Hope's Coming Down #IMWAYR March 17, 2014

It's Monday! What are you Reading is a meme began by Sheila at Book Journeys as a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what is in store for the upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki of Unleashing Readers and have become a regular linked up blog. Thanks #PLN

 Happy St. Patrick's Day and may the luck of the Irish be with you!
Here is a four leaf clover I picked just for you. 

Want to get in the spirit of the day? Check out this lovely little book about Curious George and St. Patrick's Day. 

Loved it, but got started slowly with A Snicker of Magic. Obviously I am not a "word catcher" and struggled with visualizing how this worked but I loved the Pickle and Harness families. All the family members were so likable in their own quirky way. Cleo was my favorite tough old broad. The friendship with Jonah was also terrific. What a great kid. I wanted to hang out with him too. It was sad to me though that Roger Pickle did not come back into their lives. I held onto hope. I just adore the catch phrase from this book. "Hope's coming down."

I am currently reading Seven Stories Up and will be chatting about it with my #virtualbookclub friends on Monday night at 9 p.m. EST.

Take a look at our #virtualbookclub Pinterest webpage

I thought I would not be able to participate because I couldn't locate a copy anywhere. I put a library hold on it weeks ago and yet the status was always "book in transit." They must have strapped it to a turtle because it took over six weeks. Actually, it was lost. 

I had gone in and begged them to track it and the next day I received a happy phone call that it had been located. Someone had "misplaced it" sure, they were probably reading it. Who could blame them? It is a very interesting book. I just received it Saturday but taxes and merchandising work have kept me from reading much of it. I do love a challenge so it is marathon reading time! I might be up all night. 

I am still plugging away listening to Fire, boy it's long and I don't have to drive too far each day. In fact, I had to swap the audiobook out for a replacement due to a badly scratched CD.  

I can hardly wait to tap into these next reads on deck. I bought The Testing through my recent book fair. It is on the Texas Lone Star list. I have been wanting to read it for a long time. I know I will enjoy The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. That Holly Black is a gifted writer. 
















I hope you are having a lovely reading week and if you are not, just remember...
Hope's coming down!