A nice week of summer – I even had my first swim of the season in the sea. Lovely once I was in! Yesterday I went 20 minutes up the road to a children’s market where they were selling what they had for sale, often stuff they had made themselves. That was fun and I tried out the new part of the express way. It was great, I can now go straight to Otaki in a blink. My nine year old great niece was selling her “books” that she had written so I purchased them and a few other things.
What I read last week:
An English author and an Australian author! Very much enjoyed both.
What I am reading now:
I am a good way into this and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I can’t believe the vitriol I see on some of the social media sites. All the armchair critics I suspect who have done little with their lives or else they really are talking about themselves.
Up next:
A slightly overdue review book so its up next.
The Book Date 
Haha, book-clubbed to death is probably what a lot of readers feel like after a few too many book discussions! lol My weekly update is here:
http://www.lyndonperrywriter.com/2023/01/review-of-feast-of-fools-anthology.html
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Lovely to get a good swim in and the Children’s Market sounds so cute! Your niece looks like a professional author with her table layout. I have the VM Burns series on my TBR. It looks like a good series. Have a great week!
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Ah, a swim in the ocean sounds lovely! We did get to enjoy some nice weather down in Texas this weekend (though they thought it was cold – ha ha). So impressed by your niece! An author at 9 – good for her! I hope she sold lots of stories at the market – sounds like a really great event.
Enjoy your books this week, Kathryn!
Sue
Book By Book
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Congrats to your niece…that is wonderful.
Fun on your swim.
Happy Reading….Happy New Week.
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Swimming sounds great right now. Congratulations to your great-niece for getting started early in life.
I think I’ll skip Spare, but glad you are enjoying it. Old Friends Reunited sounds fun.
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I hope your great niece had a bestseller or two at the children’s market. What a fun idea! Kids here are usually only seen selling lemonade from makeshift stands except for organized sales like Girl Scout cookies,
I don’t plan on reading Spare, but it’s too bad people are being so nasty. I just finished The Ink Black Heart written by JK Rowling under a pseudonym and it has a lot to say about how toxic social media can get.
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The Black Heart sounds very much on point.
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Oh! How lovely to swim in the sea! I bet the children’s market was so fun! I’ve never heard of a children’s market, but what a great idea! Great photo! Such a stylish niece!oth books look fabulous – Old Friends reminds me of my Golden Girls when we get together!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Spare. Oh, if only we would learn to listen with understanding and compassion instead of judgement!
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So true Patricia, our world would be so much better.
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Your summer week sounds lovely. Are you the one who recommended Above the Bay of Angels? I need to record where I find suggestions. Anyway, I am really enjoying it. Have a great week!
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No not me Linda, I love her Seven Sisters series but haven’t really read many of her other books. Good that you are enjoying this one.
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I love seeing the photo of your great niece selling her books.
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Yay swimming. I miss summer
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Glad you enjoyed your swim, Kathryn. I don’t think I have swum in the sea for at least seven years. I love the sea and don’t spend enough time there. I loved the Maddie Please and have just read her latest which is also really good. The Fiona Lowe looks interesting. Happy reading!❤📚
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How fun for your niece! Interesting to get your perspective on Spare. I’m not planning to read it, but it seems like everyone has a strong opinion on it one way or the other.
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Sounds like you had a nice week. Spare looks to be a good book. Glad to hear you are enjoying it. Hope you have a great week!
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That’s an impressive achievement for your niece, I’m sure she appreciated your support.
I don’t understand the vitriol either, surely all that energy could be directed to protest against something more significant, like poverty or human trafficking.
Wishing you a great reading week
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Exactly!
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How nice and exciting for your niece! I’m glad you bought her book. lol
Bookclubbed to Death looks like a good cozy. Happy Reading!
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Congrats to your niece on her writing books. Thanks for hosting. Have a nice week.
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Ah, a swim in the sea sounds lovely. Well, not here. Even in the summer, our part of the ocean is always cold! But, if I could be on some other (warmer) beach, I would be quite happy!
Good for your niece! I hope she sold a lot of books!
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I have Spare on my nightstand, and now I must start reading it!
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I suspect you will really be fascinated by it.
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That is so cool that she is selling her books. Awesome! And a swim in the sea sounds pretty good right about now. 🙂
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