It's Monday! What are you reading?

It's Monday! What are you reading? - April 16

So my plan is, each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week.

Currently Reading:

Title: Before We Were Yours
Author: Lisa Wingate
Date Started: April 12
Note: Book club selection

Title: Shoeless Joe
Author: W.P. Kinsella
Date Started: April 10

Title: The Catholic Youth Bible

Date Started: January 1

Note: Roof Beam Reader - Read the Bible as Literature Event

Currently Listening:

Title: Atlas Shrugged

Author: Ayn Rand

Narrator: Christopher Hurt

Date Started: August 23, 2017

Note: On part 5 of 7

Finished Reading:

Title: With this Kiss: The Complete Collection
Author: Eloisa James
Date Finished: April 10
Stars: 3

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