It's Monday, What Are You Reading (92)

It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a fun weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey where we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next.


After a bit of a reading slump during the first part of the month, I finally finished my first book for this year. It was not Legend but Cinder by Marissa Meyer and what a way to start off reading in 2012! Now I hope to catch up during the rest of the month. I've got two books to read for my book discussion group in the next couple of weeks, books for review, and some others I've picked up and look forward to reading.

Books read:

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

I was surprised by how much I loved Cinder. It was the perfect book to pull me out of my reading slump.  I thought it was a fantastic and creative retelling of Cinderella with a science fiction twist. 

The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

I finally finished The Iron Knight and I have to admit that the book got better once Ash's quest was really underway. I still think The Iron Queen is the best book in the series.

The Other Guy's Bride by Connie Brockway

This book started out really well with a feisty heroine and great chemistry between her and the hero. Unfortunately I was disappointed with it in the end.

Sita's Ramayana by Samhita Arni

This is a graphic novel retelling of the Ramayana from the point of view of the heroine Sita. I liked the story and the illustrations were well done. They reminded me of classical Indian art. 

Books reviewed:

The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff

Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani

Currently reading:

I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

While I prefer the Becky Bloomwood books (except for the newest one), this one has me laughing out loud already. Poppy is quite a character.

Legend by Marie Lu

I wasn't really in the mood to read Legend last week but hopefully I will get back to it this week. So far I think Divergent is the better book.

What I plan to read next:

The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

This sounds like such a tragic and romantic story.  The main characters are a Jewish couple torn apart during WWII and each believes the other has died but fate may give them another chance.

Little Women and Me by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

After reading Little Women last month, I am ready to return to the March household through this interesting YA book where a modern teen finds herself pulled into the book and she hopes to make some changes to the story while she is there...