Monday 16 May 2016

What are YOU reading? #314





What are you reading on Monday? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journeys where you post books completed last week and plans for upcoming books. Jump over to her blog and see who else is participating.





READ

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Dead Silent by Mark Roberts
Thriller
10/10E
(Despite being obscene in places, it was a fantastic murder mystery!)












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Danger Sweetheart by Mary Janice Davidson
Romance
10/10E
(A hilarious read about a rich guy forced to live on a ranch by his mother...)












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The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepulveda, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura
Children's, 7 years +
10E/10E
(A moving tale of a cat who brings up a seagull...)












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Little Grey Rabbit Goes to the Sea by Alison Uttley and Margaret Tempest
Children's, 5 years +
10E/10E
(Another fabulous adventure with my favourite fictional bunny!)












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Spies in Disguise #3: Boys in Heels by Kate Scott
Children's, 9 years +
10E/10E
(As hilarious as the other books in the series!)












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Shadows in My Room and What's That Noise Bedtime Stories by Linda Weaver Clark
Children's, Audiobook, 5 years +
10E/10E
(Several reassuring tales for anxious sleepers...)












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Confessions (series) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Young Adult
10E/10E
(Incredible 4 book thriller series which I'm a total fangirl of!)












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Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield
Young Adult
10E/10E
(A beyond hard emotional read involving child abuse...) 












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Bunnies in the Bathroom by Lucy Daniels
Children's, 9 years +
10E/10E
(A sweet tale about a lonely boy who loves bunnies and a vet's daughter who brings him hope and love for his family...)





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How Not To Be Weird by Dawn McNiff
Children's, 9 years +
10E/10E
(A hilarious read about a boy in an unusual home trying to be his idea of normal...)





















REREAD

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Sweet Bytes by Kimber An
Young Adult
10E/10E
(While there isn't yet a 3rd book in this thrilling vampire read where a sewing machine gets chucked out a window, there are Plans with a capital P for the series which may reappear in 2017/18. I will keep you posted!)






















LISTENED

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Hours of Aikatsu songs kept me company as I blogged this week.
























WATCHED

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Clannad
Slice of Life + School anime, Japanese version
REWATCH - 10E/10E
(I bawled my eyes out when Fuko disappeared after her sister's wedding, and before because even though she reappears eventually it's such moving story...)












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Aikatsu: Season 1
Music Idol anime, Japanese version
REWATCH - 10E/10E
(Ran learns from her friends that the most important thing about being a model is to have fun...)












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Once Upon A Time: Season 3
Fantasy Drama, English version
9/10E
(My least fave season and I had been enduring what I call the "boring episodes" because I refuse to skip them!)












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Castle: Season 3
Crime Drama, English version
10E/10E
(Despite the gore, I laugh a lot when Castle is with his mother and daughter - Alexis was after a Vespa this time!)












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Love Live: Season 2
Music Idol anime, Japanese version
REWATCH - 10E/10E
(I remember first watching this and thinking Arise were out to sabotage Honoka's group. They tried but failed to intimidate them!)












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Kobato
Fantasy anime, Japanese version
10E/10E
(Kobato goes all out to get people to attend the school's bazaar to help raise funds...)






















Craft and more
This week I've had fun working on some colourful dishcloths....









...I made more progress on my sewing...





....I made a new breakfast smoothie (but didn't take a picture), and I also worked on my novel.









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