It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

I've been gone for 6 weeks. First there was a little time in Florida for my daughter's dance competition and then 5 weeks enjoying myself at our family cottage up north. The beauty of the place is at least partly in that it is a place that requires old fashioned entertainment. We didn't even have a phone or electricity until the late 90's. We do now have both but that hasn't changed things too terribly much. Tv is still limited almost exclusively to videos since the three channels we do get (no cable) come in with varying degrees of snow on the screen. There is cellphone coverage if you walk to the very end of the dock, stand on your head and wrap your left leg around your right shoulder while leaning to the west. OK, not really but truly there is only sporadic cell phone coverage. And there certainly is no internet access back in our solitary little bay. What this means for my weeks away is loads of time to sink into reading, lots of books finished, and very few reviews written. But it is the place I love the most in the world so getting a littel behind (a lot) in reviewing is a small price to pay. Please try not to gasp, snicker, or otherwise show any reaction to the now enormous list of books awaiting review! This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

Books I completed these past several weeks are:

A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano
The Little Woman Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly
French Lessons by Ellen Sussman
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
Baby Don't Go by Susan Andersen
The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
Unsaid by Neil Abramson
The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
Harvest by Catherine Landis
The Sweetness of Tears by Nafisa Haji
The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
What Language Is by John McWhorter
The Rules of the Tunnel by Ned Zeman
Angelina's Bachelors by Brian O'Reilly
Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
Let's Take the Long Road Home by Gail Caldwell
The Gap Year by Sarah Bird

Bookmarks are still living in the middle of:

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
The Vagabond by Colette
Let the Great World Spin by Colm McCann
Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann

Reviews posted this week:

A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano
French Lessons by Ellen Sussman
The Rules of the Tunnel by Ned Zeman
Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
Angelina's Bachelors by Brian O'Reilly

Books still needing to have reviews written (as opposed to the ones that are simply awaiting posting):

West of Here by Jonathan Evison
Made For You and Me by Caitlin Shetterly
You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice
Twelve by Twelve by William Powers
Amaryllis in Blueberry by Christina Meldrum
The Wedding Cake War by Lynna Banning
Dance Lessons by Aine Greaney
Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
The Paperbark Shoe by Goldie Goldbloom
Someone Will Be With You Shortly by Lisa Kogan
The Art of Saying Goodbye by Ellyn Bache
When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle
The First Husband by Laura Dave
Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
The Mystery of the Third Lucretia by Susan Runholt
Next by James Hynes
Spanish Holiday by Kate Cann
The Little Woman Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
Baby Don't Go by Susan Andersen
The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
Unsaid by Neil Abramson
The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
Harvest by Catherine Landis
The Sweetness of Tears by Nafisa Haji
The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
Let's Take the Long Road Home by Gail Caldwell
The Gap Year by Sarah Bird