Monday, October 8, 2012

It's Monday - What are you reading?


It's Monday!  What are you reading?
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I have been busy reading this week - I finished The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (I was really surprised by the book, in a good but sad way), but most of my reading has been for my Coursera class.  I've suspended reading Tomatoland until my Kindle reappears as it's gone missing in our house!
 
So this week, I'm reading:
 
 
The Odyssey, Fagles translation, chapters 9-16.  I plan to get this done before Sunday so I can actually watch all the videos before the quiz is due.
 
 
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling - I told my(adult) daughter she can read it when I'm done so I best hurry up on this one.
 
 
Anna Quindlen is one of my favorite authors so I was happy to see this available at the public library.
 
 
I love to read cookbooks!  I have Ree's first book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks:  Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl.  Although I do find the step by very slow step ("Here's an egg," e.g.) a bit annoying, I will say her cookbook gave me the courage to try chicken fried steak, one of my favorite dishes when I go out to a restaurant, and it was fabulous.
 
 
We have a stack of new books to add and this is one I definitely want to read.  I'm going to a couple of meetings in the next two weeks, so when I am here, we're doing technology things with the classes, so no picture book reading for me with the students.  But this one looks great - I don't want Donna to get all the fun!

5 comments:

  1. Love your book choices this week! Your reading list is rather ecclectic and I'm glad someone is reading Homer! I love the Odyssey!
    Come check out my It's Monday! post :)

    -Kimberly @ Turning the Pages

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  2. Thanks for stopping! I told some friends I was reading Homer and they said, "Oh, right . . . " I think it's just beautiful and I agree with the Coursera professor that this is a great translation (Fagles).

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  3. I loved Harold Fry so much :*) And yay for The Odyssey! I should check out that translation!

    Have a great week of reading!

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  4. The Odyssey! that's so cool - which Coursera class is that? (i'm in Modern Poetry). have a lovely reading week :) here are my reads: http://virtual-notes.blogspot.de/search/label/bookshelf

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  5. Aww! Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs looks PERFECT for my preschoolers. :) Great reads.

    If you'd like to stop by, here's what I'm reading this week.

    xo,
    JL

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