It's Monday! What Are You Reading? August 12, 2024 #IMWAYR

      

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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Our local sweet corn is ready! And it is so yummy. We had some last night for dinner. I went out to the local produce stand this past weekend and loaded up on fresh home-grown vegetables. I can't wait for the tomatoes to be ready. 

Our weather has been super cool compared to a few weeks ago. I love the cooler weather but I'm not ready for summer to be over either. Speaking of weather, we went to see Twisters in the theater last week. It was pretty intense but very good. Have you seen it?

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

Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

By Any Other Name

by Jodi Picoult

eARC from NetGalley

Pub date ~ August 20

The Women

by Kristin Hannah

print borrowed from my neighbor

Published February 2024

A Friend in the Dark

by Samantha M. Bailey

audiobook from my collection

Published March 2024

What I recently finished

The Lost Art of Mixing

(The School of Essential Ingredients #2)

by Erica Bauermeister

paperback from my collection

Published January 2013

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

audio-book from my collection

Published June 2005

What I am going to read next

Not sure. I'll see what I feel like reading when I finish my current ones.

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? August 5, 2024 #IMWAYR

       

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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Gosh, ya just gotta love the weather in South Dakota. Last week we saw temps in the mid to upper 90s and now this week, we are going to be in the mid 70s. I'm not ready for fall just yet but I don't like the really hot temps. Hubs and I are looking at maybe going camping later this week, probably just in time for the temperatures to go up again. Sigh. Luckily we have an RV so if it gets really hot, I'll be the spoiled camper, sitting inside with the AC on. 😜

I'm sort of caught up with my review list for August so I think I'm going to take this opportunity to enjoy some of my personal books—some mood reading. I love when that happens. 

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

Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

By Any Other Name

by Jodi Picoult

eARC from NetGalley

Pub date  - August 20

The Lost Art of Mixing

(The School of Essential Ingredients #2)

by Erica Bauermeister

paperback from my collection

Published January 2013

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

audio-book from my collection

Published June 2005

What I recently finished

A Summer of Surprises

(Seashell Cottage #3)

by Judith Keim

print from my collection for a challenge

Published June 2020

House of Glass

by Sarah Pekkanen

eARC from NetGalley

Pub date ~ August 6

What I am going to read next

The Women

by Kristin Hannah

print borrowed from my neighbor

Published February 2024

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? July 29, 2024 #IMWAYR

      

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

Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

House of Glass

by Sarah Pekkanen

eARC from NetGalley

Pub date ~ August 6

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

audio-book from my collection

Published June 2005

What I recently finished

Hello Little Girl

by Kay Bratt

eARC from author

Pub date ~ TODAY!!

This Used to Be Us

by Renee Carlino

print ARC from publisher

Published July 9, 2024

What I am going to read next

By Any Other Name

by Jodi Picoult

eARC from NetGalley

Pub date  - August 20

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? July 22, 2024 #IMWAYR

     

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

Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

Hello Little Girl

by Kay Bratt

eARC from author

Pub date ~ July 29

This Used to Be Us

by Renee Carlino

print ARC from publisher

Published July 9, 2024

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

audio-book from my collection

Published June 2005

What I recently finished

Southern Discomfort

(Sandy Island #1)

by Ashley Farley

eARC from author

Pub date ~ August 6

In This Ravishing World

by Nina Schuyler

print ARC from publisher

Published July 2, 2024

Jackrabbit Skin

(Never Tell Collection #5)

by Ivy Pochoda

audio-book from collection

Published March 19, 2024

What I am going to read next

House of Glass

by Sarah Pekkanen

eARC from NetGalley

Pub date ~ August 6

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? July 15, 2024 #IMWAYR

        

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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It's been 2 weeks since I posted my reads. We just got back from a 2 week road trip to TN. I didn't get on my computer once and didn't read very much at all. I was enjoying life and loved spending time with family. Got lots of grandmas hugs too! So now I'm back and back at it. 

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

Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

Southern Discomfort

(Sandy Island #1)

by Ashley Farley

eARC from author

Pub date ~ August 6

In This Ravishing World

by Nina Schuyler

print ARC from publisher

Published ~ July 2, 2024

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

audio-book from my collection

Published June 2005

What I recently finished

One Big Happy Family

by Jamie Day

eARC from NetGalley

Published ~ July 11, 2024

What I am going to read next

This Used to Be Us

by Renee Carlino

print ARC from publisher

Published July 9, 2024

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? July 1, 2024 #IMWAYR

       

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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As this post goes live, we are on a road trip from SD to TN to see our son and his family. I can't wait to see them all and get lots of hugs. We have three grands there and we haven't seen them in person since September. It's been too long for this grandma! Posting will be sporadic as I take time to enjoy family. 

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

Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

One Big Happy Family

by Jamie Day

eARC from NetGalley

Pub date ~ July 11

In This Ravishing World

by Nina Schuyler

print ARC from publisher

Pub date ~ July 2

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

audio-book from my collection

Published June 2005

What I recently finished

Yellow Wife

by Sadeqa Johnson

print from my collection for a challenge

Published January 2021

The Bad Friend

(Never Tell Collection #6)

by Caroline Kepnes

audio-book from my collection

Published March 2024

What I am going to read next

Southern Discomfort

(Sandy Island #1)

by Ashley Farley

eARC from author

Pub date ~ August 6

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? June 24, 2024 #IMWAYR

         

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

Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

One Big Happy Family

by Jamie Day

eARC from NetGalley

Pub date ~ July 11

Yellow Wife

by Sadeqa Johnson

print from my collection for a challenge

Published January 2021

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

audio-book from my collection

Published June 2005

What I recently finished

A Happier Life

by Kristy Woodson Harvey

eARC from publisher

Pub date ~ June 25

The Tale of Despereaux

by Kate DiCamillo

paperback borrowed from my grandson

Published August 2003

Explosive Eighteen

(Stephanie Plum #18)

by Janet Evanovich

audio-book from my collection

Published November 2011

What I am going to read next

In This Ravishing World

by Nina Schuyler

print ARC from publisher

Pub date ~ July 2

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Book Spotlight Giveaway! The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

I have sooooo many books! I have a ton of print books and probably even more e-books. The Book Spotlight feature that I post every Saturday is a way for me to clear my shelves and to share some of the 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 I discovered just 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.

The book that I am featuring this week is an oldie but a goodie. I read it a couple of times, once for my book club and we had a great discussion. It's time to pass this one on to someone else.   

Good luck and be sure to stop back next week!

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

Print and e-book, 401 pages

Published May 30th 2006 by Penguin Books

On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's Syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split-second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. 

So begins this story that unfolds over a quarter of a century - in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night. Norah Henry, who knows only that her daughter died at birth, remains inconsolable; her grief weighs heavily on their marriage. And Paul, their son, raises himself as best he can, in a house grown cold with mourning. Meanwhile, Phoebe, the lost daughter, grows from a sunny child to a vibrant young woman whose mother loves her as fiercely as if she were her own.

About the author

Kim Edwards was born in Killeen, Texas. She grew up in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York and graduated from Colgate University and The University of Iowa, where she earned an MFA in fiction and an MA in linguistics. She is the author of a story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King, which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award; her stories have been published in The Paris Review, Story, Ploughshares, Zoetrope, and many other periodicals. She has received many awards for the short story as well, including a Pushcart Prize, the National Magazine Award, the Nelson Algren Award, and inclusion in both The Best American Short Stories and the Symphony Space program ‘Selected Shorts.’ She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award, as well as grants from the Pennsylvania and Kentucky Arts Councils, the Kentucky Foundation for Women, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, her first novel, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Award pick and became a word-of-mouth best-seller, spending 122 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, 20 of those weeks at #1. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter won the Kentucky Literary Award and the British Book Award, and was chosen as Book of the Year for 2006 by USA Today. Her second novel, The Lake of Dreams, an Independent Booksellers pick, was also an international best seller; her work has been published in more than 32 countries. Currently, Kim is working on a new novel, as well as a collection of related stories.ut a toolbelt and asking if she needs anything fixed. So maybe it's only G-rated dreams that come true. 

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