Laurel’s Comments (group member since Dec 30, 2013)

Laurel’s comments from the All About Books group.

#6 The Library Book
4 red stars, though I struggled to finish it. Loved all the trivia about libraries!

Pages: 3261

Thanks, Leslie. It's been on my TBR and a random read pick for several years now! This Good Yarn challenge is finally getting me to prioritize it. I like a good fantasy. Although, right now Where the Forest Meets the Stars has really grabbed me! Normally I read several books at a time, but when a book is really good the others can go begging...

#5 The Mistletoe Matchmaker

3.5 pink stars. Another cozy visit to the little town of Lissbeg, Ireland.

Pages: 2944

Here it is March already, and I only finished the two books above in Feb. So, I still have everything else in message #15 to finish, plus some new:

READ The Dutch House - for Daytimers

A Good Yarn themes are Who, What, Why, When, or Where; and Wives titles. Choices are:
READ Where the Forest Meets the Stars
READ The Chocolatier's Wife

Maybe, because it is a group read in The Reading Loft (Yahoo group):
The Crystal Cave

#4 Peregrine
5 blue stars - Loved it! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Pages: 2590

#3 The Winter Hare
5 blue stars - Historical fiction for young teens (ages 10-15?). I thoroughly enjoyed it, and am starting the sequel right away. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Pages: 2350

Read it last year. Great book!

I'll second The Owl Service

I'll second Winter Counts.

I've added another list to message 7 above: The 12 oldest books in Goodreads that I've listed as To Be Read. By giving these some visibility here, maybe I'll get at least a few of them read.

February plans:

Still reading:
READ Troubled Blood - paused
READ The Mistletoe Matchmaker
Queen By Right

Started in Jan:
READ Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age
READ The Library Book (for Daytimers)
READ Under the Wide and Starry Sky (for A Good Yarn)

Next up:
Untimely Death (for A Good Yarn) - this may have to be a "leftover" for later...
READ Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier (Netgalley ARC)
One for Sorrow - started last year
READ The Winter Hare and
READ Peregrine - just got through ILL and need to prioritize.

Possibly:
READ All Creatures Great and Small - just got on Audible. Been watching the new TV series and it has me wanting to reread these books!

Also need to come up with my V books for A Good Yarn. Maybe:
READ Death at Bishop's Keep or
A Dangerous Duet for "Victorian"
Lonely is the Valley for "Valley"
Veil of Lies for a V title, or maybe
The Valley for "Valley" AND a V title...

Way behind already. LOL!

Finally got my Daytimer's Book Club books picked, so I've updated message 4 above.

#2 War and Peace
5 blue stars.

Also counted as finished last year. Timeless themes.

Pages: 2078

Thank you. I just finished Natasha's Dance yesterday, and it was a great book!

#1 Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
5 gold stars.

I counted this as finished last year, just because I was almost finished and it is a chunky one! I marked it as a reread for 2021, but it isn't really. Just wanted to have it counted for 2020 and 2021....

Pages: 728

I'm about to start Mud and Stars. Loved Hamnet, too!

Thank you, Leslie! The same to you for 2021! Let's go read!

Laurel's January plans:

Currently reading:
Troubled Blood audiobook
The Mistletoe Matchmaker
Queen By Right

Next up:
Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age
The Library Book (for Daytimers)
Under the Wide and Starry Sky (for A Good Yarn)
Untimely Death (for A Good Yarn)
Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier (Netgalley ARC)

I'll be interested in your Yorkshire reads, since some of my ancestors are from there. I really enjoyed Wuthering Heights last year. I also love natural history and add the Wainwright prize nominees to my TBR although I don't read many of them....