Mailbox Monday and It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

Hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.  We share books that we've read over the past week and those we hope to read this week.

Last week:

Erm, last week I got a bit distracted by the super-fun Pink Carnation Series.  Thus, it put a bit of a damper on my reading plans for the week...whups! 

• Substitute Me by Lori L. Tharps (review coming soonly)
• The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig  
• The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
• The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
• The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig 
• The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig
• The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig
• The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig

I also started reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt but I was super sick (think all manners of mucus horrors); thus, despite the predictable use of a similar story arch, the coziness of the Carnation series won out and had me comfortably ensconced on the couch all weekend.

This week:

I'm planning on finishing up The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt as well as - 

• Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
• Kindred by Octavia Butler (which I was planning on reading last week)
• The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

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Mailbox Monday is a  touring meme where book bloggers share their bookish acquisitions from the week prior.  It is hosted this month by MariReads.

This week I received one ARC in the mail - The Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bancon - and it looks very intriguing and a bit sinister.

I also bought a few books this past week:

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin  - love me some good fantasy!

Also, since it's the start of grilling season I picked up the yumilicious Latin Grilling by Lourdes Castro

And lastly, I bought Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

Check out the trailer here (while I am a bit of a magpie, what really sold me was: "and there's a musical").