November 19, 2012 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday and It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Mailbox Monday

Mailbox Monday was created by The Printed Page. It is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their home last week.

Mailbox Monday is currently on tour, hosted by a different blog each month. The November host is Kathy at BermudaOnion’s Weblog .

Another light week as I received just one new book for review. That’s ok, and it should be like this the next few weeks as there are only a few requests outstanding, and maybe I can get a little caught up.

For review from the publisher:

The Guilty One
by Lisa Ballantyne

A little boy was found dead in a children’s playground…Daniel Hunter has spent years defending lost causes as a solicitor in London. But his life changes when he is introduced to Sebastian, an eleven-year-old accused of murdering an innocent young boy. As he plunges into the muddy depths of Sebastian’s troubled home life, Daniel thinks back to his own childhood in foster care – and to Minnie, the woman who adopted him and whose love saved him, until she, too, betrayed him so badly that he cut her out of his life. But what crime did Minnie commit that made Daniel disregard her for 15 years? And will Daniel’s identification with a child on trial for murder make him question everything he ever believed in?

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

Share what you read last week and what you are currently reading.

It’s hard to believe the year is almost over, but my calendar does say November and that means only a few more weeks left before 2013 arrives.

This week will be busy. I am hosting Thanksgiving dinner for a small group, but that still means shopping, cleaning and food preparation, so I should get through a lot of audio in the next few days.

Reading/Listening This Week:

I’ve already started reading The Things That Matter and am finding it quite different from what I expected. I had imagined lots of decorating advice but instead it’s much more personal as Nate talks about the many people that influenced him in his life. Next up is Giving Up the Ghost, a goodreads win from a few months ago (yes, I need to catch up!) and two audiobooks, Dolly Parton’s short speech on her philosophy of life, Dream More, and a scifi audiomovie, Resonance, that I requested for review.

This weekend, and especially Friday, I will be participating in the Thankfully Reading Weekend event and avoiding the Black Friday crowds. So there may be more books added this week.

Last Week:

I finished Neil Young’s memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, which was very good; interesting, entertaining and not the usual sex, drugs and rock and roll memoir. I also finish The Yard, and while I enjoyed the story, it was a bit too complex for audio and required a lot of concentration. Reviews will be coming soon, hopefully this week.