'Three Sampans piled high with long canvas bundles slid out of the darkness of the Perfume River and vanished into Bach Dang mist.' Book: Revolution America Book 3 by Mike Bond

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'Dear Butterflies, My darlings.'

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'As the Parisian social season drew to a close in February 1777, few courtiers could guess that the Queen of France was eager for the gaiety to end.'

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We got snow in Arkansas! This doesn't happen very often.

Could be just me, but I didn't like this book as much as I liked 'Vanderbilt ' by him. It seemed it was more gossip, and I got tired of hearing about Mrs. Astor's jewels. I thought I would get more out of it than I did. Mine is not a popular opinion. Others enjoyed it, you may too.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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3.5⭐️ (Low pick)

Even though there have been many books written about this, I had never heard about it until I saw it on Netgalley. Back in the 1970s through the mid-1990s, two homicide cops in NYC worked for the mob.

Lou Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa killed for the mob and passed information to them. Eppolito's father was in the mob, but Lou wanted to be a cop. When he didn't get the recognition he that he deserved from being a cop, ⬇️

Day 10 - 12

Day 10: Deader Than A Wet Hen by Ella Duke
Day 11: Big Little Spies by Krista Davis
Day 12: Babylonia by Costanza Casati (also my favorite of the year)

Sorry I didn't keep up on days, but I was sick, and my brother was diagnosed with brain cancer in November. He had 3 tumors. They removed the 2 biggest ones and are doing radiation on the smallest.

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

I have read some of this series, and not others, so I decided I would start with the 1st one in the Kate Burkholder Series and read them all in order. This way, I figure I will not skip one.

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Day 7 through 9. I have been sick with an earache and cold, so I am behind on my list.

July: Camino Ghosts by John Grisham
August: Something Dead the Cat Dragged In by Ella Duke
September: Between a Flock and a Hard Place by Donna Andrews

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

My January Bookspin List. I can't believe tomorrow is the start of 2025.

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

Got a bingo!
Read my Bookspin book: Rockin' Around the Chickadee
Read my Doublespin book: Cure for Women

#bookspinbingo #bookspin #doublespin
@TheAromaofBooks Thanks for doing this each month

I don't think I will get any more books finished today. I meet my reading goal. I'm going to try for 185 in 2025

This was a re-read from last year. Still got a lot from it. Great devotional!

😊Happy Reading 😊

#devotional #sarahyoung #jesuscalling

This was a devotional of the Torah. I enjoyed it through the year. I wish it would have been a little more. Lanier skipped a lot of verses, I would have liked to have seen it.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

#devotional #marklanier #torahforliving

My day six book for is a nonfiction: The Boys in the Boat.

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

I enjoy the In Death Series by J.D. Robb. Every time I read a new In Death book,I feel as though I am meeting up with old friends.

Passions In Death was different than the other ones. Usually, you have a lot of action in her books. This time, there was more detail in what the police do during an investigation. I still enjoyed it, though. Low pick

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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I forgot to post since Friday, Days 3-5:

March: The Renegade Queen by Eva Flynn

April: It Had To Be You by Mary Higgins Clark

May: The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

February book. It's the 2nd book in Haven's Rock Series. It's a spin-off from Rockton Series with Casey and Eric. I so enjoyed it with it being a 4 1/2 ⭐️ read.

#12Booksof2024 @Andrew65

My January book for #12booksof2024 is a nonfiction book. It's a day to day looking at life in a concentration camp from the prisoners' pov. It's a memoir.

#12Booksof2024 @Andrew65

Merry Christmas to all Litsy's that celebrate it.

I read Clytemnestra last year by Costanza Casati, and I thought there was no way she could top that book - boy, was I wrong! Where do I even start talking about Babylonia? The writing is beautiful and lyrical. The characters are so complex, strong, and real. The story is unbelievable.

Can you imagine being an orphan and rising to such fame? Semiramis was this person. No matter how hard life was, or how much it tried to keep her down, ⬇️

#weeklyforecast

Finish both these books. The Fate of the Day is a chunkster.

Next reads:
Blood & Badge
You Have Gone Too Far

The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoha to Charleston, 1777 -1780 by Rick Atkinson

Babylonia by Costanza Casati

#Weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

An okay True Crime book with about 10 True Crime stories in it. They all dealt with women or girl killers. It had way too many spelling and grammatical errors in it. That got on my nerves. I rate it a 2.5⭐️ read.

😊Happy Reading 😊

#LarryMaravich #DeadlyHousewifeJoyceCohen

5⭐️
I don't usually read romances, but I love reading WWII novels. This was a spellbinding, wonderful read. It's the first book I have read by Cindy Bonner, but it won't be my last.

It's 1940, and Lange DeLony just lost his estranged. He decides that he needs a fresh start. He is a cropduster, so he decides to join the RAF. On his way to his post, he meets Mackie. Soon, he is unable to get her out of his mind.

Bonner's MCs grew ⬇️

Wow! Robbie's vulnerability and truth about this book makes it a compelling read. He lost his daughter, Emilie, in the Sandy Hook school shooting. If that wasn't bad enough, he was then bullied by Alex Jones.
I thought it was great that Robbie took on a big bully and won. I think everyone should read this book. 5⭐️ read!

😊 Happy Reading 😊

#Goodreads #goodreadsgiveaway #robbieparker #afathersfight

Finally finished listening to this. My Libby App messed up, and I had to uninstall then reinstall. It's such an emotional book. WWII Historical Fiction. If you read it, be ready for an emotional rollercoaster.

#serieslove2024 #readaway2024 #bookspinbingo

3.5 ⭐️

J. D. Barker's books are usually a 5 ⭐️ for me, but this one hit at 3.5⭐️. I don't know what was different about it, other than him writing with Findorff. It just wasn't as well written as Barker's other books. There was a lot of dialogue that I was not sure was actually needed for the book. I usually don't figure out the person with one of his books, either, but I figured out one of the bad people pretty quickly. ⬇️

The Cure for Women is a well-written, well researched book. Jacobi fought for women to be able to get a medical degree from schools in the U.S. In the 1800s, women weren't allowed to attend many universities in the U.S. that men could attend. In fact, women ended up going to Europe to receive their degrees.

4⭐️. This was my #doublespin for #bookspinbingo!

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A kid friendly Knock-knock jokes book with silly stories can be read by beginner readers or more advanced. It's full of jokes that are sure to make kids laugh, along with a few adults. It has a few illustrations in it, also. Thanks for the free book, Penguin Random House. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I love Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang! It's not Christmas time until I have read this story. It's so simple but yet holds the true meaning of Christmas. I will read it every single year!

☺️ Happy Reading 📚☺️

#ACharlieBrownChristmas
#CharlesMSchulz

I have been waiting 2 years for the 3rd book in The Lost Queen Series, and it came today!!! I thought it was going to be a trilogy, but the back said series! I will have to reread the 1st 2 to refresh my mind.

#bookmail

Trigger Warnings: Physical Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Drugs

What a great read. It's been a while since I read a Tami Hoag book. I heard good things about Bad Liar, and so I borrowed it from LibbyApp.

There's a missing person case, a dead body found, a woman abused, a mom who puts her son above everyone else, a mom trying to save her son and on top of that great characters and great writing. I was hooked when I read the synopsis of the book. ⬇️

3.5 ⭐️

Stacy A. Cordery writes a prevailing biography of Elizabeth Arden, born Florence Nightingale Graham in Canada. Arden opened her first salon in 1910 with Elizabeth Hubbard. She would soon go out on her own and create an experience for women that was never done before. When Arden started her business, makeup was for prostitutes, not your average housewife. She changed that and became the first international woman CEO of her own ⬇️

I enjoyed this quick cozy mystery read set during Christmas. Meg's grandma, Cordelia, has decided to do a panel on wrongful convictions and those that are exonerated. All is going fine until one participant is found dead behind Meg's barn. Why were they killed on her property? Can they find the killer before its too late for Meg? I love the Langslow family. I always get a smile and usually a laugh out of these books.

My December #BookSpinBingo list. @TheAromaofBooks thanks for hosting this each month 😊

It was not a very good #bookspinbingo in November, but I did get my #doublespin read. It was Murder at the Grand National. Hopefully, December #bookspinbingo will be a better month!

@TheAromaofBooks

The Barn is the true story of a young black boy brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955. Emmitt Till was the boys name, and because he whistled at a white woman, he was murdered. What surprised me most about the book is that Wright Thompson grew up in Mississippi and was never taught about it in school. Even almost 70 years later, it's still not talked about. It seems to me that if we never discuss the past, how can we ever expect to ⬇️

Received this book I won through Goodreads Giveaway today. 📭📖📭❤️

Big Little Spies is the 7th book in the Paws and Claws Cozy Mystery Series. I loved being back in Wagtail. I enjoyed visiting Trixie and Twinklefoots. I think you should probably read these books in order. That way, you have the background of the town and main characters. It may be confusing to you if you don't start with book one, which is: Murdered, She Barked.

😊Happy Reading 😊

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This happens to be all the time. I read a book, then at the end of it, I find out it's part of a series. The Vanished Days is the last book in this trilogy. The first book is The Winter Sea. The second is The Firebird. Now, I am going to have to go back and read the other two and then this one, again.

I enjoyed the love story, though it wasn't a book I couldn't put down or wait to pick up.

#oldarc #bookspinbingo #readaway2024

I found this just to be an okay book. Some of it resonated with me, while other parts didn't. At times, she seemed to be rather preachy about certain topics I'm not sure she had the knowledge to be. 3⭐️

😊Happy Reading 😊

#nonfiction ##readaway2024

Not in database. 5🌟 Murder at the Grand National by Olivia Rose

The 4th book in the Lady Elizabeth Hawthorne Cozy Mystery Series, 'Murder at the Grand National,' finds Elizabeth visiting Rosewood with her family. They have come to Rosewood to watch Alfie Tanner, whose family works for the Hawthorne's, race in a horse race. Soon, she is involved in a murder investigation that leads her into the sights of a gangster.

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HOLY CITY EXPRESS
A historical mystery set it in the 1940s on a train. Duke, a detective, is sent on a mandatory vacation on the Holy City Express. While on the train, he soon is involved in a murder.

Full of intrigue and espionage, the book had me at the start. There's great character development, as well. I couldn't figure out who the culprit was, which is a plus for me in a book.

I finished this and never reviewed it. It is a historical novel set in Spain and Germany during WWII. After losing some of her family in Spain from an air raid by the Nazis, she becomes a spy for the Allies.

I never knew some of the historical things that were in the novel. Robards researched the book well. It is well written and intriguing. If you like WWII novels, you would probably enjoy this one.

😊Happy Reading 😊

I love football. I watch college and NFL. There were interesting stories in this book from high school, college, and pro. Posnanski goes from the start of the NFL through the 2010's. If you enjoy football, you would probably enjoy this book.

I received this book from a Goodreads Giveaway. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

😊Happy Reading 😊

#Goodreadsgiveaway #JoePosnanski #WhyWeLoveFootball #readaway2024

have read the other two Housemaid books by Fredia McFadden, and I really liked them. I didn't care for this one as much. I can't really say without spoiling, but I just can believe the culprit did it with what they did it with. McFadden does write a good backstory for her characters, but this time, it seemed to go on longer than I thought was necessary.

😊Happy Reading 😊

#readaway2024

Continuing:
The Bible
Jesus Calling
Torah for Life
The Vanished Days
The Girl From Guernica

Starting:
The Housemaid is Watching

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

I've seen mixed reviews on this 3rd Housemaid book. I'm going to give it a try and see what I think. 🤞🤞

A good book that at time is very hard to read. It was Antonio Itrube's debut novel. I know I'm a little late reading it. He writes a historical fiction book based on the true life of Dita, a 15 year old, at Auschwitz that becomes a librarian. She is in charge of keeping the hidden books in Block 31. The Germans don't like books because they make people think. Her story is sad yet inspirational.

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