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#BookReport very late edition

This covers the last 2 weeks. I‘m probably not going to post reviews for the kid‘s books. They were all picks. Although Bad Guys and Olivia will be gifts. I need to post for SH and EIMFHKS.

I enjoyed The Story of An Hour, which I picked up because of @AshleyHoss820 ‘s review. 🙂

I apologize for this being a bit late. Life got a little busy at the end of last week.

#bookreport: Finished three books last week; two were a bit of a slog for me and the other one I just had to finish.

#currentlyreading: This week I need to really focus on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, my least favourite book in the series. The other books are a huge maybe, as are the #upcomingreads. Happy reading everyone.⤵️

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
📖 The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
📖 Cannery Row #AuthorAMonth
🎧 The Black Stallion #ChildrensClassicRead2023
🎧 Rain is Not My Indian Name

#CurrentlyReading
📖 #Clarissa
🎧 Middlemarch #PemberLittens
🎧 The Hobbit #FellowshipOfTolkien
📖 Winterkill
🎧 We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled #FoodAndLit #Syria

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads & listen to more audio

It wasn‘t the most productive reading week, but I did manage to finish Cannery Row.

Meanwhile, Financial Feminist and Violin Conspiracy have gone back into the Libby ether…for now.

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A good week 😁
Everything was really good- just started My Soul to Keep for #afrofuturism I‘ve read this author before and I‘m really enjoying this one so far.

#BookReport Enjoyed my top two books for #SeriesLove23. Finished Adult Assembly early. It was ok. Maus was the winner of the week. I read Tortilla Flat for AuthorAMonth and it was ok. I‘ve started The Red Pony. Loving Stone Blind on audio and enjoying Tales from the Cafe. Haven‘t made much progress in Garden or Black Cake.

#weeklyforecast

#bookreport: I finished Lessons in Chemistry this past week and really liked it; it's my favourite book so far of 2023, but time will tell.

#weeklyforecast: I am planning on getting People and Spare done this week and very possibly the Christopher Morely book. Plum Creek is for the #littlehouse #readalong and I want to get the Trump book completed this week, along with the Agatha Christie book.

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Despite being busy with friends & family I had a full reading week 😌Mostly hits but a few were a little disappointing ( Pineapple, Black Cake, Adult Assembly ) Jury is still out on Questions but I really LIKED Hello Beautiful, Love Pamela, Paris Wife, Children of Paradise (from the Women‘s Prize long-list)😍 I enjoyed the Steinbeck and hope to get to Grapes for #AAM

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
🎧 My Selma

#CurrentlyReading
📖 #Clarissa
🎧 Middlemarch #PemberLittens
🎧 The Hobbit #FellowshipOfTolkien

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads - March is a busy month for me, and keeping up is about all I can manage.
📚 Start Cannery Row #AuthorAMonth
📚 Maybe choose a #MiddleGradeMarch read

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—read 20 books this week (6 out of 9 forecasted—I did start two more, too, but put those on pause for now; all on audio; 5⭐️ for Until Leaves Fall in Paris)
—📱 Not Happy Campers #kindleunlimited
—🎧 Someone Else‘s Shoes #botm
—📖 Under Fire

#marchmadness #marvellousmarch

As predicted, I finally finished Braiding Sweetgrass. The following day, I went to a forum put on by my old office, and one of the topics was climate change. 😨

I also finished two satisfying mysteries, one in the middle of a new-to-me series and the other a farewell to a great character.

I‘m “working on” Last Chairlift, Violin Conspiracy, and others.

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The Close was a good Maeve catch up.
Cold Blooded Liar was the start of a new series and I really enjoyed.
Some Questions- just to slow for me and I bailed.I‘m very impatient with reading at the moment because I have so little time.
Ocean State I‘ve just started so no opinion yet.

My #BookReport for February 26 - March 4
Finished:
📕It‘ll Be an Adventure 5⭐️
📗Orange Vol 1 4⭐️
📘Tattered Stars 4⭐️
🎧Ninth House -reread- 4.25⭐️
📙Tender is the Flesh 1.5⭐️
🎧Lessons in Chemistry 3.5⭐️
📕Blood on the Tracks Vol 1 4⭐️
📗Magic Tides 4.5⭐️

In Progress:
📙Ten Thousand Stitches 9%
📕Mortal Follies 7%
📗Jasper Vale - just starting
🎧He Started It 20%

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
🎧 The Time Machine
📖 The Paris Wife

#CurrentlyReading
📖 #Clarissa
🎧 Middlemarch #PemberLittens

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads
📚 Choose some #MiddleGradeMarch reads from my class library

A slow reading week for me. Finished two and I really enjoyed them both! I‘m in the middle of four books and the standout is definitely the Napolitano which publishes next week( Hello Beautiful). Others are all good. I‘m still binging on Netflix 😅Finished all 4 seasons of Fauda, watched the documentary about Alex Murdaugh and I‘m in middle of the Bernie Madoff dramatization.

After the unwanted excitement in the middle of the week, I‘m leaving shortly to go drink beer with my book club. This one has continued to meet virtually for various logistical reasons, so we try to get together socially every couple of months.

I finally cleared out all my unheard podcasts and listened to more of Sweetgrass. I just might finish it on the drive today. Meanwhile, Nickel Boys went back to Libby for a few more weeks.

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—read 26 books this week (5 out of 9 forecasted; 5 ebooks, the rest on audio; 5⭐️ for The Sound of Light)
—🎧 A Midnight Dance
—📱 Not Happy Campers #kindleunlimited
—📖 Under Fire

#marchmadness #marvellousmarch

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Hard work week = very little reading, also have a new boss from Monday, so slightly anxious as to how that works out.
Loved Hell Bent.
Loved On the Savage Side 💔
Enjoying The Close- current read.
So I guess it‘s ok when the books are good 😁

I haven‘t shared my #BookReport for a while, but it‘s been a weird reading week so I thought I would.
I finished 4 good to great books:
🎧Encore in Death 3.75⭐️
📚The Serpent & the Wings of Night 4.5⭐️
🎧Don‘t Fear the Reaper 5⭐️!!
🎧Fire in His Embrace 2.5⭐️

DNF‘d 4!! books
✔️Posts for details

In Progress:
📖It‘ll Be an Adventure 56%
🎧Ninth House -reread- 16%
📖Orange 50%
📖Mortal Follies 12% ARC, not sure if I‘ll make it through

Finished two more off the TOB23 short list, both were fine. I had tried Seven Moons in print and wasn‘t feeling it but switched to audio and am enjoying it. It will be my last before voting. Will post a wrap up then. Rereading The Hobbit with my daughter and her boyfriend. Not very far in to Women Could Fly and great to be back in Botswana with The Good Husband.

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
🎧 Evidence of the Affair
🎧 The Murmur of Bees

#CurrentlyReading
📖 #Clarissa
🎧 Middlemarch #PemberLittens
📖 The Paris Wife

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads
📚 Start March reads

#BookReport (for two weeks)

—read 19 books these weeks (4 out of 9 forecasted; 2 ebooks, the rest on audio; no 5⭐️, but really enjoyed The Live Note and Bet Me)
—🎧 The Brightest Star in Paris #bookspinbingo
—📱 On the Shelf #kindleunlimited
—📖 Under Fire

#loveathon #loveathon2023 #20in4

I was making awesome progress with my reads when I somehow stumbled upon Fauda on Netflix. Anyway since Wednesday I‘ve been binging nonstop! I‘m hooked. Yet, I still managed to read 7 books. I ADORED my MG listen, Ivan and was pleasantly surprised by The chestnut man and NOW I remember how I got to Fauda!!! I went to check out the series on Netflix and Fauda came up as a suggestion😅 Excited for this week‘s #IndependentWomen celebration 🎶

I started the Louise Penny when I got it Thursday, and by yesterday afternoon I was at a point where I had to barrel through to make sure Armand was going to be okay. 😵

Meanwhile, the Lisa Jackson just wasn‘t working for me, and it turns out I won‘t be able to attend that book club meeting anyway.

Progress was made on most of the rest, and there are more books waiting to take their place on the collage.

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Dickens and Prince was a really interesting read, but If Women Could Fly (for #independentwomen weekend) was meh!

Exiles and Wintering were two of my favourite books of the year so far. ❤️❤️

I‘m also loving Birnam Wood (about 40% in) and I‘m 3 countries in to Walking the Americas on audio.

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Finished The Colony and loved it.
Gone to Ground- a good detective series 👍🏻
The Women Could Fly- hibernating at the moment, may try and finish before next week
Currently concentrating on Hell Bent.

Going to see Samantha Shannon tonight 😁 looking forward to it.

Five books finished, four in progress. Enjoying Olga on audio and the Jane mystery on kindle. I started MPP a few days ago and am going to read a bit more but think it will be back on the shelf.

4.5 🌟 The Family Roe #AuldLangSpine #NonfictionBingo
4 🌟 Death by Dumping #SeriesLove2023 #Book1
3.5 🌟 Severance #Roll100 #Bookspin #Booked23 #Pandemic
The Bride Test #TBRTarot
Malibu Rising #AuthorAMonth

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I finished the bottom row this week; really enjoyed the Makkai and My Volcano, bailed on Manhunt.

I just started Walking the Americas whilst audio-ironing today - it works for 7 countries I think! The Hornby appeared in the library and I‘m intrigued by the concept; it‘s quite interesting so far. I‘m still dipping in and out of A Little Life. I haven‘t got to anything traumatic yet; probably why I‘m stalling a bit!

I finished Evelyn Hugo for #AAM and a future book club meeting. I think we‘ll have a good discussion.

Last Chairlift went back into the Libby ether, but I did make it to a point where something actually happened so I‘ll be good when it comes back out of hold.

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YUP! I finished 11 books this week!! I wasn‘t feel well, so I was home all week clearly not doing much 😉I managed to read 4 / 6 ARCs from my forecast so that was fantastic. Nothing here was 5 star fabulous but I enjoyed most of the books. I kind of fell for the sappy romance books this week and I thought the Yoga Killer & Reef Road were gripping. The new McDaniel was VERY DARK & not easy to get through.

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
📖 Eddie Whatever
🎧 Lessons in Chemistry #LitsyBookClub
🎧 Out of the Silence: After the Crash

#CurrentlyReading
📖 #Clarissa
🎧 Middlemarch #PemberLittens

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads
📚 Choose another audiobbok

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Loved A Tale for the Time Being.
Enjoyed Strangers.- a masterpiece of its time.
Enjoyed The Drift- very entertaining.
Loving The Last Orphan - another jaunt with Evan.
Not a bad week considering we had no electricity for 2 days and it was very stressful! I pretty much stayed in work and my sons. All sorted now.

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—read 24 books this week (2 out of 9 forecasted; 1 print, 7 ebooks, the rest on audio; 5⭐️ for Yesterday‘s Tides, but lots of other fun romances, too)
—🎧 The Love Note #bookspinbingo
—📖 Under Fire
—📱 in between ebooks at the moment

#loveathon #loveathon2023 #fabulousfebruary

A good reading week with two more off the TOB23 list. I should finish Severance today on Kindle and will start The Bride Test next, I think. Have a little under 6 hours to go on The Family Roe, not sure what‘s next on audio. Mercury Pictures has mixed reviews but since I like old time Hollywood hoping I will land on the positive side. I dip in and out of the Worsley so hope to finish soon.

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#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
All 3 completed this week are #1001books
📖 To Have and Have Not
🎧 The Feast of the Goat
🎧 Lady Chatterley‘s Lover

#CurrentlyReading
📖 #Clarissa
🎧 Middlemarch #PemberLittens
📖 Eddie Whatever

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads
📚 Choose another audiobbok

Posting from bed because I almost forgot!

I finished Isn‘t It Bromantic? and was very sympathetic towards Vlad and his broken leg.

Nobody else at book club liked The Lost Boys either, so we had a fun discussion!

Making progress with most of the rest.

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I definitely made up for lost time this week, I finished 9 books and I‘m almost done with one more. Lots of NF, which I find I really do enjoy more than fiction. I loved 3 ( Levison, Edwidge & Abby ) and the others were ok, nothing to memorable. Furious Hours is for bookclub and I expect a good discussion. Sometimes rainy weather REALLY DOES have that silver cloud lining ☔️🌈📚I stayed indoors all week & read 😉

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Looks, like I‘ve read a *lot* this week! 🤔 The top row is those that I finished in the week; the first 3 we‘re OK but I can‘t say I loved any of them, which is a bit disappointing.

The bottom 4 are ongoing. I‘m about a third through My Volcano, which is weird but good. I‘ve only just started the other 3. The Makkai seems to be dark academia and I‘m enjoying it so far, ALL is a re-read and Manhunt is…. 😳

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The Story of Art was fab.
Killing Grounds was ok- but too much fishing and hunting for me.
We all want was really good.
I‘m really enjoying A Tale for the Time Being and hope to actually get a couple of hours to read today!

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
📖 The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien #FellowshipOfTolkien 📖 Wide Sargasso Sea #ReadingTheAmericas2023 #Dominica
🎧 Unstoppable Us

#CurrentlyReading
📖 #Clarissa
📖 To Have and Have Not
🎧 The Feast of the Goat #ReadingTheAmericas2023 #FoodAndLit #DominicanRepublic
🎧 Middlemarch #PemberLittens

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads

Various plans for listening did not come to fruition, so I‘ll work on that in the upcoming week. Meanwhile, I finished a couple books and downloaded a couple more for February.

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I finished two really good books early this week, but have been floundering since, trying to find something that grabs me. Recipe is good, but I know the story from watching the TV series multiple times, so I keep mentally comparing the two. It‘s distracting. Same with The Distant Echo audiobook. I picked up Come As You Are on impulse. It‘s fine, so far, but not demanding to be finished. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #bookreport

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—read 21 books this week (2 out of 9 forecasted; 2 print, 3 ebooks, the rest on audio; no 5⭐️, but still mostly fun reads)
—📱 Scarlet Angel because this series is ridiculous, but addictive 😂
—🎧 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
—📖 in between print books at the moment

#loveathon #loveathon2023 #fabulousfebruary

Here‘s my book report from the last two weeks- three I finished before my trip even began. Not much downtime but I did manage to listen to two audios and I read two books. Nothing outstanding but I think I was experiencing sensory overload & my concentration was pretty lax. I have TONS of photos to share but I‘m trying to do so sparingly.

First weekend off in a LONG time, so first #bookreport also in a long time!

It looks like I‘ve read loads, but a lot of them are really short.

Sigh, Gone is one of my faves of the year so far, and I was surprised to enjoy Babel.

The bottom 3 are ongoing; will probably finish Elena today. One True Loves is on audio for #aam, and just started Really Good, Actually, which seems sharply funny so far.

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Enjoyed the Hendrix and the latest visit with Allon.
Scouse Brows is a collection of Liverpool based poetry that will probably be a mystery to anyone not very familiar with Liverpool.
Currently reading Elena.

Not a bad start to this new year! Might be my best reading month in quite a while.

Favorites of the month: Lessons in Chemistry and Tender is the Flesh

Only 2 finished this week. Both were ok reads. I‘m bouncing around my 4 current kindle books. I‘m still pretty early in The Rabbit Hutch but it‘s promising. I should make good progress today in Peach Blossom Spring.

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—read 20 books this week (4 out of 9 forecasted; 1 print, the rest on audio; 5⭐️ for The Circus Train)
—📱 Christmas Baggage still
—🎧 The Hellion & Meant to Be #kindleunlimited
—📖 Orange, Vol. 1

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
🎧 Bambi #ChildrensClassicRead2023
🎧 The Passion of New Eve

#CurrentlyReading
📖 The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien #FellowshipOfTolkien
📖 #Clarissa
📖 Wide Sargasso Sea #ReadingTheAmericas2023 #Dominica
🎧 Middlemarch #PemberLittens

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads
📚 I decided to wait on Parade‘s End and will listen to my February #FoodAndLit choice, The Feast of the Goat, first.