Sunday Post (25) / It's Monday, What Are You Reading

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a fun weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey and now hosted by Kathryn at Book Date, where we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next.

So I'm in a bit of a reading slump still I guess. I only read one book and it took me all week to get through it. That is kind of shocking considering it was a Rick Riordan book and I normally love his books and finish them in just a day or two. Now I'm starting on my book group reads for the month instead of picking up what I want to read. We meet next week and I thought I had one more week than I do! Last month I had both books read with weeks to spare.

I didn't have a very productive week at work and I'm starting to feel the stress of bad planning. I realized that I only have a week to go on my murder mystery dinner at the library and I forgot to order the background music CDs. I also still need to buy craft supplies for our Pinterest craft night this Tuesday. Oops! Somehow I know it will all get done. At least the important stuff anyway. Both programs are full and have waiting lists which is also a good sign that we are doing something right! I am considering letting more people into the craft program if I can squeeze more out of my budget. I still have a craft to plan for our holiday open house next month. Right now I'm thinking either a sock wreath or a mason jar snow globe of some sort.

One positive thing was the round table I hosted for librarians who plan programs for adults. It was nice to share what has worked and commiserate over what didn't.  I also got some good ideas like the website ConsumerCrafts (for cheaper craft supplies) and cookbook club (participants pick a recipe to try from the same cookbook and bring it to the meeting to share while discussing the cookbook) which is apparently a really popular program in Ohio libraries. I think I will try that one next year but we won't meet monthly. Three book clubs might just be too much for me to keep up with!

Last week on my blog:

The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas (review)

Books read:

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

I liked this book in the end but in a way it was a disappointment. It didn't live up to my high expectations I guess. Normally I find Riordan's books to be laugh out loud page turners with a good mix of humor, action and mythology. I did learn quite a bit about Norse mythology but I didn't connect with the characters like I'd hoped and it wasn't as nearly as funny as his other books. I still plan to give the next book a shot but I will check it out from the library.

Currently reading:

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

This is our afternoon book group pick. I've only read a little bit but so far I like it.

What I plan to read next:

This House is Haunted by John Boyne

I thought it would be fun to read a spooky story in our evening book group and hopefully this won't disappoint.

The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

I've heard really good things about this YA historical novel and I hope to get to it soon. It has a surprising number of holds on it at the library as historical fiction usually isn't that popular with teens. (That doesn't stop me from buying it for them to read!)