Monday Malarkey

It's a good thing I got rid of a nice little stack of books, last week, because I'd feel really bad about this pile of arrivals, otherwise:

For review:

• Starfire by Dale Brown - from William Morrow
• Don't Try to Find Me by Holly Brown - from William Morrow
• I'm Nobody by Alex Marestaing - from MyMilou Press

Purchased:

• The Humans by Matt Haig
• Echo Boy by Matt Haig 
• Jericho, Season 4 (graphic novel) - pre-ordered about 2 years ago and delayed at least half a dozen times. Now I need to find the previous graphic novels and watch the TV series, again. 

Swap books:

• Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler (from a friend)
• My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead (short stories) ed. by Jeffrey Eugenides (via PBS)
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (from a friend)

Surprise (unsolicited) Books from Sterling Children's Books:

• I'm Not Cute (picture book) by Jonathan Allen
• Fact or Fib and Fact or Fib 2, both by Kathy Furgang  

Last week's posts:

• Ode to Childhood: Poetry to Celebrate the Child, ed. by Lucy Gray (review)
• Poetry for Young Children: Robert Frost, ed. by Gary D. Schmidt (review)
• Poetry for Young Children: African American Poetry, ed. by Rampersad and Blount (review)
• April Reads in Review (2014) incl. a poetry month wrap-up (list and some 1-paragraph reviews)
• For Such a Time by Kate Breslin (review)
• Quotations from recent reads (quoted from 3 different books)

Books finished:

• Fidelity (poems) by Grace Paley
• Fact or Fib by Kathy Furgang
• I'm Not Cute by Jonathan Allen
• For Such a Time by Kate Breslin
• Fact or Fib 2 by Kathy Furgang

Currently reading:

• Outrageous Fortune: Growing Up at Leeds Castle by Anthony Russell - almost done.
• Acts of God (short stories) by Ellen Gilchrist - Have only read one story. I thought it was excellent.
• Echo Boy by Matt Haig

No movies, this weekend, but I've been watching Emergency! on MeTV while walking on the treadmill.  I was disappointed to find out that Almost Human has been canceled. Bummer. I really liked that show. 

Last week was not a great reading week, focus-wise, so I was extremely excited to get an unexpected shipment from Sterling Children's Books. Reading something short and sweet -- or, in this case, several somethings -- is great for a lift.  And, it was a good blogging week, so I'm happy.

I have no specific plans for the blog, this week, other than continuing to try to catch up on reviews.  What's up in your world?

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