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I finished Shattered Haven
by Carol J. Post. (inspirational romantic suspense)My 3 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Karen M wrote: "I won a copy of Blue Fire by John Gilstrap and since it was the second book in his Victoria Emerson series I went ahead and read the first book, [book:Crimson Phoeni..."I really like this series as well.
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Like Barb, I have a good 40 challenges going. Well I did; I just finished..."
Are you referring to message #746? Sometimes you have to refresh to see your last post. And it is interesting how similar our reading tastes have been.
Heather L wrote: "Meg wrote: "---I hope this doesn't end up being a somewhat duplicate of something I posted that didn't show up, If so, my apologies---Like Barb, I have a good 40 challenges going. Well I did; I j..."
Figures that I ended up with two [nearly[ duplicate posts!
Meg wrote: "Mark wrote: "Finishing out the week with 
Uneasy Prey by Annette Dashofy https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."Love this series! I've been stretching it..."
Me, I'm hoping to make progress in catching up on the series. This is book six, and book eleven in the series comes out next month.
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* Aesops Fables by Aesop. April classic group read. I’m glad I started this in March, reading several at a time in between other books. There are 385 fables in my edition, only a half dozen of which were familiar, though the morals of many more have become popular aphorisms.
* Marked by P.C. Cast. This fit the Popsugar Challenge of a book set in a nonpatriarchal society. This is the first book in the YA urban fantasy “House of Night” series. Now 24/50 in the Popsugar challenge.
* Betrayed by P.C. Cast, book two in the “House of Night” series. I picked this one up Saturday night, after setting aside another book I was reading that had such a disturbing scene in it I was literally sick to my stomach. Read this in 24 hours.
I am about halfway through Blindness by José Saramago, the one set aside yesterday. The last scene read in it last night was so disturbing I couldn’t read more of it last night, and I am trying to decide whether to push ahead or DNF it. It is the “new” classic group read for April, and also fits a Popsugar prompt, but — I do have another (pleasanter) option for that prompt. Yet, I’m also sort of wondering how the events of this book will be resolved.
Also, I just noticed that the ebook I am reading has somehow reset itself to page one. WTH?? I don’t think I’ve ever had that happen before, and as there aren’t traditional chapters, I would have to somehow figure out what page I am on (my page numbers do not match up to GR offerings, as often happens with ebooks). Ugh! 😐
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Good idea - a break to ponder will decide you either way :)
I am reading The Seed Keeper currently. I am about a quarter in and am really enjoying it.
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
And, The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire probably one of the most fascinating books I have read!
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
And, The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire probably one of the most fascinating books I have read!
I am reading The Paris Library
by Janet Skeslien Charles. The book starts in 1939 Paris, and jumps time period to 1983 Montano. very good storyline and characters. Can't wait to read some more tonight.
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Tonight I listened to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It’s one of the upcoming May classic group reads, which I last read in 2016. Apparently I have given away my copy (probably to my niece), but I found a free audiobook on YouTube. I plan to read Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator next, as well as the May classic short story, “The Hand,” by Guy de Maupassant.
Just spent the last month rereading he two series about two generations of the Collins family . These series are two of my favorite go-tos...Mari Carr's Wild Irish and (second gen) Wilder Irish.
The first, Wild Irish, comprises eight books about widowed patriarch Patrick Collins' seven children finding and fighting for the loves of their lives. The eighth book tells the story of Pat's (Pop) love affair with their mother.
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Heather - love the House of Night series! I haven't read them in such a long time. I'm doing a lot of fantasy re-reading at the moment. Might be a good time to pick those up again!
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With some of the mixed reviews, I wasn’t sure whether I would like them or not, but sometimes you need something a bit less serious and mindless. These were quick reads for me, and now I’m wishing I were a bit closer to a used bookstore so I could search out a few more. I cannot afford to pay $10 each for the ebooks, and at this point could probably get two of the trade size books for that price.
Not like I don’t have plenty to read in the meantime, LOL.
I've got quite the stack from the library to get through in the next 2 weeks so today I started People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. I like it so far, written very conversationally/contemporary.
My review for
The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird by Diane Connellhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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* Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl. Some interesting adventures, but did not enjoy it as much as the first.
* The Summer Of The Swans by Betsy Byars. Poignant coming of age story, well-deserving of its Newbery Medal.
Finishing out my week with a thriller:
Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Thanks! 😃
At one week prior to publication, I can now post my 4 star review of Set on You
by Amy Lea. This is a contemporary romantic comedy.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Starting: Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar.
My review for
Coming Home to Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My four star review of Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
by James Lee Burke:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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This book is 25/50 for the Popsugar challenge, so now officially halfway! I am so glad I set aside Blindness and replaced my “book by a Latinx author” with this one. It would have worked for a couple other categories, too.
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Those are some ambitious reads. Good luck!
Cindy wrote: "I am on a nonfiction kick right now. Currently reading , [bookcover:The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans ..."Thanks! I have to admit that I am only reading one excerpt a month from the Plato book. It's rather intimidating at over 1000 pages. And The Boys and the Jemima Boone books are both for book clubs I run at the library I work at.
Just finished Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - here's my review!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Like Barb, I have a good 40 challenges going. Well I did; I just finished out five of them yesterday. 😄 I added one, though, a quick monthly one. 😂 I love challenges; for one, they're great fun, and for another, they really compel me to dig into my tbr mountain for languishing gems. This year alone I've read 105 tbr acquired 2021 and previous. Added to that I've read some new acquisitions, especially from favorite authors, so my Goodreads challenge is looking happy.
Everything I read will fit at least three challenges, but that's a rare minimum. I've had some books that fulfilled a dozen or more.