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I am combining two great weekly blog hops: Stacking The Shelves by Team Tynga's Reviews, and Sunday Post by Caffeinated Reviewer. I hope to read as many of the blogs from these two hops as possible because I love to see what everyone is reading!
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Happenings:
Oh how I wish I was more motivated this past week. I found it hard to read and stay on track with my health goals! I am blaming it on the weather here in Northern California.via GIPHY
It's been dark, cold, and rainy, which makes me want to just snuggle in bed and not get moving. Yes, I am a wimp! But I'll take warm weather over cold, any day of the week!
I did get myself to my book club meeting at my favorite Indy Bookstore, A Great Good Place For Books. What a fabulous little gem in the Oakland Hills! We discussed our latest read, Fever, by Mary Beth Keane.
This historical fiction deals with Irish immigrant, Mary Mallon, better known as "Typhoid Mary". It was so vivid in its descriptions of New York City at the beginnings of the twentieth-century, and had a complex cast of characters. I really enjoyed it.
Our next pick is The Fountains of Silence, by Ruta Sepetys. This is a YA historical fiction set in Spain in the 1950's. It looks really compelling.
Read This Week:
I enjoyed all of these books! Both Blood Heir and The Conference of The Birds were audio books. I finally finished Tweet Cute, and actually liked it. I say actually because I was finding it hard to get through, at times. I think this was because it often wandered close to several Rom-com clichés (which made me put the book down a few times), but then it would take a different route. Ultimately, it was quite entertaining and fun.
New Books:
Bought:
I enjoyed the audio book of The Conference of The Birds, by Ransom Riggs. But you really need the pictures that he includes in his books to really get the full, eerie, effect. So I went ahead and bought it! I also bought One of Us Is Lying be Karen M. McManus. Since I need to read it before reading One of Us is Next, I luckily found it on sale on my Kindle!
For Review:
The Last Train to Key West was a download on Edelweiss. I was so happy to see this book, as Chanel Cleeton has been a solid historical fiction writer. I have really enjoyed her other books, which usually deal with Cuba in the 1950's and 60's. I can't wait to read this one.
I was able to get an advance audio copy of One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus, from the good people at Penguin Random House Audio! I've heard a lot about this series, so I hope it lives up to the hype.
That's it for this week. How are all of you doing on your goals?
That's funny you say you'll take hot weather over cold weather as I am the complete opposite! Sure I'd love to stay home and snuggle in bed to read when it's cold, but gotta go to work so there's no snuggling. Lol. When it's hot I am just miserable and the weather is like that from maybe mid-late April to mid October. So yeah, it's misery nearly all year long here. I feel like everyone I know will take the sweltering heat over the cold. I layer up when it's cold so it's not a bother, when it's hot there's nothing I can do but suffer. Lol.
ReplyDeleteNice new reads! Lots of new to me ones here. I hope you enjoy them all!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
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I don't like super hot weather. But I can't take the cold at all! The office I work in (although the building is less than ten years old) is FREEZING! We have to bundle up and have portable heaters in every office just to stay warm.
DeleteIndy bookstores can be the best! And the weather is a perfectly good excuse! It's freezing here and I can relate. :)
ReplyDeleteFever looks good!
Yup, I love my Indy bookstore so much. I try to buy most of my books from them, but occasionally, I do buy a kindle book on Amazon. I always feel guilty! Stay Warm and have a good week.
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ReplyDeleteI've heard really good things about Chanel Cleeton, so I think I'll have to try her out. I hope you enjoy all your books, and that the weather gets better!
ReplyDeleteI think I have read all of Chanel Cleeton's books. I just love the time period she writes about and the clash of old Cuba and new Cuba.
DeleteI have those days where I just don't feel like doing anything. It's hard to get up afterwards. Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteHere’s my Sunday Post!
Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog
I'll take SoCal weather any day over the Bay's. However, it's so beautiful up there. I hope you get more done this week!
ReplyDeleteI thought Fever was wonderful, I’m glad you enjoyed it too. My daughter loves the McManus books.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a great reading week
I agree with you regarding the bay area weather :) and I am a wimp too so refuse to go out for a walk everytime my DH steps out.. it is just too cold!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I enjoyed reading Tweet Cute as well.. So many of the books on your list here have tempted me earlier and seeing them over and over again tempts me to, well, add them to my TBR..