It’s Monday, 17 June – What Are You Reading?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Tam

It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

June is half-way over, how did this happen? Reading and posting is getting better – and I hope to keep it up and increase postings throughout the summer. I have to up my reading too – according to my Goodreads tracker, I am 7 books behind in reading 50 books this year. That’s a lot of catch-up, but I hope to get there this summer.

Last week was a good reading week, I started and finished The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk (which I  got as an ARC from LibraryThing Early Readers), started up Alison Sweeney’s The Star Attraction and also, in honor of True Blood’s return to HBO, started Dead Ever After, the final book in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series. I didn’t like the previous one and had planned to swear off them, but this one is the end of the series, so I figured I could read one more to see how it all ends.

This week I plan to finish up Sookie and start Daphne Kalotay’s Sight Reading (which I received as an ARC), and also hopefully finish up The Star Attraction, which is really what I want to spend all my free reading time reading - it is definitely a fun, quintessential  summer read!

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk

Reviews Posted:
Beautiful Ruins

How about you? How was your week last week and what are you going to be reading this week?

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It’s Monday, 10 June – What Are You Reading

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Tam

It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

While I am not starting out June really strong with reading or posting – I committed to finishing Dan Brown’s Inferno - and did, but not until after midnight last night (or should I say this morning). I have lots of books I could read, I am putting A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki aside for now and will either read Daphne Kalotay’s Sight Reading (which I received as an ARC) or The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk (which I also got as an ARC). I will also be reading something new on my Kindle, maybe Alison Sweeney’s The Star Attraction.  And I need to review and read some of the marathon books I just got – I bought one and then my wonderful friend who is a runner brought me a stack this weekend. So I have lots on my reading agenda this week.

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
Inferno by Dan Brown

Reviews Posted:
None

How about you? How was your week last week and what are you going to be reading this week?

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It’s Monday, 3 June – What Are You Reading

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Tam

It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

June, wow – where did May go? It’s now time for beaches, pools, vacations and just general relaxation. Much like last week, I didn’t finish any books, but for the first time in awhile, I did get a new review on the site! Yay! I’m still actively reading all the same books (Inferno by Dan Brown and A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki), I really need to get back on track for reading Born to Run because I just signed-up for my first marathon. A summer of training here I come!

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
None

Reviews Posted:
The Newlyweds

How about you? How was your week last week and what are you going to be reading this week?

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It’s Monday, 15 April: What Are You Reading?

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Tam

It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

If you follow my blog, you may know that in addition to being an avid reader one of the things in my life that takes my time from reading for fun and posting to you all as much as I would like — is running. I’m new to the sport, running my first 5K and then a half marathon last year, but I have now become a bit of an addict. I am proud to report I finished my second half marathon yesterday – the More Magazine/FItness Magazine Women’s Half Marathon. This is my 4th race I have completed this year with the New York Road Runners, and I hope to finish at least 5 more to get entry for the 2014 NYC Marathon. Now, as I sit here typing I want to send best wishes for an amazing day to all the runners up in Boston today.

Now on to reading. Yes I had work, and school and schoolwork – but I did at least finish up one personal read, Nell Freudenberger’s The Newlyweds. Then, instead of reading anything I already had going (which would have probably made more sense to finishing another book) I started Debbie Macomber’s new one Starting Now – which I got as an ARE following a Shelf Awareness posting. I have never read anything from Macomber before, and I am enjoying it. I haven’t read a lot, but it’s a nice book to read to wind down before bed. I do need to get back to reading Born to Run and Pukka’s Promise.

So all good things going on here. I am happy with my reading, but I do need to get some reviews up (soon, I promise).

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger

Reviews Posted:
None

How about you? How was your week last week and what are you going to be reading this week?

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It’s Monday, 8 April: What Are You Reading?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Tam

It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

I really thought I would end March so strong and catch up to be on track for 50 personal books this year. Wow – did that not happen. Not only that, I haven’t at least been keeping up with posting. Sorry for the lag, and thanks for understanding.

While on a little Easter Break I made good headway reading Nell Freudenberger’s The Newlyweds. I am almost done and promise to have that in the completed column by next week’s post. It had a really good start, but it slowed and started to lose me in the middle – so it was easy to be distracted away from it. I continue to read a little in Born to Run but mostly at the gym. I am running a half marathon on Sunday, so maybe after that with less time training I will make it to the finish of that book, too.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not really beating myself up over this: I love that I have work, school, training and a life outside the pages of a book. And I appreciate that you all come visit my site and read the posts that I do mange to get up. So, thanks for visiting and I think you will see that there will be lots of posts in the future from me to read.

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
None

Reviews Posted:
None

How about you? How was your week last week and what are you going to be reading this week?

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It’s Monday, 11 March: What Are You Reading?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Tam

It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

I am making OK progress on personal reading, I finished up Lessons in French by Hillary Reyl, which puts me at reading about a book a week – but as my Goodreads tracker tells me, I am one book down to be on track with my 50 books this year goal. I foresee that by the end of the month I will pick it up, as there should be a little more personal reading time on the horizon.

School and lots of projects are in full swing so I have neglected working on reviews and adding other additional posts, but I hope to have that in check soon – so expect more posts from me in the near future.

I still have Christopher McDougal’s Born to Run to read – I have sort of stalled on it, only getting a little more read last week while at the gym (on the bike, certainly not while running). I am training for a mid-April half marathon, so I will try and dedicate more time to reading the book. Over the weekend I started Pukka’s Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs by Ted Kerasote. In November I said goodbye to my amazing dog of nearly 15 years, so before I get another dog I wanted to read this book. And as of this morning Sheryl Sandberg’s much talked about book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead is on my Kindle and I can’t wait to get started on it.

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
Lessons in French by Hillary Reyl

Reviews Posted:
None

How about you? How was your week last week and what are you going to be reading this week?

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It’s Monday, 4 March: What Are You Reading

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Tam

It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

March 4, wow – I can’t believe it’s already March. I am definitely ready for the start of Spring. So this past week was a good one, I got some good work done for school, and was still able to finish up a personal book too. I am only counting personal books in my reading goal this year (which is 50). I am up to 7 books complete, according to the GoodReads tracker, I am 1 book off pace for my reading goal, but I think I can make that up this month.

I finished reading Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani, I wasn’t a fan at the start but the book grew on me, and was a very good escape read from school reading. I didn’t get any reviews posted, so I have some catch up for this week.

In an effort to catch up to my reading pace, I haven’t started anything new yet, and will focus on reading Hillary Reyl’s book Lessons in French by Hillary Reyl and will keep on with Christopher McDougal’s Born to Run.

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani

Reviews Posted:
None

How about you? How was your week last week and what are you going to be reading this week?

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It’s Monday, 18 February – What Are You Reading?

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Tam

Welcome to the first Monday of February! It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a bit, things are picking up on all ends and my personal reading and blogging is falling behind. I didn’t even post anything last week. But in addition to everything that is on my place I am going to try and carve out at least a little time to get a book finished and a review up this week.

So what will I be reading? I am still working on all three of the same books – Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington (which I received from LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers), Christopher McDougal’s Born to Run (good for while I am in the middle of my half marathon training) and Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani (my Kindle read).

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
None

Reviews Posted:
None

OK, that’s it for me. I hope you had a more productive personal reading week than I did, and here’s to a great reading week ahead. What will you be reading?

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Snow Day

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Tam

So the weekend is nearly here, and if you are in the Northern East Coast, you know the snow is coming (well as I look out my window I can say, the snow is here). So a weekend, some snow – what better excuse to curl up with your favorite fuzzy blanket, cup of tea and a good book or two?!

What will you be curling up with this weekend?

GraceMe? I am looking forward to making a dent in Grace by Grace Coddington, which I won from LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. With its size and weight – this is not a portable book, so perfect when all you can do is stay in.

Stay safe and warm, and Happy Reading!

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It’s Monday, 4 February: What Are You Reading

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Tam

Welcome to the first Monday of February! It’s time for Book Journey’s fabulous weekly posting “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”

As I expected, I did not have quite as productive of a week on the blog, but I was happy to finish up at least one book. Unfortunately I did not get to post much (in fact it’s been a week since my last post, sorry everyone). I will have some catch-up review posts later this week, and hope to stay on track of finishing at least one non-school/thesis book a week – which will keep me at my at least 50 books this year goal. This week I will continue reading Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington and Christopher McDougal’s Born to Run, and last night I just started reading Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani which has been sitting on my Kindle for years. It is a good before bed read (Dark Places not as much).

Here’s my last week in review:

Books Finished:
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Reviews Posted:
None :(

So that’s my week. How about you? What did you finish up in your reading world, and what will you be picking up next?

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