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:
What I am reading now:
A spin off from P&P. What happened to Charlotte?
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!
This is Patti Callahan Henry’s debut novel. Amy Reynolds is stunned when her first, great love suddenly reappears. A happily married mother of two, she wants nothing to do with him. But then-needing to know why he was ripped from her life without explanation-Amy becomes obsessed with the idea that maybe they really were meant to be together…
Mary Alice Monroe‘s debut novel published in 1995. Still reeling from the shock of her estranged husband’s suicide, Nora MacKenzie is hit with the news of the Wall Street power broker’s debts. Left only with a small farmhouse in Vermont and his secret journals, Nora begins to sort things out–until a ruggedly handsome farmhand shows up to greet her.
Kristy Woodson Harvey had her first book published in 2015. One baby girl.
Kristin Harmel is an author I have not read – yet. She now writes historical fiction which I real less of than contemporary fiction. She is probably best known for her recent The Book Of Lost Names.
In this compelling coming of age story, culture, family, friends, bullies, and lovers propel two young people to unite to guard each other in a world where love, hope, and connectedness ultimately triumph. Published March 2020 by Mercer University Press.
This one involves a terminal cancer diagnoses for Tommy the partner of Alexis which throws them into turmoil and for their teenage daughter Cece. Published April 7 2020. William Morrow.
This one seems to be dual time line and has to do with an apothecary who dispenses poisons to women who want to get rid of men who have wronged them. This one comes out in March by Park Row.
This one is about a brother and sister returning home after their mother dies.
If I Should Lose You Natasha Lester
I had this one on my radar by a New Zealand author but wasn’t too sure, however now I am reconsidering. I think it could still be in the shops, if not will look at the library.
The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae. Stephanie Butland 
Change of Heart Jodi Piccoult
I am on #5 of this series and so far have listened to them on audio. Georgie the heroine is about 30 something in line to the throne in England. She is a very poor member of the aristocracy, but that doesn’t stop her from becoming involved in solving murders. I see it goes up to #15. Not sure if I will get that far!
Murder in the East End was the last one I read – it’s #4. Again its set in England and has an Upstairs/Downstairs feel to it. Kat Holloway is the cook, quite young and very astute.As well there is Daniel McAdam who turns up every so often and is a bit of an enigma. They solve murders though! The next one comes out in July 2021.
I’ve read two in this series set in Maine. I enjoy the characters, Elvis the cat and I want to know more about Mac in relation to Sarah. So this is another mystery series I’ll read on much further into.
