Monday 6 June 2016

What are YOU reading? #317





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


 Meternity by Meghann Foye
Contemporary Fiction
9/10E
(Liz ends up faking a pregnancy due to work reasons and decides to rediscover herself when she gets on maternity leave, only faking it causes a lot of work and problems.)






Miraculous by Walter Rouzer
Children's, 9 years +
10E/10E
 (An ugly duckling kind of tale!)






Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
Young Adult
(Partial review...) 
10E/10E
(Too dark a dystopian for me to finish but what I read was brilliant!)






Springtime At Cherry Tree Cottage by Cathy Woodman
Romance, Contemporary Fiction
9/10E
(How a sort of nomadic female farrier finds home...)






Mothers and Daughters by Kylie Ladd
Contemporary
10E/10E
(For some reason I thought this was about a plane crash on a deserted island that had women and their teen girls stranded...)






Best Served Cold: The Five Doors by Andrew Crossland
Thriller, Crime
10E/10E
(An incredibly clever thriller!)






Love Song by Sophia Bennett
Young Adult
 10E/10E
(Even though the only music I like is anime music, and I'm not that fussed about romance, I loved Sophia's latest book!)






Nothing Tastes As Good by Claire Hennessy
Young Adult
9/10E
(A lot of aspects of eating disorders are explored in Annabel's afterlife...)





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The Summer We Danced by Fiona Harper
Romance, Contemporary Fiction
10E/10E
 (Returning to dance class changes Pippa for good!)






Room 42 by Melody J Bremen
Children's, 9 years +
10E/10E
(Dave experiences a very unusual 3 months at his school for boys who don't behave well...)











REREAD


Vet Volunteers #1: Fight for Life by Laurie Halse Anderson
Children's, 9 years +
RELISTEN - NOT YET FINISHED - 10/10E
 (Been far too long without an audiobook so I'm happy to be reading this fun animal themed series!)











LISTENED


Lots of Love Live: School Idol Project 
Music videos
Japanese version
RELISTEN - 10E/10E
(They are cheerful and make me smile!)






Aikatsu music videos
Japanese version
RELISTEN - 10E/10E
(...without a favourite for once!)






Aikatsu Stars music videos
Japanese versions
RELISTEN - 10E/10E
(...with the favourite being Start Line sung by Hime!)











WATCHED


The Great British Sewing Bee on BBC 1
Sewing Documentary/Competition, English version
10E/10E
 (This gets me more excited about craft each time I watch it!)






Clannad After Story
Slice of Life anime, English version
REWATCH - 10E/10E
(I cry so much over the last few episodes each time I see them. It truly is one of the best anime out there!)






Aikatsu: The Movie
Music Idol anime, Japanese version
REWATCH - 10E/10E
(Yet another anime that makes me cry with happiness as Ichigo becomes the number 1 idol, beating her senior Mizuki!)






Love Live, School Idol Project
Music Idol anime, Japanese version
REWATCH - 10E/10E
(Cried at the end for this one too, as the girls win Love Live, beating top rival Arise!)






Aikatsu:  Season 1
Music Idol anime Japanese version
REWATCH - 10E/10E
(Almost at the point where Ran quits TriStar!)












Craft, games and more
Been a super quiet week with no craft and very little gaming as I've spent most days reading. More why in a few weeks!  On the cooking front, I did make coleslaw, which counts, right? It's a non-mayo version with soy sauce and wholegrain mustard...







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