My Monday tradition, including a look back and a look ahead — what I read last week, what new books came my way, and what books are keeping me busy right now. Plus a smattering of other stuff too.
Life.
Greetings from Connecticut! I’m on the East Coast spending Thanksgiving with family. Wishing everyone a peaceful and joyful turkey day! My blogging will be minimal this week, but I hope to read lots and lots.
What did I read last week?
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant: If mermaid horror isn’t already its own genre, this book should change that! Absolutely loved it. Review to follow.
Outlander !!
My reaction post for episode 310, “Heaven and Earth” is here. Not the best episode of the season, but hey — all Outlander is good Outlander.
Here’s a little peek at the episode:
Fresh Catch:
No new books this past week! Although I did indulge a bit when it comes to Kindle daily deals.
What will I be reading during the coming week?
Currently in my hands:
Odd & True by Cat Winters: So excited to finally be reading the newest release from Cat Winters!
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny: A book club read for November — seems like a lot of fun.
Now playing via audiobook:
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden: I read this book at the beginning of 2017 (review), and loved it. I’m doing an audiobook re-read now before diving into the sequel — although my listening will be pretty limited while on vacation this week.
Ongoing reads:
Book group reads:
- Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott: My book group’s classic read! We’re reading and discussing two chapters per week.
- Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon: Our group read of Private Matter is almost done — just three chapters to go! We’ll be moving on to Lord John & the Succubus in January — contact me if you’d like to join in.
So many books, so little time…
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I’d love to hear more about your book club – you meet every week? My groups meet monthly. I’d never thought to try weekly and only discuss a few chapters. Great idea!
We’re actually a “virtual” book group — we have an online forum, and hold all our discussions there. For our classic reads and some others, we do two chapters per week, with different people assigned each week to kick off the discussion. We also do a book of the month, usually something more along contemporary lines, and that’s quite fun too. Doing 2 chapters per week doesn’t feel like a burden or like it interferes with being able to read our own personal book choices too.