Reading...and Coughing...Reading...and Coughing...

I only thought I was sick a couple of weeks ago ("Even a Raging Cold Can't Stop This Reader"). Last Wednesday a sickness the size of a Category 5 hurricane blew in, and I've been holed up ever since, surrounded by an ocean of NyQuil bottles and wads of Kleenex.

I feel a little better today ("I will be better for Easter....I will be better for Easter....") so, before the next sickness typhoon rolls in, I thought I'd send out a quick update on my bookish world.

What I Finished Last Week "All good things must come to an end," they say. I didn't want to finish it, but I finally wended my way to page 858 and had to close the book. I feel satisfied. Happy, really.  Gosh, what is it about this book?  I must spend some time puzzling that out. For a future post. What Arrived Last Week   My mailbox was stuffed full this week with all kinds of wonderful books-for-review: Mary Roach has the strangest ability to make me laugh about the most un-laughable stuff. This time, Roach takes on war in Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War.  Wouldn't it be nice, you ask, to have a book to explain all-things-Catholic? Why, yes, reply Melissa Musick and Anna Keating, presenting us with The Catholic Catalogue: A Field Guide to the Daily Acts That Make Up a Catholic Life.  The author of Orphan Train says Lily and the Octopus: A Novel is "a big-hearted, inventive, funny novel that also happens to be a profound meditation on love and forgiveness." Whew. Doesn't get much better than that. And, finally, there's Lit Up: One Reporter, Three Schools, Twenty-Four Books that Can Change Lives. If there's one book I hope holds true to its promise, I hope it is this one. I'd love to have some high school English teachers read this one and share their thoughts about it.

There you have it. I think I'll head back to bed, with a couple of these books on my nightstand. I do hope I'll stop coughing soon.

What are you reading today?!

What is the Sunday Salon? Imagine some university library's vast reading room. It's filled with people--students and faculty and strangers who've wandered in. They're seated at great oaken desks, books piled all around them,and they're all feverishly reading and jotting notes in their leather-bound journals as they go. Later they'll mill around the open dictionaries and compare their thoughts on the afternoon's literary intake....That's what happens at the Sunday Salon, except it's all virtual. Every Sunday the bloggers participating in that week's Salon get together--at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones--and read. And blog about their reading. And comment on one another's blogs. Think of it as an informal, weekly, mini read-a-thon, an excuse to put aside one's earthly responsibilities and fall into a good book. Click here to join the Salon.

The Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It's a chance to share news and recap the past week.

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share books that we found in our mailboxes last week. 

 It is now being hosted here.

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which you can share the books you've acquired.

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! It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is now being hosted at The Book Date.