pick4.5 ⭐️
It's a cute funny book that asks you questions of what you would either be, eat, or do. Great for kids 5 to 8 years old. I could see kids laughing and having so much fun with this book.
Tentative Publication Date:
February 11, 2025
Thanks to Netgalley and Zeitgeist for the E-ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
😊 Happy Reading 😊
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pickWhat a hard book to read! The sad truth is that it really happens in America. We put our trust in the police, prosecutors, and judges, yet some just want to win and don't care about the lives they harm. John Grisham can great fiction and nonfiction superbly. 4⭐️
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I'm still reading
Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
The Keeper of Lost Art by Laura Morelli
It's not the books, it's me. Life has been busy. Hoping I finish them this weekend!
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pickI get transported back to Painters Mill every time I read one of Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder Series books. Burkholder has to figure out who is doing hate crimes toward the Amish. Is there more than meets the eye with these crimes. If you haven't read this series, you should give it a try.
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Audiobook: Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo
Kindle : Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
Physical: The Keeper of Lost Art by Laura Morelli
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
🚶♀️ I haven't walked since December, this week I. Started back
🐶 My two boys, Max and Little Spot
🌨 The rain we got yesterday
🙌 Bible Study
☕️The massage I had yesterday
If you haven't already played, want to play? @mom_of_4 @CoverToCoverGirl @CBee @RamsFan1963
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
"Vision to an artist, is the guiding light that steers the hand." The Keeper of Lost Art by Laura Morelli
"In 2006, I published The Innocent Man, a true story about the wrongful conviction and near execution of Ron Williamson." Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
#FristLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
January Book Wrap-up (I'm not going to finish any more books today)
5⭐️
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo (Libby Audiobook)
Cold as Hell by Kelly Armstrong (E-ARC Netgalley)
The Woman at the Front by Lecia Cornwall (My Bookshelf)
From Meeca to Christ by Ahmed Joktan (Goodreads Giveaway Kindle)
My Last Name by Eric Schumacher (Goodreads Giveaway Kindle)
4⭐️
You Have Gone Too Far by Carlene O'Connor (Goodreads Giveaway Physical Book)
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My #ISPYBINGO board for January. I have a busy afternoon, and I am pretty sure I won't be finishing any more books this month.
Astor: Face
Fate of the Day: Farm Animal, Ponytail
The Woman at the Front: "A Novel", Blue Cover
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe: Leaves, Door
Cold as Hell: Place in Title, Walking
The Boyfriend: Author name in Black Letters
@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks
I am calling it on the month of January. I have a busy afternoon and I won't be finishing any more books.
I didn't get any bingos, but I got some books read for reviews and a few off my shelf.
Did get both the #BookSpin (You Have Gone Too Far) and the #DoubleSpin (Holmes, Marple, and Poe) read this month.
@TheAromaofBooks #Bookspinbingo
Popped up on my Facebook memories, and it's still true 🤣😂📚🩷📚
#TLT #Threelistthursday @dabbe
I got 17% this week!
3 favorites:
The Great Gasby
Henry VI
Jane Erye
pickIt's a moving quick read. It's the story of Charlotte Marie Barnes through her eyes. She reminises about growing up, her husbands and life.
Thanks to Goodreads for the E-book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
😊 Happy Reading 😊
#Read2025 #Alphabetchallenge2025 (M) #Bookspinbingo
pickFrom Meeca to Christ is the true story of Ahmed Joktan, who grew up a Muslim and at age 19 became a Christian. It was an aspiring story. What he went through in Saudi Arabia is unbelievable. The violence he was subjected to was austrosius. After reading this book, I am more on fire for God and want to share His word more.
😊 Happy Reading 😊
#Read2025 #BookSpinBingo
so-soHolmes, Marple, and Poe is about three PI's in NYC. They solve cases using whatever means necessary. They first help solve one case that leads to three more. While the book kept my interest, it was jaw-dropping or thrilling to me. I didn't see much character development by the end of the book, they were still pulling the same kind of crap.
#Serieslove2025 #Read2025 #Alphabetchallenge2025 (H)
#Bookspinbingo #DoubleSpin
February #Bookspinbingo list. I can't believe January is almost over!
Thanks @TheAromaofBooks for always hosting
pickFredia McFadden has become another favorite writer of mine. I thought I had the twist figured out. In fact, I was sure of it... but alas, I was wrong. Her twists are so good. There was one hint about the person , but I completely missed it. 4⭐️
😊 Happy Reading 😊
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Got bookmail from J. D. Barker today! If you haven't read him, you are missing a great writer.
#bookmail
pickWhat a wonderful historical women's fiction. It's a female prospective of WWI.
It showed how those on the front lines scarificed during WWI. The medics, the stretcher-bearers, and those that were wounded made this story come to life. Eleanor, as ever, only wanted to be a doctor.
Her father let her sit the exam just to get her brother to study harder, never thinking she would be the doctor. It's sit during WWI, so you have to remember, ⬇️
"The knocking at the door wakes me." My Last Name By Eric Schumacher
"THE VACANT INDUSTRIAL space that Realtor Gretchen Wik was trying to unload was located in a recently gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood called Bushwick." Homles, Marble, and Poe by James Patterson and Brian Sitts
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
"Young woman, my advice to you is to go home, sit down, and take up something more useful, such as knitting. " The Woman at the Front by Lecia Cornwall
"Vision, to an artist, is the guiding light that steers the hand." The Keeper of Art by Laura Morelli
"I grew up in Mecca, the birthplace of Islam." From Mecca to Christ by Dr. Ahmed Joktan
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
pickKelly Armstrong knows how to grab you and keep you engrossed in her books. They are full of mystery, suspense, and intrigue. Cold as Hell is the third book in her Haven's Rock Series. This series is a spin-off from her Rockton Series she ended after 7 books.
Armstrong's writing was superb in Cold as Hell. I stayed up until after 1 this morning, finishing it. I COULDE NOT put it down. I had to know who it was and what was going to ⬇️
pickWow! That was spicy! I thought it was going to be a cute little romance! Of course, to me, who doesn't read very many romances, and if I do, it's usually an Amish one. Anything with sex in it is spicy to me😂 It was good, but the spicy stuff didn't add anything to it for me. I'm not sure if I will continue the series.
#Bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks #Read2025 @DieAReader #Autobook
pickI started this book on December 21, 2024, and finished it tonight on January 20, 2025.
One reason it took me a month to read is that it is a chunkster of a book. I, also, went down the rabbit hole, which I seem to do when I read a history book. The Fate of the Day covers the American Revolutionary War from 1777-1780. It's the 2nd volume in The Revolution Trilogy.
I thought I knew a lot about the Revolutionary War. It's a subject we are ⬇️
#weeklyforecast
Finish:
The Fate of the Day by RickAtkinson( 100 pages left) (Goodreads )
Cold as Hell by KellyArmstrong (Netgalley E-ARC)
The Woman at the Front by Lecia Cornwall (Goodreads)
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore (LibbyApp Auto)
Continuing:
The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson
The Woman at the Front
Cold as Hell
Finished: Pray for Silence
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pick2nd book in Kate Burkholder Series by Linda Castillo. Enjoying this series. Such good character development.
#Sereieslove2025 #Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #AphabetChallenge2025 (P)
Book Mail!
During WWII, a girl makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her family's Tuscan villa, where the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden. A moving coming of age story about the power of art in wartime. Based on true events.
#WeeklyForecast
Continue the chunkster: The Fate of the Day (I finally made it to the 1/2 point!) (Goodreads Giveaway)
Continue: Revolution (Netgalley)
Start: The Woman at the Front (My Shelf)
Pray for Silence (Audio Libby)
pickYou Have Gone Too Far is the first book I have read by Carlene O'Connor. I won it through a Goodreads Giveaway. I was quickly drawn into the book, even though this is the 3rd installment in the County Kerry Series. I feel it can be read as a stand-alone, as I did, without any problem.
I enjoyed getting to know the main characters. There seems to be a little romance in the air that has seemed to be growing for a while. I enjoyed the ⬇️
'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
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
'Dear Butterflies, My darlings.'
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
'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.'
##FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
We got snow in Arkansas! This doesn't happen very often.
panCould 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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pick3.5⭐️ (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
pickI 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.
#serieslove2025 #bookspinbingo #alphabetchallenge2025
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
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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
pickThis was a re-read from last year. Still got a lot from it. Great devotional!
😊Happy Reading 😊
#devotional #sarahyoung #jesuscalling
pickThis 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
pickI 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
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