Monday info

What's In Your Mailbox Monday is hosted each week by Marcia over at The Printed Page.

I had a fairly busy book week--some arrived by way of the mailbox, but some arrived by me purchasing them and carrying them into the house!

From Paperbackswap:
** Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (for my boys' summer reading)
** They Never Came Home by Lois Duncan (for the boys, again!)
** Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson

From the library sale shelves:
**Everyone Else's Girl by Megan Crane

From the store:
**Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
**Home Repair by Liz Rosenberg

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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about mid-year reading… Now that we’ve come to the middle of the year, what do you think of your 2009 reading so far? Read anything interesting that you’d like to share? Any outstanding favourites?

If you click on the picture of books, labeled: completed books 2009, on my sidebar you will see a list of completed books so far this year. I have finished 31 which is a number a little behind where I was last year this time. That is alright though as I am not doing a "100 books in a year" type challenge or anything. What I am really happy about is that my challenge progress is right where I want it to be, at this, mid-year.

I have enjoyed most of the books I have read, and the couple which I liked the least I am still glad I finished--there are two of them and they were for the book award challenge and even though they weren't my cup of tea, I still think they were worthy of award.

The books which I can point to as outstanding area:
**The Uncommon Reader
** Sarah's Key
** The Birth House
** Mudbound
** Fair and Tender Ladies
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What are you reading on Mondays? is hosted each week by J. Kaye's Book Blog.

I am STILL reading Keeper and Kid, and hope to finish in a day or so. I have so many books I want to read and this one has hit a desperate, dragging on point that isn't too pleasant, yet I wan to know how it ends. It isn't a bad book, I think I just am not in the right mood for it at this time. But, I am so close to finishing it that I can taste it!

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