It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

This weekly meme is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

I'm reading: 

Something from the library.

TITLE: 113 Minutes

AUTHORS: James Patterson with Max DiLallo 

PUBLISHER: BookShots

PUBLICATION DATE: September 6, 2016

FORMAT: Paperback
LENGTH: 139 pages

GENRE: Mystery, Thriller

ISBN: 9780316317184

I know who killed my son.

Molly Rourke's son has been murdered...And she knows who's responsible. Now she's taking the law into her own hands. Never underestimate a mother's love.

Something from my bookshelf. This is my vintage 1970 edition, which I've kept from my childhood! I'm reading it aloud to my daughter, and our plan is to make our way through the whole series. This is a re-read for me, but I honestly don't remember a thing about it! It read it when I was young.

TITLE: The Marvelous Land of Oz

SERIES: Oz, Book #2
AUTHOR: L. Frank Baum 

PUBLISHER: Scholastic

PUBLICATION DATE: 1970 (first published 1904)

FORMAT: Paperback
LENGTH: 192 pages

GENRE: Children's Fiction, Classics, Fantasy

ISBN: 0590085654

"You'll never bother me again," says Mombi the witch, "once you drink this magic brew."

"What'll it do?" cries poor Tip.

"It will turn you into a marble statue!"

Tip's heart beats wildly.

Can a mere boy escape from a witch's evil power?

But this is Oz -- the marvelous, magical land where anything can happen!

I'm listening to:

Something from the library. I wanted to read this book before the movie hits the theatre in May, so I am doing a read-a-long with TuesBookTalk.

TITLE: The Dinner

AUTHOR: Herman Koch
TRANSLATOR: Sam Garrett
NARRATOR: Clive Mantle

PUBLISHER: Blackstone Audio

PUBLICATION DATE: February 13, 2013

FORMAT: Unabridged audiobook

LENGTH: 8 hrs and 55 mins 

GENRE: Literary Fiction

It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse - the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened. Each couple has a 15-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families.

As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple shows just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.

Tautly written, incredibly gripping, and told by an unforgettable narrator, The Dinner promises to be the topic of countless dinner party debates. Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy.

I just finished:

TITLE: The Graveyard Apartment

AUTHOR: Mariko Koike 

TRANSLATOR: Deborah Boliver Boehm
PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books

PUBLICATION DATE: October 11, 2016 (first published 1988)

FORMAT: Hardcover
LENGTH: 325 pages

GENRE: Horror

ISBN: 9781250060549

A terrifying tale of a young family who move into an apartment building next to a graveyard and the horrors that are unleashed upon them.

One of the most popular writers working in Japan today, Mariko Koike is a recognized master of detective fiction and horror writing. Known in particular for her hybrid works that blend these styles with elements of romance, The Graveyard Apartment is arguably Koike’s masterpiece. Originally published in Japan in 1986, Koike’s novel is the suspenseful tale of a young family that believes it has found the perfect home to grow in to, only to realize that the apartment’s idyllic setting harbors the specter of evil and that longer they stay, the more trapped they become.

This tale of a young married couple who are harboring a dark secret is packed with dread and terror, as they and their daughter move into a brand new apartment building built next to a graveyard. As strange and terrifying occurrences begin to pile up, people in the building begin to move out one by one, until the young family is left alone with someone... or something... lurking in the basement. The psychological horror builds moment after moment, scene after scene, culminating with a conclusion that will make you think twice before ever going into a basement again.

TITLE: Reckoning

SERIES: Night Huntress Universe, Book #0.5
AUTHOR: Jeanine Frost
NARRATOR: Tavia Gilbert

PUBLISHER: Harper Audio

PUBLICATION DATE: June 24, 2014 (first published August 18, 2009)

FORMAT: Unabridged audiobook

LENGTH: 1 hrs and 50 mins 

GENRE: Paranormal Romance

ISBN: 9780062361899

In New Orleans, a pair of undead serial killers is about to turn Mardi Gras into a horror show - unless the immortal hitman Bones can hunt them down first. From Jeaniene Frost comes a thrilling novella featuring characters from her New York Times bestselling Night Huntress series. Originally appeared in the anthology Unbound.

What are you reading? Have you read any of these books and, if so, what did you think? Please let me know in the comments and, if you are also participating in this meme, leave me a link to your blog post so that I can stop by!