It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

"It's Monday! What Are You Reading?" is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. For this meme, we list the books we finished last week and the books we are currently reading.

Last week I managed to finish off "Earth Is Room Enough" by Isaac Asimov. It was a book of Asimov's various short stories as well as one novella. I liked most of the stories but couldn't find time to review the book yet. I hopefully will do it this week.

I started this book with two nice books. The first book is "The Evening News" by Arthur Hailey. It is the story of the kidnap of a newscaster's family by terrorists. I'm only half way through and the story follows the news crew doing their own investigation, their interaction with the FBI, and the wheels that turn within a news organization.

The Turkish version of "The Evening News" is over 600 pages but it is a pretty quick read so here I promise myself to finish off and review this book before the end of the week.

The second book I'm reading right now is "Starters" by Lissa Price. I learned about the Turkish version of this book thanks to a Turkish book blogger. I really liked the cover. Then, I learned about what the book was actually about and liked that as well.

I was so surprised to discover the fact that the original copy was first published in March 2012 and as of May 2012 Turkish copy was on the shelves thanks to DEX Publishing.

It is another YA dystopian novel (this has become one of my most frequently read genre lately). In a dystopian society where "Spore Wars" wiped out all of the people aged between 20 and 60, the main character, Callie is forced to turn to Prime Destinations, a facility in which teen bodies are rented out to the elderly. With no living Enders (those aged above 60) to claim for her and her sick brother Tyler, Callie makes a brave decision in an attempt to depart the life of squatting and scavenging. Leaving Tyler in the care of her friend Michael, she prepares for the unbearable – shutting down for a month while an Ender takes full control of her body. But, Callie isn’t prepared for a glitch in the system. She wakes up to find her body living a rich and alien life and having no idea of what went wrong at Prime Destinations. She soon finds herself in the middle of something much greater and more significant than she had planned for.

Well, that's all from me for this week. What has been going around your bookish world lately?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

"It's Monday! What Are You Reading?" is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. For this meme, we list the books we finished last week and the books we are currently reading.

I have seen several bloggers participate in this meme and I decided to join in long ago. For one reason or another, I never managed to participate. Well, I have time and things to tell this week so here I am:

Last week I finished two books:

The first one is The Swarm by Frank Schätzing. Honestly, it took me ages to finish it and it was a big disappointment for me at the end (I had great expectations at the beginning). Here is the link to my review.

My second book was, thanks to God, a great book. A book thousands read last year but I read it this year: Divergent by Veronica Roth. I again had great expectations for this book but I wasn't wrong twice. It was a great YA dystopian novel, which I hope to review this week.

This week I'm reading "The Prague Cemetery" by Umberto Eco. I bought this book to join an online bookclub but I didn't manage to read it on time. Then, I started reading it. I guess, it was around mid-April. Then, we had to depart for our spring vacation in Spain and I didn't want to carry the book with me all the way from Ankara to Barcelona. So, I went on holiday with my kindle and left this book all alone on our bed. Then, The Swarm and Divergent (both e-books) came in the way. My quiet book waited for me for days and days. Now, I'm finally reading it and liked reading it as the events take place in my favourite Italian region, Piemonte. There are also really nice pictures throughout the book. It is my first Umberto Eco read!