It’s Monday! What are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It is a chance to share with others what you have been reading and what you plan to read.
This week I finished the following books:
- The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
- The Art Forger by Barbara Shapiro
Books in Progress:
- Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (audiobook)
- A Nation Worth Ranting About by Rick Mercer
- The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow
- Beyond the Possible by Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani
Book Put Aside (for now):
- The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War by Ben Shephard
It was another busy week for me at work but I think (fingers crossed) that the worst should be over by the end of this week and I can get my evenings and weekends back for reading! On the plus side, I haven’t really had time to buy new books (I did cave and buy my first books of the year on Monday) so my piles are not growing too much.
When I do get some free time I am going to take inspiration from kimbofo at Reading Matters and sort out my TBR shelves. I know there are some books on there I will never read so I’d best cut my losses and get rid of them. I think the book sale committee at my local library will be very happy with what I will be sending their way!
What are you reading this week?
Glad to see I’ve inspired you to sort out those shelves!!
I was truly amazed at how many books I had cluttering up the place that I would never get around to reading, and I’m happy that I’ve been able to donate them to a worthy cause. I figure that they will raise more than £500 for charity!
Good for you, kimbofo! When I moved 13 years ago I “allowed” myself only 3 boxes of books, and the remaining 8 or 9 went to the book sale that raised money for the city’s children’s hospital. It was painful to decide what to keep and what to donate, but the cause was worthy.
I culled my collection at the beginning of the year and I have to say that it was not as painful as I anticipated!
I hope you enjoy your books this week.
Thank you Lindsey! I hope my culling won’t be painful, that will make it much easier.
The tipping point by malcom gladwell has my immediate interest
Have you read Outliers, Greg. That was fascinating. I listened to it on the (long,long) drive up to Wpg.
Not yet, haven’t met it at my library yet. I did listen to a Ideas episode about that book though.