It’s Monday! What are You Reading? is a meme run by J. Kaye’s Book Blog which discusses which books will be read this week, and the ones that were read last week.
Books I completed last week are:
Beyond Belfast by Will Ferguson - One of the best Canadian humour writers of this generation decides to learn more about his roots in Northern Ireland by walking the Ulster Way.
Vinyl Cafe Diaries by Stuart McLean – The other best Canadian humour writer of this generation! I read or re-read all of the Vinyl Cafe books in August and September, but had about half of this one still waiting, so I finally finished it off. I think I’m sad that they’re all read and I’ll now have to wait another year or two for more.
Number 10 by Sue Townsend – One of Townsend’s delightfully funny political novels. The British PM admits on national tv that he doesn’t know the price of a litre of milk, and then decides that the best way to get to know the “man on the street” is to travel the country… in drag! I now have this hideous mental image of Gordon Brown in drag.
Kimchee & Calamari by Rose Kent – An excellent YR novel about being adopted. Joseph Calderaro’s life is disrupted by an 8th grade social studies assignment about his heritage — his name and family may be thoroughly Italian, but he was adopted from Korea just after birth and knows next to nothing about his Korean heritage.
Books I am currently reading/listening to:
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor (audiobook) – I have to admit that I totally picked this up because I’ve been hankering for something along the lines of Ballykissangel. Haven’t gotten far into it, but I’m enjoying it so far.
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell – Another wonderful book from Gladwell, this time a collection of articles he’s published previously. I just love how the man thinks.
Books I haven’t started yet, but will are:
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter – Teenage spies! Weee!
This Mitchell and Webb Book by David Mitchell and Robert Webb – Coming to me all the way from London, courtesy of the fantabulous fairclough!
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