It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

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What a week! My first week back at work went well, I had two major work events this weekend but everything went smoothly.  I've got a lot of really awesome things planned for my blog in the next month. Seriously, it's going to be epic. But, it's taking all my free time to plan and organize.  I did manage to get a few things read though:

The Tension of Opposites by Kristina Mcbride: I'll get a review up sometime next week since the book comes out May 25.

The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry: I'm working on a review now. It's been difficult since I've got mixed feelings about the book.

The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan: I won't have a review posted on this until September sometime since it doesn't come out until October 4.

What's up for this week?

Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus: I've got big plans for this ARC, so I've got to get it read this week!

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Other items of blogging business

I'm helping to organize a fun week of events for those bloggers who aren't going to BEA this year.

Also, it's my blogiversary June 1st. I've got a lot of really awesome things in the works for it. I'm not ready to go into too many details, let's just say I've got over $150 in prizes lined up.

Oh, and it's Children's Book Week. Our library is doing a big bash on Saturday, and guess who is going to be there? Shannon Hale! So, I've got to plan on how to not be a total fan girl when I meet her. And, Mette Ivie Harrison will be there as well. I'm oh so excited!

So, whatcha reading this week?

Teaser Tuesday: The Mermaid's Mirror

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 The Mermaid's Mirror 

by: LK Madigan

Pub. Date: October 4, 2010

Lena made her way down to the edge of the water, where the sand was rippled from having been underwater a few hours ago.  The tide was out, but she could feel the urgency of the sea... Soon the tide would sweep back in and cover the sand where she stood.  The waves pounded as if hungry for shore.

 Wow, the imagery in that short snippet is awesome! I can't wait to read more!