3 W Wednesdays -- 1/12

This meme is hosted by Should Be Reading.

What are you currently reading? I just started Finny by Justin Kramon and am enjoying it. Finny is such a fantastic character!

What did you recently finish reading? Over the weekend I finished Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (reviews to come). They are such different books starting with genre (Ines is Historical Fiction and Uglies is YA), but they were both wonderful reads that I enjoyed.

What are you reading next? Well, I start my second semester of graduate school in a week and a half, so I really need to get as much book club reading done as possible before starting classes. My goal is to start The Book Club by Mary Alice Munroe (February's pick) and Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill (April's pick).

Wanted: Blogs for my Google Reader

I want your blog to be part of my Google Reader!!

Recently, I cleaned out my Google Reader. Mostly, I stopped subscribing or following blogs that haven't had a new post in more than three months. So now I want to fill my reader with all new blogs to check out. That's where you come in!

I am looking for blogs that:

(1) have new posts regularly
(2) have book reviews
(3) cover mostly contemporary and women's fiction (I don't mind a little chick-lit or YA too).

If your blog meets the above criteria, then I would love to follow your blog! Please leave the name of your blog as well as the URL in the comments section. Thanks so much for your help and HAPPY BLOGGING!!

It's Monday! What are you reading? -- 1/10

This meme is hosted by Book Journey.

Happy Monday! I had a great weekend of reading. I was able to finish Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende (reviews to come). My plan is to start Finny by Justin Kramon later today. Last week, I posted my reviews of Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie and
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (click on the title to read my review).

What are you reading?

Book Club Spotlight -- Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill

The last book being highlighted is Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill. Here is the publisher's description:

Kidnapped as a child from Africa, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan she becomes a scribe for the British, recording the names of blacks who have served the King and earned freedom in Nova Scotia. But the hardship and prejudice there prompt her to follow her heart back to Africa, then on to London, where she bears witness to the injustices of slavery and its toll on her life and a whole people. It is a story that no listener, and no reader, will ever forget.

Sounds intense. Have you read it? If so, what did you think?