Ah...Monday morning...quiet house. I've had kind of a rough week here. My college son was home sick much of last week, then I caught his cold. Even a simple virus like this triggers a severe flare-up of our chronic illness (an immune disorder), so it's a double-whammy. On the plus side, I've had a little more time for reading than usual! Here's what we read last week:
- I finished my first spooky read for the month, the teen/YA novel Magisterium by Jeff Hirsch, which combines a post-apocalyptic/dystopian setting with a magical plot. Its engrossing suspense was a great distraction from how I was feeling!
- Last night, I finished my neighborhood book group's selection for this week's meeting: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka. It is a unique novel, written from the perspective of a group of women, rather than individual characters, about so-called picture brides who immigrated to the United States from Japan in the early 1900's, following them for the next 20 years. It should be fodder for some excellent discussions Wednesday evening!
- I started a new audio book, The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman, a middle-grade novel about a young girl in Louisiana in 1960 who is transported back in time to 1860. It is excellent and engaging so far!
- My husband, Ken, is reading In the Woods by Tana French and enjoying it very much. He says it is a good mystery with plenty of suspense but also very well-written.
- Jamie, 18, was home sick from college for 4 days this week. After catching up on all his favorite TV shows in the first 2 days, he picked up a book and remembered how much he has missed reading since he started college! He read Relic Master (The Dark City #1) by Catherine Fisher and loved it (Fisher's Incarceron was a family favorite here).
- City of Lost Souls, Book Five of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, arrived at our house last week while Jamie was home sick. Since this is one of his favorite series, Jamie decided to re-read the entire series...for the third time! So, he is currently reading Book 1, City of Bones, though he is back at school with plenty of make-up work, so I don't know how much reading time he has!
What are you and your family reading this week?
(What are you reading Monday is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey, with a kids/teen version hosted by Teach Mentor Texts.)
6 comments:
Magisterium sounds great. I've been reading quite a lot of Ray Bradbury the past two weeks, so it's right up my reading alley for the time being. Will look for it. :)
Magisterium is on my to read list - you're positive review means it's staying there!
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Myra -
I read everything Ray Bradbury wrote when I was in high school....but it's been decades since! Thanks for the reminder - I will have to revisit him!
Sue
sorry you've been ill, & your son, too, but it is right, more reading done then! The Magisterium sounds like a book I would love-creepy & all. Thanks for sharing all the different books.
I'm gearing up to read Caleb's Crossing during the upcoming Frankenstorm!
Sounds like a great plan, Heidi!
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