Phew, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Baby steps.

Finished:
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois

Continuing to read:
American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning by Kate Sweeney

Hoping to finish:
The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones by Kaitlyn Dunnett

What are you reading this week?

I had another super busy week, but what else is new? I started Latin on Wednesday, and then had a 3 hour jazz band rehearsal Thursday night. On Saturday, I went with some of my band friends to the University of Massachusetts v. University of Maine football game (I went to neither school, so I was neutral). We tailgated and barbecued and walked to Gillette Stadium from my friend’s house.

Me with my friends at the game (I’m the girl).

Today (Sunday), I drove down to Providence, RI with my boyfriend to watch Evita. It was incredible! It was the very first show of the new national tour, so I recommend seeing it if it comes to your city. All of the cast was amazing, the sets were the best my boyfriend said he’d ever seen, and the dancing was also gorgeous. Something for everyone

Finished:
I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids by Jen Kirkman
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
Fire and Ash by Jonathan Maberry

Continuing to read:
The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman (my egalley expired, so I’m waiting for it to come out)
Dexter’s Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums: Inside Abandoned Institutions for the Crazy, Criminal & Quarantined by Jamie Davis

Hoping to finish:
Allison Hewitt Is Trapped by Madeleine Roux
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
When Will You Rise: Stories to End the World by Mira Grant

What are you reading this week?

I love Labor Day weekend. It’s so nice to have a three day weekend to end the summer and kick off fall. I even baked apple pumpkin bread for the occasion, and got a pumpkin spice frappuccino at Starbucks. I’m finishing off the three day weekend tomorrow by playing a concert at the local VA Hospital with one of my bands I play with. The fall promises to be a very full, but very good one.

I played two concerts last weekend, and saw the new Simon Pegg/Nick Frost/Edgar Wright film The World’s End yesterday. It’s a great movie. If you’re a Shawn of the Dead fan, you won’t want to miss it.

This coming Wednesday I start taking Latin at Harvard Extension. I’m both excited and a little nervous, but I’ll be taking it along with an awesome work pal, so that has me really looking forward to the class.

One last thing: Labor Day weekend passing means that the public library will be open longer hours, including weekend hours again!

Finished:
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Blood of the Lamb by Sam Cabot
The Outside by Laura Bickle
Wicked Cruel by Rich Wallace

Continuing to read:
The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman (my egalley expired, so I’m waiting for it to come out)
Dexter’s Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums: Inside Abandoned Institutions for the Crazy, Criminal & Quarantined by Jamie Davis
I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids by Jen Kirkman (had to return to the library. Now I’m waiting to get it back)

Hoping to finish:
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
Fire and Ash by Jonathan Maberry

Reviews posted:
Blood of the Lamb by Sam Cabot
The Ghosts of Chicago: The Windy City’s Most Famous Haunts by Adam Selzer

What are you reading this week? Do you have any plans for fall?

So, my plan to get back to blogging regularly hasn’t been going so well. I had a lot of internet issues this past week, and have just been too busy this weekend. Hopefully I’ll get some reviews up in the week to come. This year seems like it’s flying by. Doesn’t anyone else feel like time is just speeding up for them? I blink and a week is gone.

I also saw the movie The Conjuring today. Lots of fun, and pleasantly scary. My boyfriend proclaimed it his new favorite scary movie.

Finished:
More Bones by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz
The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E.B. Hudspeth
Defy the Dark edited by Saundra Mitchell

Continuing to read:
The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman
The Outside by Laura Bickle

Hoping to finish:
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Blood of the Lamb by Sam Cabot

What are you reading this week?

Life has been crazy hectic the last couple of months, so I’m now trying to ease myself back into blogging. Since the last one of these posts I did, I went to ALA Annual, moved apartments, had my boyfriend’s mom over for a week, and have played maybe around 10 concerts. In fact, I just finished playing a gig tonight. Phew! But now that the summer is winding down, I’m going to try to recommit myself.

The books I’m listing as finished are since the last time I posted one of these, so a while ago. *I did not read all of these in a week.*

Finished:
The Rules by Stacey Kade
The Dinner by Hermann Koch (audiobook)
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics by Dan Savage
The Orphan of Awkward Falls by Keith Graves
In the After by Demitria Lunetta
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
The Storm Makers by Jennifer E. Smith
Magisterium by Jeff Hirsch
The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle
Parasite by Mira Grant
Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood
My Week with Marilyn by Colin Clark
Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner-City Funeral Home by Sheri Booker
The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
The Ghosts of Chicago: The Windy City’s Most Famous Haunts by Adam Selzer
Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver
Joyland by Stephen King
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past by Ransom Riggs

Continuing to read:
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman
The Outside by Laura Bickle

Hoping to finish:
More Bones by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz
The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E.B. Hudspeth

Reviews posted:
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Night Film by Marisha Pessl

What are you reading this week?