It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

Well another week goes by. It was a good reading week with some sunshine and walks (short!) thrown in. I didn’t do that much really, just all the usual daily things. And as I just heard of someone very sick I can definitely count the ordinary and usual as a blessing.

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

Listening to

I finished my slow and steady read

So I have opted to read as a slow and steady book a middle grade book.

Up next:

Not sure maybe one of these just collected from the library on Sunday.

 

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

Welcome in. Well I went back to wearing summer clothes, and then yesterday sorted out winterish ones again. We had a couple of days rain which was excellent. It was an atmospheric river that really went around us, north and south of us got very heavy rain. They said we’d have heavy rain one night, but we got a 5 minute sprinkle!

So anyway plenty of reading and quilting. I got a flu and Covid vaccine on Saturday. My arm is still sore from the Covid one!

What I read last week:

A good reading week. The Underground Library was about WW2 and London and underground train station and the people of course. Secrets of Riverside was a a review book. Just for the Summer I listened on audio. I loved it, Abby Jimenez is a wonderful author. The Wanderer was a reread via audio and I still really liked it.

What I am reading now:

Reading a library/review book.

Listening to…       A review audiobook

Slow and Steady Read.

Getting near the end, so coming to the big blow up I think.

Up next:

Not sure exactly which ones but these are probables. One a library book and one a review book.

 

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Seaglass Summer. Rachel Hanna

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

Well it was a reasonable week. We had cool but pleasant weather with one evening of rain. Not much or enough but at least some. My winter wood came on Tuesday and I spent that day putting it away. Usually I do it over about three days but not this time. I was rather stiff the next day. I think I might have to get a bit more but the thought of wheelbarrowing it around the back and stacking is too fresh in my mind at the moment.

We changed our clocks this week, so that will take a little adjusting too as it always does until it feels totally normal again.

What I read last week:

All good reads. I really liked The Beautiful Mystery, it is very tempting to go straight into the next one but there are library and review books waiting so will have to wait a while.

What I am reading now:

I am listening to…

And also. The Wanderer by Robyn Carr. A reread but on Audible Plus so I am enjoying that book all over again.

I continue on with my slow and steady read. It’s not gripping but I want to see how it all works out. I can see some of them are going to meet a crisis point.

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The Happiness Blueprint Ally Zetterburg

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

Welcome in to another week of sharing what you have been reading.

What I read last week:

I thoroughly enjoyed Quarter to Midnight and Red Dirt Home. The two audiobooks were okay.

I also finished my slow and steady read. I thought it was really good, Pat Conroy can sure tell a story of a dysfunctional family, yet the bonds of love and forgiveness that lie there are amazing.

I had one DNF during the week. It was a review book from NetGalley. In case you’d like to see all the good reviews for this book I have linked the cover to Goodreads.

My review:

I have been forcing myself to read but at 57% I give up. It does have a great premise and some really interesting issues for the two main characters. The trouble is I couldn’t warm to them. I couldn’t feel any emotional pull. The writers’ room – really that’s what goes on? I am a fan of the podcast Happier in Hollywood, those two women do not make the writers’ room sound like this book does. Obviously the author does know how the writers’ room operates because evidently she is successful in her work.I wish her well in whatever writing she undertakes, but I realise I am not her audience, this has no “gotcha” pull for me. It seems to work for many readers here and that’s great, she has found her audience.

I rated it 2.0 stars. I usually do not give a DNF a star rating, but I felt I had read enough to do so.

What do you do with your DNF books in terms of ratings on a site like GR or NG?

What I am reading now:

From the library, one of those titles I picked up on my journey around blogs!

I am listening to…

This is just 1hr 17min. So I will go onto something else while I wait for Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez to publish. I’ve just used my most recent credit to pre – order it!

My next Slow and Steady book is Grown Ups, it’s about 600 pages and has been sitting on my shelf for far too long – since it published in 2020. One of those spur of the moment buys!

Up next:

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The Wartime Book Club.  Kate Thompson

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

Last Monday in March. I hope you all have a great Easter break.

I had a good week, not a lot of reading but I did have a trip to Wellington and a visitor another day so that cut my reading days down. I didn’t mind!

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

Set in New Orleans.

Still listening to

A little bit tedious but I will finish it out.

And moving on with my slow and steady read.

Up next:

Two from the library and one review book. Not sure what order I’ll read them in.

 

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

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.

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The Glass House. Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion

 

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

Welcome in to another week of sharing what we are reading. What books have kept us engrossed… or not! Mine was a good week.

Today though I will be letter writing – to one of our TV stations, to complain about some appalling journalism. Sometimes you just have to stand up and let somebody know what you think.

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

Starting to listen to….

from Hachette Audio a review book.

And moving along with my slow and steady book

Up next:

Part of a series lurking on my Kindle.

 

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The Accident Fiona Lowe

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

Well we are heading into Autumn and many of you into Spring!

I had a busy week last week, so didn’t get a lot of visiting of blogs, however where I did go I managed to add books to my possible TBR. Like I don’t have enough already!

What I read last week:

What I am reading now:

Listening to…

A backlist book bought in Audible sale.

Slow and steady read.

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Simply the Best. Susan Elizabeth Phillips

The Other Bridget.  Rachael Johns

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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.

Sitting outside this Sunday morning preparing this post. I will be busy all day Monday so need to be prepared. It rained last night, but not sure how much, however it was welcome.

Hope you are all doing okay. See you next week in March!

What I read last week:

YA very cute read. Enjoyed it.

Book that sat on my shelf for about five years at least. Now read.

What I am reading now:

And still listening to…

And moving along with my slow and steady read.

Up next:

I know Christmas is now passed, but when your turn comes at the library the book wants to be read.

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It’s Monday! What are You Reading?

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.

Welcome to another Monday. Overcast here with possible rain. An indoor day I think. I had a quiet week, as I live by myself that’s fairly easy! On Friday I met up with my great nephew, for a writing session. We’ve been reading for the last two years but now we are tackling writing. He likes his teacher this year, as he said to me, I’ve learned more in the last week from her than I did from all of last year. Fortunately last year’s teacher has gone from the school now.

I hear Australia lamenting its reading/ maths standards and New Zealand has been for a while. Our government is wanting schools to do an hour of maths and hour of reading and writing a day. I hope it comes about. My nephew didn’t look too happy about it when I mentioned it to him! Schools are expected to do too many other things as well, or here they are anyway.

What I finished reading last week:

What I am reading now:

And starting to listen to…

I did a DNF on my previous slow read by Jaclyn Moriarty  as it just wasn’t for me. I have now started on a book by Pat Conroy – The Prince of Tides. P.74/666

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A Catered Quilting Bee. Isis Crawford

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