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!
Happy New Year everyone. Hope yours is good. Mine has dawned bright, sunny and still which is great as the last week has been hugely windy and a small amount of rain.
May 2018 bring you lots of great books, lots of joy and when the going is tough (because let's face it there are usually tough somethings) may you have the courage and strength and support you need.
What I read last week:
This is the second book in her Loved Walked In series. She has a third one coming out in 2018. At first I was unhappy because there were quite a few new characters, then I adjusted and totally enjoyed the book!
I had a bit of spare time counting down 2017 reading so I bought this one and enjoyed it. Georgian setting and beginning of a new series. Looking forward to the next one coming out - there is a big family!!
I finished this audiobook, it was about a group of women who loved getting rejection letters for their books until the terrible day when one got an acceptance letter which leads them on a fun road journey.
What I am reading at present:
I also started listening to this YA audiobook and am loving it. I know, I know thousands before me loved it but I am slow.
Up next:
A review book - my first historical romance by Beverly Jenkins so I am looking forward to it.
Last Weeks Posts
December Month in Review
Celebrating My Best Reads of the Year 2017
Looking Back at My Reading Challenges 2017 and reflecting on them - successes and fails.
Read the Books You Buy End of Year Link Up
December Month in Review
Celebrating My Best Reads of the Year 2017
Looking Back at My Reading Challenges 2017 and reflecting on them - successes and fails.
Read the Books You Buy End of Year Link Up
Great video spotlighting your First Book of the Year! I love Barbara Claypole White's books, and this one just went on my list. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year. I hope you have a wonderful 2018. Enjoy your books and happy reading. ❤️😁
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!! It must already be 2018 there- we have about an hour and a half yet at the moment. Wishing you a wonderful new year!!!
ReplyDeleteJenn McKinlay's books look fun.
Happy New Year! Thank you so much for hosting this link up!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year. Two more hours for us.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Kathryn!! Hope it will be a good one...
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love everything about The rejected writer's book club. The cover, the title, the synopsis, all sounds great!
I also haven't read The sea of tranquility yet, but hope to get to it. Someday.
I love your video! So fun!
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Happy New Year! It's about 20 degrees this morning in VA. Our dog does not like it this cold. Luckily it's dry outside. I enjoyed your video. I've added The Promise Between Us to my list.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Kathryn! I'm glad to hear your year has started off with a good day; it is quite chilly here, and windy, but the sun is out and I'm looking forward to an extra day off from work! The Rejected Writers audio book you've listened to sounds really cute; that would be a great choice for an easy, fun listen. Thanks so much for hosting and I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! I hope it's the best one yet.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely new year sentiments!!
I LOVE how you do your video for the first book of the year. :)
ENJOY your books and your day even though it is almost January 2 for you. :)
HUGS.
Elizabeth
Happy New Year! Great first book video. How did you make it? Have a wonderful 2018!
ReplyDeleteWith all the year end, favorites and First Book posts, I almost forgot this one! Thank you for the wonderful thoughts and I wish you the same. Thanks for hosting this weekly event! I finished Wilde in Love last week too and loved it!
ReplyDeleteI like Melissa de los Santos...and she is a local author here! She and her author husband live here in our small state and often make appearances at our tiny used bookstore in town :) Glad you enjoyed her novel.
ReplyDeleteYour weather sounds soooo wonderful! It's been frigid here for over a week now - high temps in the teens and 20's (F!) with wind chills below zero - brrr! Enjoy your summer!
Happy New Year!
Sue
Book By Book
Happy New Year! I loved watching your First Book Of The Year video. My post is here: http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2018/01/first-book-of-year-bookjourney.html
ReplyDeleteAll of those books are new to me. Hope you enjoy them!
Happy New Year! I love so many books on your post today. I want to read The Rejected Writers' Book Club, it sounds so entertaining.
ReplyDeleteMy first book of 2018 is The Promise Between Us too! I'm excited to start it. Happy reading!
Great post! Some books have been added to the TBR, oops..
ReplyDeleteMy Post:
https://bookaddictrambles.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-1/
♪ﾟ+.ｏ(‘v`★)Hau'oli Makahiki Hou(★’v`)♪ﾟ+.ｏ I have that cozy series on my TBR. I need to redo my lists of what I want to try to read first this 2018. I added that rejected writer's book club one; that sounds like fun and I do love it when women come together with a purpose.
ReplyDeleteProps to you on learning HTML to create those boxes. I'll try to poke around and see if I can find something on that. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Kathryn. I hope I will enjoy Miss Marple's first foot out into the murder world. Katherine of I Wish I Lived in a Library told me to not get discouraged as Miss Marple may take some getting used to.
DeleteBooks Can Be Deceiving is the book that got me hooked on cozies. The series gets even better as it goes. Happy new year and happy reading!
ReplyDeleteYour books look good. The library cozy mystery series is on my TBR. I want to start from the beginning. Hope you have a great week and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE so much that are you still doing What Are You Reading.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! I LOVED Wilde in Love!! The skunk was adorable!! I wanted to ask, how do you get those neat little trackers for your challenges?
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! Your sentiment is lovely! He books you are ready look good.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a grand 2018 with lots of good reading!
Happy new year and I hope this year will be a good one filled with awesome books
ReplyDeleteSo many great books! I love that series by Jenn McKinlay and am so glad you enjoyed the first one. I heard an interview by Beverly Jenkins and liked her so much I've been wanting to read her books ever since. I can't wait to see what you think! The Rejected Writers' Book Club looks fantastic and I can never resist a book with a stack of teacups on the cover. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteKathryn Happy New Year thanks for sharing your first book of 2018 I just finished my March reviews and my first book of 2018 I'll start tonight Dark Guardian Craved by I T Lucas it's book #12 in her Children of the Gods series
ReplyDeleteSome of those books sound really good!! thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! I am reading Saturdays at Sweeney's, which I just learned is the fifth and final book in the series! *sigh*
ReplyDeleteThe Rejected Writer's Book Club looks like a cute read! I'll have to check it out. :)
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