I'm reading
It's been a busy reading and reviewing week! I started the week by finishing The Girl From Normandy by Rachel Sweasey, which I really enjoyed. This is Rachel's third book and I now own the other two. Hopefully I can fit them in soon! My review is here.
I then read a book called The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary which is set in 1860s Melbourne. There is always something so special about reading a book set in the place you live, where you can recognise the locations mentioned! My review is here.
One of the bonuses of not being able to sleep due to coughing and waking myself up is I picked up The Cruise Club by Caroline James and got through it pretty quickly. Got to look for the silver linings wherever you can find them right.
I then looked at my review books where I don't have a blog tour date allocated and thought I would just pick one. I was intrigued by The Lost Story of Sophia Costello by Siobhan Curham right from the prologue. I have read a few books by this author now and this might be her best yet. Both this book and The Girl From Normandy count for my read on a theme book club where the theme this month is war. I think I have four books for far, which they are all going to laugh at and call me an over achiever! Oh well! It was always going to be an easy theme for me.
I then started Beartown by Fredrik Backman. It's one of my Twenty Books of Winter and it feels like a dense read so I wanted to give myself time to read it.
However, I got a notification from the library that The Cryptic Clue by Amanda Hampson could not be renewed so it needs to be returned, so I had to drop Beartown and pick up The Cryptic Clue! It's so much fun! I'll get back to Beartown shortly.
Get ready for lots of posts this month as Paris in July starts tomorrow. I have been busy in the background getting some posts prepared in advance ready for the event.
I'm watching
We watched a few of the things that we had started previously in the last week, but the only thing that we finished was Welcome to Wrexham. We didn't really start anything new.
Life
I am still sick so the only times I left the house in the last week were to go to the doctors and the vet. This is week 3 so I am a bit over it.
Posts from the last week
Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2025
A Snowy River Summer by Stella Quinn
Half Truth by Nadia Mahjouri
Blog Tour: Once Upon a Thyme by Jane Lovering
Blog Tour: The Girl from Normandy by Rachel Sweasey
The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary
I've linked this post to It's Monday, what are you reading? as hosted by Book Date and Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz
Get ready for lots of posts this month as Paris in July starts tomorrow. I have been busy in the background getting some posts prepared in advance ready for the event.
I'm watching
We watched a few of the things that we had started previously in the last week, but the only thing that we finished was Welcome to Wrexham. We didn't really start anything new.
Life
I am still sick so the only times I left the house in the last week were to go to the doctors and the vet. This is week 3 so I am a bit over it.
Posts from the last week
Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2025
A Snowy River Summer by Stella Quinn
Half Truth by Nadia Mahjouri
Blog Tour: Once Upon a Thyme by Jane Lovering
Blog Tour: The Girl from Normandy by Rachel Sweasey
The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary
I've linked this post to It's Monday, what are you reading? as hosted by Book Date and Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz
Hope you 💐 better soon. I get cough fits from the bad air pollution outside. I stay indoors when the air quality is bad from the Canadian wildfires
ReplyDeleteHopefully, you will be feeling better soon, Marg. Sounds like a great reading week. Hope Paris in July goes well.
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Yikes have heard their are bad flu going around. I really liked the Beartown books. Yes they are dense but very rewarding as well.
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel better soon! I can't focus on anything when I'm sick, so it's good you're able to read. :)
ReplyDeleteOh no. I hope you feel better soon!!!
ReplyDeleteI have never read Fredrik Backman. I was thinking of picking of his newest one to see what he is all about. :)
I do hope that you feel better soon. It's nice that there is a silver lining in having more time for reading. Your books all sound good. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI have a Fredrik Backman on my list after reading one of his short stories and I've considered Beartown too. Let us know what you think when you get to it.
ReplyDeleteYes, sometimes we have to shift what books we can read if they are due back or we just don't feel like reading the one we have.
Hope you feel better soon too!