What Are You Reading Monday? #22

Books I completed in the last week are:
*Reading a lot of children’s book – I’m going to make a challenge of the titles found in 1001 Children’s Books to Read before I Grow Up (just need help with a button)
The Quick and The Thread by Amanda Lee (Loan – SIL)


Bookmarks are still living in the middle of:
*Reading a lot of children’s book – I’m going to make a challenge of the titles found in 1001 Children’s Books to Read before I Grow Up (just need help with a button)

Megasaurus by Thomas and Peter Weck (for review)
Trail of Thread by Linda Hubalek (for review)
Wrecked by Carol Higgins Clark (audio) (Library)

Up Next:
Return to Sender by Fern Michaels (audio) (Library)
Untied: a Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering by Meredith Baxter (audio) (Library)
The Summer We Came to Live by Deborah Cloyed (for review)
The Wedding Girl by Madeleine Wickham
The Diva Paints the Town by Krista Davis
The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Steamed by Jessica Conant-Park & Susan Conant


Reviews posted this week:
I am still way behind in posting my reviews am trying to get them up asap.
Making Toast: A Family Story by Roger Rosenblatt (Library – Audio)


Author Guest Posts/Interviews:

June is Author Month – Interview A Day/Guest Blog
Author Interview – The Path of Synchronicity by Dr. Allan Hunter (June 1)
Author Interview/Review/Giveaway - Trail of Thread by Linda Hubalek (WOW) (June 2)
Author Interview/Blog Tour – Train to Nowhere: Inside an Immigrant Death Investigations by Colleen Krantz (June 3)
Author Interview - Healing Into Consciousness by Eliza Mada Dalian (June 4)
Author Interview/Giveaway - The Forgotten Locket by Lisa Mangnum (Shadow Mountain Publishing) (June 5)
Guest Interview/Giveaways - True Storoes: Portraits From My PastBy Felice Picano (Chelsea Station Editions) (June 6)
Author Interview - Cruelty to Innocents by CK Webb and DJ Weaver (June 9)
Author Interview/Giveaway - The Gifted Ones by Lisa Vaughn (June 10)
Guest Interview/Giveaway - Sarah, Son of God by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books) (June 11)
Guest Interview/Giveaway- Freya and Kord by Donald Semora (2 Moon Press) (June 12)
Guest Interview - The Affair of the Porcelain Dog by Jessica Faraday (Bold Strokes Books) (June 13)
Guest Interview/Giveaway - Baby Barbells: The Dad's Guide to Fitness and Fathering by Joshua Levitt (June 19)
Guest Interview/Giveaway - Hans Beckers Family by Ralph Souders (2 Moon Press) (June 20)
Guest Interview/Giveaway - The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points that Save the World by Chris Stewart (Shadow Mountain Publishing) (June 22)
Guest Interview/Blog - Piasa by Mike Kott (2 Moon Press) (June 28)
Guest Interview/Giveaway - Firestorm by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes Books) (June 30)
Author Interview - Little Hawk's Way of Storytelling (Findhorn Press) (TBD)

September is Author Month – Interview A Day/Guest Blog

Author Interview - Dr. Elana Ashley (Dream Image Press, LLC) (September 6)
Author Interview - One Wish for Winifred Witch by Cheri Hallwood (TBD)
Guest Interview/Giveaway - Abyss of Chaos by David Beem (TBD)
Guest Interview/Giveaway - The Wedding Letters by Jason F Wright (Shadow Mountain Publishing) (TBD)

December is Author Month – Interview/Guest Blog A Day
Guest Interview/Giveaway - Shadow On The Wall by Pavarti Devi (December 3)
Guest Interview/Giveaway - Jacob T Marley by R. William Bennet (Shadow Mountain Publishing) (TBD)

Special Blog Hop Giveaways
Splash Into Summer Blog Hop (May 26 – 31)
Mid Summer's Eve (June 21 – 22)
Blog Bash 2011 (Jun3 22-26)
Celebrating Freedom Hop (July 1 – 7)
Summer Hop (August 5 -7)
Back to School Hop (September 1 – 5)
Banned Book Week Hop (September 24 – October 1)
Spooktacular Hop (October 24 – 31)
Gratitude Giveaways (November 17 – 27)
Midwinters Eve (December 21 – 22)

Books still needing to have reviews written (as opposed to the ones that are simply awaiting posting):
The Matisse Stories by A. J. Byatt (Library – Audio)
I’ll Be Home For Christmas by Fern Michaels (Library book)
Is the Moon Made of Cheese? by Emma Parker (ebook)
Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House #21)
This Time Together by Carol Burnett (audio)
Abraham Lincoln by David and Patricia Armentrout
Frog Knows Best by Kelli C Foster
Valentine Mice by Bethany Roberts
Honor Thyself by Danielle Steel (Audio)
Earthquake In The Early Morning by Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House #24)
Twister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House #23)
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks (Audio)
Happily Ever After by Nora Roberts (Quartet Brides #4)
Revolutionary War On Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House #22)
Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss (Audio – John Lithgow)
Gertrude McFuzz by Dr. Seuss (Audio – John Lithgow)
The Big Brag by Dr. Seuss (Audio – John Lithgow)
Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose by Dr. Seuss (Audio – Mercedes McCambridge)
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss (Audio – Billy Crystal)
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss (Audio – Kelsey Grammer)
The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss (Audio – Kelsey Grammer)
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss (Audio – Dustin Hoffman)
The Grinch That Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss (Audio – Walter Matheau)
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (Audio – Ted Danson)
Daisy, Maisey and Lazy by Emma Parker (ebook)
The Not So Scarey Scarecrow by Emma Parker (ebook)
The River Between Us by Richard Peck (Audio)
The Moovers and the Milkshakers by Emma Parker (ebook)
The Butterfly Race by Emma Parker (ebook)
Teddy Is Real I Think by Emma Parker (ebook)


Giveaways on the blog this week and in coming weeks:
Special Agent Nanny by Linda O Johnston (ends 5/27) Winner -
Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (ends 6/10)
Someone to Protect to by Patricia Rosemoor (Ends 6/17)
Father's Day by Debbie Macomber (ends 6/26) in honor of Father’s Day
Married by Accident by Christine Rimmer (ends 6/24)
Ultra Deep by Willam H. Lovejoy (7/1)
Into the Badlands by Caron Todd (ends 7/8)
Against the Odds by Kathryn Shay (ends 7/15)
Wyoming by Fuller Giveaway (ends 7/17) in honor of Wyoming Statehood
A Mind to Murder by P. D. James (ends 7/22)
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton (ends 7/29)
Life's Not Fair, But God is Good by Robert H. Schuller (ends 8/5)
My Fair Temptress by Christina Dodd (ends 8/12)