The Lace Reader. Happy reading. :)

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  3. Congrats on a wonderful read-a-thon and a huge reading week. I've had The Lace Reader on my tbr list for so long, I really should just read it as you obviously enjoyed it!

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  4. 31 Hours is so good - it'll keep you turning the pages! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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  5. Sandra, what did you think of the Lace Reader?

    You certainly did well with the read-a-thon. That's a lot of pages to complete. Congrats!

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  6. I'll have to check out "The Lace Reader" since you obviously enjoyed it!!

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  7. Really great week - it looks like you had a great readathon!

    Looks like some good book coming this week too. Have a great week.

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  8. I'm reading THE INVISIBLE MOUNTAIN by Carolina de Robertis and THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT by Vladimir Nabokov :-)

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  9. Looks like you had a great read-a-thon!!

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  10. I really want to read The Lace Reader!! Looking at the stars you gave it assures me that I will enjoy it!!

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  11. Congrats on the read-athon. I have yet to play in one. Maybe next year when things settle. :)

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  12. Congrats on your successful read-a-thon and great overall reading week.

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  13. Wow! So many books, where do you find all the time? LOL

    Have a great week!

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