Monday, November 28, 2011

It's Monday 11/28! What Are You Reading?

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  We drove about 8 hours to spend the weekend with my extended family in Rochester, NY.  It was a full weekend, with a large gathering each day with a different part of my family.  It was tiring but lots of fun - it was great to see everyone.  I've included a photo below of my sons with some of their cousins.  To me, that's what holidays are all about!

So, I had no time at all for blogging last week, after my Monday posts, but we still found time for reading:
  • I finished Goldstrike by Matt Whyman, a teen techno-thriller and the sequel to Icecore.  The fast-paced suspense novel was perfect for a busy week.
  • Now, I am reading the next selection for my neighborhood book group, The Songcatcher by Sharon McCrumb, about a song that has been passed down through generations from Scotland to the present-day Appalachians.
  • My husband, Ken, finished reading Unwind, Neal Schusterman's amazing teen dystopian novel.  He said the premise was super-creepy (yup), but he enjoyed the novel.
  • We stayed with my dad and his wife this weekend, and my dad lent Ken Stephen King's very new release, 11/22/63: A Novel, about someone who time travels back to 1963 to try to prevent Kennedy's assassination.  It sounds SO good!
  • Jamie, 17, was home sick early last week and then had 16 hours in the car, so he read a LOT.  He continued re-reading a favorite series, the Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan, with Book 5: The Sorcerer of the North, Book 6: The Siege of Macindaw, Book 7: Erak's Ransom, and Book 8: The Kings of Clonmel.  He enjoyed the series very much (again).
  • Now, Jamie is reading a new teen dystopian series by Robin Wasserman, The Cold Awakening trilogy, starting with Book One: Frozen.  He and I really loved Wasserman's middle-grade trilogy, Chasing Yesterday.
  • Craig finished Revenge of the Witch, Book One in the series The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney, and loved it.  I haven't seen him this excited about a series since Charlie Bone and The Unicorn Chronicles a couple of years ago.  We can't find Book Two - I think we lent it to a friend - so I need to check the library for him today.
  • I started a new middle-grade audio, Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu, last week.  Anne is a great author and a friend of mine, so I've been looking forward to this one.  Her trilogy The Cronus Chronicles was great!
  • We also started another middle-grade audio during our car ride, Wildwood by Colin Melot.  Mostly, it was just Ken and I listening.  I was disappointed that the boys weren't interested in listening to an audio book on this ride, despite the variety I brought along!  They preferred to listen to their iPods and read their own books.  I guess they are getting older...sigh...
What are you and your family reading this week?

(What are you reading Monday is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.)


6 comments:

  1. Hi!
    Sounds like some interesting book. I'll have to check them out. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Just Books

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  2. It sounds like you all got a lot of reading done last week! That's great! I love the photo. Have a great week!

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  3. You guys sound like you had an awesome reading week. Thanks for the recommendations - I'm definitely going to borrow The Last Apprentice series from the library for my (older) step-son.

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  4. Tanya -

    I haven't read The Last Apprentice series myself, but for my younger son to take a recommendation from his older brother - and then want to read another book - it must be good!

    Sue

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  5. Hi Sue ... thank you for your kind comments on my blog. I was going to chime in with some more recommendations for your younger son -- a la The Ranger's Apprentice -- but I see there is already someone in your family reading these! So, here's one that felt like a good match for those who like The Last Apprentice: The Crowfield Curse. He might also like the new Sherlock Holmes series, beginning with Death Cloud. Leviathan is really great too!

    Lee.

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  6. Leecat -

    Thanks for the suggestions! He almost started Leviathan this weekend, but he really wanted to continue The Last Apprentice series instead. And I think I may have just included the Crowfield Curse in a big donation of books to his English classroom - I may have to ask for that one back LOL.

    Sue

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