It's Monday!

       

         

What I Read Last Week

What Came in the Mail Last Week

What I'm Reading Now

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. 

The Incredible $7 Swimming Pool

Summer, ca. 1991.


And I hope you'll stop by and enter my Literary Blog Hop giveaway for a $15 Book Depository gift certificate! Today's the last day to enter.

For more wordless photos, go to Wordless Wednesday.

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads. To participate in Saturday Snapshot: post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken and then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at West Metro Mommy Reads.

A Good Book Cover...

A good book cover hints.

It intrigues. 

Carries the theme.

Suggests the plot.

Identifies an emotional tone for the book. 

Never trite.

It works with the title in a happy way.

A good book cover is surprising.

A good book cover.

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?!

       

         

What I Read Last Week

What Came in the Mail Last Week

What I'm Reading Now and something from this stack...

What are you reading today?!

And I hope you'll stop by and enter my giveaway for a $15 Book Depository gift certificate!

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.

¡Bienvenidos a Literary Blog Hop!

Welcome!

Welcome to the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop!

The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop is hosted by Leeswammes. Between Saturday, June 21, 2014, and Wednesday, June 25, 2014, you can hop to over 30 different book blogs, all offering one or more giveaways of books or bookish items. All books will be literary fiction or nonfiction. Follow the links at the bottom of this post to find the other participating blogs.

My Giveaway

As part of the blog hop I will be giving away a $15 gift card to Book Depository, which is open to worldwide entries.

bookdepository.com

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Rules for the Readerbuzz's February Literary Giveaway are simple:

(1) You must follow me.

(2) You must leave a comment here that includes an e-mail address (posted in an elusive way to thwart the wicked).

BONUS:
If you really, really want to win this giftcard,

you are welcome to receive extra entries by:

Following me at Twitter

and leaving a comment +1 

Befriending me at Goodreads

and leaving a comment +1

Befriending me at Facebook

and leaving a comment +1

I will leave this giveaway open until Wednesday, June 25th.

Good luck!

The Literary Blog Hop is scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 12:01 am EST and end on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 11:59 pm EST. Sorted Books is open to bloggers in the US only. The Book Depository gift card is open to bloggers anywhere Book Depository can ship.

Linky List:

Leeswammes The Misfortune of Knowing Bibliosue Too Fond Under a Gray Sky Read Her Like an Open Book (US) My Devotional Thoughts WildmooBooks Guiltless Reading Fourth Street Review Nishita's Rants and Raves Word by Word Words And Peace (US) Ciska's Book Chest Falling Letters Roof Beam Reader Readerbuzz The Relentless Reader (US) Mom's Small Victories (US) Daily Mayo (US)

The Emerald City Book Review (US) A Lovely Bookshelf on the Wall Lost Generation Reader Booklover Book Reviews Bay State Reader's Advisory River City Reading (US) Books Speak Volumes Words for Worms Wensend Bibliophile's Retreat Readers' Oasis The Book Musings My Book Retreat (N. Am.) Books on the Table (US)

(Nothing)

My Summer TBR

(That's right. It's not a boo-boo. It's nothing. No TBR. I'm not setting any goals.
I'm not picking any big classic books that I'm going to force myself to read. Nothing. Nada.
Go where my spontaneous reading self leads me this big open glorious summer.)

Are you planning a big reading summer? Any recommendations that I might try?
Spontaneously, of course.



Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?!

       

         

What I Read Last Week  I'm on a 1001 Children's Book roll. I read these six last week, I have a stack of twelve that I own which I hope to read this summer, and I have five more that I found at the public library.

What Arrived Last Week This was my prize from Armchair BEA. I must admit that I'm a big baby when it comes to scary books. Hope it isn't too scary for me. What could be scarier than an evil librarian?

What I Am Reading Now I have a huge stack of books that I requested from the public library just before school was out, very eclectic, including 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die and Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, and lots of 1001 Children's Books.

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.

"Little Maine Dress" Competition Winners

Portland, Maine. Summer, 2012.

For more wordless photos, go to Wordless Wednesday.

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads. To participate in Saturday Snapshot: post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken and then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at West Metro Mommy Reads.

Best Books So Far This Year

I'm right at the 100 mark for the year (well, 97, to be exact) so this is a great time to take a look back at my favorite reads so far.

Here are some you might like to check out...

NONFICTION...

Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening

GROWN-UP CLASSICS...

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

When I Was Puerto Rican

FAVORITE 1001 CHILDREN'S BOOKS...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Superfudge by Judy Blume

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Emil and the Detectives

The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland

I Am Not Esther

The Red Shoe

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year That I Truly, Completely Lost It

NEW CHILDREN'S BOOKS...

Penny and Her Marble by Kevin Henkes

Kelsey Green, Reading Queen

GOOD FICTION...

Orphan Train

The Rosie Project

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Frog Music

A SMALL BUT WISE STORY...

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

SCARY...

The Silent Wife

    



    Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.