Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

Monday, November 11, 2019

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #5


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Hosted by The Book Date.
Also kid lit version hosted by Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers.
Since I read both I join both :)


Not a very big reading week but I got some in.  I have been doing some deep cleaning on my house.  Life gets insanely hectic for me starting the week of Thanksgiving and stays that way until the second week of January.  So focusing on getting as much done now as I can before the chaos hits.
Currently Reading:
  
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
 
"Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle through space powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly."




 


My Sister Rosa"What if the most terrifying person you know is your ten-year-old sister?

Seventeen-year-old Aussie Che Taylor loves his younger sister, Rosa. But he's also certain that she's a psychopath--clinically, threateningly, dangerously. Recently Rosa has been making trouble, hurting things. Che is the only one who knows; he's the only one his sister trusts. Rosa is smart, talented, pretty, and very good at hiding what she is and the manipulation she's capable of.

Their parents, whose business takes the family from place to place, brush off the warning signs as Rosa's -acting out.- Now that they have moved again--from Bangkok to New York City--their new hometown provides far too many opportunities for Rosa to play her increasingly complex and disturbing games. Che's always been Rosa's rock, protecting her from the world. Now, the world might need protection from her."

Yes, still reading this one.  Only read a few pages in fact.


Finished Reading:
 
Quests for Glory (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years #1) I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 3: Good Girl I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 4: Sadly Never After


Up Next on my TBR:
 
A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #2)The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)Supernova (Renegades, #3)

 

Saturday, November 9, 2019

I am participating in #COYER Winter with Friends


COYER Winter2019SignUp 
I have loved doing #COYER in the past couple years.  It has been fun and I've made some great friends.  Which is perfect for the twist they are giving us for this one.
2 reading challenge options and giveaways. 4 readathons, 1 twitter party, facebook games and lots of books!!!
Check out the details here.

For my recommendation based on my reading this year I think I will go with
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) 
I loved this went straight to book two and then immediately preordered book three (just released this week) and I hardly ever preorder.  So check out this series.

It is also an awesome book to buddy and discuss! 

So everyone next month
 

Monday, November 4, 2019

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #4


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Hosted by The Book Date.
Also kid lit version hosted by Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers.
Since I read both I join both :)

It has been a few weeks since I did this. And I read a lot since.  I did two manga- readathons plus Dewey's 24 readathon.  So I am not going to post all those books.  If you want to see what I read the past few weeks, check out my goodreads profile.
So starting fresh this month and hope to keep up better!

Currently Reading:

My Sister Rosa "What if the most terrifying person you know is your ten-year-old sister?

Seventeen-year-old Aussie Che Taylor loves his younger sister, Rosa. But he's also certain that she's a psychopath--clinically, threateningly, dangerously. Recently Rosa has been making trouble, hurting things. Che is the only one who knows; he's the only one his sister trusts. Rosa is smart, talented, pretty, and very good at hiding what she is and the manipulation she's capable of.

Their parents, whose business takes the family from place to place, brush off the warning signs as Rosa's -acting out.- Now that they have moved again--from Bangkok to New York City--their new hometown provides far too many opportunities for Rosa to play her increasingly complex and disturbing games. Che's always been Rosa's rock, protecting her from the world. Now, the world might need protection from her."






Quests for Glory (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years #1) 

"Join your favourite students from the School for Good and Evil as they begin a new era and set off on their quests in the Endless Woods The first book in a second School for Good and Evil trilogy…
The students at the School for Good and Evil thought they had found their final Ever After when they vanquished the malevolent School Master, but with every end comes a new beginning…. Now, on their required fourth-year quests, where Evers and Nevers alike must move beyond the bounds of school and into the biggest, boldest adventures of their lives.
For their quests, Agatha and Tedros are trying to return Camelot to its former splendour as queen and king. For her quest, Dean Sophie seeks to mould Evil in her own image. But soon they all feel themselves growing more isolated and alone. When their classmates’ quests plunge into chaos, however, someone must lead the charge to save them…"


Up Next on my TBR: 

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) "Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle through space powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly."

Monday, October 7, 2019

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #3

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Hosted by The Book Date.
Also kid lit version hosted by Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers.
Since I read both I join both :)
 
 
So I took a few weeks off to deal with some personal stuff. My dog had to step up his surgery by several weeks and dealing with that, his recovery (surgery was on his throat), and training a new puppy and work my free time was very limited.  So I will catch you up from my last post. 
I am currently reading:
 
 
 
Windfall "Let luck find you.

Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she’s been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday—just when it seems they might be on the brink of something—she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes.

At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no strangers to misfortune. As a kid, Alice won the worst kind of lottery possible when her parents died just over a year apart from each other. And Teddy’s father abandoned his family not long after that, leaving them to grapple with his gambling debts. Through it all, Teddy and Alice have leaned on each other. But now, as they negotiate the ripple effects of Teddy’s newfound wealth, a gulf opens between them. And soon, the money starts to feel like more of a curse than a windfall.

As they try to find their way back to each other, Alice learns more about herself than she ever could have imagined…and about the unexpected ways in which luck and love sometimes intersect."
 
 
 

 
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"Welcome to Derry, Maine ...

It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real ...

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name."