Monday, November 14, 2011

It's Monday, What are you Reading?

This is my first time participating in Sheila @ Book Journey's Monday meme: What are you reading?  And mapped out my week as a reader.



Plans this week is to read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen in honor NaNoWriMo.  I bought this book years ago and didn't read it because something scared me off from it.  This is one of the first non-library books I've allowed myself to read in...years really.



Also, I'm going to finish the children's non-fiction book: "The Great and Only Barnum" by Candace Fleming and Ray Fenwick.



Obviously I have Circuses on the brain.

I'm listening to "Alice I have Been" by Melanie Benjamin, whom I've actually chatted with through #litchat and found to be lovely.  Nothing is wrong with the book but I have been having trouble turning on the CD player to listen to it, which is never a good sign.



What are you reading this week?
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  1. Bibliosaurus TextNovember 14, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    I bought Water for Elephants a couple of years ago, and still haven't touched it. The P.T. Barnum book looks really awesome!

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  2. The Brunette LibrarianNovember 14, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    Alice I have been is on my wishlist. Hoping to read it from the library soon :)It looks good!

    http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com

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  3. JanaNovember 14, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    I'm scared of Water for Elephants. Circuses freak me out. I'll be curious to see what you think! Have a fun week reading!

    - Jana @ http://thatartsyreadergirl.blogspot.com/

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  4. Erin @ Quixotic MagpieNovember 15, 2011 at 4:37 AM

    I loved Water for Elephants! There were some parts that bothered me, and I sobbed in a few places, but I loved the book. I hope you enjoy it!

    http://quixoticmagpie.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-monday-what-are-you-reading.html

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  5. Marian LibrarianNovember 15, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    @BibliosaurusText I hear good things about it and I love Candace Fleming's picture books. It will be interesting to see her non-fiction.

    @BrunetteLibrarian Alice taking me a while to get into, I don't know if all my YA and children's book reading has left me out of shape for Adult literary fiction or what.

    @Jana and @BibliosaurusText Isn't interesting how a bestseller can scare you off for reasons you can't really articulate? I bought a bestseller with "Elephants" at the same time that I despised, so I think that was part of my issue. I'm homing @Quixotic Magpie is right and I'm pleasantly surprised!

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  6. LaceyNovember 15, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    It took me a few years to read Water for Elephants as well, lol. Fabulous read.

    I'll let you know when I post my Name of the Star review.

    Take care :)

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