Weekly Wrap-Up 02/25/13

~ Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader
Found this cutie patootie graphic @ Once Upon A Twilight

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. 
I love this meme, it inspires me to be a bit more organized than usual! 

Happy Monday everyone! Did you have a marvelous week? Did you read some great books? I hope so! 

It was my 39th birthday on Saturday the 23rd. Yay me! 

It went something like this
I also visited my tattoo artist this weekend. We’re working on a very bookish design. I’m extremely excited about it! Stay tuned for more.
Reviews:

Read:

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell (Recommended to me by my 14 year old son)
Currently Reading:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith A beautiful book that I haven’t read in many years.
Upcoming:
The same books that I listed as upcoming last week. I have a few others waiting for me at the library as well. (Including Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore and The Devil in the White City) 
Bloggish Business:
The Classic Club picked a spin number. I’ll be reading Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos De Laclos. I’m very happy with that selection and I’m looking forward to diving into the book.
Happy reading! 
Oh, and here’s a bit of Ryan Gosling to put a smile on your face. It always works for me!
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71 thoughts on “Weekly Wrap-Up 02/25/13”

  1. I won a copy of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn last year, or could have been the year before that *oops* and I still haven't read it … must do!!Happy Belated 39th and thanks for the Ryan Gosling share … always appreciated lol

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  2. Happy belated birthday! And yes, definitely share your bookish tattoo plans as they unfold! Very interested to see what you come up with 🙂

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  3. Happy Birthday (better late than never eh)! I'd love to hear more about your bookish tattoo. I have two tattoos, none book related, and will no doubt keep at the two I have. I live through the tattoos of others instead. I hope you get through your reads this week, there are some good reads by the looks of it.

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  4. I can't believe that I've never read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn…now I must! Your week looks tempting…loved the review of The Guilty One.Thanks for visiting my blog…and enjoy your week. Happy birthday and tattoo choices! My daughter has quite a few…you should photograph yours for us.

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  5. Happy Birthday!!!! I can't wait to see your tattoo design! I have a few tattoos (two) and my next is going to be reading related as well, but just a quote I think..I have never read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I actually started reading it, lost the book, and never did anything else. I should probably read it though.

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  10. Thanks Erin 🙂 I'm so excited about this next tat that I can hardly stand it! It's going to incorporate some of my favorite books and book quotes. I can't wait!You really should read it, it's a wonderful classic. You'd love it!

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  11. Happy Birthday, Jennifer!! I'm sure you recieved a lot of books in your day! :)And a new tattoo, how exciting!! I also love tattoss, and I have one in my entire arm (not bookish, but I like it anyway, hehehe).And I loved A tree grows in Brooklyn. I knew you were reading it because I saw it on Goodreads :)) This book was translated for the firs time into Spanish 5 years ago, and a lot of people read it and loved it. Francie is lovely!

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  12. A bookish tattoo? Now that's a neat idea. I've heard Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is really good. I need to get my hands on a copy of it.Check out my Monday post.

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  15. Happy belated Birthday. I am so curious about A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but do not have the best track record when it comes to American classics so I am a bit scared to pick it up. I read a big part of the Devil in the White City and did enjoy it a lot though I did not finish it. I hope to get my hands on a Dutch version of the book. Have a great week!

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  18. I'm very much looking forward to getting my new ink. I'm not sure when it's going to happen as we're still working on the final design. I can't wait to start reading Penumbra, I've heard so many good things about it.

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  23. I can't wait to hear more about your bookish tattoo! I've been thinking about getting another one myself. Happy belated birthday! You look so young (you are). I thought you would be around 29 or 30. 🙂 Enjoy your week!

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  26. Happy Birthday to you! That sounds so exciting about the bookish tattoo – looking forward to a photo of it. And yoga, the added video clips, I just have to send them to my yoga teacher for a smile – she teaches Hatha-yoga, which is slower, and more about the inner posture, too. Here's a video from an online hatha-yoga class i sometimes play here to follow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3kA7G3hZbgHave a wonderful week! Happy reads ~

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  28. Happy belated birthday! And I'm intrigued by the bookish tattoo – you'll have to post photos as some point in the future.I've not read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I'm not sure why, as I know I would love it.

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  34. Belated birthday wishes, am intrigued by the bookish tattoo also, mine are more fairy and celtic inspired so I'd love to see a picture. I've heard of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but as of yet have not tired it out, hope you enjoy re reading it, sometimes a book just deserves to be re read a couple of times. I may have to check it out.

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  40. Thanks Ruth 🙂 I've been thinking of getting a book inspired tattoo for the longest time but I couldn't make up my mind about which book to feature. It will have elements of a lot of my favorite reads! I couldn't pick just one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is deserving of many re-reads 🙂

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  47. I hope you share a pic of your new bookish tattoo, I'd love to see it! I have 2 myself and if I ever find a bee design I love I'll be adding that to the collection! ;)I've never read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; not sure I'd heard of it until I moved to Canada, or I just never really noticed it before. Sounds like it's a bit of a must-read classic though.I have Dangerous Liaisons to-read too, but those long classic novels just keep slipping further and further down my to-read mountain. 😦

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  50. Happy birthday! I'm also really hoping that you'll post an image of your tattoo once it happens. We all want to know what it is! I enjoyed Penumbra for what it is, so hopefully you'll like once you get it from the library. Have a super week 🙂

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