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- Read 16 books this week (5 out of 9 forecasted; 2 ebooks, the rest on audio; within a 1-5 ⭐️ range; Little Women and the Codebreakers books are the favorites)
- 🎧 Arrowood: a mystery thriller for #NewYearWhoDis and I‘m intrigued to learn the truth
- 📱Love You, Truly: romance on a dating show—yes, please!
- 📱Serving Up Love: a fun historical-romance novella collection featuring Harvey House girls

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I had a crazy good reading week, finishing 7 books (3 audio, 3 physical, 1 ebook)! 😳 My favorite of those was Mary Toft, but they were all interesting and well-written. I‘ve just started the two in progress and am looking forward to the two on deck.

Sigh. I ❤️ reading.

Well it‘s been a busier more social holiday than expected so less reading time than I‘d hoped. #bookreport
Pachinko was excellent, Too Much Lip was stellar. The Deer Leap was average so I think I might give up on this series for a while. Have started Once and Future King and am enjoying it - will take Dear Fatty out on the boat today. 🤞🤞 Will have to report on His Elderliness (dads) reading when I get home.

I‘m absolutely thrilled with this week‘s #bookreport. It was a(nother) migraine-y week, which meant I lost three audiobook days and struggled with reading at all, but I met most of my goals! Finished American Dirt (5 ⭐️ - incredible book!) and The Eyes of the Dragon (5 ⭐️ story, 3 ⭐️ audio narrator), reached my target of pg 237 in The Three Musketeers (it‘s ridiculous in all the best ways), started The Forty Rules of Love (HATE the narrator 👇🏻)

Stuck to my #weeklyforecast. I finished Kamourska in print, continued Angle of Repose on audio (it's 22 hours long!), and started Overthrow (close to the halfway mark).
Mixed feelings about all these books, for different reasons. Hence the 🙈🙉🙊
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Read the three from my weekly forecast which I really enjoyed and then added the Chernobyl one and The Silent Patient, both of which were just so-so for me.
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Weekly #bookreport part 2, the purchases. In my defense these are either for book challenges, book club, MyTBR.co picks (which also work for book challenges), or my #newyearwhodis suggestions from @ladyneverwhere

Weekly #bookreport part 1.
Finished: The Gifts of Imperfection, Beard in Mind, & We Have Always Been Here.
In progress: The Stationary Shop, Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, Burnout, Gilead.

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Finished 3 books:

Braised Pork by An Yu.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Spotted Dog by Kerry Greenwood⭐️⭐️
American Gods ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2 chapters into Pine by Francine Toon.

The sample of Donal Ryan‘s next book has been deferred to next week!

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Did pretty well considering it was a busy week! Even started a new book! #bookreport @Cinfhen

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✨Finished Shadowplay & loved it

✨✨Still working through the ones on the right... and loving both .... I can‘t complain , all these books are 5 stars in their own way ✨✨✨✨✨

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I‘ve finished two great books since the beginning of 2020 and should finish up these two in progress in the next couple of days. After that, I want to dive into Mary Toft for #tob2020 and then see what library holds come in and what mood I‘m in.

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I finished Love from A to Z on Monday. 💗I carried the ninth book in the Armand Gamache series over into 2020 and finished Thursday. 💗

I started several in the new year, but will include them in my weekly forecast. 🤓

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Finished: Virgil Wander for my book club next week.
Continued: Beard in Mind. I love this series on audio!
Started: The Gifts of Imperfection. Gilead for #newyearwhodis @ladyneverwhere selection. And Burnout on audio for @Chrissyreadit #buddyread.

My #BookReport for the last/first week of the year. It took me quite a while to finish Why We Sleep (which I loved) and Call Me By Your Name (which I didn‘t love), but then I have been going a little audio crazy the last two days, which got me through the bottom two for #NewYearWhoDis. In between all my audio listening, I‘m making my way through Imaginary Friend. So overall, a pretty good week for me! 👌

I probably won‘t finish American Dirt today, so here‘s my #bookreport for the week.
Finished Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder on audio - disappointing
Finished The Blue Eye - LOVED SO MUCH
Bailed on The a God Game - not sorry
Made progress in American Dirt - still good, even though the pacing is starting to slog
Started The Eyes of the Dragon (reread) on audio for #LosersClub. Not my fave narrator, but love the story

Visiting my partner‘s stepmother for New Year limited my reading time this week, so I‘m not surprised I didn‘t achieve all of my forecast, but I did finish three of the five, and make a start in the fourth, though still American Gods remains untouched! I realised I had an ARC I wanted to read before its publication date of 9th Jan so I started that today too.

My ratings:
Me 5⭐️
Queenie 4⭐️
Village Christmas 4⭐️

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#BookReport Week 10
I‘m starting this report from January 1 ~ not sure why🤪
Completed 3 books and making progress on two more
Loved Olive Kitteridge and iffy on #BelowZer00s #BuddyRead ~ Case Histories (Saving comments for next week‘s discussion)
I can‘t stand the author‘s narration on Lady From Black Lagoon so I‘m waiting for a #KindleDeal and I‘m returning the audio to Audible
The Applefeld memoir should be holding my interest but it‘s not 🙁

#BookReport A bit better this week ...
✨Read the beautiful Red At The Bone
✨Halfway through A Constellation of Vital .. and I‘m letting it sink in ... lots of wisdom in this one
✨Bailed on Blood Orange, I thought it would be a bit of “ light” relief , but I got bored with it.
✨Started Stella Fortune & loving it ... it‘s only 85p on kindle @TrishB @Birdsong28 @Balibee146 if ye havnt read it yet

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Six books finished. Started several more. (See forecast)

Totally forgot the #bookreport yesterday. It was a slower week for reading, but I did manage to finish Why We Can‘t Sleep (4 stars) and Crewel Yule (3 stars). I bailed on Toxic Spirits, and started two ARCs and another audiobook.

I did say last week‘s forecast was a bit ambitious, and I was not wrong!! I managed to finish two novels, but American Gods, A Village Christmas and Me all lay untouched all week. Spending time with my family was more important than reading!

Of the books read:
Starve Acre 3⭐️ Author can write but I found a major plot angle to be hugely out of character
The Wicked Cometh 3⭐️ Author too fond of telling not showing.

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Looking back at last week‘s forecast, I was over confident about my free time to read. There was so much peopling this week.

I only finished “A Christmas Mystery” but I listened to about 10 hours of HTLGI and read a good chunk of MTT. #bookreport

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I was never late with school work, but I‘m regularly late with my book report. Thank goodness this isn‘t for a grade. 😋

I only finished one book from last week‘s forecast, V is for Vengence. Then there was a sudden change in the weather and I read Anna and the Apocalypse and Whiteout.

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Forecast:
Still working on Crooked Kingdom and my #ARCs, just packed The Twelve Dates of Christmas into my bag for reading on the tram/bus. There will be #Jolabokaflod reading, but I don't know which books yet.

Report:
Had a slow reading week. I watched too much TV. 😉

Hoopla audiobooks have kept me sane this week and if anyone has any recommendations of other cozy holiday mysteries, please share.
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Finished 5 audiobooks and an ARC. I recommend everything I read, especially Scared Little Rabbits.
Started Toxic Spirits and made progress in Why We Can‘t Sleep.

His Elderliness did v well in this week‘s #bookreport He loved Bringing Columbia Home, enjoyed Motorcycle Apprentice but dismissive about Rabbit Stew.
I enjoyed Frankly in Love. Autumn Light was 5 stars for me (but understand it is a plotless contemplative book not everyone‘s cup of tea!) and I‘m partway through Jane and Prudence which is deliciously Pymy
Also watching Sherlock which I‘ve never seen before (so late to that party!) and loving it

This week I didn‘t have a lot of reading time.
I did finish Mostly Dead Things, which was good but very dark, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which was sad but also hilarious.

I‘m savoring The Starless Sea. I love it, I want to absorb every word into my being.

Quichotte wasn‘t holding my attention, so I returned it since there were others waiting for it.

No One Can Pronounce My Name is good so far- some terrific characters!

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#BookReport for a busy and tired week 😴

I have only had time for listening to audiobooks this week, but I hope to read a bit in print tonight 🤞

#BookReport Week 8
I completed 5 books this week
🎧All this Could Be Yours 4🌟
🎧Beauty Queens 2.5🌟 Narration 5🌟
📚Girl 2.5 🌟
📚MiddleSex 3.75🌟
📚Such A Fun Age 2.75 🌟
And 1 BAIL
Feeling a little scroogy with the stars 😜

Running behind with this week‘s #BookReport, thanks to travel yesterday.

- Read 20 books (+ 15 picture books) (8 out of 9 forecasted; all on audio; within the 2.5-5 ⭐️ range; Far From the Madding Crowd is the non-reread favorite)
- 📱It Happened at Christmas: a YA retelling of While You We‘re Sleeping 😍
- 🎧 Once Upon a Dickens Christmas: three Christmas novellas based on Dickens
- 📱A Season to Dance: a contemporary ballerina story for review

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I‘m not getting a lot of reading done lately because of work and Christmas prep. But last week I did finish Invisible for #lmpbc. And this week, I should finish The Bear and the Nightingale for #bookclub and Trust Exercise on audio for the #toblonglist (unless of course the #tob short list comes out in the meantime and TE doesn‘t make the cut).

A day late, but I have been with friends all weekend. ?

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Finished Frankissstein (#MoreMehThanYeah)
Finished Gå Glip (Miss Out, okay but too philosophical)
Finished American Kingpin on Audio (Very interesting!)

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I‘m not planning much this week, but I‘m currently listening to Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman to get me through weekend cleaning ?

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So His Elderliness finished the two on the left. He took great exception to the author of Secret Lives talking about “rebuilding” the Parthenon when they don‘t have all the pieces. Which shouldn‘t put anyone else off unless you too are 87 and pedantic. 😂 He much preferred the Lives in Ruins book.
I finished the two in the middle - both excellent - and 9yo read Funny Kid which he liked but didn‘t love.

I planned two ‘definite‘ books this week and also to finish the Rabbit Girls. I read the Baldacci, finished The Rabbit Girls, have started ‘The Word for Woman...‘ and added a few more along the way.

Favourite of the week was definitely ‘Joshua‘, which was a random, impulsive pick in the library.

Finished Truth to Power, (not going to say anything else about politics today). Good read.
Finished The Witch‘s Daughter- forgot to review as it‘s been one of those weeks- an eventual pick!
Nearly finished Villa America, rich peoples‘s problems not usually my thing - but I‘m enjoying this as a major distraction from real life.
Not started the poetry and may not today as it‘s about refugees experiences 👇🏻

#BookReport Week 7
I had an ok reading week
First half of the week I bailed on 3 audio books and wasted 3/5 Hoopla credits 😩Thanks to @Megabooks for suggesting BEAUTY QUEENS which is fantastic 🥰
I read 2 ARCs/ ok but not WOW 🙄
BENEDICTION, last book in the PLAINSONG trilogy was a disappointment 😣
I‘m on page 252 of my #SexyBuddyRead ( MIDDLESEX) & I‘m still not sure what to make of it 🧐
I started Olivia but I‘m less than 12 pages in 🤷🏼‍♀️

#bookreport ( a day late - but not bad!) @Cinfhen

Here is my #BookReport for the last week. I didn‘t get in as much reading as I normally do, but I finished 2 novellas and an excellent audiobook. I have 4 books in progress, mostly Christmas romance for #WinterGames #MerryReading
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I‘m struggling to keep up with Litsy this week and need to post reviews, but I managed to read a good bit! I finished Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy and Killer Instinct on Sunday. The rest during the week.

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- Read 24 books (+ 17 picture books) this week 🤯—so much reading for #WinterGames #MerryReaders (8 out of 9 forecasted; 2 print, the rest on audio; within the 1-5 ⭐️ range; The Silence Between Us is the non-reread favorite)
- 📖 Definitely Not Mr. Darcy: Austen meets The Bachelor 😂
- 🎧 Everyone Brave Is Forgiven: a WWII story for #20BooksBy2020
- 📱It Happened at Christmas: a YA retelling of While You We‘re Sleeping 😍

My Saturday #BookReport. I turned out, I needed to watch tv and series a bit more than I needed to read this week, so I didn‘t read as much as I expected. However, what I did read was great!

My two finished books are both 4⭐️, Frankissstein seems like it is going to be great, I just need to get into it, and I can‘t stop listening to You, even though it makes me mad and scared.

So all in all, a good week 👍

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1. DNF Hunting Party ( not a fan 🤷🏼‍♀️
2. I really enjoyed the beginning of Out , but it‘s gone into #hibernation , parts were hard to read , but I think it‘s my mood .. I‘ll definitely give it more time.
3. The Long Shadow .... Loved it ❤️
4. State of Wonder .... loving it ❤️

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Not a bad week 😀

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- Read 16 books this week (8 out of 9 forecasted; 4 print, the rest on audio; within the 2.5-5 ⭐️ range; Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is the favorite)
- 📱In Love By Christmas: a holiday read for review
- 📱It Happened at Christmas: a YA retelling of While You Were Sleeping 😍
- 🎧 The Things We Cannot Say: a WWII/contemporary story

My week turned out as expected - not much time to read. But I finished the illustrated HP 4, listened to Never Enough (super interesting and informative) and read Heart Berries (right book, wrong time and format). All in all, a pretty good week, but I‘m looking forward to next week, which will bring more reading time (hopefully 🤞)

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Pretty much where I hoped to be this week on the weekly #bookreport despite it being busy.

Finished The Philosopher's Stone (nostalgia!) and A Dog's Purpose and partway through Station Eleven. ❤️❤️
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Still in the early chapters of Midnight, enjoying it very much, doesn‘t feel like I‘m reading a non-fiction!

#MidnightParty
#NonFictionNovember
#NFNov

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- Read 20 books this week (I forgot to include one cover 🤦🏼‍♀️; 6 out of 9 forecasted; all on audio; within the 3-5 ⭐️ range; Nothing to See Here and Matilda the favorites)
- 🎧 Cowboy Christmas Redemption: a fun cowboy romance
- 📖 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: loving it still; now WAY overdue 🤦🏼‍♀️—I WILL finish it this week
- 📖 Take a Chance on Me: an #LMPBC pick I need to finish and mail this week

I planned to get through all these this week, but it‘s been busier that I expected. #BookReport summary:

Murder & Mendelssohn - disappointing Phryne Fisher mystery. The 20th, and as far as I know, last one.

Quichotte - loves this book despite my issues with Rushdie‘s writing style

The Killing Zone - about 50% through, interesting and educational so far

Earthly Delights - about 40% through, enjoying it so far

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