Monday, November 08, 2010

It's Monday 11/8! What Are You Reading?

Happy Monday!  Another busy week here.  Last week of the marking period for the kids, so they had a lot of work to do, my husband is traveling for business again, and I'm busy trying to be both mom and dad!  I don't think the kids had any time at all for reading last week, but I did:
  • I finished Unwind by Neal Shusterman, a teen dystopian novel, and absolutely loved it!  I couldn't wait to tell you about it, so I posted a review on my kids' book blog the same day.
  • Now, I'm in the middle of Beloved by Toni Morrison for our library book discussion this week.  It's a Classic Potluck - everyone reads a classic of their own choosing then tells the group about it.  I know some don't consider Beloved old enough to be a classic, but it was included on a list of classics from the library, and I've wanted to read a Toni Morrison book for a long time.  She's got an unusual writing style at times, but I'm enjoying this moving story very much so far. 
  • My husband took his new mystery, New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith, with him on his trip, along with Unwind, after Jamie and I raved about it!
  • Jamie, 16, is still reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury for school (he says he's ahead of the class since he read a lot while he was sick recently) and The Stand by Stephen King for fun.
  • Craig, 12, is still reading The Book of Time by by Guillaume Prevost, the first book in an exciting, fast-paced time-travel series, but I don't think he read at all last week!  We'll have to remedy that this week...
Besides the review of Unwind (you must read this book!), I also posted a summary of all the books I read in October.

And check out these details of the upcoming movie versions of The Hunger Games and The Help.  I can't wait to see both of them!

What are you and your family reading this week?

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

5 comments:

  1. I don't think Beloved is quite old enough to be a classic, either. That's an interesting question--when exactly does a book become a classic? Glad you had an eventful reading week. Here's my Monday post. Here's to an encore :D

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  2. I had Beloved checked out for Banned Books Week but ran out of time to read it. I still want to do that! :)

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  3. Anonymous12:53 PM

    I received for review Expiation by Greg Messel from Author Solutions.

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  4. I love the family that reads together, my daughters are always reading but I don't know what. The youngest is taken a Women in History class at college and a lot of her reading right now if from that book list for that class and they all look good. I am going to try to read a few in the new year.

    Dollycas
    http://dollycas.blogspot.com/

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  5. I've been wanting to read Beloved. I hear it is very good.

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