4⭐️ I felt that the book took a little bit to get into, but once I got to that special place in the book I really enjoyed it. #2024 #fiction #fantasy #youngadult #lgbtqia

5⭐️ I love this book. This has been a comfort read for me for over 30 years and was an introduction to the world of #historicalfiction. #2025 #canadianfiction #warguests

3.75 ⭐️ I really liked the book; story flowed well and the story was interesting. It also kept me interested in the story and the outcome. #2025 #bookclub #fiction #mystery #thriller #suspense #canadian

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#bookreport #weeklyreport

Finished: really didn‘t like The Golden Spruce and how the author took way too long to set up the story, but I really liked the stuff about the person who allegedly chopped this specific tree down. Enjoyed High Society and The Sky is Falling much more; reviews are forthcoming.

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2.5⭐️ The main reason for the rating is that the author spent way too much time discussing the sea otter and lumber trade and wish he had spent more time on Hadwin‘s story. #2025 #nonfiction #bookclub #britishcolumbia

My #weekendreads; I am taking a break from Homecoming for a few days because I have to get The House in the Cerulean Sea completed and reviewed by Wednesday afternoon for my Wednesday evening library #bookclub meeting.

4.5⭐️ I really enjoyed this book (liked it so much that I spoke for 15 minutes on the book on my YouTube channel [mjreadings on YouTube if you‘re interested]). The only thing that didn‘t make it a 5⭐️ was that it was slow paced in the beginning. I read it about 10+ years ago for another #bookclub and reading it again now blew me away once again. #2025 #historicalfiction #fiction #africanamerican

4⭐️ I really enjoyed the book, but I liked the Violet Jessop storyline more. I also liked how the author incorporated a HEA into the story without it seeming too contrived. #2025 #fiction #historicalfiction #historicalromance

4⭐️ Even though I had to restart the book, I really liked the book. The characters were well-drawn and even with the secondary characters, I came to really care about them. I heard about this book through Sarah Dickinson, host of Sarah‘s Bookshelves Live. #2025 #fiction #historicalfiction #overlandtrail

February wrap-up no. 2

February wrap-up no. 1

#weeklyreport #bookreport

Finished: Took most of the week to complete Book of Negroes and completed Dinosaurs Before Dark in one sitting.

Currently Reading: started Homecoming and The Golden Spruce on Saturday; am hoping that The Golden Spruce will be done early this coming week. Will be posting more reviews this coming week. Happy reading!!

While I really loved The Book of Negroes, I just love The Most Fun just that much more. #readingbracket2025

My reading plans for #weekendreads

4⭐️ Thought it was a decent ending to the trilogy. #fiction #2025 #thriller #suspense #mystery

Here is what I ended up with for #roll100 for March.

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Recently finished: Been on a reading spree these past few weeks; really don‘t know what is in the water, but I‘ve been on a tear since the end of January.

Currently Reading: I can‘t seem to shake the first two books at the moment; think I need to focus on those two until I am finished them; hope to start Homecoming this week

4⭐️ Really liked this book; it would have been higher if the scenes from the 1950s were just as the ones that were about Maria‘s past. The story was not at all like the movie and Maria‘s story was much more compelling than the musical would lead one to believe. #2025 #biographicalfiction #fiction #1920s #1930s #historicalfiction

4⭐️ Really enjoyed this #bookclub pick. Got into it much easier than the previous ones that I have read of hers. #2025 #indigineous #contemporary #fiction #covid19fiction

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Recently finished: Had a very productive week of completing books, as I completed 3 and almost a fourth. A lot of it had to do with the fact that they were book club reads and were also well done.

Currently reading: Read a good chunk of Maria this weekend and started to work on The Book of Negroes again. I plan to work on Where the Lost Wander and Billy Boyle this coming week.

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4.25⭐️ Really liked the book. While the book read a bit simplistic, it was very well written. The story flowed well and I enjoyed the story as well. #2025 #biographicalfiction #historicalfiction #fiction #wwii #holocaust #bookclub

Got the book and the bag from my sister as a belated birthday gift.

4.5⭐️ I really liked the book. This was chosen for my Monday library #bookclub meeting for this month. This was one of those books that I had borrowed a number of times but never got around to reading. I was really surprised as to how much enjoyed it. #2025 #historicalfiction #fiction #lgbt #literaryfiction

After a week of library book club books, which where all really good [reviews forthcoming], I can finally get working on some books that I want to read myself.

I have discovered the wonders of YouTube reading sprints, as those have really been helpful for me getting into reading this past week and reading for long periods of time. #weekendreads

4⭐️ Really liked this book. Preferred the 1933 narrative. #historicalfiction #2025 #fiction #mystery #dualtimeline

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Recently Finished: Finally finished The Lake House on Wednesday

Currently Reading: Just finished Learned by Heart this evening and will be working on The Tattooist of Auschwitz tomorrow (Monday).

Upcoming Reads: Will be starting The Sentence by Louise Erdrich tomorrow (Monday) and Maria this week; might start the other two.

Books I am concentrating on this weekend #weekendreads

Many; too many. The tagged book and most of his back list, The Brothers K, and I could go on and on…

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My February #bingobookspin list. #bookspin

#bookreport #weeklyforecast

Rough week; didn‘t finish anything this week, as I was in a funk this week. Still plodding through the books I am currently reading and am hoping that I can start some of the upcoming reads this coming week.

My #roll100 picks for February

Overall a decent month of reading for January. The final week I kinda hit a slight reading slump.

Thanks to @CSeydel for use of this reading bracket.

My favourite read for January was The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo. #readingbracket2025

Finally got my date for my second mastectomy booked. When I was filling out my paperwork at the start of my cancer treatments in September 2021, I filled out some paperwork in regard to doing genetic testing. I did the testing after finishing my chemo treatments for my breast cancer and subsequently found out that I did have a genetic mutation that made me more susceptible to developing breast cancer.

#tlt #threelistthursday

I hate these sort of breaks in chapters; it should be a proper chapter break.

Something I can really sink my teeth into; has a good plot and great characters and is engaging. #sundayfunday

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3.5⭐️

1. N/A; looking for work at the moment

2. I don‘t think Miles particularly likes being a teacher

I have read only 16 of the books #tlt

4.5⭐️ Had heard about this book through Sarah‘s Bookshelves and thought I would give this book a try. I ended up really liking the book; felt the book started out a little slow, but it seemed to pick up steam as I got further into the book. If you like books that have family drama, you may like this one. #2025 #contemporary #family #literary #fiction

1) My birthday

2) Tagged

#two4tuesday

3.5⭐️ I wasn‘t as enamoured with it as I was about 7 months ago #bookclub #2025 #contemporary #fiction #mystery #canadian

3.75⭐️ I enjoyed it. #2025 #fiction #contemporary #literary #bookclub

#weeklyforecast

Finished two books this week (will post my review of My Name is Lucy Barton in the next couple of days).

Almost done with The Maid; slowly getting my way through Book, Most Fun and Billy Boyle. Will be starting my upcoming reads in the next day or two.

4⭐️ A heartwarming Christmas story. I particularly enjoyed the cameos of the late Queen and her husband (I had images of Claire Foy and Matt Smith in my head, whenever the Queen and the Prince were in scenes). #2025 #fiction #christmas #holiday #romance

4.5⭐️ My heart broke at the end of this book, but despite that, I really enjoyed it. Ms. Trump pulls no punches about her life within the Trump family and really digs into what her father‘s family was and is like. I hope at some point she can find people who truly love and appreciate her. #2025 #nonfiction #memior #autobiography #trumpfamily

4⭐️ A nice, light #christmasromance #2025 #fiction #fiction #romance