It's Monday! What Are You Reading? May 30, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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Well, our kids who are expecting had an ultrasound on Friday and found out they are only having one baby. They were really sweating it since both of the mommy-to-be's parents are twins. Yikes! But it's just one. The weather here has been beautiful and we are spending the 3 day weekend babysitting our 23 month old grandson so his parents could get away for a bit. No relaxing, long holiday for me! But he is so much fun and we have had a great time, though we are looking forward to the parents getting home. This babysitting gig is really cutting into my reading time. I so love naptimes! Have a great week and happy reading everyone!

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What I'm currently reading/listening to


The Weekenders
by Mary Kay Andrews
I love MKA's books and I am excited to get this one read.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1)

by Ransom Riggs
(audiobook)

What I recently finished

Beach Blues
by Joanne DeMaio
I just finished this one last night. I loved it, just like all the rest of Joanne's books. My thoughts will be posted June 3rd.

Wingshooters
by Nina Revoyr
For not knowing anything about this book or this author, I really liked it. We had a great book discussion.

Flight Patterns 
by Karen White
What a wonderful story! I'm going to be adding it to my book club reading list. You can read my thoughts here.

What I am going to read next

The Charm Bracelet
by Viola Shipman
This one looks like a good one to read next.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Release Day: Flight Patterns by Karen White and My Thoughts

Happy Release Day!

Flight Patterns

Flight Patterns by Karen White

Hardcover and e-book, 416 pages

Published: May 24th 2016 by NAL

The New York Times bestselling author of The Sound of Glass and coauthor of The Forgotten Room tells the story of a woman coming home to the family she left behind—and to the woman she always wanted to be...

Georgia Chambers has spent her life sifting through other people’s pasts while trying to forget her own. But then her work as an expert of fine china—especially of Limoges—requires her to return to the one place she swore she’d never revisit...

It’s been ten years since Georgia left her family home on the coast of Florida, and nothing much has changed, except that there are fewer oysters and more tourists. She finds solace seeing her grandfather still toiling away in the apiary where she spent much of her childhood, but encountering her estranged mother and sister leaves her rattled.

Seeing them after all this time makes Georgia realize that something has been missing—and unless she finds a way to heal these rifts, she will forever be living vicariously through other people’s remnants. To embrace her own life—mistakes and all—she will have to find the courage to confront the ghosts of her past and the secrets she was forced to keep...

My thoughts about Flight Patterns ~~

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first line.)

First line—'Dead bees fell from the bruised dusk sky, their papery bodies somersaulting in the air, ricocheting like spent shells off the azure-painted roof of the hive.'

I love this first sentence. It is so descriptive and beautiful. I knew as soon as I read it that this was going to be a wonderfully written story that was going to capture my heart. There were so many more beautiful passages all though the book and I could see and feel so much as I was reading the author's words.

Flight Patterns is a wonderful in-depth look at a family just trying to survive their dysfunction. Georgia just needs to take a trip back home to look for a piece of china for a client. It's only going to be a quick trip and then she will leave again, just like she did ten years ago. She is not interested in mending her broken relationship with her sister. Well, things don't always work out like one plans or wants. And it is amazing how important that piece of china is to everyone and everything.

The author does an excellent job of weaving all of the storylines together as everyone tries to figure out how everything is connected. The characters are forced to take a look at their lives and to decide what and who is important.

I love how the information about the bees and beekeeping is interwoven with the character's lives. There is so much we can learn from the habits of the bees. I have a very good friend who works for a honey farm so this story all about bees, earned a special place in my heart. I can't wait to share this story with her.

Flight Patterns is the first Karen White book that I have read and I truly loved it. I loved the bees, the characters, and the complexity of the story. I especially loved her beautiful writing which kept me wanting to read more. I will definitely be reading more of her work. 

I received a copy of this e-book from First to Read in exchange for my honest opinion.

About the author

After playing hooky one day in the seventh grade to read Gone With the Wind, Karen White knew she wanted to be a writer—or become Scarlett O'Hara. In spite of these aspirations, Karen pursued a degree in business and graduated cum laude with a BS in Management from Tulane University. Ten years later, after leaving the business world, she fulfilled her dream of becoming a writer and wrote her first book. In the Shadow of the Moon was published in August, 2000.  Her books have since been nominated for numerous national contests including the SIBA (Southeastern Booksellers Alliance) Fiction Book of the Year, and has twice won the National Readers’ Choice Award.

Karen is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and currently writes what she refers to as ‘grit lit’—Southern women’s fiction—and has also expanded her horizons into writing a mystery series set in Charleston, South Carolina. Her nineteenth novel, The Sound of Glass, was published in May 2015 by New American Library, a division of PenguinRandomHouse Publishing Group.

Karen hails from a long line of Southerners but spent most of her growing up years in London, England and is a graduate of the American School in London. When not writing, she spends her time reading, scrapbooking, playing piano, and avoiding cooking.  She currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two children, and two spoiled Havanese dogs.

Connect with Karen

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? May 23, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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My 85 year MIL went home on Wednesday last week and I finally feel like all is right with the world again. I really, really missed my reading time. But then a weekend with no plans to start out with, ended up a little busy. We unexpectedly were asked to babysit for the 23 month old grand-kiddo on Saturday so that took the day. And we found out on Friday night that we are going to be grandparents, again! That will make 8 for us. No wonder my life is hectic. But I love it and wouldn't have it any other way! What has your week been like?

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What I'm currently reading/listening to

Flight Patterns 
by Karen White
I am loving this book!


Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1)
by Ransom Riggs
(audiobook)
Not getting much car time so I haven't gotten very far but I love this series!

What I recently finished

The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd (Wyattsville #4)
by Bette Lee Crosby 
I snuck in an ARC of this book last week around everything else I should have been reading. I love this author and I love this series of hers. My thoughts will be posted later this week.

What I am going to read next

Wingshooters
by Nina Revoyr
This is for my book club. I have never heard of this book or author. I hope I like it.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? May 16, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

This week has been a slow reading week for me. My 85 year old mother-in-law is visiting us so that has filled my life with talking with her and having family over to see her. I am not getting the quality reading time in like I am used to and I really miss it. But I realize it's just for a short time and it may be the last time she will be able to be here with us. So I am enjoying her visit and will catch up after she is gone.

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What I'm currently reading/listening to

Flight Patterns 
by Karen White


Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1)
by Ransom Riggs
(audiobook)

What I recently finished

She Poured Out Her Heart
by Jean Thompson
Read my thoughts here.

Stealing Light
by Julie Cassar
Amazing start to a new series! Read my thoughts here.

What I am going to read next

The Weekenders
by Mary Kay Andrews
I love her books and can't wait to start this one.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? May 9, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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What I'm currently reading/listening to


Stealing Light
by Julie Cassar


Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1)
by Ransom Riggs
(audiobook)

What I recently finished

Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
This is a reread for me. Book club will be discussing it tonight.

A Lowcountry Wedding (Lowcountry Summer #4)
by Mary Alice Monroe
Loved it! Read my thoughts here.

What I am going to read next

Flight Patterns
by Karen White

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? May 2, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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What I'm currently reading/listening to


A Lowcountry Wedding (Lowcountry Summer #4)
by Mary Alice Monroe


Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1)
by Ransom Riggs
(audiobook)
I love this series and I know I am going to love listening to it.


She Poured Out Her Heart
by Jean Thompson
I sill need to get back to this one.

What I recently finished

Mosaics 2: A Collection of Independent Women
by 20 talented authors
Another fab collection! Read my thoughts here.

The Last Dreamer
by Barbara Solomon Josselsohn

If I Speak True (Flora #1)
by Jessica L. Brooks 
(audiobook)
DNF. (for now) This audiobook just wasn't doing anything for me right now so I decided to put it aside and come back to it some other time.

What I am going to read next

Flight Patterns
by Karen White

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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