It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly link up hosted by Kathryn at Book Date . Then, Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers decided to give it a focus on kid’s literature. This is a chance for bloggers to recap their weeks of reading and share their plans for the next reading adventures they will take. Visit the host blogs for a list of great blogs participating and a whole bunch of titles to add to your to-read lists.
The last time I wrote one of these posts was in March of 2018. I recently have decided to make my writing a priority again and will be starting up on this blog again. What better way to get started again then to join back into one of my favorite link ups?
Finished This Week:
This book was an impulse purchase on Black Friday. I am so glad I stumbled across it! I absolutely love Jane Austen and this book really honored that feeling. The stories of the different characters who end up as members of the Jane Austen Society are interesting. However, what I loved the most is how the characters used the literature to help themselves heal from different trauma that they had experienced. And of course, the book is a comedy of manners in and of itself that mirrors a great Jane Austen novel in the twists and turns of the story and the fates of the protagonists. I highly recommend this one to anyone who loves Austen.
This book is the 13th installment of the Pendergast series. I started the books on a recommendation from a friend. Each one of the novels featuring Pendergast is outside of the type of novels I usually read. The elements of supernatural and a few really far-fetched details sometimes make the suspension of disbelief difficult. I was close to giving up on this series, but this book has brought me back. This one is closer to the murder mysteries that I enjoy reading. I will say that the authors do a great job of making their characters very intriguing and that is why I keep coming back for more, despite a few crazy plot twists.
I came across this book in Target last week. I read The Guest List earlier this year and really enjoyed the quick and suspenseful read. I quickly searched for this book on my library app and was able to borrow it right away. The Hunting Party is very similar to The Guest List. In both books, a group of people travels to a very remote and isolated spot for a quick getaway. In this book, a group of friends takes a trip each year for New Year’s Day. This year, things go very wrong and one of them ends up dead. I won’t say much more because I don’t want to spoil it, but there are some good twists that make this one fun to read. I would also recommend The Guest List if you do like this one.
Books I am Currently Reading:
I can’t believe that this really happened. It seems so clear nowadays that the radium was clearly the culprit in the medical issues that these girls went through. This nonfiction book is very well written. I find myself really losing myself in the narrative. I have been reading it for a while now. I find I can only take so much of this story at a time. It frustrates me. I will be working to finish this one this week.
I just started Blue Labyrinth. It is the 14th book in the Pendergast series. It started out with a bang. I will probably get through this one pretty fast, but you never know.
What’s Next?
Pizza Girl is up next. My sister started a book club with the intention of reading through this list of books. So far, the books have all been very interesting and caught my attention in different ways. It has been nice to have a list of books that are relatively quick and easy to get through.
Marie Benedict was one of the authors that I enjoyed hearing the most when I attended the Savannah Book Festival last February. It was so cool to hear about her process in researching and then imagining historical fiction based on powerful women who may not have been recognized as such. I really loved The Other Einstein and The Only Woman in the Room. So, when I saw that her next book is about Agatha Christie, I had to have it! I pre-ordered this book and should have it tomorrow. I am sure I will dive in pretty quickly.
What are you reading this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
