It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey where you can share what you are reading each week. Be sure to visit Book Journey to link up if want to join in!
Last week I finished The Lacuna, By Barbara Kingsolver and it was such a great read - definitely a must read for Historical Fiction lovers.
As part of the 2013 Nerdy Non-Fiction Readers Challenge I am readingThe Lost Art of Being Happy, By Tony Wilkinson. I started reading this a while ago but didn't finish so am giving it another go. I don't know if it will live up to some of my favourites such as The Power of Now, By Eckhart Tolle, but definitely has a lot of great content to consider. In the beginning chapters I felt a bit like Wilkinson was arguing the same point over and over again, but now it is moving more into the practise of skills I am enjoying it much more.
I am re-reading Life of Pi, by Yann Martel which I read years ago and absolutely LOVED!!! My beautiful friend just saw the movie (against my advice to ALWAYS read the book first) and said she loved it which has inspired me to read it again. Knowing how much I loved it the first time, I am sure to devour it once I start reading so I am waiting till I have a whole day to read before I start - probably tomorrow :)
I am also still reading A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness which is a long, but fantastic read- enjoying it immensely!
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey where you can share what you are reading each week. Be sure to visit Book Journey to link up if want to join in!
I've heard so many great things about Discovery of Witches and Life of Pi - but haven't had a chance to read either yet. I should really give them a go!
ReplyDeleteI plan to read Life of Pi too - although I haven't read it before - and I haven't seen the movie, but hope to when it comes out on DVD. I hope you enjoy all your reads this week :-)
ReplyDeleteTanya Patrice
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Great books!! Enjoy!!
ReplyDeleteLife of Pi! i have it here somewhere in my bookshelf - might go and dig it up. Have a lovely reading week :) here are my reads: http://virtual-notes.blogspot.de/search/label/bookshelf
ReplyDeleteI really must read Life of Pi. I own a copy and have yet to dig into it. I also want to see the movie but, like you, I refuse to see a movie before I've read the book. Thanks for visiting my blog!
ReplyDeleteA Discovery of Witches has been on my wishlist. Sounds like you had a good week. Have a good one this week too!
ReplyDeleteBoth The Lacuna and Life of Pie are on my TBR list. Have a great week of reading.
ReplyDeleteI've been hesitant to pick up The Lacuna. I tend to either love or hate Kingsolver and I've been on such a roll with the loving that I'm afraid to break it. That doesn't even make sense, does it? Enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteIt does make sense! lol :) What ones have you read? I have only read The Lacuna and The Poisonwood Bible so far. Is there another one you recommend? Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your week too :)
DeleteI couldn't finish Life of Pi last time I attempted it, I am going to watch the movie though when it comes out on DVD
ReplyDeleteWishing you a great reading week!
Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
I read Life of Pi this past year. It's great. Did you see the movie? Does it live up to the book?
ReplyDeleteHey Lindsey, I haven't seen the movie yet, so I don't know if it lives up to the book. My friends who have seen it say it is awesome, but none of them read the book first! (Grrrrrr!) I hope that it does. Let me know what you think if you end up seeing the movie! Thanks for visiting....have a great week! :)
DeleteI have yet to read a Barbara Kingsolver, which I'm feeling I should remedy soon! A Discovery of Witches also seems like a book I should read but I'm always hesitant in starting a series when all the books haven't been published yet. I hate the waiting!
ReplyDeleteAs you read on my blog yesterday, I have just read The Bean Trees by Kingsolver and am now reading its sequel, Pigs in Heaven - absolutely loving both!! I will have to check out The Laguna. Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible is one of my top 5 of all-time books!
ReplyDeleteI also LOVED Life of Pi and would love to see the movie before it leaves theaters.
Enjoy your books this week -
Sue
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