3⭐️ Thought the book was ok; not my cup of tea though. #reread #bookclub #fiction #2024 #dystopian #canadian #indigenious

3.5⭐️ Not the biggest fan of the book; the story was pretty good, but the interruptions with the mathematical formulas was off-putting. #2024 #fiction #bookclub #contemporary

#hyggehourreadathon Working on Aztec for the hour; catching up on some TV while I read

4⭐️ While I really enjoyed the first book in the series, I just didn‘t get that same buzz as I did with The Housemaid. I still really enjoyed the book. #2024 #thriller #suspense #fiction

4⭐️ I quite liked this book. Very introspective and informative. There were a number of things I liked about the book; would like to purchase a paperback copy when it comes out. And he mentions what he intended to say in regards to the Nikki Haley comment that lead to his firing #2024 #memoir #religion #nonfiction #politics

My November #bookspinbingo card

I hope to get some more of Aztec and Queen Hereafter done this weekend, finish I Once Was Lost and The Glass Hotel, start Seven Fallen Feathers and the new HRC book. #weekendreads

4⭐️ I vaguely remember reading this book back when I was younger but I remember abandoning it because I didn‘t really understand what was going on. Reading it now, I thought that it was a really well-written story and that it probably was a little too much over my head at the time when I was younger. I liked how well the author developed the characters and the story. #2024 #bookreview #fiction #historicalfiction #middlegrade #newberymedal

3.5⭐️ Found this to be a pretty good romance novel. I really liked the setting of PEI (been there and I would like to go back again) and the characters felt like they could have existed. Did feel that it lagged a bit in the middle of the book. #2024 #bookreview #romance #canadian #pei #contempoary #fiction

4/5⭐️ Compared to what I have been reading, this was a nice break from what I usually read. It‘s more romance than mystery, but overall it‘s a good read. #2024 #bookreview #cozyromance #cozymystery #fiction #dreamharborseries #contemporary

I bailed on the book about 70% into the book. I subscribe to the author‘s YouTube channel and it just seemed to be a further extension of his channel. I wished he had done something a little different than what he does on his channel. #2024 #nonfiction #politics #americanpolitics #bookreview

3.5⭐️ A somewhat lighter read and enjoyable at times. It was fairly easy to follow along and the pace felt fairly quick-paced. Wouldn‘t have read or known about it if weren‘t a library #bookclub selection. #2024 #suspense #thriller #fiction #bookreview #canadian

#two4tuesday

1) Not yet, although I buy it for my consumption.

2) Romance, Summer, PEI

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast
#finished: I completed two books this past week and because I had finished a long book on the 5th, I felt like I had read way too much.

#currentlyreading: As I said above, I had read a lot over the course of over the week and a few days prior, that my brain just felt like mush and I didn't get much else worked on.

Due to the Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada, my weekend is a little longer than usual. I am planning on hopefully getting to most of these during the next two days. #weekendreads

4⭐️ I quite enjoyed this #bookclub read. For me, it went by quickly, as the chapters were fairly short and straightforward. What I enjoyed the most was the description of life inside of North Korea, due to closed off nature of the country. It was a very intriguing read. #2024 #nonfiction #northkorea #memoir

4⭐️ I was quite surprised by this book and when my Tuesday evening library#bookclub had selected this book, I wasn‘t quite sure to make of it. I really didn‘t know what it was about. But when I got into the book, I found myself wanting to more about the characters and I found it to be very compelling. #2024 #fiction #contemporary #canadian #literaryfiction

#weekendreads

My September #bookspinbingo list.

5⭐️ I picked the book up due to seeing the third book in the series being prominent in a number of book groups on Facebook. I was really surprised that I really enjoyed it. I think it was because it just it was an interesting story and was very riveting. #2024 #fiction #psycologicalthriller #contempoary

#wondrouswednesday

4⭐️ Really liked this one; loved how the author unveiled the story. And I really liked that she chose #1920s Ireland as the setting of the book. Learned about a little about the Irish War of Independence (kinda weird that I am now on season 3 of Downton, which sort of has this as a plot point as well) and really liked the characters. #bookclub #fiction #historicalfiction #war #romance #2024 #timetravel

3.5⭐️ A really interesting book; some sections felt longer than they should have. A character study that looks at how war affects people on a daily basis. #2024 #historicalfiction #fiction #canadian #literary #bosnianwar

4.5⭐️ Really liked this latest edition of Erik Larson‘s excellent work. While not as gripping as The Splendid and the Vile, he does do justice the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the first shots of the American Civil War on Ft. Sumter. #2024 #summerreads #nonfiction #history

This is what I am planning to read over the weekend; I‘m very close to finishing The Demon of Unrest and should have it done in the next day or two. I just started The Housemaid on Friday evening and it‘s definitely a book that I will be reading while it‘s light out. The other two books I will probably mostly from. #weekendreads

My August list for #bookspinbingo

4.5⭐️ I can‘t remember where I first heard about this book but I am so glad that I did. I haven‘t read this author before, but it probably won‘t be the last, as I really enjoyed the story. I found the tempo to be quite quick and even though there were three different characters, the storylines were never really compromised by switching pov‘s. #2024 #fiction #historicalfiction #wwii #londonblitz

4⭐️ I really enjoyed the book and definitely lived up to the hype of the book. If there was one complaint it was that the book seemed a little rushed at the end. #2024 #fiction #canadian #indiginous #contemporary #historicalfiction

3.25⭐️ I thought it was a decent read, but definitely not a favourite. I am trying to expand the scope of the books I read and this is part of that experiment. #2024 #bookreview #romance #fiction #contemporary #summerreads

1. I always loved the name Laura, especially when I saw Laura Ingalls‘ name cards in Little Town.

2.Tagged

#two4tuesday

My #bookspinbingo for July

This was a fairly decent month of reading, as I got 7 books completed. My favourite by far was All the Light We Cannot See, closely followed by The Music of Bees.

Love this quote #wondrouswednesday

I would like City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert #tuesdaygiveaway #two4tuesday

At the moment I am working on three books and I am about to start another book. On my nightstand I have The Summer Book Club by Susan Mallery (📖), Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson (📱) and Alice Munro‘s Best: Selected Stories by Alice Munro (📱), of which is a slow but steady for me. I am going to start The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (📖), which should a fairly quick read, as I have read it 3 times ⤵️

1) time with family
2) time with a friend, who I don‘t spend much time with
3) my doctor, who answered my questions at my appointment on Monday morning
4) time spent reading
5) having a decent night of sleep

#5joysfriday

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast
#finished: Finished two books this week and enjoyed both of them.

#currentlyreading: Didn't finish The Maid for a book club meeting but I imagine that I will be able to do so this week. Started Enough on audio and its a little more eyeopening than I expected. Also started The Summer Book Club and I probably can get that completed this week as well. I am just at a standstill with Alice Munro's Best at the moment.

3.5⭐️ Was a #bookclub selection for May that I was unable to get to, but managed to read it now and I really enjoyed it. It has some dark elements to the story, but I thought it was quite good and glad that I was able to read it. #2024 #contemporary #fiction #bookreview

4.5⭐️ It was a very fascinating read, which was very in-depth about how American evangelicals are becoming more and more extreme and not in a good way. What‘s really important is that the author travels to the various places around the US that are highlighted. Highly recommended. #2024 #nonfiction #bookreview #christianity #evangelicals

4 ⭐️ This was a #bookclub selection and a #reread in April. And I enjoyed it much more this time than I did the first time that I read it. I think it was because I could comprehend it better this time around than I did the first time. I liked the interspersing of newspaper columns with the story. Even though there are some dark themes in this book, I found it to be fairly easy to read. #2024 #bookreview #fiction #greatdepression

Catching up for April and May.

For April, my favourite was Cutting for Stone. It was a reread for me, as I had read it a number of years ago and just loved the book. It is definitely a favourite read for April.

May was a little disappointing, as I only got The Turtle House completed. I really enjoyed that book as well. I haven't posted that review yet, but I will be doing catch up on book reviews this coming week.

#readingbracket2024

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast
#finished: finished 2 books this week; wasn't wowed by them, but they were fairly easy to complete.

#currentlyreading: All the Light is for a book club meeting; the Alice Munro is a #slowbutsteady (didn't read from it this week); The Music of Bees is for a previous book club meeting and it shouldn't take a lot of time to complete it.

Concentrating on these three books for #weekendreads

3.5⭐️ Thought it was ok; while it was delightful as 84 Charing Cross Road, it wasn‘t nearly as endearing. It was just ok. I didn‘t like this as much as its predecessor. #2024 #bookreview #nonfiction #epistolary #diaryentries #london #uk #travel

3.5⭐️ For the most part, I enjoyed this read. There were some things that were a bit far fetched, but I had a good time reading it. Read it for the latest Book Cougars #readalong. #2024 #romance #fantasy #fiction #bookreview

1) I really don‘t have a favourite summer read; I read pretty much the same as I do the rest of the year.

2) I am planning on a road trip from southwestern BC to the Yukon

3) That I have both my mom‘s parents alive (they are 95 & 99).
#wondrouswednesday

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast
#finished: Nothing so far, but I am almost done with The Awakening.

#currentlyreading: The Awakening should be completed fairly soon; Alice Munro's Best is a #slowbutsteady and I am hoping to work and complete The Music of Bees

#upcomingreads: Need to start All the Light and The Maid for book clubs about a week from now; The Essex Serpent is a restart

Happy reading 📚❤️

May was so crazy with me being sick at the end of April/beginning of May (had a sore throat of some kind) and with packing and moving into my new space, that reading became secondary for me and was only able to complete one book last month. Hopefully this month will be more successful. Here is my #bookspin and #roll100 for this month.

What clubs, restaurants, cafes were hopping on a Friday night in May 2020?

Starting to pack up my stuff. 😢 For those that are unaware, I am moving in with my parents for a couple of years to recover from my cancer treatments and surgeries. I have been finding it difficult to keep up with the cooking and cleaning of my current place. So my parents are renovating their primary suite into a studio for me to reside in for reside in. My current place, which is about 950 sq ft, will b rented out in the interim.