It's Monday! What Are You Reading?!

                 

What I Reviewed Last Week The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe Will Schwalbe's mom is diagnosed with terminal cancer.  Will and his mom decide to form an informal two-person book club  and set off reading and talking...more The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver Liza is the only one who realizes her brother  Patrick's soul has been stolen by wicked Spindlers,  spider-ish creatures who live Below. Liza slips through...more  The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin I shouldn't even elude to plot in this review of  The Mountain Between Us.  You will hate me if I give anything away,  even if I elude to the fact that...more The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani I can't remember the last Trigiani book I read,  but I know it was back when my most challenging reads  were because of length of the novel rather than...more  Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Artemis is clever, very clever. He wants fairy gold. And he has a plan to get it. The fairies are rather smart, too. They want to keep their gold. The...more  Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics by Jim Al-Khalili One of my favorite words.  How could I pass up this book,  with a title like that?  Even if, when I really thought about it,  I knew it would probably be...more The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide What's an advice columnist to do when she discovers she is dying?  Write a book providing advice about dying, of course. And that's what Delia does, in...more Sahara by Michael Palin My first book by this wonderful travel author.  How has he eluded me for so long?  Michael Palin is that perfect mix of an excellent observer of all that...more Julie Andrews' Treasury for All Seasons I'm always looking for another great book of poems and  what better way to organize these than to set them to  the rhythm of the seasons and who better...more All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep by Crescent Dragonwagon After a busy day, children need a quiet book before bedtime.  Just say the title of this book and you'll know right away that this is a perfect choice....more The Thankful Book by Todd Parr Every book on happiness I read raves about the value of being thankful.  Once again, Todd Parr takes on a worthy subject and brings to it the simplicity...more

What Came in the Mail Last Week and I'm Reading Now The Cybils nonfiction picture book nominees have started to arrive! For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson by Peggy Thomas Follow the Drinking Gourd by Cari Meister Giant Squid  by Mary Cerullo Queen of the Track by Heather Lang And I also received some wonderful new nonfiction reads in the mail: On the Map:  A Mind-Expanding Exploration  of the Way the World Looks by Simon Garfield Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man by Brian McGrory

What are you reading today?!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.