It's Monday! What Are You Reading? March 4, 2019

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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I feel like a broken record—more snow, more cold. And it looks like we have another storm, with more snow, coming this weekend. I'm starting to feel really home-bound. It's good for my reading life though, so I guess I shouldn't complain but I miss seeing my family. 

Hubby is actually building an igloo for the grandkids off of the patio with the huge pile of snow we have out there. He thinks they'll have fun in it. I'm not really a cold weather, outdoorsy type so it just looks COLD to me. How about you—love or hate the cold and snow? 

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

What I'm currently reading

The Things We Cannot Say
by Kelly Rimmer 

Pub date 3/19


Family Secrets
(Whispering Pines Mystery #1)
by Shawn McGuire 

(audio-book)

What I recently finished

Emily, Gone

by Bette Lee Crosby

Pub date 4/30

Random Acts of Kindness
by Dete Meserve and Rachel Greco
Pub date 3/26
Dete posts uplifting, positive, and kind acts on her Facebook page Random Acts of Kindness Book.

Ripper

by Isabel Allende 
(audio-book)
Check out my giveaway for a chance to win this one!

The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins

What I am going to read next

Waiting for Fitz
by Spencer Hyde
Pub date 3/5

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? February 25, 2019

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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A repeat of last week—snow, and more snow. Plus a blizzard on Sunday. Holy cow, the wind! Hubby and I went and got groceries Sunday morning then we stayed inside the rest of the day. 

We ended up with company for most of the weekend, with our son and his son spending Saturday afternoon with us. And then we ended up watching that same 4 year old grandson for most of Sunday. So it was a busy weekend with not much reading or blogging progress. Oh well, we were making memories, right? 

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

What I'm currently reading

The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
This is a reread for me, it's this month's book club pick.

Ripper

by Isabel Allende 
(audio-book)


Family Secrets
(Whispering Pines Mystery #1)
by Shawn McGuire 

(audio-book)
I read another series by this author, which was completely different from this one. I'm enjoying this one too.

What I recently finished

The Southern Side of Paradise

(Peachtree Bluff #3)

by Kristy Woodson Harvey 

Pub date 5/7

I love this author and have read everything she's written. And I love this series!

Gone Haunting in Deadwood
(Deadwood #9)
by Ann Charles
(audio-book)
Love this series! Ready to move on to book #10.

The Liar's Child
by Carla Buckley
Pub date 3/12


Until the Day I Die
by Emily Carpenter 
Pub date 3/12

What I am going to read next

Random Acts of Kindness
by Dete Meserve and Rachel Greco
Pub date 3/26
Another author that I just love and read everything she writes. She constantly posts uplifting, positive, and kind acts on her Facebook page Random Acts of Kindness Book. I know I'm going to love this book.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? February 18, 2019

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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Snow, more snow. And wind and cold. That seems to be our lives right now. Our plans for the weekend with some of the kids and grandkiddos had to be scraped because of the winter weather. Ugh! 

We did make it over to our daughter's house here in town yesterday for some wonderful chili and family time. So we did get to see some of the kids and grands, just not the ones from out of town that we had planned on seeing.  

I'm enjoying a three day weekend because of President's Day so hopefully I can sit under a blanket today and get some reading in today. Bliss! 

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

What I'm currently reading

The Liar's Child
by Carla Buckley
Pub date 3/12

Ripper

by Isabel Allende 
(audio-book)

Gone Haunting in Deadwood
(Deadwood #9)
by Ann Charles
(audio-book)

What I recently finished


Until the Day I Die
by Emily Carpenter 
Pub date 3/12

What I am going to read next

The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
This will be a reread for me, it's this month's book club pick.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Book Spotlight Giveaway! The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

I have sooooo many books! I have a ton of print books and probably even more e-books. The Book Spotlight Giveaway feature that I post every Saturday is a way for me to clear my shelves and to share some of the many books I have. There are a lot of different reasons that I might be letting some of my books go, the biggest one is that when we moved 2 years ago I discovered how many books I really do have. This feature is a way for my to cull my collection and to give someone else the opportunity to enjoy them.

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The Girl on the Train is a book that I have both listened to and read. I enjoyed both versions. My book club read this for this month's meeting and everyone seemed to enjoy it. It's amazing to me that this is Paula's first thriller. She hit this one out of the park. The movie will be out in October!

Good luck and be sure to stop back next week!

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published January 13th 2015 by Riverhead Books

The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives.

EVERY DAY THE SAME
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

UNTIL TODAY
And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

About the author

Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction.

Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. The Girl on the Train is her first thriller.

Connect with Paula

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? June 13, 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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Not too much exciting going on this week. Hot temps, softball games, grilling out, gathering with neighbors on the patio, dinner with girlfriends to celebrate birthdays, visiting with some of the kids and grandkids, reading, oh yeah, and then working. Well, I guess my week was filled up and it was a wonderful week. I hope you have a great one! 

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What I'm currently reading/listening to


Finding Libbie: A Novel
by Deanna Lynn Sletten
I love this author and her stories. This one won't be out until September but I couldn't wait!


Look Again
by Lisa Scottoline
(audiobook)
This is a new-to-me author.

What I recently finished

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

This is our book club pick and we meet tonight. It should be an interesting discussion. 

Sunshine Beach (Ten Beach Road #4)
by Wendy Wax
My thoughts will be posted later this week.

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

by Ransom Riggs
(audiobook)
I love this series and I am so excited to see the movie in September.

What I am going to read next

Things We Once Held Dear
by Ann Tatlock
This is my book club read for next week.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Book Spotlight Giveaway! The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

This week I am offering my audio CD copy of The Girl on the Train. I have heard mixed reviews about this book but I really enjoyed listening to it. Maybe it was the British accents that did it, I do enjoy listening to them. I have heard from other people that they didn't enjoy reading it. My book club selected this to read later this year, so I will actually read it then. It will be interesting to see what I think of it, reading vs. listening.  

Good luck and be sure to stop back next week!

The Girl on the Train 

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Audio CD, 11 pages
Published January 13th 2015 by Penguin Audio

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

Compulsively readable, The Girl on the Train is an emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut. 

About the author

Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction.

Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. The Girl on the Train is her first thriller.

Connect with Paula

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon

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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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