so-soYou know what, it's tricky. I liked the writing and the timeline of a long weekend, a family wedding and that it was from the father of the bride perspective.
But... What a ghastly man... His lecherous thoughts and behaviour were cringy and so out of keeping with normality. And I don't feel her got his comeuppance!
Continuing the countdown of my books, from 1st to 25th, THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS. Today it‘s my 4th novel, a 1995 story about the magical world of water-witching and a clash at a Vermont ski resort between new age mysticism and old school science.
pick5⭐️ count me among the Littens heaping praise on this #tob25 choice! A perfect linked short story collection bringing together New England‘s past and present.
There is still snow here, and it is snowing again! Very unusual for west Kentucky. My friends with kids are going stir crazy as Christmas break just keeps going. Snortles the Snow Pig is starting to get a bit tired of it, too!
A better picture of AllTheBooks that came in from being on hold at once at the library. Jeez, that‘s what I get for trying to game the system and have future holds to look forward to! 😅
My pup looks unimpressed by the future distractions for my time…
Currently reading and enjoying the tagged for #tob2025
Even though I was up until 2AM and it was technically the 28th - I made myself hold off opening my #NLHS until after I took my license exam. If you need me, I‘ll be over here yawning, but happily enjoying some R&R now that I can table studying for a couple weeks.
Thank you so much @Marmie7 - I LOVED your wrapping paper! And am really excited to read these books. Also that candy bar has been calling my name all morning!
#NaughtyListHolidaySwap
pickHere‘s my review. This book is not on Litsy so I‘m adding it under the tagged book.
This book counts for:
☑️ 3 readathons - #wintergames, #readyourkindle, #bookspinbingo
☑️ 2 hrs of reading (It only took me 2 hrs to read this.)
☑️ Holiday or winter read (This psychological thriller novella is set during Christmas.)
#christmaschapterchasers #xmaschacha #kindleunlimited
pickI think this was my favorite book club pick of the year for our club! I literally couldn‘t put it down and stayed up late to finish it in practically one sitting! Williams manages three timelines between two main narrators with most chapters ending on a cliffhanger, making it easy to justify another chapter (or 3) at a time! It led to a very lively discussion (even among the DNFers!) & while the Egyptian storyline was a miss for some, I loved it!
pickA soft pick for these two loosely-connected stories that take place on Nantucket a year apart. These were super Hallmarky and perfectly pleasant. I enjoyed the first more than the second, because the mom in the second story drove me kind of crazy. But the greatest tragedy is that I was 160 pages in and all of the sudden the book skipped to page 216!! Right at the big finale of chaos (you know, where the kid ran away with the puppy and supper is ⬇
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