I had Book Club on Thursday afternoon. The book was The Switch by Beth O'Leary
On my scale of 1 to 10 I give it a 4. It was a lot of fluff and not much substance. I enjoyed the 79 year old woman in the book and her outlook. However I would not read the book again.
Seems like it has been forever since I have read a page turner!
Recommendations are always welcome!
Friday was a quiet day, toward evening Jen and I went to Michaels. Far Guy waited in the car. He people watched and talked to my sister on the phone whilst we were in the store!
No yarn was purchased just watercolor paper for more cards.
Far Side
Craft stores are fun to go into. I wish we had one in our town. Though we have a lovely family-own fabric store. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I don't have a page turner to suggest. Hope someone else does.
Happy December.
I have enjoyed your blog for a long time, but never commented. I thought you might enjoy the "Miss Julia" book series by Ann B. Ross. There are several books in the series and just get better as they progress. I enjoy your adventures with Far Guy. I live in southern Missouri.
ReplyDeleteYou walked out without yarn! I enjoy people watching.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading the most recent Scarpetta book. All of this series have been page turners. Seeing the comment above - I agree that the Miss Julia series - fun reads.
ReplyDeleteThink you might enjoy The Gales of November by John U. Bacon - non-fiction from your part of the world.
ReplyDeleteI get sucked into Craft Stores---there is just so much to look upon and think about -----
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what sort of books youmenjoy, but some of my favorites include: A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon, books by Kristin Hannah, and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Grams, to name a few.
ReplyDeleteI’m reading The Boleyn Traitor is a historical novel by Philippa Gregory, published in 2025. It focuses on the life of Jane Boleyn, the sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn. The book explores Jane's struggle for survival in the treacherous Tudor court of Henry VIII. I like English royal history.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but this might be too long. I love to read a really good book!
ReplyDeleteAnn Cleeves books are so well-written and interesting because she describes characters extremely well, hides a lot of clues to figure out, and they are set in Scotland’s Shetland Islands and northern England. You really feel like you are inside the story. She has written several different series: Vera mysteries and the Shetland series have both been programs on PBS in recent years. As with the Louise Penny stories, I would try to read them in order as they make more sense for you. Here is a list of “best books” by Cleeves:
10 Best Books Written by Ann Cleeves
Raven Black. Ann Cleeves. 2006 ** starts the Shetland series**
The Long Call. Ann Cleeves. 2019
White Nights. Ann Cleeves. 2008
The Crow Trap. Ann Cleeves. 1999
The Darkest Evening. Ann Cleeves. 2020
The Heron's Cry. Ann Cleeves.
Red Bones. Ann Cleeves.
Blue Lightning. Ann Cleeves.
The Three Pines Series by Louise Penny is on YouTube
“While you can read them out of order, there are two layers of story -- the murder being solved in the book and the background character stories that carry over and build up as you progress through the books. Plus a deeper, hinted-at mystery bubbling up in the Sureté de Quebec...really, you should read these in order. It's a richer experience, and as you get to know the 'regulars', you the reader become an unseen member of the Three Pines community in the process. Otherwise you are just a tourist popping in for a short visit :)” -Mary, Goodreads
Publication order of the Three Pines series
A Fatal Grace (2006)
The Cruelest Month (2007)
A Rule Against Murder (2008)
The Brutal Telling (2009)
Bury Your Dead (2010)
A Trick of the Light (2011)
The Beautiful Mystery (2012)
How the Light Gets In (2013)
The Long Way Home (2014)
The Nature of the Beast (2015)
A Great Reckoning (2016)
Glass Houses (2017)
Kingdom of the Blind (2018)
A Better Man (2019)
All the Devils Are Here (2020)
The Madness of Crowds (2021)
A World of Curiosities (2022)
The Grey Wolf (2024)
The Black Wolf (2025)
As for interesting Minnesota writers, have you tried Lavyrle Spencer, William Kent Krueger, Jon Hassler, John Sandford, Vince Flynn? Lavyrle Spencer wrote really interesting books based historically, mostly, and got many awards and wrote a lot of best-sellers. She quit when she had made a certain amount of money so she could travel and enjoy her family. My kind of woman! She is now 82.
ReplyDeleteYes I have read Laveryl Spencer books and William Kent Krueger I am working through all of his books. Jon Hassler was an English Teacher and Coach in my High School. But I have not read his books.
DeleteI am reading the latest Louise Penny book. There are lots of them, especially the inspector Gamache series. I have read them all, all set in Quebec and the fictional town of Three Pines, near the American border. They are both charming and dark mysteries.
ReplyDeleteI need to find a good audio book to listen to on the plane. I have NO room to take an actual book though. You actually went to Michaels and didn't buy yarn? I'm rarely able to do that.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
Watercolor paper for cards...you have my interest there.
ReplyDeleteYou always make such pretty cards. :)
Fluff books are what I consider summer reading. They have their place but I can only read one or two before I need something more substantive.
ReplyDeleteCraft stores can be very dangerous places!
LD....I can't believe you didn't buy some more yarn. The weather kept us from Hobby Lobby but we did get to the bank, and Menards to return a part that the install guys didn't use on our dryer.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly got a lot of suggestions for books to read. Just today I finished an Ann Cleeves book called A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy. It was pretty interesting. I give it an 8.
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