It's Monday! What Are You Reading? June 1, 2020

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, I think I finally have my reading mojo back. I had a great reading week! I have to attribute that to the wonderful books by amazing authors that I had in my reading queue and the fact that it was my first week of retirement. So. Much. Free. Time! I think I'm going to love this life. 😀

Take care. Stay safe and healthy everyone.

And remember to wash those hands!!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading


You Can't Catch Me
by Catherine McKenzie
Pub date 6/9

What I recently finished

Tangled in Ivy
by Ashley Farley
Pub date 6/9

The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season
by Molly Fader
Pub date 6/9
My thoughts will be posted on Friday.

Second Best Thing: Marilyn, JFK, and a Night to Remember

by James L. Swanson

Narrated by Arthur Morey

Becoming
by Michelle Obama
Narrated by Michelle Obama

Salt Air Secrets
(The Seaside Saga #11)
by Joanne DeMaio
I love this series! Read my thoughts here.

What I am going to read next

A Million Little Lies
by Bette Lee Crosby 
Pub date 6/16

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Salt Air Secrets by Joanne DeMaio ~ My Thoughts #SaltAirSecrets

Salt Air Secrets by Joanne DeMaio
Series: The Seaside Saga #11
Print and e-book, 336 pages
May 12, 2020 by Joanne DeMaio

New York Times bestselling author Joanne DeMaio returns to The Seaside Saga and her New England beach town, where secrets carry on salt air breezes.

It's been a long, hot summer in Stony Point. As temperatures rise on the Connecticut coast, so do the secrets. Everyone's got one. Jason and Maris, Celia and lobsterman Shane, the beach commissioner, and especially innkeeper Elsa. With the passing summer days, each secret--sad, shocking, and sweet--unfurls like a breaking wave.

Can you keep the beach friends' Salt Air Secrets? Just turn beneath the stone railroad trestle, walk past the shingled cottages, and hear the whispering marsh grasses. In this novel, rumors are likely to drift your way on that salt-soaked air by the sea.

Find the whole Seaside Saga series HERE on Goodreads.

My thoughts about Salt Air Secrets ~~

(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 lines.)

First line—"If it's true that salt air cures what ails you, Shane Bradford hopes everyone he knows is taking a good ling breath of it."

What can I say? I absolutely love this Seaside Saga series and I love it when I get to take a trip back to Stony Point and visit the whole gang again.

Salt Air Secrets delivers just what this title indicates—the story is full of secrets. Everyone has a secret that they tell someone else and then they ask them to keep it. So many secrets. But I was left with the thought that, in that close-knit, caring community, how safe are those secrets? People care too much not to get involved and draw their friends in to help.

But by the end of the book, there were still so many secrets being held close to the vest, with one of them being a big one that no one knows.... yet. I can't wait for the next book to find out what it is and to find out how everyone's complicated lives unfold.

Seriously, if you haven't read this series yet, what are you waiting for? You will love Stony Point and all of the wonderful friends who are such an important part of this community. I can't recommend it enough!

I received a copy of Salt Air Secrets from the author and this is my honest opinion.

About the author

Joanne DeMaio is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary fiction. She enjoys writing about friendship, family, love and choices, while setting her stories in New England towns or by the sea.

Joanne’s books include the New York Times Bestseller Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans, the first in her ongoing and groundbreaking Seaside Saga. These eleven (and counting) novels journey with a group of beach friends, much the way a TV series does, continuing with the same cast of characters and their storylines from book-to-book.

Joanne’s winter novels have also received much acclaim. These heartwarming standalones are set in the same snowy New England town. Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes became a USA Today Bestseller, and has been featured in national magazines and Six Flags theme parks.

In addition, Joanne’s debut novel, Whole Latte Life, won first place in a competition at BookExpo America and was named a Kirkus Reviews Critics’ Pick. Her other novels have appeared in Redbook, First for Women magazine, Southern Living, USA Today and more. ~ Author's website

Connect with Joanne

Website | Facebook | Goodreads | Twitter | Instagram

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? May 25, 2020

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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Take care. Stay safe and healthy everyone.

And remember to wash those hands!!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading


Salt Air Secrets
(The Seaside Saga #11)
by Joanne DeMaio
I love this series!


Becoming
by Michelle Obama
Narrated by Michelle Obama

What I recently finished

A Week at the Shore
by Barbara Delinsky

What I am going to read next

The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season
by Molly Fader
Pub date 6/9
Doesn't this cover look yummy?

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? May 18, 2020

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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Week 10—Things are pretty much the same. Things are starting open up but we are keeping our same routine, because we can. Only four more days of work and then I am retired! I was hoping to celebrate with a big party and then we were to be off on a wonderful vacation, part of it to include seeing the Grand Canyon, Both of those aren't happening right now. How about you, have you been to the Grand Canyon? What's it like?

Take care. Stay safe and healthy everyone.

And remember to wash those hands!!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading


A Week at the Shore
by Barbara Delinsky
Pub date 5/19


Becoming
by Michelle Obama
Narrated by Michelle Obama

What I recently finished

On Ocean Boulevard
(Beach House #6)
by Mary Alice Monroe
Pub date 5/19
My thoughts will be posted tomorrow.

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
by Catherine Ryan Hyde 
Pub date 5/19
My thoughts will be posted later today.

What I am going to read next

Salt Air Secrets
(The Seaside Saga #11)
by Joanne DeMaio

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Release Day! Salt Air Secrets by Joanne DeMaio #SaltAirSecrets

Happy Release Day!

Congratulations Joanne

on the release today of

Salt Sea Secrets!

Salt Air Secrets by Joanne DeMaio
Series: The Seaside Saga #11
Print and e-book, 336 pages
May 12, 2020 by Joanne DeMaio

New York Times bestselling author Joanne DeMaio returns to The Seaside Saga and her New England beach town, where secrets carry on salt air breezes.

It's been a long, hot summer in Stony Point. As temperatures rise on the Connecticut coast, so do the secrets. Everyone's got one. Jason and Maris, Celia and lobsterman Shane, the beach commissioner, and especially innkeeper Elsa. With the passing summer days, each secret--sad, shocking, and sweet--unfurls like a breaking wave.

Can you keep the beach friends' Salt Air Secrets? Just turn beneath the stone railroad trestle, walk past the shingled cottages, and hear the whispering marsh grasses. In this novel, rumors are likely to drift your way on that salt-soaked air by the sea.

I just love Joanne's stories and I can't wait to go back to Stony Point! Find the wholes Seaside Saga series HERE on Goodreads.

About the author

Joanne DeMaio is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary fiction. She enjoys writing about friendship, family, love and choices, while setting her stories in New England towns or by the sea.

Joanne’s books include the New York Times Bestseller Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans, the first in her ongoing and groundbreaking Seaside Saga. These eleven (and counting) novels journey with a group of beach friends, much the way a TV series does, continuing with the same cast of characters and their storylines from book-to-book.

Joanne’s winter novels have also received much acclaim. These heartwarming standalones are set in the same snowy New England town. Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes became a USA Today Bestseller, and has been featured in national magazines and Six Flags theme parks.

In addition, Joanne’s debut novel, Whole Latte Life, won first place in a competition at BookExpo America and was named a Kirkus Reviews Critics’ Pick. Her other novels have appeared in Redbook, First for Women magazine, Southern Living, USA Today and more. ~ Author's website

Connect with Joanne

Website | Facebook | Goodreads | Twitter | Instagram

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Be sure to check the sidebar for my current giveaways!