Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

When I was deciding to come back to the blog I was looking through all the blogging memes that the blogs I read follow. I had done Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 a handful of times, but over at  Mixed Book Bag , JC merged them together and I really like that idea.  So borrowing from her I'm going to start linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week the book Price at War: The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWI I  by Deborah Cadbury  caught my eye. It Begins:   Prologue 20 May 1910. The Streets below Windsor Castle were filled with crowds waiting for a sight of the gun carriage. Every window, roof top and ledge was commandeered to watch King Edward VII's coffin complete the final stage of its journey. On Page 56: ...papers across the world with pictures showing Wallis resplendent, all Gloriana, her adoring ex-...

So my plan is, each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title : Princes at War : The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII Author : Deborah Cadbury Date Started : June 22, 2017 Title :  The Best We Could Do Author : Thi Bui Date Started : June 25, 2017 Note : Book 1 for  #ReadersUnite: NYPL's Summer Reading Challenge For Adults Currently Listening : Title :  One Summer: America, 1927 Author : Bill Bryson Date Started : June 18, 2017 Finished Reading : Title :  Bound Together (Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart #6) Author : Christine Feehan Date Finished : June 19 Stars : 4 Title :  T he Things About Love Author : Julie James Date Finished : June 22, 2017 Stars : 4 Title :  Spill Zone (The Spill Zone #1) Author : Scott Westerfeld Date Finished : June 25, 2017 Stars : 3

Our librarians put together a Summer Reading challenge to broaden your reading horizons: https://t.co/kwsuv3kGF1 #ReadersUnite pic.twitter.com/u5t1EuABCJ — NY Public Library (@nypl) June 16, 2017 Challenge Accepted! This year's summer reading theme is Build a Better World. For this challenge NYPL has come up with 3 categories and a few suggestions for each category.  They say, "If you read one book from each suggested category below in June, July, and August, you'll have knocked out three great new-to-you books before the fall." First up is to try a book about immigrants or refugees . I'm going with their suggestion of The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format. Next is to try a book about an unlikely friendship. Again I went with a NYPL suggestion of Arrival by Ted Chiang. This i...

So my plan is, each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title : Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy Author : Sheryl Sandberg and Adam M. Grant Date Started : June 12, 2017 Title : Bound Together (Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart #6) Author : Christine Feehan Date Started : June 18, 2017 Currently Listening : Title : One Summer: America, 1927 Author : Bill Bryson Date Started : June 18, 2017 Finished Reading : Title : Animal Attraction (Buckhorn Brothers #5.5) Author : Lori Foster Date Finished : June 13, 2017 Stars : 3 Comments : Read for Buckhorn Ever After (Buckhorn Brothers #5.5) but reading all the cute animal focused romances. Title : Kin Author : Bruce McAllister Date Finished : June 15, 2017 Stars : 4 Comments: Short story read by LeVar Burton on his new podcast LeVar Burton Reads . Title :  The Unbeatable Squi...

When I was deciding to come back to the blog I was looking through all the blogging memes that the blogs I read follow. I had done Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 a handful of times, but over at  Mixed Book Bag , JC merged them together and I really like that idea.  So borrowing from her I'm going to start linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week the book is  Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy  by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. It Begins:   Introduction The last thing I ever said to him was, "I'm falling asleep." On Page 56: {prior to this she describes the poem " Footprints in the Sand "} I used to think there was one set of footprints because my friends were carrying me through the worst days of my life. But now it means something else to me. When I saw one set of footprints, it was because they were followin...

It's been a crazy few weeks. I closed on a house and I'm slowing moving into it. I'm moving from my childhood home so it's been a process to go through 30 some years of stuff and decide what can fit into my new home and what can be trashed or sold.  So reading has been slow, but I'm slowly picking up steam. Currently Reading: Title :  Animal Attraction Author : Megan Miranda Date Started : June 9 Note : Reading for Buckhorn Ever After (Buckhorn Brothers #5.5) but reading all the cute animal focused romances. Finished Reading : Title :  The Library Policeman Author : Stephen King Date  Finished : June 10 Stars : 2 Note :  Would have been more stars if not for the graphic description of the sexual abuse of a young child. Title :  Winning the Wallflower  (Fairy Tales #2.5) Author : Eloisa James Date Finished : June 9 Stars: 4 Note : June book club selection Title :  Storming the Castle  (Fairy Tales #1.5) Author : Elo...

It's been a crazy few weeks. I closed on a house and I'm slowing moving into it. I'm moving from my childhood home so it's been a process to go through 30 some years of stuff and decide what can fit into my new home and what can be trashed or sold.  So reading has been slow, but I'm slowly picking up steam. Currently Reading: Title : All the Missing Girls Author : Megan Miranda Date Started : June 3 Note : June book club selection Title : Practical Magic Author : Alice Hoffman Date Started : June 4 Note : I had no idea this was a book until last last week! Friends of mine all said they enjoyed the movie more than the book, and I can already tell its very different. Currently Listening : Title : The Library Policeman Author : Stephen King Date Started : May 24 Finished Reading : Title : Killer Chef Author : James Patterson and Jeffrey J. Keyes Date Finished : May 23 Stars : 3 Title : Geekerella Author : Ashley Poston Date Finished : M...