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The #WeeklyForecast is actually looking pretty reasonable. I am better than halfway through the tagged and should finish it today. Then we will see how far I get through the rest of the windowsill!! We got a bunch of lumber and supplies for the next round of home renovation yesterday, so I will probably be doing some painting again this week. Neverending!! 😂

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Well, I have done a terrible job posting reviews this week, but let the #BookReport reflect that I HAVE been reading! 😂 I finished Shelter in Place, The Provincial Lady in London, and The Horse-Tamer towards the beginning of the week (for #TrappedonanIsland, #LPMBC, and #Roll100 respectively lol), then threw myself in the #BacklistReadathon. Only one and half books left in the Chesapeake Shores series!! They have definitely been a mixed bag ⬇

February's #BacklistReadathon is swiftly approaching!! I'm using this challenge to tie-in with #SeriesLove2023 by picking a series that I'm “behind“ on every month. I've ambitiously checked out all five books I have left in the Chesapeake Shores series by Sherryl Woods (starting with the tagged), but we'll see how far I get!!

Be sure to let @Clwojick and me know if you're planning to join and which author you're hoping to read!!

1️⃣ Perfect holiday situation - book, dog, coffee ❤️

Continuing my read of the Chesapeake Shores series conveniently took me to a Christmas episode next. The entire clan travels to Ireland with Gram (gosh I wish I was rich) for the Christmas season. We've moved from the original O'Brien siblings to three cousins. While I did like Matthew and Laila together everyone just keeps saying they have a big age gap but not how much, which kept me a little on the fence with shipping them (10 years? 25?) ⬇️

Actually a pretty solid week - it's a little bit of a lull with peaches winding down but apples/my delivery route not in full-force yet - that changes next week as I'll be taking over the Tuesday night farmers' market stall plus doing deliveries two days a week!! Anyway, checked several books off the list, plus finished both July and August #BookSpin books. Hoping to finish the tagged book today, but I'm working all day even though I usually have⬇

When I don't feel well, I want fluff, so I picked up the next book in the Chesapeake Shores series. In the first three books, about three different siblings (of six) the background story is the parents, who have been divorced for a long time, slowly getting back together, and this book focused on them. I did enjoy it, but also didn't feel like the whole situation with Megan's gallery was very well resolved. That's really been my overall issue ⬇

I have mixed feelings about this series. I really love the fun, obnoxious family and the setting, but sometimes the "drama" feels so contrived, and in this book it just seemed like the main characters went in circles and I never was convinced they actually went forward (spoiler below). I own some of the later books in this series which is why I started it, but I think it gets one more chance before I throw in the towel!

Okay, so I actually did read several books while I was lounging about pretending like my insides weren't waiting to attack me. However, I was a smidge feverish during some of them, so it may have impacted my perspective 😂 At any rate, please excuse the upcoming small review binge.

This one is the 2nd book in the Chesapeake Shores series, focusing on another O'Brien sibling. Bree returns home from Chicago, unsure what she wants to do with her ⬇

4️⃣ Another Chesapeake tale!