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 a great post to organise yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in 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!
Well we are at the end of January. Flew past. And I am still waiting for summer, haven't been above 20 degrees C or 68 F so....!!!!! Today - drizzle. Sunshine please show your face.
I have spent time reading and quilting and chores. First two always enjoyable. I am learning to free motion quilting which is all about practice to gain skills. It is a bit like learning to drive a car or ride a bike, you have to get that point of balance and co-ordination and I am not there yet. But I like learning something new. When a former colleague asked me how I was learning I said "Online". She laughed because she said "That is so you". I was online with all my class much of the time learning when I was teaching. All I can say opportunities are there, and if they are not in your own town well where else to go! Yay for online.
What I read last week
Reviews to follow on both of these.
What I am reading at present:
This is an urban fantasy. I read the first one last year Who's Afraid? It is about Tommi a new werewolf, but not a slow one!
I am listening to
And also
Hope summer arrives soon! I am jealous that you got Echoes in Death. Can't wait to read it. Hope to get to The Wicked City soon.
ReplyDeleteI miss the sunshine here too. Hope you get some warmer weather. I can't wait for spring.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool that you are learning quilting techniques online. When I was trying to teach myself to crochet I watched some videos on YouTube. Unfortunately I didn't really get very far. I have learned some other stuff like origami folding and napkin folding though. So handy to be able to watch instructions sometimes :)
I look forward to your review of The Wicked City. The new Sarah Jio looks good.
Hope it warms up! We need sunshine here too... Who's Afraid To looks good, I just finished a werewelf story myself. Have a super reading week!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy Always as much as I did.
ReplyDeleteCurious about The Wicked City. Have a great week, and thanks for sharing...and hosting.
These covers look good. Anything below 68° here in the east bay is slightly cool for us. My husband keeps saying he can't wait for summer and won't complain about the heat again as it's a cold winter for us. We'll see about that.
ReplyDeleteJanuary did fly. Your temps sound like mine- but we are in winter.
ReplyDeleteI love you are learning online. :-)
Who's Afraid Too sounds good and I am interested in The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend...
Sarah Jio sounds good too and In Death 44! You are far, far along.
I am so glad I have Wild Horse Springs to read!
Happy Reading!
Sarah Jio looks good. I have yet to read her but hears good things about her books. Look forward to seeing what you think of The Wicked City
ReplyDeleteHonestly, 68F sounds wonderful to me! I just looked and we have a chance of snow coming AGAIN this week, which does not make me happy. I guess I shouldn't complain--lately our weather has been slightly nicer than normal, but the memory of the last winter storm is still a bit too fresh in my memory.
ReplyDeleteI picked up my JD Robb today and think I'll start it tonight. Am very excited!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading The Wicked City now. Will check out your review when you post it. Enjoy your reading week!
ReplyDeleteWho's Afraid Too? Is new to me but it's one that I can see making it onto my TBR pile :)
ReplyDeleteYou know, I'm like you. I love the net because you can learn so many thing from it. that's how I learned to make wire wrapped jewellery... didn't even know it excisted before stumbling upon a few tutorials.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read your review of Wicked City. I love that cover!
I'm reading 'The Grin Mill Murder', one of the Miss Fisher's series. Like with the tv series, I started off thinking it would be kind of meh. I'm halfway through and I'm loving it :-)
I'm a big believer in online too. I do a lot of short courses and did most of my degree by distance learning. Plus, those little things, like how to do a particular type of knit - can't be beaten.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathryn! We both finished The Wicked City last week, hope you liked it as much as I did. I hope to read Sarah Jio's new book soon! So many books!! Have a wonderful week.
ReplyDeleteWe had a max of 42 C last week - today 19C...go figure!
ReplyDeleteHope you have a lovely week - learning things online is fun and you can watch the videos over and over... :)
The quilting sounds fun. I suppose you must first have the proper machine. Enjoy.
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Quilting sounds hard, especially that kind. All I can do with a sewing machine is make catnip mats.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious how the new Beatriz Williams is! I used to lover her stuff, but have gotten kind of overwhelmed since she now seems to publish at least 1 and sometimes 2 books a year.
ReplyDeleteThe Beatriz Williams one looks really good. I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI think quilting would be fun! I've also wanted to learn to knit. It would give me even more opportunity to listen to my audiobook! Hope you are enjoying your books and have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThe Wicked City sounds like a great read. Looking forward to your review.
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I'm looking forward to seeing your thoughts on The Wicked City. I enjoyed it though I think I liked A Certain Age more. The Sarah Jio looks fantastic and I have The Readers of a Broken Wheel Recommend on my TBR. I can't resist books about books!
ReplyDeleteInteresting about learning to do free-motion quilting from an online site. Sounds like fun.
ReplyDeleteI hope THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND is enjoyable for you. I really liked it. How is audio? Who is the narrator?
Jealous of THE WICKED CITY. I love Beatriz Williams' books. Looking forward to your review.
Have a wonderful week...I can't believe January is over tomorrow. I guess 2017 is going to be another "fly by" year. :(
Elizabeth
Silver's Reviews
My It's Monday, What Are You Reading
I don't know - 68F sounds lovely to me! Deep in winter this week with cold temps and more gray skies. I'm with you - I need my sunshine!
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to read Broken Wheel Recommends - sounds like a good one!
Enjoy your books and your quilting this week - hope it warms up for you!
Sue
Book By Book
Ooh, I love a good werewolf novel! I haven't heard of Maria Lewis, and will look into ordering her books for the library. I am waiting on The Readers of Broken Wheel, because I'll be reading it for book club later in the year. Today isn't going to go above 37F here, so 68 sounds pretty good to me!
ReplyDeleteI love Beatriz Williams books! (Just reviewed "A Certain Age" this last week!) Yeah, and I'll be reading that one about chocolate too. *lol*
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Oh can't wait to see your review of Wicked City I LOVE Beatriz Williams, her first mainstream novel Overseas is still my all time favorite book. She has a wicked past as a romance author under the name Juliana Gray. I'm reading an April release for RT right now called Lost in You by Jules Bennett. Thanks Kathryn have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThat UF one looks good
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read Echos in Death!
ReplyDeleteI hope it warms up soon. I am in Arizona, but it is not warm in my northern neck of the woods. It was sunny this afternoon so I am feeling hopeful. You are quite the prolific reader! I am happy to find you and look forward to checking out your reviews!
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