It’s Monday. What are you reading?

Hello friends! As I encroach upon my 1-year bloggiversary (coming up in a week or so – keep a look out as there will be a fun giveaway!), I am in the biggest blogging slump I’ve ever had since I started this blog! BOO!!

I blame the behemoth book I’m reading for this slump. It’s taking me too dang long to read it, and as a result I’m feeling like an unproductive blogger. Anyway, enough about my slump. Here’s the bookish line-up for this week.

1. What I just finished reading:

Honor’s Splendour ended up being a DNF at 25%. It’s billed as historical romance novel, and since I love historical fiction with love stories, I thought, THIS IS MY GENRE! False. Either this is completely NOT my genre, or this book wasn’t for me. It felt like a cheap romance with people wearing medieval costumes. Too bad, because I had high hopes.

Meanwhile Matilda was complete perfection of course! I absolutely loved it. AND I listened to the audiobook with Kate Winslet narrating, and that was quite enjoyable.

2. What I’m currently reading:

The Summer Garden is what I’m struggling through right now. Don’t get me wrong, I love these characters, and I love reading the book when I finally sit down and read it… BUT it’s just not pulling me to it, which is not good when it’s 750 pages of tiny font. I have to finish, though, because this is the trilogy finale! The first one in this series was The Bronze Horseman which I claimed (and still agree) was my favorite love story of all time. 

I just started the audiobook of Everyone Brave is Forgiven. I haven’t gotten very far, because, well, reading slump.

3. What I’ll be reading next:

A Court of Mist and Fury is going to be my Cancun trip book, and I think it will be perfect! I bet I’ll finish it fast, so then I’m going to move on to one of my ARCs. The List is a middle grade novel that has been out for a while in Europe (called The Wordsmith), but will soon be released in the US!

So what are you reading this week? Anything you’re absolutely loving?

“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a book meme created by Book Date.

A.S. Thornton

A.S. Thornton has evolved from book blogger to author with a particular fondness for writing forbidden love in ancient deserts. When not writing, she’s caring for dogs and cats as a veterinarian. You’ll never find animals at the center of her writing, though, because those fictional worlds don’t have veterinarians and her literal brain can’t accept that the poor critters would be without parasite prevention. Thornton’s debut, DAUGHTER OF THE SALT KING is available wherever books are sold.