What I'm Reading Monday - Blue and Green Eyed Girl

This week I have not been as successful as last week, but I still managed to finish one book!

Again the Alibi in High Heels was on the back burner.  Didn't get much of any reading done.  Ah well, maybe next week.

 I had some chapters assigned in this book.  I have to say it was really interesting.  I think we have a few more chapters to read in this book, but I really am interested in reading the whole thing!  It discussed how McDonald's entered Japan and what was tried and failed.

I finished up Black Heart and I loved it.  I could see how the author could keep writing books about these characters.  There are so many things they could do.  I actually enjoyed the ending even though I felt it did the 'not all of the stories are tied up' thing.  I think I will have to suggest this book to my sister.  She is going to be doing a lot of driving for the new job she got!  Oh my only complaint is that they cut the CD's at horrible times!  Each one was a cliff hanging in itself!  Gaw!

So that left me with my next book, Graceling.  I was not sure about it, but Kellee said it was really good so I was going to give it a try.  It was made by Full Cast Audio and that made me excited.  As much as I enjoyed Jesse Eisenburg reading all of the characters in the White Cat series I really really like when each character has its own reader.  Anyway, it started right in the action (I know that is how young adult books are written but it throws me every time) and it took me a while to get into the flow of the story.  I am two CDs in and I am enjoying the story.  I like the interplay between the characters - most of them appear to really care about each other.

I have a few more hard back books that I want to start reading but with all of the school reading and the coming house repairs I am not sure how much I will be able to read.

Don't worry I will probably post the second that it is official.  It still seems unreal... soon there will be no denying it!

What I'm Reading Monday: Black Heart

I have been reading a bit this week.  Some for fun, some for class.  I felt very successful when I logged onto Goodreads twice to mark books as completed!

 

Nope, this was not one of the books I was able to finish.  I did read about a chapter or so while I was waiting for appointments and what not during the week.  All I know is that after this book I have two or three more in the series to read.  I think it is going to take me forever!

For my class I actually had one of the readings for the week from this book!  Of course the reading was Chapter 5 or something ridiculous.  I very much like to read and do things in order, and this was very out of order for me.

I finished Fables 14!  I enjoyed it up until the last two sections.  I felt like they had come out of no where and didn't really tie into the rest of the Witches part of the book.  It lead me to wonder if it is going to tie in with the next book (which I have pulled and waiting for me but not started yet) or if it truely was just a look inside another part of the Fables world.

I finished this book up and I was guessing who the killer was until the end.  I loved it.  Kellee was right that I would want to start the final book right away.  It stopped at such a cliff hanger that I almost thought I had one more chapter to go on the CD.

 

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So the next day I started Black Heart.  I have gotten about an hour into it and Cassel's troubles are starting up again.  This poor kid can't catch a break.

I will be able to meet my Goodreads goal this year.  I can not remember what my original goal was last year but I had to lower it as I would have never reached it.  This year I wanted to read 50 books and I am about 6-8 books away from reaching my goal.  I still have three months to keep reading to exceed my goal!!  Since I have started listening to audiobooks my reading has increased 10 fold.  I no longer feel like I am wasting time driving to work and back everyday.  It still takes just as long but I don't feel like it takes as long as it does.

Happy Monday and hope this is the last full week before Jon owns a house!  I have to keep telling myself that so it will start to feel real.