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What I Finished Last Week Yes, an impressive start to the new year, right? Ah, but you know my secret, don't you? Yes, I worked on these right up to the end of 2013 and then finished the last page in 2014. Still it makes for a nice emotional boost to start the year.   Here are links to my reviews, if you want to know more.   visible columns select all asin author avg rating comments condition cover date added date pub date pub (ed.) date purchased date read date started format isbn isbn13 notes num pages num ratings owned position purchase location rating read count recommender review shelves title votes column setsmain reading list review owned other Per page 10 20 30 infinite scroll Sort Asin Author Avg rating Condition Cover Date added Date pub Date pub edition Date purchased Date read Date started Date updated Format Isbn Isbn13 Notes Num pages Num ratings Owned Position Purchase location Random Rating Read count Recommender Review Title Votes Year pub ascending descending Saving... shelf settings customized clear saved settings "read" and "all" shelves use the same settings close remove books Shelves read currently-reading to-read 1001 a-must-read adventure animals bluebonnet books-about-books challenge children christmas coming-of-age concept-book cooking creativity death essays france gardening happiness healing health italy just-for-fun learning moving-and-starting-over mystery nature new-york-city newbery not-my-cuppa nyc old-age photography poetry post-apocalypse poverty problems-ideas quest relationships schools southern spirituality summer surprise teaching travel west wishlist women-s-fiction work writing   add selected | remove selected find duplicates select all | select none close apply position changes?   Not yet # cover title author isbn isbn13 asin num pages avg rating num ratings date pub date pub (ed.) rating shelves review notes recommender comments votes read count date started                                                                          date added date purchased owned purchase location condition format checkbox position Golden Kirby, Jessi         isbn 1442452161 isbn13 9781442452169 asin num pages 278 pp avg rating 3.93 num ratings 3,514 date pub May 13, 2013 date pub edition May 14, 2013 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars[ 3 of 5 stars ]4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars shelves read [edit] How silly is this? I stayed up until eleven o’clock last night reading this book. I knew what was going to happen and it did happen just as I had thou...more     notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]   date added Jan 04, 2014 date purchased (add) owned purchase location (add) condition (add) format Hardcover [edit]         checkbox position Why Teach?: In Defense of a Real Education Edmundson, Mark isbn 162040107X isbn13 9781620401071 asin num pages 240 pp avg rating 3.95 num ratings 56 date pub Aug 20, 2013 date pub edition Aug 20, 2013 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars[ 3 of 5 stars ]4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars shelves read [edit] A book of essays that center on the value of education and the ways an education these days is diverging from the path of an education in the past. Th...more     notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]   date added Jan 04, 2014 date purchased (add) owned purchase location (add) condition (add) format Hardcover [edit]         checkbox position Daily Rituals: How Artists Work Currey, Mason         isbn 0307273601 isbn13 9780307273604 asin num pages 304 pp avg rating 3.76 num ratings 757 date pub Jan 01, 2013 date pub edition Apr 23, 2013 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars[ 4 of 5 stars ]5 of 5 stars shelves read [edit] They do it all different ways, I’ve learned. Early hours of the day, before dawn. Late night. All day, every day. An hour after dinner, and that’s all...more     notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]   date added Jan 04, 2014 date purchased (add) owned purchase location (add) condition (add) format Hardcover [edit]         checkbox position Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Brown, Brené          isbn 1592407331 isbn13 9781592407330 asin num pages 260 pp avg rating 4.25 num ratings 6,636 date pub Jan 01, 2012 date pub edition Sep 13, 2012 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars[ 4 of 5 stars ]5 of 5 stars shelves read [edit] A new favorite quote, from Theodore Roosevelt: "It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the do...more    notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]   date added Jan 04, 2014 date purchased (add) owned purchase location (add) condition (add) format Hardcover [edit]         checkbox position The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure Handey, Jack isbn 1455522384 isbn13 9781455522385 asin num pages 240 pp avg rating 3.41 num ratings 744 date pub Jul 16, 2013 date pub edition Jul 16, 2013 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars[ 3 of 5 stars ]4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars shelves read [edit] Oh my. I can’t remember reading a book like this in a long, long time. Completely and totally silly book for grownups. Not that the plot is important...more     notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]   date added Jan 04, 2014 date purchased (add) owned purchase location (add) condition (add) format Hardcover [edit]         checkbox position Uncharted: Big Data and an Emerging Science of Human History Aiden, Erez         isbn 1594487456 isbn13 9781594487453 asin num pages 256 pp avg rating 4.10 num ratings 10 date pub Dec 26, 2013 date pub edition Dec 26, 2013 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars[ 3 of 5 stars ]4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars shelves read [edit] Big Data is a new idea to me. I think it means information that is obtained about people by using the big tools of technology. In this book, Aiden and...more     notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]   date added Jan 04, 2014 date purchased (add) owned purchase location (add) condition (add) format Hardcover [edit]         checkbox position Paris Letters Macleod, Janice isbn 1402288794 isbn13 9781402288791 asin num pages 272 pp avg rating 4.50 num ratings 8 date pub Feb 04, 2014 date pub edition Feb 04, 2014 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars[ 4 of 5 stars ]5 of 5 stars shelves read [edit] There are lots of reasons that you shouldn’t bother reading this review of Paris Letters if you really want to read an honest review. I can’t write ho...more     notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]   date added Jan 04, 2014 date purchased (add) owned purchase location (add) condition (add) format Paperback [edit]          checkbox position How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Hamid, Mohsin isbn 1594487294 isbn13 9781594487293 asin num pages 230 pp avg rating 3.76 num ratings 3,232 date pub 2013 date pub edition Mar 05, 2013 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars[ 4 of 5 stars ]5 of 5 stars shelves read [edit] A poor boy in Asia uses the vehicle of this book to share ways of getting rich amid his life story. It’s a hard story, a dark story, a sad story, but...more     notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]   date added Jan 04, 2014 date purchased (add) owned purchase location (add) condition (add) format Hardcover [edit]         checkbox position The Pink Hotel Stothard, Anna          isbn 1250026806 isbn13 9781250026804 asin num pages 288 pp avg rating 3.21 num ratings 456 date pub Apr 01, 2011 date pub edition Apr 23, 2013 my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars[ 4 of 5 stars ]5 of 5 stars shelves to-read [edit] Lily is dead. Lily’s daughter (I can find no other name for her) knows little about her mother. She sneaks into the pink hotel her mother ran for her...more     notes None [edit] recommender none comments 0 votes 0 # times read 1 date started not set [edit]

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.