It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye’s Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!
Hi loves !, I hope you’re having a great start to the week, I know it is difficult to start after the weekend, so from here I send the best energies for you all !. Today I bring you the weekly meme “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?”, which I love since it allows us to keep abreast of our recent and future readings, so without further ado let’s start !!
WHAT I READ LAST WEEK & WHAT I AM READING AT PRESENT
It by Stephen King
Well, I’ve been reading IT all last week and I think I’ll be reading it for the most part of this one too. It’s a good book but it’s so long! Personally as I have told you before, is my first experience with Stephen King and I’ve been struggling a bit with his writing style which although it makes the plot be mysterious and well told, is too descriptive. This man literally spends pages and pages describing situations that aren’t really relevant to the main plot, and that is a little bit annoying. Even so,the main plot is very interesting and I love to discover things in the book that I haven’t seen in the movie, That’s always something pleasant.
I want to make it clear that I don’t think King has a bad writing style, in fact he’s considered the horror king for something, right?. What I feel is that his descriptive style is not entirely for me. I still hope to finish the book in a few days to write my review and tell you more deeply about my thoughts. I’m about 700 pages inside of it, so I’m super proud of myself, I think it would take me even longer to read it, so if all goes well I might finish it and review it this week. *Finger Crossed*
UP NEXT
The Dreadful Tale Of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken
I’ve heard incredible things about this book, I can’t wait to read it, besides I feel it will be a relief after reading a complex book as IT, I feel that a Middle-Grade could work
Finished reading The Shadow Girl…. Currently reading Caraval.
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I love Caraval, I was thinking about re-reading it to be ready for the next book. Are you enjoying it? 😊
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Great to hear! so far it is not bad, i am on chapter 10 now.
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Ha ha – that’s funny because our 23-year old college son came home this weekend and asked if we have IT here because after seeing the movie, he wants to read it! He’s read a few of our Stephen King books before. We have LOADS of them here – our own, plus we inherited a whole bunch of King books when my dad died – they were his favorites, and I grew up sharing them with my dad 🙂 But, incredibly, we don’t seem to have IT anymore…but we did lend him Needful Things and Cell.
Enjoy!
Sue
Book By Book
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Since he has enjoyed King before, he surely likes this one, if he read it 😊
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Just finished For Esme With Love & Squalor by J.D. Salinger, currently reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and after that is IT by Stephen King!!
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That’s great! I hope you enjoy your readings 💕😊
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I’m reading so much right now. Currently actively reading Hidden Figures and The Ninth Circle (a Netgalley). I’m also doing the Real Time Reading of A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, and really enjoying that experience! (It’s my 3rd time reading it as a whole). The cover of that middle grade book is stunning!
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Sounds good !, I want to read some of those titles too so I hope you enjoy them! 😄💕💕
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I seriously commend you on reading not just ANY huge book but THAT huge book! lol, i couldn’t take so much horror but I’m so glad you’re enjoying it’s general plot. I can see how overly descriptive writing can bog down the reading experience. I REALLY would like to read The Dreadful Tale Of Prosper Redding! & I think you chose well Sofii, Middle Grade sounds like the perfect book to read after a horror like IT 🙂
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Thanks💕, right now I have about 200 pages left to finally finish!, and although I have enjoyed it has also been so long OMG😭, basically it’s a very interesting experience lol. I’m so excited to go for The Dreadful Tale Of Prosper Redding! I feel like it will be a breath of fresh air after IT. I hope you’re having a great reading month😊💕
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Right now, I’m reading “All the bright places”. I’m really enjoying it! 🙂 Have a nice week!
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Thanks honey! I’m glad you’re enjoying it, I’ll be looking forward for your thoughts about it 😊😊
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Recently finished They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera and literally finished Simon vs Homo Sapiens Agenda today so have no idea what i’m going to read next 😂😂 i’ll have to go to the bookshop and pick something out!
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I love Simon Vs. I’m glad you’ve read it😍. And The Both Died at the End is in my TBR for this month so I hope I can read it!, sounds incredible. I hope you enjoy your next read 💕😊
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Thank you and you too!! I hope you enjoy they both die at the end when you read it too, it was amazing but emotional!! 😂😂
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I’ll be reading The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding soon myself. I hope you like it.
I’m getting ready to start reading All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater.
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Super excited to know your thoughts about All The Crooked Saints !. I can’t wait to read it 😍😍. Happy Reading 💕
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Just finished An enchantment Of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson and I absolutely loved it! My current read is Hunting Prince Dracula.
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Oh I’m so happy that you enjoyed it because I’m seriously thinking about reading it soon, I’ve heard incredible things about it. Happy Reading love💕😊
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I am working on reading IT as well. I am only 84 pages into it so far and I completely agree with you about how King is very descriptive.
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I know, right? from now on I can tell you that it will not be a light reading, still the plot is great, so I hope you can enjoy it 💕
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Thank you! Everyone keeps telling me that after I get past the first half I will start enjoying it more.
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I am so busy with uni at the moment and finding time to read is so difficult but I am trying to finish Goth girl by Chris Riddel 🙂
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I get it😬, I still hope you enjoy your current reading💕
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i just started when dimple met rishi!!
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Omg! so excited! I’ll be looking forward for your thoughts about it 😄💕
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I’m reading big magic at the minute and completely consumed.
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That’s great I hope you continue to enjoy it 🙂
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