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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.

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Well here we are in March, hope you are all okay. It is great to be able to visit around readers’ blogs to see what you are doing and how you are.

I am fine, finding our summer weather just a tad hot for me! Covid wise it’s fine although when we find a case everyone in the country has levels upped. So on Saturday night an alert on my phone told me we were going to L2 where I am which means no groups bigger than a 100. So that cut church out for Sunday as we just don’t have it when we go to L2. In Auckland they are in L3 because that is where the breakout is. They have no school, work at home etc. I guess most of you are familiar with that. It is at this stage only for 7 days. Next Sunday might find me at church again!!

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

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And just starting to listen to

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Last Week’s Posts

Garden Books

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February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Kathryn

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Hope you week is going well. We are starting another one, may it bring us all good reads! One of my sisters visited a book shop recently and decided she felt like reading a book. Not having read for a long time she perused the shelves and alighted on The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley. Because as she told me we are seven girls in our family.

Later that week her five year old grand daughter saw her reading and said to her “Nanny you should really be using a bookmark”. She then made her a very glamorous one of a blue craft feather and piece of card and lovely sticker which Anne is using. I was very delighted with Miss Five Year Old!

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

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And I am about half way in listening to Barack Obama’s book! It’s a marathon!

Up next:

This is a backlist book, I’ve been wanting to read. So off the shelf it comes.

Last Week’s Posts

The Vineyard at Painted Moon. Susan Mallery

Looking at Books March – April 2021

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February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Kathryn

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Hope you are all doing well. We have had some great summer days and nice and hot. I heard February is Ice Cream month in NZ. I can go with that for sure. We eat an enormous amount per person evidently!

It is also a long weekend as it is our national holiday, Waitangi Day. The day our founding document was signed between the government and the local Maori people in 1841. I am just quietly enjoying it, I think the main celebrations at Waitangi ( way up north) took place on Saturday, as that was the actual day, but all our holidays are being Mondayised! So that workers have a long weekend.

What I read last week:

Both books I very much enjoyed.

What I am reading now:

A spin off from P&P. What happened to Charlotte?

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Up next:

This is a possibility. I have it on my Kindle and got free last year. Has some very mixed reviews so it may be a take a look and delete, but in the aim of reading more on my Kindle TBR I am trying it out. The cover works though!

Last Week’s Posts

January Reading Wrap

Debut Novels of Friends & Fiction Authors

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February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Kathryn

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Well last week was Australia Day and inadvertently I read a book by an Australian author and also have one planned coming up. I always say there are outstanding Australian authors. I guess being a more populated country than NZ it makes it viable publishing wise.

What I read last week:

Josephine Moon’s book was great, loved it and the cozy mystery was fun.

What I am reading now:

This one is a recommended read and glancing down at Goodreads I see lots of other readers I follow agree, so into this one from the library.

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Up next:

A review book by a big favourite Australian author.

Last Week’s Posts

Debut novels 2020/21

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January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Kathryn

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Well what a week. I enjoyed watching the pomp and pageantry of the Inauguration of the 46th President of the USA. It was on early morning in my time zone, and while I usually wake early, that day I was so annoyed to wake later than usual and just miss the swearing in of Kamala Harris but got there for Joe Biden. Because I’ve read books by both of them I felt I knew a little about them.

After all that and jumping out of bed out of sleep I was rather dopey for the rest of the day and didn’t get much done! I had lots of favourite parts but especially loved that gifted young woman poet.

I did get quite a bit of quilting done this week even if my reading was slight!

What I read last week:

I finished listening to an audiobook and read one review book. Slow reading week!

What I am reading now:

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And I’ve just started listening to Barack Obama’s book A Promised Land. It will be a long haul but enjoyed the first few hours so far.

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Last Week’s Posts

Heart Gifts.

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January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Kathryn

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Hope you are all doing well. We had a very sunny week, but this week looks like the weather is going to be windy and wet mostly. Most people go back to work here as the country gets back to normal after the summer break. Of course as I am retired it doesn’t really mean too much to me, although its nice to have everything back.

What I read last week:

Enjoyed them all. Two were almost finished as I began the week so that gave me four for this week!

What I am reading now:

One for review.

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Up next:

Time to take one of my print TBR.

Last Week’s Posts

Gone but Knot Forgotten. Mary Marks

Cozy Series I am Reading

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January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Kathryn

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Welcome in all. Hope your reading week went well. I guess many of you were absorbed by what took place on Capitol Hill last week. Certainly very devastating.

I’ve been reading and doing small chores, nothing much. I finished watching Bridgerton which I really enjoyed on Netflix. I still have so many shows to watch and I will …. sometime!

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

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Up next:

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Reading Intentions for 2021

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January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Kathryn

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Well welcome into the first IMWAYR for January and 2021. Hope it will be a better year this time. We shall see. I didn’t see the New Year in, I turned on a podcast and fell asleep, thought I had set the timer for an hour but must not, because my list was all gone when I checked. I had listened to it! Just as well they are easy to recover.

What I read last week:

Trevor Noah’s memoir on audible was just amazing. I really enjoyed my first book of the year Knot in my Backyard, and King’s Ransom was my last book of the year.

What I am reading now:

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And I am listening to Read and Gone by Allison Brook and Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen

Up next:

Last Week’s Posts

First Book of the Year 2021

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December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Kathryn

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Hope you all had a good Christmas – I did. The weather was reasonably good but since then it has turned quite chilly – coming into mid Summer! Oh well!

What I read last week:

Really liked this one, its a review book, I think it publishes in February.

What I am reading now:

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Up next:

Most likely…

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December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Kathryn

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Hope you have a good week and enjoy Christmas in the small groupings it will be for you this year. Enjoy the coziness of it.

I’ll take a week’s break from blogging and will be back here next Monday with what I’ve been reading – or maybe what I haven’t been reading!

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

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Still listening to Born a Crime.

Up next:

Not really sure. It will be a mood read, whatever it is and also I want to catch up on some viewing and leave room for some Christmas movies, plus The Bridgertons will drop on
Netflix later in the week and I want to see some of that.

Last Week’s Posts

Boone Emily March

Five Favourite Books from Second Half of Year.

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