It's Monday! What Are You Reading? April 25, 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


The Last Dreamer
by Barbara Solomon Josselsohn
This is for book club this week and a new-to-me author. I am enjoying it so far.


She Poured Out Her Heart
by Jean Thompson
Seems like other books are getting in the way of getting this one read.

If I Speak True (Flora #1)
by Jessica L. Brooks 
(audiobook)

What I recently finished

Sister Dear
by Laura McNeill 
Loved it! My thoughts will be posted later this week.

Mind Games

by T.J. Moore

T.J. is a local author and met with my daughter's book group. I got the book read and was able to attend and meet him. I love meeting authors! 

Better Off Dead in Deadwood (Deadwood #4)
by Ann Charles
(audiobook)

What I am going to read next

Mosaics 2: A Collection of Independent Women
by 20 talented authors
I read Mosaics 1 and was blown away by the collection.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Release Day! Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women (Mosaics #1), My Thoughts, and a Giveaway!

Happy Release Day!

Mosaics

Today's the day, all the excitement, all the anticipation, and now it's finally here. And don't forget to enter the mega giveaway, including a Kindle Fire, a $50 gift card, and a paperback library, at the end of this post!

A project focused on bringing women's voices to readers and celebrating the stories they have to tell. Including stories by Keyan Bowes, Carol Cao, Chelo Diaz-Ludden, Sarina Dorie, Naomi Elster, Jordanne Fuller, Ari Harradine, Karen Heuler, L.S. Johnson, Tonya Liburd, Kelsey Maki, Julia Ray, Patty Somlo, P.K. Tyler, Deborah Walker, Keira Michelle Telford, Kim Wells, Elizabeth Wolf, and Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women Vol 1

Buy your copy now!

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women will inspire and shock you with its multi-faceted look at the history and culture surrounding femininity. If gender is a construct, this anthology is the house it built. Look through its many rooms, some bright and airy, some terrifying- with monsters lurking in the shadows.

Mosaics Volume One features twenty self-identified female authors writing about Intersectionality, including women of color, and members of the disability, trans, and GLB/ GSD* (Gender and Sexual Diversities) communities. We have curated amazing short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, essays, and art. It’s personal, political, and a great read.

This collection includes Hugo Award Nominees, Tiptree Shortlists, Pushcart Prize Winners, USA Today Bestsellers, indie superstars and traditionally published talents alike. The anthology combines leading and new voices all proclaiming their identity as Women, and their ability to Roar.

My thoughts about Mosaics ~~

I loved this collection and I can't praise it enough. These twenty women came together to create an amazing set of stories, poems, essays, and more. There is such a variety included in this anthology that there is something for everyone.

Each story takes just minutes to reads. Some take just a few minutes, some take a little bit longer. I found myself completely immersed in these stories and I kept reading one after the other, thinking all along - I'll just read one more, just one more. It was kind of like eating potato chips, just one more..... and there is no way that you can stop with just one. I flew through these 20 pieces of work and enjoyed each and every one of them.

I highly recommend this book! The creations within are just amazing. I am looking forward to reading volume 2, which is due to come out in May. I know it will be another high caliber collection, just like volume 1, written by another set of creative women.  

Profits will be donated to the Pixel Project to end Violence Against Women.

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? March 7, 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

Breaking the Story
by Ashley Farley
I've loved everything else that Ashley has written.


The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles #1)
by Susan Wiggs
(audiobook)

What I recently finished

Spring in Snow Valley: A Snow Valley Anthology
by Six Authors
Loved another trip back to Snow Valley. Read my thoughts here. And there is a giveaway!

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women (Mosaics #1)
Anthology by 20 women authors
Awesome stories! My thoughts will be posted tomorrow.

What I am going to read next

The Dovekeepers
by Alice Hoffman
This is for my book club next week. Have you read it?

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? February 29, 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!

How did it get to be the end of February already? I'm finally feeling better after getting some antibiotics. Now I just need to focus on getting some reviews written. I have been reading some great books. Spring Break for the University will be coming up soon. That just means it's slower at the library. I really miss the students when they are gone but it does give us a chance to play catch up at work. I hope February was good to you and look out March, here we come!

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What I'm currently reading/listening to

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women (Mosaics #1)
Anthology by 20 women authors
This came up as a quick review opportunity and I am loving it!

The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles #1)
by Susan Wiggs
(audiobook)

What I recently finished

The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
Great story! My thoughts will be posted soon.

The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
(audiobook)

It's not for everyone but I loved listening to it.

What I am going to read next

Spring in Snow Valley: A Snow Valley Anthology
by Six Authors
I have read other Snow Valley anthologies and loved them.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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