Monday and Back to the Mines

Each Monday Sheila at Book Journey asks about how the reading week went -- what people read, what they are reading, what they will read. This was spring break, so I had some days to just ignore the lawn and read, but I also had a lot more time to hang with the kids, make donuts, and check out bookstores.

What did I read?

• Alien in the Family, Gini Koch (ebook)
• Tales of the Vampires, comics
• The House on the Strand, Daphne Du Maurier
• Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000, Eric Wight
• Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider), Anthony Horowitz
• The Ghost in the Little House, William Holtz
• A Presumption of Death, Jill Paton Walsh (& Dorothy Sayers)
• You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know, Heather Sellers

What trends do I see? My over extension at the library is heavily driving my reading choices.  Oh, I also read two kidlit series books as part of the read-your-library adventure:

• Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery, David Adler
• That's What Friends Aren't For (Dear Dumb Diary #9), Jim Benton

Right now I'm reading: 

• The Man Handler, by Cairo.  I got this off a list of books challenged from a library.  I'm tempted to challenge it at my library.
• Plain Kate, Erin Bow. Another Cybils book
• Tiassa, Steven Brust.  A new one, lent by my brother.
• Queen's Play, Dorothy Dunnet, my Nook book
• Territory, Emma Bull (vacation book)
• Hammered, Elizabeth Bear (vacation book)
• Bad Prince Charlie, John Moore (vacation book)
• Interior Life, Katherine Blake (vacation book)
• Glass Harmonica, Louise Marley (vacation book) 
• The Rogue's Return, Jo Beverly (vacation book)
• The Hob's Bargain, Patricia Briggs (vacation book)
• Flying Solo Ralph Fletcher (borrowed by a kid, now returned)
• The Secret Duke, Jo Beverly.  Found under my bedside table with a bookmark.
• How I Met My Countess, Elizabeth Boyle.  Also found.

I'm just poking at the vacation books; mostly I'm reading the top four.  I've got the new Walsh/Sayers on my list, as well as some books due next week.  My brother lent me some stuff that is now on top of my TBR pile, and I have the next bunch of Cybils books waiting for me.

Quick stats on my Challenges:

A-Z: 24/52.  One more down.  I'm just inching along here.

Cybils: 34/76.  One more.  I'm currently reading another though.

Michigan: 1/2 I just read the second book, but it's awaiting review.

Once Upon a Time: 6/5.  (Still)

Read Around the World: 7/20.  Half of my books will end up being Ranger's Apprentice books.  I'm signing up for a setting challenge because authors are hard. 

Stream: 3/3.  I found another biography in the references for my next read.

Take a Chance: 3/10. I haven't reviewed this many, but I've read three. I picked out the next one too.

20/11: 10/20.  Plus a few more waiting to be reviewed.

What's In a Name?: 4/6.  

Where Am I Reading?: 17/50.  I got to Florida, Missouri, and Nevada.