I'm reading
This week I had finished several books and two of them were 5 star reads. That has to count as a good reading week right? The first one was Us Against You by Fredrik Backman, which is the second book in the Beartown trilogy! I did pick up the third book in the trilogy from the library as well, and it is a very big book! I am looking forward to reading it!
I then finished The Girl from Lake Maggiore by Siobhan Daiko. I actually started this book a few weeks ago but I put it aside. When I was trying to decide what to read after finishing my last book, I figured I should probably finish that one!
When my read on a theme book club chose the theme of Childhood Favourite, I decided pretty quickly that I was going to read Jean Plaidy as I read every one of her books I could get through my school library when I was 12 or 14. I have a whole stack of her books which I got from someone, and there were two copies of The Goldsmith's Wife so I took that as a sign that I should read that book. It was only on Wednesday night that I realised that I only had two day to get it read before the meeting! I loved it though and gave it 5 stars. That could be related to the nostalgia of reading one of her books after so many years.
There was only a small group of us at book club for the first meeting of the year and these were the books that we talked about. The next theme is a Book Someone Lent You!
Best of
In January I read 14 books and had quite a few that were 4.5 star reads. The two that were 5 star reads for me were Us Against You by Fredrik Backman and The Goldsmith's Wife by Jean Plaidy, which are pictured at the top of the post.
Books let our imaginations travel where our feet cannot - Nora Nguyen
Here are all the places I travelled in my reading this month
Europe
UK - The Sweet Life Café, The Goldsmith's Wife
Ireland - So Late in the Day
Croatia - The Croatian Island Library
Norway - The Arctic Cruise
France - The Boulangerie on the Corner
Sweden - Us Against You
Italy - The Girl from Lake Maggiore
US
New York - The Housemaid
Australia
NT/SA - Everyone on this Train is a Suspect
Asia
Japan - Dinner at the Night Library
Japan/Korea/US - Flashlight
Korea - Soyangri Book Kitchen
I'm watching
Nothing in particular really
Life
On Saturday night we went to a new show that is on at the casino in the city. It was called Piper's Playhouse and is an interesting mix of Paris cabaret, magic, drag, burlesque and circus type acts. The acts were very, very good, and the night was a lot of fun. After the show, the venue turns into a piano bar and the crowd really got into it! I think even the pianist was a bit surprised by some of the things that the crowd did last night!
In the photo above, the show that you see is actually all made of white chocolate and was filled with fresh berries!
Posts from the last week
Top Ten Tuesday: New to Me Authors I Read in 2025
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Mini Reviews: Two Novels Set in Japan
Weekend Cooking/Cook the Books: Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Wrapping Up January in Japan 2026
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: February links
I've linked this post to It's Monday, what are you reading? as hosted by Book Date, Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz and the Good Book and a Cup of Tea link up hosted at Boondock Ramblings
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