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Old 03-07-18, 10:26 PM  
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In re-reads, I'm thinking I'll revisit the Wrinkle in Time series. This one wasn't a favorite when I was a kid, I'm curious to see what I think now.
I'm amazed to find that I disliked Wrinkle in Time so much I couldn't read more than a few chapters. Not sure what I disliked more, that it featured unhappy children or that the dialogue was so unbelievable. Just couldn't keep going.

Did I dislike it that much when I was little? I don't remember, but I do remember being a bit baffled by the details of the action when they move between worlds (or dimentions or whatever). Maybe the sci-fi descriptions were beyond my imagination at the time so I had trouble following the descriptions? Modern movie visual effects are so effective it's much easier to imagine such things now. Back in the seventies? not so much, LOL!

In happier news, I liked Penric's Fox quite a lot. Have I reread all the books in this little series? My brain is so tired it's hard to remember, but I do like them all well enough to do so.

I'm also enjoying the familiar comforts of the Charles Lenox mystery series (First volume is A Beautiful Blue Death). Cozy enough to be easy reading that I can pick up and put down as needed.
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Old 03-08-18, 12:04 AM  
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I recently reread The War that Saved My Life (Kimberly Brubaker Bradley) because its sequel just came out: The War I Finally Won.

Wonderful historical fiction, based during WW2. My 11 year old is reading them, too (at my insistence).
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Old 03-22-18, 09:40 AM  
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt that way about The Good Daughter.

I finished Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine last night and wow - what an amazing book. I laughed, I cried - just all-around stellar. I rated it 5/5 on GoodReads and I NEVER rate anything that high. I am already mourning the end of it, as I know all too well that finding a book that I absolutely love and adore doesn't happen everyday (heck I'm lucky if it happens once/year).

I have been hearing good things about Little Fires Everywhere, so I am thinking I may start that one next.
I just finished Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and I just loved it as well. It is one that will stay with you a long time - you will laugh, and you will cry and you will cheer Eleanor on.

I want to read Little Fires Everywhere but it seems to be on hold everywhere.

I did get a copy of The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - I think it is going to be a sad book, but I am enjoying the read so far.

Happy reading -

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Old 03-24-18, 09:09 AM  
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I just finished Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini. I highly recommend if you like historical fiction.
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Old 03-25-18, 02:45 PM  
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I just finished Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini. I highly recommend if you like historical fiction.
That one is on my wish list! I have to try to speed through Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone - it is due back this week at the library. So far I like it, but it is also a sad story.

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Old 04-01-18, 04:41 PM  
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April new release's

Happy Easter!1 Here are a few April new release's. Happy reading!

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Before I Let You Go – Kelly Rimmer
A Magical Match (Witchcraft Mystery, book 9) - Juliet Blackwell
Wedding Cake Crumble (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, book 10) - Jenn McKinlay
Cinco De Murder (Taste of Texas, book 3) - Rebecca Adler
Tart of Darkness (Chef-to-Go Mystery, book 1) - Denise Swanson
Queen Anne's Lace (China Bayles, book 26) - Susan Wittig Albert
A Nantucket Wedding - Nancy Thayer
The Good Liar - Catherine McKenzie
Hold Back the Dark (Bishop: Special Crimes Unit, book 6) - Kay Hooper
Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery, book 13) - C S Harris
Pelican Point (Hope Harbor, book 4) - Irene Hannon
All the Beautiful Lies - Peter Swanson
Debbie Macomber's Table Sharing the Joy of Cooking with Family and Friends
Non fiction - Debbie Macomber
The Bride Next Door (Chapel of Love, book 4) - Hope Ramsay
The Forgotten Ones – Steena Holmes

10th
After Anna -Lisa Scottoline
You Go First - Erin Entrada Kelly (childrens)
There Once Was A Child - Debra Webb

17th
Shot in the Dark (Coffeehouse, book 17) - Cleo Coyle
The Fallen (Amos Decker, book 4) - David Baldacci
Songs by Dead Girls (Health of Strangers, book 2) - Lesley Kelly (kindle)
Murder at the Mushroom Festival (Kelly Jackson, book 4) - Janet Finsilver
Welcome to Moonlight Harbor (Moonlight Harbor, book 1) - Sheila Roberts
Embracing Her Heart (Montgomerys, book 1) - Melissa Foster
The Secrets of the Tulip Sisters - Susan Mallery
In Prior's Wood (Max Tudor, book 7) - G M Malliet

24th
Twisted Prey (Lucas Davenport, book 28) - John Sandford
Shattered Mirror (Eve Duncan, book 23) - Iris Johansen
Hide and Sneak (Savannah Reid, book 23) - G A McKevett
Murder in the Locked Library (Book Retreat Mystery, book 4) - Ellery Adams
Death of a Cookbook Author (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery, book 10) - Lee Hollis
Bleeding Tarts (Pie Town Mystery, book 2) - Kirsten Weiss
Read Herring Hunt (Mystery Bookshop, book 2) - V M Burns
Expiration Date (Cook-Off Mystery, book 1) - Devon Delaney
Mother's Day, Muffins, and Murder (Ellie Avery Mystery, book 10) - Sara Rosett
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Old 04-01-18, 06:31 PM  
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dfit, thanks as always for the update!

I just finished another self-help book by yogi Baron Baptiste, Perfectly Imperfect. I found it quite similar to the prior book I read by him, Being of Power (purchased for $1 each at a used book sale in the fall).

I just started reading a book I got to review, On Being an Introvert and Highly Sensitive Person. I think maybe I'm just a little of both, but I was interested in reading it as a psychologist. My next book will probably be another non-fiction (also from a used book sale) called Shakespeare Saved My Life.
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Old 04-02-18, 01:46 PM  
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I've been in a terrible reading slump for several weeks, but then happened upon a couple of middle grade library books that I enjoyed: one by Alice Hoffman called Nightbird, about a girl trying to keep the lid on her family secrets in a tiny rural town, and A Dash of Trouble by Anna Merino, which reminded me a lot of the Ruth Chew witch books I loved as a kid.

Those books started me on binge of baking related reads, and I blew through Jenny Colgan's Little Beach Street Bakery and am now well into Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery.
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Old 04-02-18, 02:25 PM  
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Kate, Jenny Colgan has a new book coming out this summer. I love baking themed books. If I think of others I will post.

I started two library loans but neither one is holding my interest. I may ditch both. One is "Surprise Me" by Sophie Kinsella and the other is "The Lying Game" by Ruth Ware.

I have the latest China Bayles series book coming tomorrow. Hopefully it will be much better than what I am reading now.

I did enjoy Chrissy Metz's book "This is Me"

"The Reunion" by Samantha Hayes was quite engrossing and disturbing.

I read "Obsession" by Amanda Robson which had a horrible ending. I would not recommend it.

The book Rosie Colored Glasses" was well written.

I enjoyed "The Last Laugh" by Tracy Bloom, but I wish it did not end as abruptly.


"The Girlfriend" by Michelle Francis was British psychological suspense worth reading. "The Daughter" by Lucy Dawson was not as memorable.

I also read two British cozy books by Ellen Berry . I liked them enough to want to read the third book in the series when it is released.
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Old 04-02-18, 05:57 PM  
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Hey, you've listed my debut novel on your release list!!!
The Uninvited Corpse, book 1 in The Food Blogger series. Can't lie. I love seeing my book on lists!

There are some great books here. So much to read, so little time to read.


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Here are a few new release's for March. Happy reading!


6th
The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover (Darling Dahlias, book 7) - Susan Wittig Albert
The Woman Left Behind - Linda Howard
The Longest Silence (Shades of Death, book 4) - Debra Webb
Who Moved My Goat Cheese? (Farm-to-Fork Mystery, book 1) - Lynn Cahoon
Marinating in Murder (Dinner Club Mystery, book 3) - Linda Wiken
Graveyard Shift (Pepper Martin Mystery, book 10) - Casey Daniels
Sunshine at the Comfort Food Cafe (Comfort Food Cafe, book 4) - Debbie Johnson
A Brush with Shadows (Lady Darby Mystery, book 6) – Anna Lee Huber
The Day She Saved the Doctor - (Doctor Who) -A collection of stories by Susan Calman, Jenny T Colgan, Dorothy Koomson and Jacqueline Rayner
Tricks for Free - (InCryptid, book 7) – Seanan McGuire
Riding Lessons (Ellen and Ned) – Jane Smiley (childrens)

13th
Let Me Lie - Clare Mackintosh
Fade to Black (Doug Brock, book 2) - David Rosenfelt
Bad Housekeeping (Agnes & Effie Mystery, book 1) - Maia Chance
Bones Don't Lie (Morgan Dane, book 3) - Melinda Leigh
Time Jumpers (Five Kingdoms, book 5) – Brandon Mull

20th
Accidental Heroes - Danielle Steel
Duel to the Death (Alison Reynolds, book 13) - J A Jance
The Friend - Teresa Driscoll
The Temptation of Forgiveness - (Guido Brunetti, book 27) – Donna Leon

27th
The Other Mother - Carol Goodman
To Die but Once (Maisie Dobbs, book 14) - Jacqueline Winspear
The Disappeared (Joe Pickett, book 18) - C J Box
A Manor of Murder (Twin Sisters Mystery, book 3) - June Shaw
Death By Dumpling (Noodle Shop Mystery, book 1) - Vivien Chien
The Uninvited Corpse (Food Blogger Mystery, book 1) - Debra Sennefelder
A Riesling to Die (Wine Trail Mystery, book 1) - J C Eaton
The Bengal Identity (Cat Groomer Mystery, book 2) - Eileen Watkins
Just in Time - Marie Bostwick
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