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Hey guys – its Friday again (I’m doing my finally Friday dance at work right now – in between wanting to take a nap under my desk).

So the question of the day, like every Friday, what are you reading this weekend? Is it something that you are continuing to read, or are you planning on starting something new?

For me, this week was definately a bit of a reading funk – with the hot weather and a broken AC, reading was the last thing I was able to concentrate on, so I didn’t make as much progress on books that I was in the middle of, as I would have liked. To that end, I am still working on:

Barefoot in the Sand – Roxanne St. Claire – this is the first in the authors new contemporary series – I did get a bit further from last week – I am at about 40% right now
Quarantine – John Smolens – this is an eARC of a book due to be released in December about the Fever that struck the East Coast of the US in the late 1700’s – so far I disgree with the 1 star review that I saw for the book, but I’m not sure what my final verdict will be
Love is Murder – Anthology – About half-way through this anthology right now that was edited/compiled by Sandra Brown – Didn’t make any progress on this one this week, so hope to maybe finish it up
Code Name Verity – Elizabeth Wein – a YA set during WW2 featuring a young girl spying – I did manage to start this but haven’t gotten much further than that – its interesting what I have read, but its also hard to find a good stopping point, but it isn’t written in chapters, which I think is part of the reason I am dragging my feet on reading it

In addition to those that I already have in progress, I am planning on starting:
Never Fall Down – this is supposedly a fictionalized biography of a child soldier set in Cambodia and the killing fields – it has gotten good reviews so far, and I can use it for the next book in my around the world reading challenge
American Visa – a mystery set in Bolivia – this is also part of my around the world challenge 😉

And no weekend would be complete without an update on what audiobook I am listening to – Anne of Green Gables – after the blubbering mess that listening to Fifteen Days (see last weekends post) left me, I needed something heart-warming and you can’t get much more so than the story of Ann with an E 🙂 Listening now, I have to remember if I ever did read this book growing up – I remember watching the movie and the short-lived TV series, but drawing a blank on the book…

Every weekend on the various Amazon forums, I typically start a thread called what are you reading this weekend – its a great way to me to actually narrow down my pile of to-read books, as well as get more great ideas from people (not that Mt-TBR needs any futher additions to it).

I have a normal stack of books in progress 😉 (I rarely have less than three going at any one time) – this weekend is happens to be:
Kingdom of Strangers – Zoe Ferraris – this is the 3rd book in a mystery series set in Saudi Arabia – the author lived there for several years, so it has an authentic feel to it
Barefoot in the Sand – Roxanne St. Claire – this is the first in the authors new contemporary series – i’m only 10% of the way in, but enjoying it so far
Quarantine – John Smolens – this is an eARC of a book due to be released in December about the Fever that struck the East Coast of the US in the late 1700’s – i’m looking forward to it, but the reviews are only so-so thus far
Love is Murder – Anthology – About half-way through this anthology right now that was edited/compiled by Sandra Brown – some stand-out stories and I like the fact that none of them really, so far, have been linked to on-going series (especially, if I haven’t read that series…)
The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo – Germano Almeida – currently i’m stopping in Mindano, Cape Verde on my trip around the world in books – the author is a local to the area – and for a translated book, it reads very smoothly
Code Name Verity – Elizabeth Wein – a YA set during WW2 featuring a young girl spying – it has gotten good reviews so far, and i’m looking forward to reading it
Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army – Christie Blatchford – Last but not least, the weekends reading list wouldn’t be complete without the audiobook that I have in progress. I actually just started this on my drive into work this am, and am looking forward to continuing it on the way home. It is about the experiences of a Journalist embedded with the New Canadian Army (although, I still don’t know how this differs from the Old Canadian Army)…

So, what is everyone reading this weekend? Are you trying something new, or going back to an old favorite? Which book are you most excited to be reading? Was there something new that was released this week that you can’t wait to get your hands on?