Greetings all. Well I had a quiet week but with lots of good reading on the whole. I adore Gary D. Schmidt books and this last one was excellent. The Wartime Book Club is an audiobook for review and it too was excellent. RaeAnne Thayne is always a reading pleasure and I ended the week with a debut book for review. My slow and steady book is going well and the 20-24 minutes I set aside for it most days seems to quickly slide by. It is so relaxing to sit with a cup of coffee and the slow and steady book once the morning chores are done.
Weather wise we certainly seem to have settled into Autumn and some days I even wear socks. I am keeping a track of highest temp for my town each day as I am making a temperature quilt to record 2024 temps. Just to see for fun.
What I read last week:
What I am reading now:
Just starting
Listening to…
I’ve never read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, and as she is said to be an early writer of the modern historical romance story I thought I ‘d give her a try.
Still reading an progressing in my slow and steady about 450 pages read.
Up next:
Last Week’s Posts
The Book Date 
My reading is going slowly which makes me cranky even if I’m enjoying my books. I really want to read more Mimi Matthews. The one book I read by her was really good. I hope you’ve been having a great week!
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There are so many of them but any book with Book Club or Bookshop in the title never fails to get my attention. I hope you have a wonderful week!
Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
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I’ve been eying that Mimi Matthews book. It looks good. Your other books do as well. I have a slow and steady book that I read too. I hope you have a great week.
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Aye Woodwiss is old school
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Autumn…shouldn’t you be heading into Spring? I’m in the Caribbean and we’ve had a hotter than normal first few months of the year; it’s making me dread summer and wishing we were more proactive on climate change when it would have made a difference.
Oooh I loved The Prince of Tides, book and movie…but I know each book is a different experience for each reader. If it helps there’s one reader looking forward to your thoughts at the end as you continue to slog through.
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I live in the southern hemisphere down in New Zealand so we are definitely going into Autumn! I don’t envy you at all going in to the hot weather of summer.
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Oh New Zealand! Okay. Was worried that it was American weather gone wild. & Yeah it’s unseasonably, unbearable, uncomfortably, unusually hot here and it’s not summer yet. Help lol
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Lots of good reading for you, Kathryn! You are inspiring me to catch up on the Gary Schmidt books I haven’t read yet AND to finally read The Prince of Tides or another Pat Conroy.
The temperature quilt sounds wonderful! It’s a pretty design … though I guess yours will look a bit different since January is summer and July is winter (still hard to wrap my head around that!). Show us a picture when it is finished!
Enjoy your books this week –
Sue
Book By Book
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Prince of Tides looks interesting. I loved The Wartime Book Club. Have a good reading week!
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Wishing you a good week with lots of happy reading! 😀
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I had never heard of a temperature quilt before, Kathryn. What a novel idea! And a lovely selection of books. I have also been wearing socks and wrapping up warmer in layers to go out. Have a wonderful week and enjoy your reads. 💕📚
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I love the idea of your temperature quilt. I hope you will show your work so far to us soon.
I wonder what you think about The Prince of Tides. It’s a book I haven’t read but it’s also a book I’ve heard a lot about.
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Deb Prince of Tides is really interesting, I like Pat Conroy’s style of writing. I’ve read or heard that his every book has elements of his own life in them. I really liked his wife’s book on his life.
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I remember reading Kathleen Woodiwiss many years ago, but I can’t remember a thing about her books. Looking forward to seeing what you think.
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Linda I will finish the Woodiwiss book but now there are so many really good historical romance stories I think I will let hers go after this one.
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I’ve only read one Woodiwiss (8 years ago) and gave it 3 stars. It was written 50 years ago! It was a challenge for me because of how HR has been modernized. I much prefer Mimi Matthews’ style of HR. That said, I came to read HR quite late as an older reader. I think if I’d read as a younger reader (teenager) I’d have had a different take on the genre.
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Totally agree with you Mary, will listen this one out but it does not really appeal because of how it approaches the whole story. I agree maybe too as a teen I may have liked it more.
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The quilt idea is unusual, I’ll be interested to see what it looks like when you are done.
The cover of The Wild Lavender Bookshop is appealing, I hope it reads well too.
Wishing you a wonderful reading week
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You have a nice collection of books, and I like the idea of slowly and steadily reading a chunkster. Enjoy your quilting.
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The Wartime Book Club looks good.
Enjoy your cooler Autumn Days.
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The Jodi Thomas book looks so good. It’s been a long time since I read one of hers and always enjoyed them. Hope you have a great week!
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