Jean Meltzer – The Book Date

Month in Review

February Reading Round Up.

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 Kathryn

Total books read this month: 11

Book Ratings

Birds in the Air 3 stars
The Matzah Ball. 4 stars
Woodrose Mountain. 3.75 stars
The Light We Carry 4. 5 stars
Archangel’s Resurrection 3.75 stars
The Vibrant Years. 3.75 stars
The Winners. 5+ stars
No River Too Wide. 5 stars
Johanna Porter is not Sorry 3.6 stars
Sweet Laurel Falls. 3.6 stars
Carrie Soto is Back. 4 stars

New to me authors:

Frances O’Roark Dowell
Jean Meltzer

Format

Paperback. 5. one of which was from the library.

Kindle. 3. Plus one review book on Kindle.

Audiobook. 2

Top Book for February

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Thoughts on February Reading.

Not an awful lot of reading done. I am keeping my review books to a minimum and that sure is a plus.

Linking up with Nicole from FeedYourFiction Addiction.

Review

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 Kathryn

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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This week I’ve been wilting somewhat in our very humid heat. It makes me heavy headed and sleeping at night is challenging! We are promised some cooler night temperatures though this week. And this is while so many in the US have icy weather. I notice the mornings and evenings are closing in as well.

We have a holiday weekend – Waitangi Day – our national holiday which commemorates the signing of the Treaty with the Maori and British government. It sometimes brings controversy but on the whole goes well.

What I read last week:

One lone book I finished this week. A worthwhile and entertaining read. Very informative as well about Jewish customs and the chronic disease ME.

The Matzah Ball

What I am reading now:

I think only a quilter would want to read this to be honest.

Birds in the Air

Also continue to read my slow reads and listen to Michelle Obama and The Light We Carry.

Up next:

Archangel's Resurrection

Last Week’s Posts

Books I’ve Placed on my TBR Recently

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#IMWAYR

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Kathryn

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Well I had a mixed week. Some great days visiting and being visited. Fitted in some reading of course and plenty of quilting.

However I have been saddened by all the rain north of where I live and the terrible rain and flooding, loss of homes and life in Auckland and surrounding areas. It is heartbreaking and I know this is happening in so many places. I think of the floods NSW in Australia has had. And many other places. Our weather sure has changed I believe.

What I read last week:

Sugar and Salt was good but did include a rape which would be a trigger for some readers. I did skip a little! Blackberry Summer was a reread and I revised my 2 stars up to 4 stars. Don’t know where my head was the first time I read it about ten years ago.

I just had a little more to listen to with Lady of Quality and Christmas atCopper Mountain was a novella on audio. So it looks a lot read but no – not really!