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.
Hope you all had a good week. We’ve had heaps of rain. Must almost be floating by now! I’ve had a good week though. Saw one of my great nieces on Saturday. Miss Six. She showed me where she now had a missing tooth. “Is that your first tooth for the tooth fairy?” I asked her. “No, this is my “freeth” she said. Her version of threeth or as I said, “oh your third!” I get such joy from small moments like that!
What I read last week:
I finished listening to The Twelve Clues of Christmas. It was a really good listen with some gruesome death scenes at the end for the murderer. The Guncle was excellent reading and I am happy I have my own copy of this to put on my keeper shelves.
What I am reading now:
and listening to
Up next:
The Book Date 
🤣 I thought she had meant her “fifth”! How cute. I sounds funny too when I don’t have my stayplates in.
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I want to try a Bowen one day 😀
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Sweet story about your great niece 😊I have the Center on my kindle but, to be honest, I forgot about it! Seems to happen a lot, sadly. We’re in a very rainy period in my area – downpours. We needed it but not all at once!
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I wouldn’t rush to read this Katherine Center book Mary, it is her debut novel and thank goodness I never read it first because I wouldn’t have read any more by her! Will see it through to the end but….
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I love the cover of The Bright Side of Disaster! How fun!
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Oh I love the little misspeaks kids do! I could never quite bring myself to correct them and was always sad when they went away. The Rhys Bowen series is on my list to roll in soon. I somehow missed the books in the middle (including the one you mentioned) and want to get caught up. Have a great week!
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Your week sounds nice – kids that age are so great!! My niece and nephew are teens now (my niece almost beyond), and I miss the enthusiasm and affection when they were little (though they are both growing into wonderful adults).
The Guncle sounds like fun! And I didn’t realize Katherine Center had a new one out!
Hope things dry out there a bit for you and you enjoy your books this week!
Sue
Book By Book
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The Katherine Center book is a back list, her first I think. So far not going to recommend you follow up on it.
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The Bright Side of Disaster looks cute. I love her books! Wish we had some of that rain. It rains all around us but always goes around us. It is so dry here. Have a great week!
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Kids are so cool!
I’m reading She Wouldn’t Change a Thing by Sarah Adlakha-very good
and I’m listening to There Once Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy narrated by Saskia Maarlveveld also very good
Thanks for sharing
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The little ones are so sweet and cute…great memories.
Twisted Threads looks fun.
ENJOY your week, Kathryn.
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Hope she made a Kipling on the teeth. I enjoyed Last Guard. And will be adding the Twisted Thread to my list. Have a great week ahead.
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How cute 🙂
I read Brightside a decade a go and didn’t think much of it, but looking at my review I think I was a bit harsh.
Wishing you a great reading week
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Ah Shelleyrae I think your review may have been interesting. I must say its not really one I would be head over heels in like with it.
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It gives me such a happy feeling to see that you are reading Katherine Center, a Houston favorite author, way over on the other side of the world.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about The Guncle!
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“Freeth” 😂 So cute! We still throw around words like that from when my much-younger cousins were small.
I’m glad to hear The Guncle is a keeper. I’ll look for it!
Enjoy your week! Try not to float away!
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Rain is good but not all at once. 🙂 I love the “freeth”. Have a great week!
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The Guncle sounds fabulous! I’m adding it to my TBR list now! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Ah, little kiddos are so adorable!
If you’d like to send some of your rain up here to Oregon, we will gladly take it!
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That’s cute! And I remember liking Twelve Clues as well… 🙂
Hope you have a fantastic week ahead.
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Your great-niece is so adorable.
Your books all look good. I have the Lea Wait series on my TBR. I hope you enjoy your books. Have a great week!
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What a sweet great-niece! Enjoy those moments.
I think The Bright Side of Disaster was my first read from Katherine Center, which launched me on my journey to eventually read everything she writes.
Enjoy your week! Twisted Threads also looks tempting.
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