Monday, August 16, 2010

It's Monday What Are You Reading?

Monday, August 16, 2010
It's Monday What Are You Reading is a wonderful weekly meme hosted by Shelia  at One Person's Journey Through a World of Books, and asks you to answer the question: What are you reading? 

Last week went speedily by. I was able to get some good reading done as well as prepare myself for a brand new group of students who I will be meeting for the first time today. I am a bit behind in my reviews though and need to catch up this week.

Books read and reviewed:

Personal Demons by Lisa Desrouchers
Evernight by Claudia Gray
Manifest by Artist Arthur
Lucy by Laurence Gonzales (review this week of this amazing novel)
Beautiful Dead: Arizona (review this week gotta get the first one now)
 
Currently reading:

Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

I received a few books this week for review and after reading my first Claudia Gray book, I bought the other two since I now know why everyone loves her Evernight series. So here is what I got:

For review:

Beautiful Dead: Arizona by Eden Maguire
Minder by Kate Kaynak
Fledgling by Mark A. Cooper

Bought:

Hourglass by Claudia Gray
Stargazer by Claudia Gray
Infinite Days by  Rebecca Maizel

Unlike recent Mondays, I will be making my Monday rounds to see how everyone else's week went throughout the day and into the evening. I no longer have the luxury of spending all day  hopping around since it is back to school for me.

Finally, make sure you enter my followers Thank You Giveawayfor a chance to win your  choice of a $25 Amazon gift card or book from the Book Depository.   
So what great stories did you read this week?


21 comments:

Darlyn said...

I have Claudia Grays books and I think I should start reading it soon. Hope you enjoy yours =)

Teddyree said...

I'm up to book 3 in the Evernight series, I enjoyed Stargazer more than Evernight. Have a great week and happy reading :-)

Katie said...

You had a great week! You had a good mailbox too, nice! My Monday is here. Hope this week is awesome :-) I love your site by the way! Katie x

Lori said...

I hope you like Infinite Days! I really did! Enjoy all your new books!

Laurel-Rain Snow said...

Oh, hope you enjoy all of those delightful books, and luxuriate in your blog hopping. Ah, life (and school) does intrude sometimes!

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Stephanie said...

Back to school already? Wow! :-) It looks like you have plenty of good reads here.

Nise' said...

I need to find out why everyone loves Claudia Gray.. Have a great reading week.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog! No I don't have Mockingjay yet, I am just anticipating that the book I'm currently reading will take me until next tuesday to finish, by which time Mockingjay will be out! :) Have a great day!

Danielle

Collegiate Bookworm said...

I loved Infinite Days! I hope you do as well! The Minder cover looks awesome!

Kerleisha @ Collegiate Bookworm

Samantha said...

I've heard good things about Lucy, so I'm glad you enjoyed it too. I am finishing Vampire Academy and really liking it. :) Have a great week!

Marce said...

Amazon continues to recommend Claudia Gray's books, I need to try them.

Enjoy your reading week

Melissa (i swim for oceans) said...

oooooh Minder! That's a great haul :)

jlshall said...

Wow, those are all books and authors I've never heard of! I've obviously got some catching-up to do. Hope you enjoy all your reading this week.

Sheila (Bookjourney) said...

Jan you do have some good looking books here. I hope you enjoy them all :D

Unknown said...

Lots of goodies for you to read this week! I will have to add some to my wishlist, especially the Claudia Grey books. Bummer about Personal Demons, I was hoping it would be really good!

Happy Reading and good luck with the new school year!

Sherri at Urban Girl Reader

Jenny N. said...

I really want to read Infinite Days and its on my wishlist. Also looks like you got lots of reading done last week so hope you have another good week.

Cat said...

I never to seem to catch up on the reviews.

Enjoy your week's reading.

Crystal (I totally paused!) said...

Your week sounds really great! Good luck with it :)

The1stdaughter said...

Don't you just hate that when you get behind? I have the hardest time unless I write the review right away, but it always seems to happen at some point. Good luck with your new students and reviews!

I can't wait to see if you love Infinite Days as much as everyone else!

Have a fabulous reading week and thanks again for stopping by my site earlier!

Vicki said...

You got some great books in the post... I can't wait to see what you think of Infinite Days. I hope you're first day back with new students went well!

Anonymous said...

Heh, the cover for Minder looks so much like the cover for One Day, which I'm reading now. Enjoy your new books!

 
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