It's Monday, What Are You Reading? - 7/6

This is the first Monday of July. We are halfway through the year! What have I been reading this past week? Were there any books I gave up? Any books I looked at to decide if I want to continue reading? What are my plans (which are subject to change!) It's Monday, What Are You Reading is hosted by J. Kaye's Book Blog.

Finished

Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiana (243/269) - loved it! rvw soon!

Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan (322) - Freaking Awesome! rvw soon!

ghostgirl: homecoming by Tonya Hurley (285) - She's over at Book Divas this week.

Started

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (353/592) - Wow! Wrote a little about it on Sunday Salon - Books That Call To Me - great mystery, fantasy, romance, etc!

No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (12/287) - still trying to decide btwn this or Hamlet first.

Great Call of China by Cynthea Liu - (13/246) - good starting chapter but will have to abandon for later date.

Goal - Only got a 73% of goal. 1,228 of 1,683.

Upcoming

I have too much homework! How to get my required reading (blog tours), write some reviews (way behind), do homework and go to ALA for Saturday? Hmmm.

Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons (358) - post by 7/21

Hollywood is Like High School With Money by Zoey Dean (278) - post by 7/23

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (277) - seeing her Saturday at Anderson's Bookshop.

If things go well, I really want to finish the Brandon Sanderson. We'll see!

New Book Arrived - Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons

Off Season
Anne Rivers Siddon
Grand Central Publishing

From Hachette Book Group:
Acclaimed novelist Anne Rivers Siddons's new novel is a stunning tale of love and loss.

For as long as she can remember, they were Cam and Lilly--happily married, totally in love with each other, parents of a beautiful family, and partners in life. Then, after decades of marriage, it ended as every great love story does...in loss. After Cam's death, Lilly takes a lone road trip to her and Cam's favorite spot on the remote coast of Maine, the place where they fell in love over and over again, where their ghosts still dance. There, she looks hard to her past--to a first love that ended in tragedy; to falling in love with Cam; to a marriage filled with exuberance, sheer life, and safety-- to try to figure out her future.

It is a journey begun with tender memories and culminating in a revelation that will make Lilly re-evaluate everything she thought was true about her husband and her marriage.

I've decided to separate the "grown up" books I receive from the YA/MG books. I will list the adult titles as they come in and keep my IMM posts for the YA/MG crowd.