These are on their way to you @Jerdencon 😊
@TheAromaofBooks #TravelingThrills

I liked this. As much as Henry annoyed me in MP, I could see their story playing out this way. Since I don't particularly like Edmund in the original, I was perfectly fine with seeing him (not entirely happily) married to Mary, leaving Fanny to make a more interesting match. Henry does a lot of soul searching in this, a la Darcy, and I liked this version of him. Fanny was given a smidge of humor in this, which helped me with her.

#WhereAreYouMonday
As soon as my workday is finished, I'll be entering an alternate version of the US in the 1950s 🐉
#WatchingTheClock
@Cupcake12

This is suspenseful and creepy but not mysterious, (brief review in comment so as not to spoil @Jerdencon and @TheAromaofBooks )

#BackPorchReading on a lovely Sunday morning 😍
I'm eager to get started on this as I'm always fascinated by the use of DNA in solving mysteries, real and ficticious.

Reading at the soccer park #SaturdayMorning #LifeOfaNana

#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in Boston and London with a bunch of messed up people
@Cupcake12

I'm the only one up, it's still cool enough to sit on the porch for another hour or two, and I'm reading about Fanny. 🥰 Happy Sunday y'all!

#QuietHouse #BackPorchReading

Finished this while waiting for a concert at the lake. At times I was really concerned about how this would turn out but I was happy with the ending we got. I loved Alice & Edie. I especially loved Seb, & the kids were all great in their scenes too. I enjoyed A & E navigating each other's lives, making some things better, & dealing w the fallout when necessary. Soft pick because I did think it was a bit much for them to be switching at their age.

I'm still in a bit of a creativity slump but here's a card I've painted for my gnome- loving mother's birthday. 😆

#ShowandTellTuesday
@Catsandbooks

#WhereAreYouMonday
I've been in Ojai CA where Olivia has been hired to ghost write the memoir of a horror novelist who, rumor has it, murdered his siblings when he was 16. Oh, and said novelist is her estranged father who is losing his memory to disease! Olivia does manage to learn much of what happened and the story went places I wasn't expecting.
@Cupcake12

I'm reading two different mysteries right now and needed a change last night so I started this one too (when did I become such a scattered reader??) and these sisters are stressing me out! 😆
It's back to Ghostwriter this morning. I have a couple hours before we have to head back home.

Reading in my #happyplace with a (preseason) Broncos game to look forward to this evening. Life is good.

This was OK. It's the 2nd in a series and, as I read, I recalled that I didn't particularly like any of the main characters. So that obviously dragged the book down for me. The idea of the book- an unknown Van Gogh turning up- is a thrilling possibility. This book introduced me to the controversy around his death and

I've been looking forward to this one! And to a pedi. 😊

This was so fun! It's full of wonderful characters (my favorites are Thimble and Amity) and positivity. Just the kind of thing I needed right now. Just imagine being around for the invention of cinnamon rolls!

#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in a fairy tale land where Viv, an orc, has just hung up her sword and opened a coffee shop. 😄☕️
@Cupcake12

Evening mood
Have added to my collection today, including the tagged.

There was a lot going on in this book: a current murder, a historical presumed suicide, a historical presumed accidental death, a bunch of actors (ie excellent liars) as suspects, some emotionally fraught circumstances for Lynley, some excellent detecting by Havers, and some political BS. It made for an entertaining read but I need to give this series a break now. I'm definitely going to continue but I need to read some other stuff first.

August 2025 #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin 😁
@TheAromaofBooks

I'm in the middle of two books but do not expect to finish either tonight so here is my July roundup. Lots of good books this month; I think my favorite is Mary Jane.

#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in the Scottish Highlands during a snowstorm/ house party/ murder
@Cupcake12

I really enjoyed meeting Lynley & Havers, although this definitely was darker than I expected! I've already borrowed the next book from the library. Good pick for #TravelingThrills @Jerdencon
@TheAromaofBooks

Soooo many books on my TBR! 📝

Saturday morning, starting a new book at my #happyplace, nothing to do today but read. It should be a good day. 🩷

I finished this book, then turned back and read it all again. I love this, but I still don't quite understand all of it. The letters and the progress of Red and Blue's relationship: yes. The world-building: not completely, but I understand enough for it not to get in the way of the story. Not my usual thing but I truly enjoyed it.

@TheAromaofBooks @Jerdencon Do any of these sound good for #TravelingThrills?

#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in Minnesota, getting introduced to ex-sheriff Cork and various townsfolk of Aurora and the nearby Anishinaabe reservation. At the beginning of the book, Cork feels he's at rock bottom as his marriage is imploding, his mentor recently died, & Cork has lost his appointment as sheriff. But soon, things get quite a bit worse for him as people in the community die and/or disappear & Cork can't resist investigating. @Cupcake12

I read this (while enjoying this view 🤩) and it was fine. 🤷‍♀️ I was certainly interested in learning how a book about a fairytale world Hazel had made up as a child in England had been written by a young American author but it was too drawn out. I skimmed a bit here and there because things were taking too long.
Also, I'm kinda tired of love triangles and this one didn't have anything to cause me to feel an exception. I wish that either

This has arrived @TheAromaofBooks 😊 I'll start reading it later this week.
I guess it's time to decide if we want to do another round of #TravelingThrills
I'm game if y'all are @Jerdencon

I loved this! I won't say much as I know there's a group doing a buddy read right now but I have to say how much I love a book that revolves around female friendship. Sammy and Andy are both wonderful characters and I was fully invested in their stories.

I'm not sure about this. It did not play out the way it sounded from the blurb & the expectations set by the cover. The story it does tell- of 3 women whose lives have take them places they don't want to be, and who have to decide what changes to make- is mostly good. My biggest complaint is that there's too much build up/ background for each

#WhereAreYouMonday
So far, in Dublin but the cover leads me to think we won't be staying there
@Cupcake12

Liv's mother died by apparent suicide on her 6th birthday. On her 25th birthday she receives a packet from her mother's lawyer and everyone at her job is murdered while she's at lunch. Panicked, she goes on the run (and ends up attaching herself to a random guy who may not be so random) while trying to figure out what happened, then and now. So far so interesting. And I guess the suspense part of the book was OK. (Faint praise intended) ⬇️

First I enjoyed Dex's & Mosscap's conversations about existence & identity. This has been described as "cozy sci-fi" which I think is very apt. But I could have used more world- building & plot. Also I loved the descriptions of Dex's wagon, the towns in Panga, & the tea "ceremony" itself but I was invested in their journey to becoming a successful tea monk & felt short changed that we're just told it took two years & lots of experimentation. ?‍♀️

Sunday reading 🌞

The morning is chilly (which is awesome because that means it isn't hot), the tea IS hot, and the book has a catchy first line that's already pulling me in. I ❤️ weekends #BackPorchReading

#WhereAreYouMonday
The first half of this takes place in NYC (though the MC lives in Chicago) but now we're in Mumbai to get some answers.
@Cupcake12

Another day, another book.
Yesterday's attempt did not work for me either (I hate this pattern 😖) so I'm trying this one and I feel good about it. 🤞🏻

I get why all the other mothers hate Florence- I hate her too. She's self-absorbed and irresponsible. She's a bad sister and friend and, despite loving her son, is a terrible mother. She's morally flexible and does something quite awful in an attempt to protect her child from suspicion in the disappearance of a classmate. This was such an entertaining train-wreck I could not put it down! And the actual mystery (of the vanished boy) was good.

I‘m fortunate in that my life has contained more good and neutral days than bad ones but, still, I don‘t know how I would have kept on keeping on without books. 💗

I'm struggling to read right now (witness 8 books for all of June 😬) and the Fiona Davis book I started yesterday is not working for me right now. I know I love her so I'll come back to it later. In the meantime, I'll see if this grabs me. 🤞🏻

My best book of the first half of 2025 (HOW can half the year be over already??) is.... These Silent Woods!
I've read some really good books this year! I'm looking forward to the next 6 months of reading.

Starting a new book this morning (I love holidays 😊📚❤️🤍💙)
#BackPorchReading

I loved this! It's the summer of 1975, and Mary Jane has a job nannying for a family in her neighborhood. The father is a psychiatrist and is treating a rock star who is staying with them, along with his famous wife. Mary Jane's parents are cold, rigid, and conventional, so the free spirited lifestyle she encounters in the other household opens her eyes to new ideas. I will be watching for more by this author.

Just one more work day this week! 🎆 Time to relax and start a new book.

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books for July 2025 😊
@TheAromaofBooks

Apparently I didn't read much in June. 🤔 My favorites were the Hillerman books, I need to get the next one.

I'm way behind on my #TravelingThrills book. Sorry @Jerdencon @TheAromaofBooks 😬
I'll try to finish this week.

#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in 1970s Baltimore and, while I've never been to Maryland, the 70s vibe is taking me right back to my childhood! 🥰
@Cupcake12