It's Monday 8/7! What Are You Reading?

Whew, rough week. It ended up being another super-busy week, and I continued pushing myself past my limits (I should know better). We had a family dinner planned for Wednesday, with both sons home, but our older son came home that day sick and ended up staying until last night. Seems like "just" a virus, which with our immune disorders can trigger a bad relapse. Poor guy was stuck on our couch for most of the week. So, I cooked a lot, and my husband and I watched lots of TV with him and cheered him up with a Saturday evening movie. He and my husband also had a late-night Game of Thrones marathon, which they both enjoyed! They are both big fans of the books. I spent hours yesterday trying to get a big stack of medical insurance claims out and finally pushed myself over the edge. I was in bad shape Sunday night and am still trying to take it easy today, though I had a doctor's appointment and PT...so much for resting! The good news is that our son went back to his apartment last night - not quite back to his usual baseline but getting there.

Anyway, we all enjoyed our books, as always - and reading provided some much-needed comfort to our son. Here's what we've all been reading this past week:

• I finished re-reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.This is a two-for-one book for me - it works for my own Big Book Summer Challenge (see below) and also for my 2017 Classics Challenge, which I am failing so far! I loved this novel just as much as I did 30 years ago and was reminded that Jane is my favorite classic heroine!
• I am now reading a review book for Shelf Awareness, The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott. I was thrilled to get this one for review because I have never read anything by this award-winning author before. It's a multi-generational story set in Brooklyn, involving two families and a local convent.  I'm enjoying it so far (plenty of time for reading in waiting rooms this morning!)
• I am still listening to The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler, an adult novel about two boys who become friends at a Boy Scout Camp in the 1960's and the paths their lives and friendship take over the ensuing decades. I heard good things about this novel when it first came out, so I am glad to have a chance to listen to it now. It's good so far; the beginning chapters are about the boys at camp as young teens.
• My husband, Ken, just finished a book I gave him for Father's Day from Northshire Bookstore in Vermont: A Cold and Lonely Place by Sara J. Henry, a former Booktopia author. He enjoyed the novel very much. I don't think he's had a chance to pick his next book yet.
• Jamie, 22, loved Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, book 1 of the series, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, so much that as soon as he finished it, he immediately went to a local used bookstore and bought book 2, Deadhouse Gates. He finished reading this chunkster while home sick (he thinks my Big Book Summer Challenge is hilarious since he rarely reads a book with less than 400 pages!).
• Jamie is now back to The Wheel of Time series and is reading book 4, The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan. His birthday is next week, so there may be more books in his future!

 Last week's blog posts:

Movie Monday: Extortion - a fast-paced vacation-gone-wrong thriller

TV Tuesday: Ozark - we are SO hooked on this new Netflix series!

Middle-Grade Review: The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson (?) - a mystery with an autistic boy playing amateur detective

Books Read in June - yup, June! Catching up slowly but surely...good reading month!

Saturday Snapshot: Camping in Adirondacks

What Are You Reading Monday is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date, so head over and check out her blog and join the Monday fun! You can also participate in a kid/teen/YA version hosted by Unleashing Readers.

What are you and your family reading this week?  

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Remember if you are participating in my Big Book Summer Challenge to leave links to your reviews on the challenge page (the second links list is for reviews) to share them. We only have a few reviews linked up so far, and I know many of you have been reading your Big Books this summer!