Not a lofty, ambitious to-be-read list consisting of 100+ book titles. Just a simple plan for the upcoming week — what I’m reading now, what I plan to read next, and what I’m hoping to squeeze in among the nooks and crannies.
How did I do with last week’s agenda?
Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt: Done! My review is here.
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan: Done! My review is here.
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes: Currently reading, at about the half-way point. Very moving so far!
And in kids’ books:
My son and I have settled on our next read-aloud book. We’ve just started the first book in the Leven Thumps series by Obert Skye, which seems to have originally been titled Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo, but which now appears to be called just The Gateway. Whatever the title, we’re about 6 or 7 chapters into it, and it seems to be a fun if somewhat dark fantasy series. We’ll definitely read all of book 1 before we decide about the rest of the series.
Fresh Catch:
In my quest to find books that will appeal to both my son and me, I picked up a couple of new (used) kids’ books plus a graphic novel for me:
What’s on my reading agenda for the coming week?
First, I need to finish The Girl You Left Behind… by Tuesday, because…
Holey moley, I’m so excited for the release of Doctor Sleep by Stephen King! I finished my re-read of The Shining a couple of weeks ago, and have been on pins and needles waiting for Doctor Sleep ever since! I plan to start reading it the second it arrives.
If by any chance I have time left this week, then my next book will be The Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White, one of my recent Wishlist Wednesday picks.
AND — on top of all this reading goodness — coming this week is one of my very favorite events of the year: the Big Book Sale hosted by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. Hundreds of thousands of books for $3 or less! I’ll be attending the member preview on Tuesday night. What could be more fun than being in a huge room filled with books and surrounded by hundreds of crazy book lovers? Last year, I came home with 40 books and spent $80. Let’s see how I do this year!
So many book, so little time…
That’s my agenda. What’s yours? Add your comments to share your bookish agenda for the week.
Bookshelf Fantasies 
Ooh. So jealous of your big book sale!! And how awesome is tomorrow going to be? So awesome. House of Secrets was a strange book. You guys may like reading that together. There was a lot going on.
Strange…. good strange? Or don’t waste your time strange? So many reasons to be excited for tomorrow — big book sale AND Doctor Sleep!
The Incrementalists sounds very good, that one is new to me so I’ll check it out. House of Secrets looked intriguing but I just wasn’t sure. Will be curious to see your thoughts on it. And the book sale sound great, have fun!
Thank you! I go to the Big Book Sale every year, and it’s always a blast. It supports the public library, so I can go and spend money and feel good about it!
Oww Docter Sleep, curious how you will like it. Have a great week with lots of new books.
Thanks, Ciska! I hope you have some great reading lined up for the week too!