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.
A week of much the same as other weeks! I watched the moon eclipse here between 10:30 pm and 11:30pm with a clear starlit sky, its always good when there is no cloud cover for something that only comes around every so often.
What I read last week:
Enjoyed all these. The Queen of Hearts was a audiobook. Review for The Stepsisters this week and now I want to read more of Georgette Heyer.
What I am reading now:
One off my print TBR shelf.
And I have started listening to The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley. (23 hrs plus) I nearly returned it to Audible because a bit of it is set in New Zealand and the narrator does a terrible NZ accent that is like a parody. I managed to calm down and talk myself into staying with it. I was going to head out and buy the book instead!!
Up next:
The Book Date 
Oh boy on the misrepresentation of a NZ accent. How you withstood it, what patience.
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The Possibilities has been on my list for a while! It’s too bad when the audiobook narrator’s accient is so distracting!
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We’ve had fabulous weather in the US upper midwest this weekend. I so appreciate being outdoors! Too bad about the narrator. I probably would have returned but I know listening to that series is much easier than holding the huge books!
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Mary the NZ accent was only at the beginning and I learned to live with it. She does on the whole do a good job of the book.
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Oh that’s good news!
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Looks like a great mix of books for you recently!
I hear you on the audio thing – a narrator can make or break an audio book!
Hope you enjoy your books this week –
Sue
2021 Big Book Summer Challenge
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I personally can’t do audiobooks. I can’t stay focused. But I would assume that the accents could be a hit or miss. I’m sorry this one bugged you so much! Hopefully the book is good!
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Sounds like good reads!
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I don’t listen to many audiobooks because I find the US accents distracting. A poor impersonation of another accent would totally kill the story for me.
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I really like many of Georgette Heyer’s books. You should read Devil’s Cub next. Happy reading!
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Thanks Kathy for that recommendation.
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Ooh great looking books! I have heard good things about Knot of this World! Hope you enjoy your week 🙂
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Totally missed the eclipse, but it was cloudy here, anyway….
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Rainy and chilly here…hopefully the warm weather will decide to make its way to us.
LOVE Lucinda Riley’s books.
You had a good week.
Enjoy the last day of May…hello June!!
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We’d planned to watch the eclipse from our back verandah but it was directly behind the massive pine tree in the corner of our yard and we couldn’t see it! I saw The Missing Sister in paperback and it looks like a doorstop so I’m not surprised the audio is so long. It’s a shame about the narrator.
Wishing you a great reading week
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It was cloudy and rainy here, so no eclipse for us. How did you like The Stepsisters?
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The Stepsisters was really good Marti.
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My husband tried watching the eclipse–unfortunately (for him) it was at about 4am our time and it ended up being too cloudy. I’m glad I slept through it!
Have a great week!
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I love watching eclipses and red moons etc. Georgette Heyer is an old fav for her genre.
I love the look of the Knot of this World. Enjoy your week and Happy Reading!
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So many great books! I have The Stepsisters coming up soon. Have a great week!
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Oh how cool! i love watching the sky. Be well this week, and happy Monday! 🙂
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You have some good looking books! Enjoy!
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