It's Monday 12/11! What Are You Reading?

Whew, this time of year is SO busy! But I had a good week - finished my last writing assignments for 2017, just about finished with shopping, and enjoyed time with our sons and my father-in-law this weekend. I visited my tiny local bookstore and ordered a long list of books as gifts (nothing better!). We went to get our Christmas tree on Saturday morning, with fat, fluffy snowflakes falling - a rare sight in Delaware this early in the season! It was just enough snow to be pretty and not make the roads treacherous. We came home and enjoyed lunch in front of a roaring fire and watched A Muppet Family Christmas, our traditional start to the season. This is a wonderful Nickelodeon Muppet Christmas special from 2002 that we love - cracks us up every time, even though we know it by heart.

Even in this busy season, we always make time for books! Here's what we've been reading this week:

• I finished Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton, and we had a great discussion on it at my book group (my review is at the link). Wow, this is a stunning true story co-authored by a woman who was raped and the man she incorrectly identified and sent to prison for 11 years before DNA evidence finally exonerated him. It's a very powerful story.
• Now, I am reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers for a read-along hosted by the Book Cougars podcast, created by two women who've been to the same two Booktopias that I went to! I've never read this 1940 classic (nor anything by McCullers), and I am enjoying this story of a small Southern town that focuses in on multiple characters.
• No audio books at all last week - I took a break to catch up on my podcasts, which have been piling up!
• My husband, Ken, is still reading The Farm by Tom Rob Smith, a thriller set in Sweden that sounds really good and was highly acclaimed. I gave it to him for his birthday.
• Our son, Jamie, 23, is re-reading a favorite trilogy, The Night Angel series by Brent Weeks. He finished book 2, Shadow's Edge, when he was at home on Saturday and is now onto book 3, Beyond the Shadows. He has two more final exams this week, and then he will have lots of reading time over winter break!

Last week's blog posts:

Movie Monday: Cloud Atlas - clever, visually stunning film based on the novel by David Mitchell (one of my favorites!)

TV Tuesday: Will & Grace 2017 - the popular sitcom returns!

Nonfiction Review: Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton - powerful true story

Graphic Memoir: Spinning by Tillie Walden - about coming of age, coming out, and growing up in the world of competitive figure skating

Saturday Snapshot: Beautiful Fall Days - just in time, with the snow on Saturday

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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My sons and I at the tree farm (when did they get so big?)