Kay Bratt – The Book Date

New to Me Authors in 2023

January 30, 2024 Kathryn

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I read 23 new to me authors in 2023. A bit of a surprise tome as I thought I’d be scrambling to find 10. That’s about 16% of my reading.Some I most likely won’t read again. There were two definite “must read again and again” authors and then a few who were enjoyable and I will read again or continue the series.

Rebecca Yarros

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Abbey Jimenez

Eva Gates

Callie Carpenter

Lucy Score.

Kay Bratt.

Elizabeth Craig.

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Laura Dave.

Sally Page.

Month in Review

October Wrap Up

November 8, 2023 Kathryn

Total books finished this month: 15

Book Ratings

Hart’s Ridge 4 stars
Lucy in the Sky 3.5 stars
In My Life 3.5 stars
Borrowed Time 3.25 stars
Summer Reading 4 stars
My Reading Life 4 stars
Caught Dead Handed 4 stars
Happy Place 3.25 stars
Daisy and Kate. 5 stars
The Perfect Christmas Village. 3 stars
I Can See You. 4.75 stars
Someone to Trust 4.25 stars
A Dish Best Served Hot. 3.7 stars
Bright Lights Big Christmas 3.8 stars
The Wishing Bridge. 3.8 stars

Settings

Martha’s Vineyard USA
Blue Ridge Mountains USA
Nth Carolina USA
Massachusetts USA
Maine USA
South Australia
England
Minnesota USA
London England
Chicago USA
New York USA
Michigan USA

Where did I Get the Books?

My Kindle 4

Audiobook 3

Library 2

For Review: 3

Own Bookshelf:3

New to me authors:

Kay Bratt
Natalie Caña

Top Book for October

By Australian author Meredith Appleyard.

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Looking forward to reading in November

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Review of Reading Goals

I am accomplishing some but others like keep Anne Bogel’s reading journal sort of fell by the way. One I did accomplish was to read #6 in the Louise Penny series.

Linking up with Nicole from FeedYourFiction Addiction.

#IMWAYR

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

October 9, 2023October 9, 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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Welcome in to another Monday.

Well I am still trying to get out to start cleaning up the garden and plant. But the weather keeps keeping me out of it. I did plant some potatoes on Friday – not many, but at least they are in now. I want to get on further though when I can. At least I can look out my window and the pretty blossom on my neighbour’s tree.

I am watching Suits and have just started Season 4. I might have gone online and got a basic outline of what is about to happen. Not that happy about it!! I have also watched two of the four episodes on Beckham, really good, makes me realise how we need to not be armchair critics.

Oh I also voted on Friday as well. We have elections for government here which ends next Saturday. I like to get in early. We can vote up to two weeks beforehand.

What I read last week:

I got side tracked in reading this week, I ‘d seen these books on my travels through the It’s Monday! posts and put these on my TBR for some time. That came this week. It’s a series but reads more like one book. Light mystery and not much brain power needed, which was what I needed in my reading.

And I finished listening to…