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Tagged book was my favorite read in January, mostly for time and setting. Eight books finished, several in progress to varying degrees, and three each gone from the #readordonate and #readorbail stacks. On balance it was a good way to kick off the reading year. #jumpstart2024

Interesting story set in 1850s Monterey, California.
More than 100 years later, my family lived there in this house.

1. No number goal, but I had some reading tasks I wanted to accomplish. The results on those were…mixed.
2. I don‘t know yet.
3. Tagged book is the January selection for one of my book clubs.
#wondrouswednesday

Got a head start on April‘s Book Club choice but unfortunately, it filled 0 of my challenges 😕I liked the setting, 1850‘s Monterey, CA but the story itself was kind of a bore. I was hoping for more action and more of a mystery. The main character, Eliza was ok but I enjoyed her friend Jean‘s character much better. Disappointed overall.

I have too many ARCs for impulse library checkouts and yet, here we are 😂
The tagged book is a slow burn but really holding my interest - and it's my first Jane Smiley!
Baked a loaf of rosemary garlic sourdough this morning for a customer (and made an extra for myself!)

This is story about two ladies of the evening who solve the mysterious deaths of several young women. Nothing graphic but I just couldn‘t get into it and I know Jane Smiley is an excellent author.

Have loved Jane Smiley since Moo! Pre-Civil War Monterey setting; after her husband is killed in a bar fight Eliza works at a brothel and gains financial independence. Her friend Jean works in a similar establishment catering to housewives. The exploits of a fictional detective inspire the two to try and solve a series of murders of fellow prostitutes. Eliza is an intriguing mix of naïveté and practicality; some things never change.

Ohhhh…stacked a few! The tagged looks good

https://crimereads.com/8-new-novels-you-should-read-in-december/

Noted and stacked. Out Dec. 6 in the states.