It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.
Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts, and Kellee of Unleashing Readers decided to give It’s Monday! a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels or anything in those genres – join them.
The books here look a little like last week, although they have moved places just a little! I read just one book, and started into the next one.
I had workers outside ripping out my old vegetable garden and putting in a small new one, so that was a little noisier than usual. Then we also had a small outbreak of Covid19 in Auckland which sent that city into lock down and the rest of us with slightly tighter restrictions.
Hope you are all doing well and reading on!!
What I read last week:
What I am reading now:
Up next:
Last Week’s Posts
A Doctor in the House – medical fiction books.
The Book Date 
I hope you enjoy your new garden! How wonderful that there was such a quick response to the latest outbreak! Stay safe, my dear!
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Thank you Mia. Yes I hope to have some nice veggies in summer!
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A new vegetable garden sounds lovely. I miss fresh tomatoes. Those are my absolute favorites. I love the cover of The Paris Library. It’s so peaceful looking and that title is irresistible. Can’t wait to see what you think of it. Hope you’re having a great week.
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I need to add The Paris Library to my TBR list – retired librarian here and Paris has always been a dream destination for me. 🙂 Have a great week!
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Susan I think as a retired librarian you will really appreciate this.
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I heard about that lockdown; smart, your country.
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I hope they are able to contain the outbreak, stay safe and hope you have a great week.
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I’m sorry to hear you had an outbreak there, but you are so lucky to live some place that takes that seriously and locked down the city. Wow. We’ve had huge outbreaks all over the US and very little has changed. I think we are in for a serious downfall in the fall/winter when people can’t spend as much time outdoors and cold/flu season starts. My husband and I took a chance and went out for dinner Sat night, but we encountered big crowds (people wearing masks but still, a lot of people) for 2 live music events in that area. It scared us back to take-out for now 🙂 It’s clear that people are getting quite complacent, and we aren’t out of the woods yet.
Anyway, your books look good! Glad you have them for company and enjoyment! Hope you enjoy some good books again this week – and thanks for hosting!
Sue
Book By Book
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Thanks Sue. Yes maybe we all have gotten too complacent. I am glad we are taking the outbreak seriously, but you have no idea of the criticism our Government is getting from citizens, despite the good job they are doing. I’d like to see them manage all this!
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Happy reading this week!
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I think this virus is going to pop up again and again. Stay safe and I hope your new garden will produce lovely things to eat and enjoy. My tomatoes are ripening quickly so I’m anticipating all the recipes I can make.
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Yummy, love home grown tomatoes.
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Your books look like pleasant distractions from life’s chaos! My current reads are probably all darker than is good for me at the moment!
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Can’t wait to see your new garden plot!
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I’m sorry to hear about the COVID outbreak. I hope everything calms down soon. Enjoy your books and have a good week.
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I hope you are managing to stay safe. We heard about the outbreak all the way over her in the UK. Happy reading 😊
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THE MOON IS MISSING looks cute.
How is THE PARIS LIBRARY? I am looking forward to reading it.
Fun on your garden.
Stay safe, and happy reading, Kathryn.
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The Paris Library is interesting, two timelines which is not quite my thing but I am hooked all the same!
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That Missy Carmichael cover is so sweet!
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The Paris Library sounds like my kind of book
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I was rudely awoken this morning by the men who came to fell three trees in my backyard. They were actually really efficient given the trees, two fir and one jacaranda were massive, but the noise!!
I hope the outbreak is suppressed quickly, stay safe x
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That’s a shame about the outbreak. Typical isn’t it, just as you think it’s under control it pops up again, it’s the same here in Scotland.
Have a lovely week.
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Hopefully the new outbreak is contained soon. Good luck with the new garden! I love the cover of The Moon is Missing. Enjoy your week!
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Stay safe and enjoy your new garden and reading!
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Oh no sorry to hear about the outbreak! You just never know with that thing. It’s so insidious the way it can spread even if it gets any little handhold. Anyways hope you have a wonderful week ahead. 🙂
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Sorry to hear about the outbreak. Hopefully this will end one day. Great news about the garden, though.
The Paris Library is on my list. Hope you enjoy your books.
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The Love Story of Missy Carmichael is on my stack…and I hope to get to it soon.
I hope they figure out the contact tracing on the outbreak…and curb it. You all have been doing so well there. Hang in, and enjoy your week.
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