Starting today, What are you reading on Mondays? will be hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through a World of Books. We will all miss J.Kaye, who has a very full plate, or bookcase, these days.
I won O'Juliet from author Robin Maxwell's blog, along with this beautiful blown glass heart pendant, and they arrived this week.
Read M.C. Beaton's Death of a Gossip, the first of the Hamish MacBeth mysteries, published in 1984. Loved learning about Hamish's background, as it puts things more in perspective from the most recent book, Death of a Valentine, which I really enjoyed and reviewed last month. I'll definitely keep up with this series. Also read The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner, which he so graciously sent me from his web site. Loved it! I had known a bit about Juana through reading about her sister Katherine of Aragon, and her mother, Isabella of Spain, so I was excited to get to know her in her own right. I'll be reviewing it soon, but I can't recommend it enough.
Finished writing reviews for Life Sentences by Laura Lippman, and Margaret Irwin's Young Bess. Totally different types of books, but both excellent. They won't be posted until March, but I don't want to forget things so I try to write the reviews as soon as I finish reading. Still need to write reviews for Get Lucky by Katherine Center and The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner.
This week I plan to read O'Juliet and My Own Personal Soap Opera by Libby Malin, which I received from Sourcebooks. I'm finding mixing historical and contemporary makes it easier to remember what's going on, LOL!
What are YOU reading this Monday? Tell me about some goodies, my list isn't long enough, you know!
Love the pennant! Both your books for this week sound good! Have a great time reading them and I will watch for your reviews! :)
ReplyDeleteThat pendant is beautiful and just the right accessory for wearing while reading.
ReplyDeleteI am adding The Last Queen to my wish list as I enjoy mixing both genres as well.
Happy Reading:)
Gorgeous Pennant! I can't say any of those books sound familiar.. well O'Juliet does but not sure why. Enjoy reading them this week!
ReplyDeleteTHe pendant is gorgeous. Lucky you. You will like The Art Thief-I learnt about the artist in a final Jeopardy question-I had never heard of him before so it was funny to pick up the book and learn about this artist.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the wins - the pendant is lovely.
ReplyDeleteThe Last Queen was one of my top reads of last year - glad you enjoyed it too.
Happy reading!
Congrats on winning Robin Maxwell's contest. Hope you enjoy The Last Queen, it was one of my favourite reads of 2009!! Happy reading :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great contest you won-that pendant is stunning. I have not heard of many of the books on your list--but mixing historical and contemporary genres will keep things interesting!
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I have The Last Queen sitting on my TBR pile and on my Kindle. Everyone raves about how good that book is. I will get to it very soon. Hope you enjoy O, Juliet. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteLove the pendant...you have some reading to do Lady. Books sound great.
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Barbara
Nice list of books! I like that pendant!
ReplyDeleteHere's mine this week: http://ruthiesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading_08.html
Hope you have a great reading week! :D
My Own Personal Soap Opera sounds fascinating!
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My reads:
http://laurel-rain-snow.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading_08.html
Congratulations on winning O Juliet as well s the beautiful pendant. Have a wonderful week reading! My Monday: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-8.html
ReplyDeleteI believe the first time I heard of The Last Queen was on your blog last week. I am so interested in reading it that I've seriously debated starting a book review blog of my own. I'm just no good at reviews. Oh well. I'll just have to read what you think about it then buy it when I get a chance.
ReplyDeleteHappy reading this week!
What a great prize pack! I hope you enjoy O, Juliet!
ReplyDeleteWow, you have been busy. Some great sounding books there.
ReplyDeleteWow, you have been busy. Some great sounding books there.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pendant! Hope that you've a great reading week, this week =)
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Have a pleasant week!
I'm interested in My Own Personal Soap Opera, but based on the comments, I should add The Last Queen too. Thanks for the reommendations. Here's mine
ReplyDeleteI love the pendant - so pretty :o) Do you like the Hamish MacBeth books? I've read the first few of M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin books & really liked them but haven't tried the Hamish ones yet.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great week :o)
That pendant is really pretty. I have The Last Queen sitting on my desk. I look forward to seeing what you think about it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy O, Juliet. I am looking forward to that one. The Last Queen sounds really good. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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ReplyDeleteHow is it that we have never run across each other before? We are both readers and crafters....hmm...I need to fire my people.