It's Monday! What Are You Reading? And an Update

A weekly event hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books to discuss your reading week ~ the books you've read and those you plan on reading in the coming week. Thanks Sheila :-)

Well the focus and motivation I spoke of last week came via best friend Alaine and a big stick. Alaine's nagging encouragement had me churning out 3 reviews which made a good dent in my review backlog.

During the week Alaine, Annie and I went to see Eclipse,(which I really enjoyed) it's been a tradition to see each twilight movie together on release day but for Eclipse we decided to wait until Alaine was well enough to go so we could see it together. I also got back into cooking with my budding masterchef, 16 year old Cal. Fish with Ginger & Stir Fry veges and Key Lime Pie; both absolutely delicious and easy. If anyone wants the recipes I'll do a separate post :-)

Saturday was a fun 'girls night in' with Alaine and 2 girlfriends from Cal's soccer team here for dinner, drinks and a sleepover to celebrate a milestone in my life; soon to be ex-husband finally removed his share of contents from my home and thereby removed his lingering and unwelcome presence from my life. I cannot tell you how terrifying but also liberating it was to face him after 5 months and after many baby steps, be finally able to take a giant step forward and move on with my life, away from the shadows of abuse, control and fear.

We have a public holiday here on Wednesday for the Ekka Show so Alaine and I will have a scrapping day, Cal can chill with Alaine's boys and Bella & Cindy also get a play date which is just hilarious to watch. These two puppies just love each other to bits!

The rest of this week will be busy with family. My brother-in-law has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and because of his young age will be having his surgery in Brisbane so my sister and my niece will be here from thursday night onwards. On Friday BIL is having robotic surgery instead of open surgery which apparently halves recovery time so he should be out of hospital by Monday and hopefully need no further treatment. I get to spend some Aunty time with my niece so we might see the new Tinkerbell movie on the weekend. My dad and his partner will also be down for the weekend so I'll have a houseful. I doubt whether I'll get much reading time this week but we'll see.

Click on the title to see my reviews: please check them out, your comments really do encourage me to get my reviews done and believe me I need all the encouragement I can get!

CAPTIVATE by Carrie Jones ~ 4 stars

LINGER by Maggie Stiefvater ~ 4.5 stars

SAVOUR THE MOMENT by Nora Roberts ~ 4 stars

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Completed last week:

ROEING OAKS by Krsitina Emmons ~ 4 stars

THE LIES WE TOLD by Diane Chamberlain ~ 4.5 stars loved this one until the ending

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This Week's Reading List:

DAMAGED by Pamela Callow ~ page 220 & really enjoying this thriller so far.

HIDDEN WIVES by Claire Avery ~ recommended by Staci @ Life in the Thumb and also Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings and borrowed from Alaine.

EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert ~ (audiobook) chapter 2

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Reviews still to do:

DARK FLAME by Alyson Noel

SHADOWLAND by Alyson Noel

SPIRIT BOUND by Richelle Mead

BLOOD PROMISE by Richelle Mead

FORGET-HER-NOTS by Amy Brecount White

This month on The Eclectic Reader one lucky reader can win The Sky Is Everywhere OR Mockingjay OR By Fire, By Water. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.