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Pretty pleased with my reading this week… Despite lots of family time and then travel time I managed to finish 3 books and start 3 new ones. I bailed on Big Swiss - felt like the author was trying too had to be different 🤷🏼‍♀️

Late #BookReport @Cinfhen

Currently reading: Weyward

Read:
Book 16+17+short story in the Dresden Files series
Book 1 in the Sebastian St Cyr series
Book 4 in the Alex Verus series
#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

I had a BUSY reading week and actually a busy week in general, hence why I‘m behind on a few reviews. Really enjoyed the new book by Rachel Beanland coming out in April and Babel was a total surprise pick for me! Vanderbilt was very interesting and Fatty Fatty was good but I have some thoughts…same with the Gadsby. I just COULD NOT wrap my head around My Volcano and it‘s the year for #AllHailTheBail so I quit by page 34. #NoRegrets

#BookReport @Cinfhen

Slow reading week. Have a cold and spent a lot of time watching Netflix and drinking litres of herbal tea. Finished the books on the right and left, and a woollen hat though.

Started "Proven Guilty" (and another hat).

My first week of 2023 was full of wonderful books💕📚🤓Three from @MallenNC #ALspine list were all winning picks🧡Demon Copperhead was masterful, the Exiles was really good and my two in progress are both gripping. I‘m off to a GREAT start 💜

I'm joining the #BookReport again. @Cinfhen

Death Mask was carried over from 2022.

Jade City and Secret History are DNFs.

Despite some setbacks, I managed to finish 6 books this week!
I really enjoyed the Keefe and the whacky One‘s Company. I also found the memoir by iCarly alum Jeannette McCurdy gripping. The other three were ok. I‘m stalled with my 3 in progress but hope to pick them back up this week.

I‘m happy I was able to finish 3 books this week as my days are REALLY BUSY!! I Loved both of my Tomorrow titles 😜 Cover Story was ok but nothing special. I‘m LOVING my two books in progress….fabulous memoir read by Viola Davis and the Towles is excellent. June has been a good month ❣️

I had a really fabulous week, thanks to a lot of audio time!!
Sedaris was hilarious but I think my favorite was the Booth!! Chemistry & Thunder were both very good but Thunder had terrible audio production and Chemistry was a bit too kitsch for me. I currently have two in progress, which are both good!! Tagging them below 👇🏼

#bookreport @Cinfhen

I love spring gardening!
I finished these 3 books this week, and I‘m hoping to finish Project Hail Mary today before my bookclub meeting. ❤️🌸💜

I‘m surprised by how much I read this week. One book went into #hibernation but the rest were all enjoyable. I really enjoyed my YA #SFF and my IRL bookclub book (The Lost Shtetl). The Mercies was a well written HF and I look forward to discussing with the #LiteraryCrew
Next week I hope to focus on #ReadingAfrica22 - I‘ve started the memoir by #Ethiopian born chef, Marcus Samuelsson and it‘s quite good. I think my weakest read was the romance😒

I had a pretty busy reading week - focusing on #NonFictionNovember titles and I successfully completed my #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin for November @TheAromaofBooks ♥️
Without a doubt, my weekly standout was Bourdain on audio (5 stars)and the John Green was a very close second.
November is off to a good start ☺️

Once again I‘m sort of amazed by how much I read, since it was a busy week and I didn‘t feel like I read so much. Hands down my favorite was the audio of Great Circle!!! The others were ok. I enjoyed Leslie Jordon but it was REALLY short. Review of Three coming soon.

#bookreport @Cinfhen

The first half of the week was all about a bunch of excellent books. All 5 of the finished ones were terrific.

Then I bailed on two in a row - yikes!

The Chosen and the Beautiful is a retelling of Gatsby from Jordan Baker‘s point of view. She seems bored with her life of riches and extravagant parties, and about halfway through I grew bored of watching her be bored.

Fox & I seemed strangely detached- I may come back.

#bookreport #bookspinbingo

My favorite was A Psalm for the Wild-Built. I also really liked Mirror Season, Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters, and Night.

Both The Book Charmer and Wizard of Oz were good, but not favorites.

I‘m currently reading 3 books not on my Bingo card, so I‘ll be filling in Free spaces next week 😉📚.

#bookreport @Cinfhen

The only one of these four I picked was The Magician‘s Assistant. The others were so-sos. Even so it‘s been a pretty good reading week.

I‘m very excited to take a trip to the recently opened Nowhere Bookshop with @Eyelit today! I‘ve been waiting over a year for this adventure! (Photos to come this evening.)

I read 8 books in May, double my usual amount; mainly because most of them were very short. The Midnight Library is my new favorite book so far this year. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I read my #LMPBC selection (mailed)
Did not read #bookspin selection
I‘m about 2/3 done on my #doublespin book
I did NOT get to read my #cbbc book but did mail it out to @Pogue last week
The Midnight Library was my #IRLBOOKCLUB read. I was the only one to ❤️ it. 🥲
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This was a rather stressful week, I‘m shocked I actually completed 7 books. All 7 books were really good and I‘m LOVING both books I‘m in the middle of. #PeaceLoveHope Thank you to all who have reached out to check in on me and my family. Your prayers and good wishes are greatly appreciated ♥️🕊

What a wonderful week for reading!
Lots of GREAT books 😊❤️
My only dud ( and it wasn‘t terrible) was One, Two, Three and I wasn‘t overly impressed with the Woodson ( but that‘s because I‘m not much of a MG reader)
The others were all 4 & 5 star reads. I can‘t even pick a top 3 from the 6. Each book had its own special qualities.

Zadie Smith - liked a lot more than her fiction.
John Boyne - not my fave of his, clever though.
Simon Kernick- good start to a new series for me.
Angela Marsons- still great series.
Dave Ball- too many synths and too much name dropping.
V.E. Schwab - started last night and really enjoying so far.
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#bookreport & #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

- Loved the Liar‘s dictionary and was not a fan of the NK Jemisin, though that‘s not to say the writing wasn‘t good, just not for me...
- Enjoying my two current reads very much so far.....
- Hoping to start the #buddyread later this week 🤞

Another great reading week although I still haven‘t picked up the one ARC I‘ve been “meaning” to, instead I listened to 2 #AudioArc(s) this week. I REALLY enjoyed The Wife Upstairs and thought the true crime #ARC was ok, nothing special. I LOVED listening to Amy Poehler and enjoyed Lot Six. In print I found both The Editor & Arctic Fury to be satisfying reads however The Lager Queen was a definite disappointment.

I had another great reading/ listening week 🤓🎧💕 December is a tricky month, as I won‘t start books that I‘m excited about because I‘m saving them for 2021 challenges. So I‘m excited that I found a few books not really on my #ReadingRadar that were surprise hits💗

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast together again, as it‘s not worth separating this poor showing! 😂🤦‍♀️

I‘ve basically lived at work this week, so reading time has been scarce.
Red, White and blue was cute, steamy and likable. I‘m not much of a romance reader, but the banter was fun, and it was a nice distraction😊👍

Enjoying my NetGalley which I hope to finish tomorrow on my day off....

Next up will be my #bookspin ...... whatever that may be!

#bookreport and #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Loved the Harpy, enjoyed my re-read and Zoom bookclub for Twenty-One Truths about Love, and the audiobook of Lab Girl was good but not great.

Currently reading Such a Fun Age for another bookclub, and Addie Larue is a library hold that just became available 😊👍📚

My reading has been in the shitster, but that‘s ok....I‘m in family mode and it‘s all good ❤️🥰I did finish 2 books this week, both were good. I‘ve put Shadow King in hibernation and had to let The Eighth Life go. I don‘t expect to get much reading done next week but we‘ll see...

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast

Not feeling it this week, so ended up mostly browsing cookbooks which always makes me feel better! Ina‘s new book is fab and The Shore was a surprise gift!

Finished my ARC of The Orchard, which sadly was disappointing...I think the comparisons to The Secret History set my expectations way too high!

Started Eileen which so far has a creepy noir-ish vibe....and next up are 2 #NetGalley titles that release soon 📚💕

#BookReport Part one
Here‘s the pile I attempted over the Holiday weekend
Made it to page 11 on Crimson 🤪not a good sign, but my concentration was shit all weekend
I‘m making progress with The Parisian...I like it, it‘s just a very dense read...LOTS OF WORDS!!!!! LITTLE action
I finished the other 3 but I honestly, don‘t know what I read...I didn‘t enjoy any of them ( but again, that‘s probably my own doing) My headspace isn‘t quite there🙄

I had an ok reading week but I really enjoyed 3 of the books.
Sea Wife, Unseen World and Death of Vivek Oji were all really good.

#bookreport

A pretty good week: Finished “Home Before Dark,” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ & “Dreamland,” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

48% into “A Song Below Water.”

And I just started “Final Girls” and “Once Upon a Wine” today.

@Cinfhen

#bookreport

I finished all three of my current reads over the last two days!

“P.S. I Like You-”⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.” ⭐⭐

“Sweet Black Waves”⭐⭐⭐⭐

@Cinfhen

#bookreport I enjoyed my books much more this week - Sweetbitter and Hamnet were both great - and then we went back into lockdown which was a curveball to the head 😱 - but the sun came out and I finally got back in the game and read Go Tell It On The Mountain. A deserved classic that‘s not so much enjoyable as eye opening and powerful. Hopefully the unexpected outbreak has been ringfenced and lockdown will end in 2 weeks.

Well, I genuinely thought I hadn‘t had much time to read this week..... although I think I was already partway through 4 of these at the beginning of the week.

Not doing too badly on the challenges either, and a bit of #doubledipping going on this week too.

All good reads too, with only This Mournable Body being a bit of a slog.

I don‘t think I‘ll finish either book today so here‘s my #BookReport ~ August 9-15
Two went into #hibernation 🐻
Two #InProgress
Five read...loved the Adam Rippon audio and really enjoyed The Dutch House on audio 🎧

#BookReport July 12- 18
First time I have NOTHING in progress!
I had a great week and my hands down favorite was Hidden Valley Road 🤯True Crime Addict was surprisingly good.
Big decisions as to what book and audio to start tomorrow 🤔

#BookReport—finished 2 this week:
👩🏼White Fragility (excellent)
🔥I‘d Give Anything (not as good as the Love Walked In books, but still good)

And I‘m on vacation this week and next, so the #WeeklyForecast is abundant!
🐘I Think You‘re Wrong
🗺Where the Lost Wander
🔍Agatha Christies on 🎧 for the road trip
🌎Between the World & Me (re-read for a new book group)
🚶🏽‍♀️When I Walk Through That Door, I Am (poetry)
🚪Ten Thousand Doors of January

Finished:
Pale Rider #nonfictionnerds
Redhead by the Side of the Road #irlbookgroup
Stakes is High #blacklivesmatter #arc

Reading:
Cleopatra #buddyread
Other People‘s Pets #arc
Jubilee #supportdiverseauthors

Soon:
Let the People Pick the President #arc

It‘s been a good week for reading. Of course, two books were under 200 pages!

#bookreport #weeklyforecast

#BookReport June 21 - June 27
How is it almost the end of June???
Another good reading/ listening week 📚🎧 I bailed on the David Mitchell ARC....Just wasn‘t my thing and I couldn‘t make it through Paul Beatty‘s satire The Sellout☹️I really LOVED Claire Lombardo‘s debut The Most Fun, it was a full bodied family saga♥️Around The World disappointed and the others were good, not great.

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Finished “The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes.”- ⭐⭐ I did read a large chunk of it in four days, but was disappointed overall.

Started “The Girl Who Smiled Beads” on audiobook-very engrossing so far.

Also started and bailed on my June #bookspin-another #kindlebacklog title that couldn‘t keep my interest.

@Cinfhen

Another good reading week thanks to my audiobook addiction 🎧💖
I adored The Henna Artist and was really drawn to Mikel Jollett‘s personal story.
The anthology and YA memoir were good the others were ok, I‘d say they all fall under #BorrowNotBuy
I bailed on an ARC and my #DoubleSpin
I‘m debating putting Blackbird in #Hibernation and I‘ve removed In Extremis from #Hibernation
Utopia Avenue is weird ~ not feeling it
Nearly done Patience

#BookReport May 17-23
I had a good week
I didn‘t realize I completed so many books
I LOVED Something Beautiful Happened ( review to follow)
Making progress on my challenges

This past week has been a great one for audio. I finished one, listened to a second in its entirety, and started a third. I also actually cracked Twenty Years After open again, and read a couple chapters. I didn‘t quite make a short story per day of Berlin Noir, but I read several, and I‘ll make my Dune page goal by the end of the day. So, overall, I‘m pleased with this week‘s #bookreport. 🥳