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About to start reading (probably tonight) The Language of Threads Gail Tsukiyama. Read the first book Women of the Silk a few years ago. Enjoyed it, bought the second book, put it in the bookcase and now finally going to read it.\
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Punk 57 by Penelope DouglasA teen adult romance novel ⭐⭐⭐⭐
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am reading Monk's Hood
by Ellis Peters book 3 in the series. I have not read this series in several years. I have forgotten what a wonderful character Brother Cadael is. He is kind, gentle wonderful people skills. I love all the discussion of herbs and medicine of the 1100s. Truly a wonderful series
I just finished an amazing book Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Irin Carmon. Excellent review of Ruth Bader Ginsburg live. Very inspirational. Photos really enhance the book.
I've finished:NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit by We Are Bookish
My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Girl on the Run
by Carolyn Arnold.The prologue in Girl on the Run by Carolyn Arnold is strong and impactful and sets a suspenseful tone that escalates as the novel progresses.
My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews for the readathon weekend:
Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kellyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Stalker by Jack Adamshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Refugee by Alan GratzA historical fiction ⭐⭐⭐⭐
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Da Broad Squad
by Chris LeGrow. This mystery and crime novel is funny but tackles some dark and serious crimes. It is very entertaining and one of my favorite reads of 2022.My 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Abandoned in Death
by J.D. Robb.My 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished book 6 in Ella Goode's Justice series (https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=El...), Secretary and the Cowboy.
The series comprises six books (to date) featuring five male Justice cousins (and, in book 4, one of their friends). The cousins have all lived under the fear of a curse that any woman they marry will die before turning 30, perpetuated by the fact that all their mothers died before turning 30. All have dealt with the curse in varying ways, but love has a way of changing that.
All save one are insta-love romances. There is one second-chance romance (book 5) and book 4, as noted, deals a family friend who's determined to win the heart of a woman he's been in love with since grade school.
I've enjoyed all six books in the series, 3.5-4 stars (rounded of course). I don't know why this is my favorite (to date). (Maybe my mood???) I'd have to go back through the others and right now I don't have the reading time. I know at some point I'll be rereading the set -- if only to verify that a certain set of sweet characters was introduced in this book. I don't remember them in the others, but??? I do remember all the stories were sweet and left me in a good mood. Though, reading again could change my ranking depending on my mood at the time. :o)
The only real negative for this one is the title. The heroine is not really a secretary. She's a trained architect interning with another architect and doing some secretarial work in his office while working with him. Though... since I guess the intern part is unpaid... For me it marginalizes her.
Finished three romances by Sam Crescent with this early-morning's insomnia. All three left me wanting in some way.**
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*** Knock Her Up -- part of the Curvy Women Wanted series. A bit disjointed, but okay. I liked it better than 2 stars.
* Cristmas with the Billionaire -- also okay; likeable characters, but lacking something to make me really like it. Again, liked it better than 2 stars.
* Claimed by Her Cowboys -- the worst of the three for me (2 stars, would even go 1.5); no real "romance" and the characters didn't all appeal to me (maybe the insomnia??). Anyway, the one good thing is that I was sleepy by the time I got to the end! (Though, not a good thing for readers.)
I finished Movieland
by Lee Goldberg Overall, this is a tense, gritty, and engaging novel with wit, suspense, action, and some great twists.
My 4 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently read When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection. Although I learned some interesting ideas, I'm not sure I would recommend this book. There were too many case histories. It also lacked data to back up the theories. Having said that, I agree with his basic premise which is that most autoimmune diseases are triggered by repressed anger.
I finished Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home
by Michele Bardsley. This one was light and fun, but somewhat lackluster.My 3 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Second, finished a short while ago, is The Celtic Quest in Art and Literature, edited by Jane Lahr. This is a beautiful collection of art, photography and literature (poems, fables and short stories). I was gifted this book by one of my sisters years ago, but though I had often paged through it and read some of the poetry, I had not read it cover-to-cover before now. I read bits of it every day for the last two weeks. There was some poetry and a short story read previously, but the rest was new to me. Five stars.
I have started another classic group read, Aesops Fables. It is an April book, but I’m glad I decided to start working through it this month. The fables are all short, some only a paragraph or two, so one can easily read a few at a time between commercials, but there are hundreds of them. So far I’ve only read about 80, and am only about a quarter done. So far I’ve only encountered a couple read previously.
As luck would have it, all of these have (IMO) gorgeous orange covers.
Heather L wrote: "I have started another classic group read, Aesops Fables. It is an April book, but I’m glad I decided to start working through it this month."I remember loving Aesop's Fables when I read them. I may have to pick them up again.
Also liked the cheesy cartoon, Aesop and Son -- a segment on The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.. Loved that show, too. I enjoyed the humor more as an adult than I did as a kid.
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The first novella I read was I'll Be Home for Christmas by Nancy Radke, an author I’ve never read before. I chose it for the vowel, but as it turns out it didn’t fit the challenge. While it mentions Christmas a couple times, it does not take place over Christmas. Sigh... However, it does fit one of this year’s Popsugar prompts, a protagonist who uses a mobility aid, so not a complete waste of time. (It also fits one of the upcoming April mini challenges of a book with a boat, in case anyone is interested.)
The second one I read, from the same boxed set, was Do You Hear What I Hear? by Patricia Rosemoor. Shorter than the first novella (50 pages—first one was 99), but not as good as other works read by this author. It does, however, take place on Christmas Eve, so might use it. We’ll see what else I read this month.
Currently listening to
Make Something Good Today: A Memoir by Erin and Ben Napier. I love watching their show Home Town on HGTV. The audio is narrated by both of them.
Just finished a mystery, A Most Efficient Murder by Anthony Slayton and I just started reading a WWII book, The Puppet Maker's Daughter by Karla M. Jay
Yesterday I finished reading The Sword Of Kaigen. Great read for fantasy fans.
For those that are interested in nature:I finished reading The Champions of Camouflage
by Jean-Philippe Noël.My short 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished listening to The Nature of the Beast. Louise Penny is amazing. The audio book begins and ends with the intro to Neil Young's Heart of Gold. It is haunting.
My 4 star review of a paranormal romance with a little suspense:Mad for a Mate
by MaryJanice Davidsonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished a historical fiction tale that includes romance, danger, and suspense. A Relentless Rake
by Anna Harrington.My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished a cute romcom, Off the Grid by J.S. Wood and I just started an ARC which is a thriller, Stay Awakeby Megan Goldin. So far it's really good.
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