For the moment I'll still mostly be hosting the reading challenge Full House on this blog at least for this quarter.
Everything else will be over at The Book Date on WordPress.
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August 4, 2018
My Book Date blog has moved.
As I signalled in July I am moving to WordPress. Starting on Monday the 6th I'll be hosting It's Monday! What Are You Reading on my WordPress.com blog. It is still the Book Date, just a different address.
For the moment I'll still mostly be hosting the reading challenge Full House on this blog at least for this quarter.
Everything else will be over at The Book Date on WordPress.
For the moment I'll still mostly be hosting the reading challenge Full House on this blog at least for this quarter.
Everything else will be over at The Book Date on WordPress.
July 30, 2018
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
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!
Firstly thank you to Beth from Beth Fish Reads who told me how to correct the Blogger fault of notices of comments on my blog not coming to my email. Thanks to her they now are!
I am still moving to WordPress and an update on that next week.
This week sees the end of July. I know! But... August is my birthday month and I have carefully orchestrated it to not have one review book to read! ( I still have reviews to post though). One of the birthday gifts to me is NO review reading in August. I am going to read only my books or books I get from the library. Big smile!
To celebrate as well I will be having a giveaway on each of the Mondays in August on It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Those who link to those posts will qualify to be part of it. Nothing else needed.
Now unfortunately I won't be around for a couple of days because I am travelling again to Rotorua because the lawyer wants myself and my sister to sign some documents! Re my sister's estate that we are executers for. So sigh! Hours of driving with some twisty roads. The weather looks okay at this point. I'd like to see some snow on the mountains as we pass by!
I drive to Whanganui by myself, its good road and quite flat. I meet up with my sister and then we go on to Rotorua which will take about three to four hours. The section from her place to the top of Lake Taupo is quite twisty and hilly and that's where we pass the mountains. (A ski area). It is all volcanic - Taupo is a large crater lake, that erupted about 26 500 years ago and is about the size of Singapore. We go around that and then once on the bypass we are good travelling to Rotorua, a big thermal area, has its own lakes and steam and thermal mud pool areas. But we aren't tourists and we sleep the night sign documents and travel in reverse all the way home on Monday!
What I read last week:
From the library - thoroughly enjoyed.
Review book - review to follow
What I am reading at present:
And at last I have started listening to my audiobook. See the sidebar.
Up next:
Not too sure, off my own shelves though!
July 23, 2018
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
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!
I've thought about it and I've decided I am going to move over to WordPress.com. I am going to have to cut my losses for some of the styling on this blog that I do love, but the whole Blogger commenting system is just so useless. I need those reminders in my email which of course Blogger has cut out. I read somewhere that every year Google cuts out something so looks like the email alert of comments on Blogger blogs. I missed some comments, which of course is my fault but I need the alert!
And there are other issues I won't go into, if you are with Blogger you probably know them yourself and choose to live with them but I have decided to shift. I like the WordPress experience a little better. I have my quilting blog there and have used it before when I was teaching. So it is with some regret though that I will move.
I did export this blog about a year ago to the WordPress site and have in the last week been moving over some of my posts from the last year. I won't move everything and will just leave some posts only here. They will all be here. I am not sure how that will mess with duplicating material as I am not doing any fancy things to stop that being picked up. My theory is I am such a small blogger it won't affect anything!
I intend to make the switch in August, best scenario at the beginning of August, but could be into August, but I will leave a link post once I move.
What I read last week:
From the library
From the review pile
What I am reading at present:
From the library, a genre I rarely read but hope to read through this series until I tire of it!
I wish I could say I was listening but I haven't even started my latest one. I will when I feel the motivation.
Up next:
For Review
July 16, 2018
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
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!
And so we march on into the middle of July. I had a quiet week you know. The usual - reading, sewing, visiting, ignoring the housework, shopping. All routine and mostly enjoyable. On Saturday I sat outside in the sunshine - now that's unusual because it is the middle of winter - but it was so still, sunny and warm.
Last Wednesday I went out to a craft night at a friend's house. She lives a bit more out in the country/beach area so some night driving along dark lanes. I dislike night driving and more so in places I am not too sure of with twisty lanes. Anyway I live to tell another tale, read another book!
Today I am off to visit my newest little great nephew. He was meant to be born this month but was born two months early. He has done really well and I very excited to meet him today at his Grandma's house where he is visiting with his mother today.
This is another great niece - a two year old, reading to her dolls with her Nana's glasses (my sister) on. Upside down mind you. Nana needs her glasses when she reads to Elise! Gotta love such an early reader!
This week I finished reading The Choice by Edith Eger. I can only wonder why I hadn't heard of her before, but I have now and I am so inspired and blown away by her story.
What I read last week:
From the library... enjoyed it once I got into it, it turned in a strange little way that didn't totally grab me but happy I read it... and it then turned out I could tick of a category in a challenge I am doing. Won't say what because I think better to come across it not expecting it.
From my Listening Liked it but didn't love it. Was good starting off but then it dragged and got a bit repetitive, liked her most recent book far better.
From the review pile This Australian author always delights me with her unique voice and different take on things.
From the non fiction pile and going on my list of top reads for 2018. What an outstanding book - a memoir of an amazing person.
What I am reading at present:
From the library....And recommended by both Debbie from The Reading Frenzy and Mary from Book Fan.
For my listening ... haven't started it yet but will, I listened to the first one and I have seen so many good reviews from some of you for this one I just had to keep going with the trilogy into book 2.
Up next:
From the review pile...
Last Weeks Posts
July 9, 2018
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
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!
Hope you are all well and that some of you are not being too scorched by the power of the sun. I have a thunderstorm and heavy rain going on overhead as I write.
This week I'd like to introduce you to my commenting partner for July. She has a great blog and for all you food lovers I think it would just go along perfectly for you as its all about reading and cooking. I want to try her recent sharing of a scallop one. Just have to find some scallops! So take a click over to Megan The Hungry Bookworm and give her a wave comment. And get... a recipe!
I have seven blocks done for my bookcase quilt. Here is a peek at one block. Isn't that kitten so darn cute. No I didn't design him, I got him in a pattern over at Craftsy!
What I read last week:
Both great reads.
I also finished listening to...
What I am reading at present:
Library book.
I am also reading this amazing memoir, I just have to keep reading it.
I am about to start listening to...
Up next:
Review book.
Last Weeks Posts
Audiobook Half Year Update
The Bookshop of Yesterdays Amy Meyerson
Rainy Day Friends Jill Shalvis
Audiobook Half Year Update
The Bookshop of Yesterdays Amy Meyerson
Rainy Day Friends Jill Shalvis
July 2, 2018
Rainy Day Friends. Jill Shalvis
Date: June 19th 2018
Format: e-ARC
Pages: 384
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Source: Publisher via Edelweiss/TLC Book Tours
Rating:
Six months after Lanie Jacobs’ husband death, it’s hard to imagine anything could deepen her sense of pain and loss. But then Lanie discovers she isn’t the only one grieving his sudden passing. A serial adulterer, he left behind several other women who, like Lanie, each believe she was his legally wedded wife. Rocked by the infidelity, Lanie is left to grapple with searing questions. How could she be so wrong about a man she thought she knew better than anyone? Will she ever be able to trust another person? Can she even trust herself?
Desperate to make a fresh start, Lanie impulsively takes a job at the family-run Capriotti Winery. At first, she feels like an outsider among the boisterous Capriottis. With no real family of her own, she’s bewildered by how quickly they all take her under their wing and make her feel like she belongs. Especially Mark Capriotti, a gruffly handsome Air Force veteran turned deputy sheriff who manages to wind his way into Lanie’s cold, broken heart—along with the rest of the clan.
Everything is finally going well for her, but the arrival of River Brown changes all that. The fresh-faced twenty-one-year old seems as sweet as they come…until her dark secrets come to light—secrets that could destroy the new life Lanie’s only just begun to build.
Rainy Day Friends is #2 in Jill Shalvis' Wildstone series. It is a moving, fun, light read that still explores how those who have had some very bad experiences in their lives can heal and find life after heartbreak.
Lanie is a graphic designer who has come to work at the Capriotti winery. And oh my, when you walk into that family life is never the same afterwards. From the warm welcoming Cora, the boss lady, to Gracie the dog, they are such a fun, nosey, outspoken lot. I loved them. And would love to see Cora explored a little more in a book of her own. I know she seems very together, but ... Anyway Lanie's dead husband was a ratfink. He married four or five others as well unbeknown to Lanie - so trust issues now in capitals.
Mark the dad of twins Sierra and Samantha is pretty hot, plus he is the best most loving Dad out and those twin girls adore him. They have been through the mill as his wife and their mother walked out on them and now Sierra does not talk. However Mark is not going to open his heart easily to anyone and put the girls at risk.
Add in River who arrives one day at the winery, on her last legs, and heavily pregnant. Immediately Cora takes her under her wing as she is apt to do. River seems to have some ulterior motive - easily guessed - and all that plays out. Lanie and herself develop a friendship that is beautiful but it could be fated to end badly.
There is plenty of warm family love, lots of laughter and some heart ache and poignant moments as this story reveals itself. I really enjoyed it and read it rapidly. It is sort of a cross between romance and women's fiction, which suited me fine.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis is the award winning author of over three dozen romance novels. Visit www.jillshalvis.com for a complete book list and a daily blog chronicling her I-Love-Lucy attempts at having it all; the writing, the kids, a life …
Find out more about Jill at her website, and connect with heron Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Find out more about Jill at her website, and connect with heron Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Thursday, June 28th: Staircase Wit
Monday, July 2nd: The Book Date
Tuesday, July 3rd: bookchickdi
Wednesday, July 4th: Broken Teepee
Friday, July 6th: A Soccer Mom's Book Blog
Monday, July 9th: Stranded in Chaos
Tuesday, July 10th: Jathan & Heather
Thursday, July 12th: Time 2 Read
Friday, July 13th: Girl Who Reads
Monday, July 16th: A Chick Who Reads
Tuesday, July 17th: Instagram: @Novelmombooks
Friday, July 20th: Not in Jersey
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
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 into the second half of the year. Right into July, I know some of you are experiencing now very high summer temps. Me - we've had some wonderful hard crisp frosts and glorious sunny days. Not all the time but enough to thoroughly enjoy.
I didn't get that much reading in this past week, but I did start a bookshelf quilt. Something I have been wanting to do for ages. It is only in the early stages yet, but I am happily visualising it above my bed. I can't hang anything heavy there as we are earthquake prone, so a light quilt should be ideal!
Happy 4th of July coming up to USA reader/bloggers.
What I read last week:
Two review books.
What I am reading at present:
Review book...
And still listening to Joanne DeMaio's book Beach Blues.
Up next:
Library book...
Last Weeks Posts
July Book Giveaway - as always a spot on it for the It's Monday readers only.
June Reading Month in Review
The Lost for Words Bookshop Stephanie Butland - Review
July Book Giveaway - as always a spot on it for the It's Monday readers only.
June Reading Month in Review
The Lost for Words Bookshop Stephanie Butland - Review
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