When there‘s a 20 minute road closure for construction on the Road to Hana and there‘s no cell service, it‘s handy to be the person who packed a book just in case. 😉
When there‘s a 20 minute road closure for construction on the Road to Hana and there‘s no cell service, it‘s handy to be the person who packed a book just in case. 😉
Starting this one out by the pool.
Lots of reading time although I did get distracted quite a lot too. #bookreport
A 6 hour drive to leave the pup with my daughter, another hour to the biggest airport by her, a 2+ hour flight, an hour and a half layover, and now a 7+ hour flight. This is my second book of all this travel and I expect to read all of it and hopefully another one too. Travel can be a gigantic pain but I sure do like the uninterrupted reading time.
My fifth book of the (long) weekend. Might get to another one too since I have a couple of hours at the airport and then flying today.
A day late on #bookreport and #weeklyforecast again. I ran a marathon relay with friends yesterday so I have a goof excuse though, unlike usual. 😉
A collection of books written by AAPI authors, book club selections, #auldlangspine books, and a buddy read choice make up this month‘s #bookspin and #bookspinbingo options. @TheAromaofBooks
As if I need to start another book instead of finishing what I‘ve got on the go already. But that is indeed what I‘m going to do.
Yes, it‘s Tuesday. Yes, I‘m just now getting around to posting this. It‘s been like that for weeks for me. ::sigh:: #bookreport #weeklyforecast
Some short books accomplished this week even though I spent very little reading time. #bookreport #weeklyforecast
Normally Ozzie won‘t model books for me but he‘s sleepy so I made it happen. 😂
Ran a 10K this morning. Took an afternoon nap and woke up to a huge happy making pile of book mail. My husband just laughed and said “Merry Christmas.” (None of it was from him; it was just the mail gods smiling on me today.)
At the mechanic getting my car worked on and glad I brought more than one book!
Before I check the #bookspin and #bookspinbingo numbers, I should probably post my list! @TheAromaofBooks
I‘ve been halfway to a reading slump for weeks now so I decided I‘d pick something uncomplicated to read and hope it jogs me out of it.
I haven‘t been reading a ton as this is 2 or 3 weeks worth. I did read 3 book club books and my #doublespin book, which was also an #auldlangspine book from @julieclair . Lots of Great Group Reads submissions to get to but nothing‘s really pulling at me right now. 🤷♀️
I went to do a Dog Jog this morning with friends. Gatsby slept in but got a new kerchief anyway. Now I‘m starting this one with her on my lap. I figure I‘ve earned couch time after two (slow) races this weekend.
Today has hit the 70s so Gatsby and I headed outside to soak up some vitamin D and for me to start this one.
#bookreport #weeklyforecast OK, I need to read most of the five bottom books in the next two weeks. Some are book club books. One is from #auldlangspine. And one is something I need to read for my job. I‘m not saying which are which. I just finished Annie Bot and I don‘t have a current read but need one. So, which one should I pick up next?
Before I dump February‘s board, I need to acknowledge that even though it was a pretty slow month for me for reading, I did manage to get a #bookspinbingo. That‘s two months in a row for me (and completely unusual since I generally don‘t read whatever‘s on my board).
Gatsby‘s inspecting my next read.
I am so busy with Great Group Reads submissions that I have no business playing #bookspin and #bookspinbingo this month but I‘m going to anyway. The books are a combo of books that have been gifted to me over the years (it‘s my birthday month, hence the gifting theme) and book club books for March. @TheAromaofBooks
Daffodils are popping in my yard right now and the nice spring weather has been distracting me from reading but I did manage to finish three books this week anyway. #bookreport #weeklyforecast
It‘s been a busy two weeks but here‘s what I finished over that time, and what‘s next. #bookreport #weeklyforecast
I didn‘t start this today (started yesterday) but it is making for interesting Valentine‘s Day reading for sure. Also, I chose not to take it to my PT appointment today because I took a steamy romance on Monday for my initial visit and I didn‘t want my paired reading to make my Dr. uncomfortable. LOL!
A reading friend sent this to me and I knew which favorite group of readers I should send it to also.
I ordered Sidecountry for my son (and will read it before I give it to him) and forgot I had a couple more of @julieclair ‘s #auldlangspine choices in my cart too. Such a pity they showed up too. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Before I put together my new #bookspinbingo card, I just want to acknowledge that I got not 1 bingo (which would be impressive enough) but 2 bingos for January!
#bookspin and #bookspinbingo for February includes romances, Black authors, book club choices, and #auldlangspine books. Here‘s hoping for a great month! @TheAromaofBooks
I‘m going to visit my daughter in a couple of weeks and she had (barely) started this here over Christmas but left it behind, perhaps because I hadn‘t read it yet (it‘s mine) so I thought I‘d read it and take it to her when I go.
Gatsby is keeping me company on the couch as I start another book.
I‘m sad and hangry today (but it‘s nothing to what I‘ll be later tonight since I‘ve got a colonoscopy tomorrow) so I picked up a book that‘s been on my shelf forever. In fact, there was an unopened card in it from a Secret Santa from an email list serv that hasn‘t existed in decades! That did make me crack a small smile, remembering when I was too young for colonoscopies. 😂
This was on @julieclair ‘s #auldlangspine list and it was a sweet, charming read about a young woman who works at the local department store alongside the owner‘s son, who is pursuing her and is becoming a better person because of her, and also alongside her scheming and unpleasant cousin. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/01/review-babbacombes-by-susan-scarlett.htm...
@monalyisha
A pleasant mystery with an ex-cop main character who is great with dogs. She puts her investigative skills to work when a dog she‘s watching uncovers a severed hand on the beach in her new community. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2023/12/review-deadly-bone-to-pick-by-peggy.html
Kind of a slow reading week for me this week. #bookreport #weeklyforecast
Who‘s the villain here? Gatsby? Ozzie? Me?
This is a sweet, uncomplicated mystery set in a small village in Wales with a lovely widowed sleuth and a victim many people in town aren‘t sorry to see turn up dead. It‘s occasionally a tad twee and events are incredibly unlikely but it‘s an easy and pleasant enough read. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2023/12/review-isabel-puddles-abroad-by-mv-byrne...
I‘ve mislaid my in progress book so when it didn‘t turn up immediately, I grabbed this to start. And now the furs have settled in so there‘s no switching up books.
Rabies is a devastating disease that we still don‘t have a cure for which should have made this cultural history and accessible science interesting and compelling. Unfortunately, there was too little here to reach that level and a lot of the info used to flesh put the book are only questionably connected to rabies. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2023/12/review-rabid-by-bill-wasik-and-monica.ht...
Gatsby and Ozzie are snuggled up on my lap on this cold day as I start this book. They have been enjoying the cold snap results (me on the couch a lot).
I went to bed last night with a visual headache so didn‘t get the chance to post this. #bookreport and no #weeklyforecast this week. Just reading by the seat of my pants. 🤣
Carmen wants to write comics but is shut out by the misogyny of the industry teaming up with a coworker who might help her get published. When he is murdered without giving her credit for their blockbuster character, she must solve his murder to save her own skin and to maybe live to write more books. Definitely best for regular comics readers. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2023/12/review-secret-identity-by-alex-segura.ht...
A charming dual narrative about the importance of stories and imagination, this is the story of little Flora‘s disappearance during WWII as a child of Operation Pied Piper and that of her older sister Hazel who continues to look for her sister long after the war. The end is a touch predictable. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2023/11/review-secret-book-of-flora-lea-by.html