Weekly Reading Round-Up
Happy July 4th weekend everyone! This may not be the 4th we were all hoping for, but one thing stays the same: there will always be books. This week, I continued my Jodi Taylor and Patricia Wentworth marathons with the St. Mary’s adventure A Second Chance (book #3) and the Miss Silver mystery The Clock…
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Happy Friday, all! So many thanks to everyone who zoomed in with me this week with Cary Memorial Library and Warren Newport Public Library— it was lovely seeing you! In reading news, I’ve been binge-reading Jodi Taylor’s St. Mary’s series about tea-sodden, disaster prone, time traveling historians. This week has been books two and three,…
Read MoreZoom With Me! 6/23 and 6/25
I have clearly been reading “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” way too much, because all I can think is, “Zoom, zoom, zoom! Zoomy zoom zoom! Author at the library!” Not just one library, two libraries! On Tuesday (tomorrow!), at 7:00 EST, I’ll be zooming with Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, MA– although you…
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I won’t lie, I’ve still been having my Patricia Wentworth Genteel-British-Murders-of-the-Midcentury-athon (wouldn’t that make a wonderful German compound noun?), but I’ve finally branched out to some other books that have been on my TBR forever and kicking myself for having waited so long. Thank you to everyone here who has (repeatedly) recommended Jodi Taylor’s St.…
Read MoreTHE SUMMER COUNTRY– now in paperback!
It’s hard to believe it’s June already, isn’t it? But here we are, and here The Summer Country is, now in paperback! The New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her biggest, boldest, and most ambitious novel yet—a sweeping Victorian epic of lost love, lies, jealousy, and rebellion set in colonial Barbados. Barbados, 1854. Emily Dawson has…
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Don’t you hate it when a new book comes out in a series you love and you don’t realize it? And then you do and it’s both wonderful and also annoying. Annoying because you could have read it a month ago. But wonderful because you have it now. And then you go and double-check all…
Read MoreThe Winner of the 10th Annual Pinkorama Contest Is….
First, hats off to ALL of this year’s Pinkorama contestants! In a very rough season, you brought joy– and Peeps! I’m so impressed by your talent and ingenuity and so very, very grateful for the joyful distraction and the memories of many happy books. This year brought us everything from attack stoats to annoyed Nativity…
Read MorePinkorama Winners To Be Announced Wednesday
— with many apologies for the delay!! In the meantime, you have another day to admire the gorgeous Pinkoramae and vote for your favorite! See you back here on Wednesday….
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up– and Random News!
It’s been rather a week around here, so there’s not much new to report on the reading front, other than that I finished the latest in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, False Value, which was the first book other than mid-century mysteries to hold my attention in quite some time. If you haven’t read…
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Happy Friday, all! Most of my reading this week has been research for the next book (currently cunningly titled Smith Book #2), but I did finally break out a new book I’ve been wanting to read for ages: the latest in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, False Value. If you haven’t read these yet–…
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