so-soYear Without a Summer is about Tambora, a volcano that erupted in 1815. The following year, instead of a normal summer in the northern hemisphere, temperatures were below average, with snow, freezing temperatures and unusual spots on the sun. Though this was interesting, it was not edited very well.
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pickI enjoyed this book. It made me laugh and cry. Emerson is raising her niece after her brother passed away from cancer. That got me bc my brother passed away from cancer in August, so I felt a connection with the FMC. Emerson's best friend makes up a dectective agency to try to scare Emerson's ex. It ends up with people believing the agency is real and Emerson works for it.
The cast of characters were fun. I did have a problem with Fox⬇️
pickWhat a ride! Things are coming to a head. Mary Stone grabbed me at the first, took me for a wild ride, then left me hanging. I want to see what happens when Winter Black finally meets her brother. I hope it's in the next book, because I don't know if my heart will be able to handle another ride like this one!
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pick4.5 ⭐️
Dolly Parton is an icon. Her life is literally a rags to riches story. I knew some about Parton but learned a lot. She is a woman that has shared her wealth for the good of her family and others. She is a musician, songwriter, movie star, philanthropist, and a business woman. I think one of the best things Parton has done is her Imagination Library, where she sends a book to every child, from birth to 5 years old, to help with⬇️
pickI love this series, and it's getting really interesting. I love how all the characters have evolved from the start of the series. I love how Stone keeps me interested through the book, and how she leaves me hanging for the next book. I highly, highly recommend this series, if you like FBI, Serial Killer, or Suspense books.
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so-so2.5 ⭐️
The Typewriter and the Guillotine tells the story of two people in France and Germany during the 1930s to 1940s. Janet Flanner, a reporter for the NewYorker, living in Paris and Eugen Weidmann, a German man.
While I found the book interesting, I enjoyed the parts about Weidmann more than the ones about Flanner. The parts about Weidmann seemed, to me, more interesting than the parts about Flanner. Flanner's parts of the book ⬇️
pickI had never heard of this book, until Sunday morning in church, when our pastor talked about it in his sermon. I laughed and sobbed while reading it. The Herdmen children learn about Jesus and the true meaning of Christmas. If you have never read this book, I highly recommend it!
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pickA lot of different comic stripes! Baseball, talking school, and Lucy complaining. What could be better!
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pickA cute book of Snoopy making jokes and entertaining some of the Peanuts Gang. It made me laugh out loud a couple of times.
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pickSnoopy's imagination is great. He disguises himself as a vulture, Private Investigator, Doctor, Joe Cool and many others. Spending time with Snoopy always makes me smile.
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pickI read this every year!
pickSo good! Winter's Secret is more about Noah Dillion than about her. At least, I think so. His estranged dad, after twenty years, suddenly appears in his life saying he needs Noah's help. The Russian Mob has kidnapped Noah's step-daughter. Will they ever get his dad to tell them the real reason they have gone after his daughter? How many people will die before they get to the truth? 5⭐️
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pickI have read quite a few books concerning WWII, but this one was totally different. It's a biography/historical book on Gallagher's mom's family.
Gallagher wrote in a way that transported me to her mom's shoes as a young lady in Estonia. I felt as though I was experiencing everything she did as the USSR and then Germany occupied Estonia. In fact after WWII, the USSR occupied Estonia for 50 more years. ⬇️
pickI am enjoying this series. Thus is the 5th book in the Winter Black Series. Stone has really developed her in 5 books. Winter has come a long way in just these 5 books. I like that she's realizing she can't handle life all on her own. I appreciate Stone adding new characters into the mix, as well. I get wait to see what happens between Winter and her friends.
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pickWhat a book! It grabs you right off. Kelley Armstrong Haven Rock is a spin-off from her Rockton Series. It's captivating, and thrilling. How does she write such captivating books?
Armstrong has created and developed a riveting series. She has developed Casey and Dillon so much from her first book in the Rokton series to now in her latest book in Haven's Rock 'First Sign of Danger.' They are know parents of a 6 month old. While out on ⬇️
pickFinally finished one of my #ReadYourKindle books for November. It had long chapters. It was more technical about planes than I cared for. Murphy did take me on the journey with him from joining the USAAF to being liberated from a German POW camp .
Middle pick
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pickWho will build the biggest snowman? Another cute winter book. This focused on helping one another out. Another book for Sloane.
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so-soNot the book, I read but close to it. Santa is looking for Rudolph to help with the sleigh. Where could he be? Cute book. Illustrations good. Another book for Roland.
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pickAnother cute, rhyming book for Sloane and Roland. This was like a sing song in my head as I read it. Great illustration.
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pickI read all the books we get for gifts for our neighbors children. This one was a funny store. My favorite character was the mouse. The illustrations by Axel Scheffler were amazing.
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pickI always read the books we get for our neighbors children. I picked this up for their 5 year old. It's cute. It's illustrated really good.
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My #ReadYourKindle for December
16: The Trouble With You
2: Business Trip
9: Definitely Maybe Not A Detective
11: The Typewriter and the Guilletin
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pickWhile still good, the 3rd book in The Lost Queen Series, I didn't find as good as the first two. The Shadowed Land took us on a journey with Angharad, as she continues to develop as a Wisdom Keeper, and Artur, who follows in his father's footsteps. Languoreth and Lailoken still are prominent in the book. This one wasn't as long as the other two, either. I reread the first two books, since it had been a few years since I read them, before I ⬇️
pick"..where one burns books, one will soon burn people."
Historical Fiction set during the 1930s and 1940's in France, Germany and the USA. Told from 3 different perspectives and timeliness.
Vivian is trying to get a bill stopped that Sen.Taft has filed in Congress for censorship. Althea is a young American writer asked to come to Germany in 1933 by Joesph Goebbels. She accepts not really knowing what she is about to get in. ⬇️
pick4.5 ⭐️
Oh my, what a book! You meet someone at a therapy session, and you decide to kill each other's person that won't face justice for what they did. This is the premise of 'Kill For Me, Kill For You.' This book will grab you at the beginning. It is so good. I did figure one thing out at about 70% through it. But was shocked at the last chapter!
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pickThe In Death Series is probably my favorite series out there. Framed in Death is the 61st book in the series. When I read this series, I feel like I'm visiting old friends. Eve Dallas has grown so much since the first book. J D Robb has developed each character amazingly. Not only the MC's but the other characters as well.
Someone is killing and dressing the victims as paintings from some of the masters of art. Eve is tasked with ⬇️
The Shadowed Land: It began with a dream.
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The Shadowed Land by Signe Pike
Luck of the Draw by Frank Murphy
Framed in Death by J D Robb
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pickI finished the 2nd book in The Lost Queen Series. It's a reread and still as good as the first time I read it in 2021. Now to read The Shadowed Land I got last year for Christmas.
The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
"The snows have come."
Luck of the Draw by Frank Murphy
"I was officially and honorably separated from active duty with the United States Army Air Forces at Greensboro, North Carolina, on January 17, 1946.
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📖 The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
💻 Luck of the Draw by Frank Murphy
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so-soWell, I was a little disappointed in this book. The other 3 had been full of suspense and twists, this one not at all. I know Stone has some books based on Autumn Trent, so maybe this was a book to introduce her to Stones' readers. I hope so anyway.
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pickI don't think you can ever be to old for Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang. I thought this book would have more about space based on the tittle, but it didn't have a lot. I did learn that Schulz was interested in space and in 1950 as Peanuts was getting started he had comic strips with the Gang talking about space.
#comics
pickA serial killer is in an Ohio small town killing women. What do they women have in common? They all decided to cancel their abortion. The ending left me with a question. I can't say what it is bc I would ruin the book. That question dropped the book a star. Warning: Graphic Abortion Info. 4⭐️
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pickSophie Weston is at an engagement party when the groom to be dies. Soon she's called to his lawyers office and told she has inherited his antique business. No one is more surprised than her. His daughter and ex wife think she was having an affair with him. Can Sophie find out why he left her the business before something happens to someone else? I enjoyed this cozy mystery in the Domestic Diva Series.
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pick4.5⭐️
While this is the first book I have read in the Rev. Clare Ferguson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series, I wasn't lost. I was lucky enough to get to read this early through Netgalley. I can tell you that even though this was the 10th book in the series, they don't have to be read in order.
Spencer-Fleming storytelling level is great. I was captivate at the first chapter. It's full of suspense and thrills. I felt like I knew who the ⬇️
This week, I plan to
Finish:
The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis
Start:
Storm Tide by Paul Doiron
A Baby's Right to Choose by David Winters
Some Audiobook?
I finished 4 books this week:
3⭐️. The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba
4.5⭐️ The Hidden History of the White House by Corey Mead
5⭐️ Snoopy, The Flying Ace by Charles Schulz
5⭐️ Snoopy, Man's Best Friend by Charles Schulz
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pickSnoopy and the Peanuts gang are my favorites. In this comic, we see Snoopy interact with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang. I have loved Snoopy and the Peanuts gang every since I was a little girl.
#37by37Readathon
picklove Snoopy! This contained some Peanuts strips I have never seen or read before. These strips had most of the Peanuts gang in them. Not all, but most, of them were The Flying Ace behind enemy lines.
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pick4.5⭐️
I found this book to be very interesting. I learned quite a bit. I never knew Nixon installed the recording device in the oval office that ended up causing him to resign. The break in was planned by him to use against his enemies. There is so much info in this book. I recommend it to any that likes history.
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pickWell researched, but the chapters were very long, except for 2 of them. I never knew about a Women's Orchestra at Auschwitz. The Nazis made them play for the people arriving at the platform where the prisoners were sent right to live or left to die.
Published September 16, 2025
Low pick
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THE LOST QUEEN BY SIGNE PIKE
THE WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA OF AUSCHWITZ
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pick4.25
I haven't read a Linda Howard book in a long time. I enjoyed this book. Howard had good character development. The story line was interesting. Baily Weston is in charge of her stepchildrens trust and they are not happy at all about that. She goes on vacation but ends up in a plane crash. Will her and the pilot be found?
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I'm finding this audiobook fascinating.
#nonfiction #history #audiobook
