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Way to go team! "Fire" stamp requested.
Hello Team Olaf! I don't think anyone has read our "heart" book yet. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Our new category is "sweater". What will you read?
No!!! Guilty of not getting to heart yet! Hope to soon!I will read
for sweater.Hope to I can get to both categories before the next is called!
I am working on my heart book and should be done soon. :) Gotta find a book for sweater!
Nice work getting out of the gate on our "heart" book. I plan to start mine soon.For sweater, I will likely read Falling Like Snowflakes which is a Christy Award Nominee for Contemporary Romance.
I'm glad I delayed on the heart book!! One of my options is on the INSPY Shortlist. Just started Water From My Heart by Charles Martin.A funny back story...I went to a not incredibly close library branch to pick it up last night so I could start the novel today. A few hours later, I realized I have the book on my Kindle. Oops!
Lol! At least it was a library copy and not a copy you purchased!
"Heart"
Water From My Heart by Charles Martin
Three Stars
Read: May 5-8
I have mixed feelings about this novel.
I loved that the novel is based upon facts. The afterward provides in depth information about the backstory and it was great to read about what inspired Water From My Heart. Along this same thought, I enjoyed learning more about Nicaragua, the land and the people. The title is meaningful and is explained in the pages of the story. I also liked the base meaning of this novel - hope and what is takes to receive it.
The story itself held my interest, however, was overall just o.k. This is my first novel by Charles Martin and am interested in reading another of his novels.
Theme: HeartBook read: A Thousand Boy Kisses
Finished: 5.6.16
Rating: 5 stars
Review: This was one of the saddest books I've ever read, but also very sweet and beautiful. It's about a boy named Rune and a girl named Poppy who meet at 5 years old, grow up together and fall in love, but have to deal with lots of tragedy along the way. The book really makes you want to live each day to the fullest and hold tight to those you love.
Well done Staci and Dizzy on finishing your heart books! I started mine. Should be done this week and then going right to my sweater book! Should be caught up before the next category is called next week!
Finished my sweater book - I got so into it I couldn't put it down! Lol.Theme/Cover: Sweater
Book read: Up to the Challenge
Finished: 5.10.16
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I loved this book, which was a love story about an outspoken, tough girl (Sid) who's secretly been in love with Lucas Dempsey since high school. Lucas, however, left Anchor Island, where they grew up, after high school and only came back to visit occasionally. Now, however, he is back for an extended period to help out his family after his father has a heart attack. He and Sid end up falling for each other, but he faces some tough decisions as he has a life and important job back in the city. I really loved the characters and the story, and the only reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 was that I felt it ended kind of abruptly. :)
Nice work Dizzy!. I'm waiting for my "sweater" book to come in from the library. We are 3/4 of the way there for "heart" and 1/4 there for "sweater".
Awesome! I'm done with my heart book - just need to review. And started my sweater book.I'm off sick so a few more reading hours.
Good reading...bad sick! Feel better!! :D
Thanks Staci and Bess. Stupid sinus infection. Pills make my brain useless.
You know, I generally have terrible sinus infections too! I take a "homemade" concoction (from a nurse in the Urgent Care facilities) and then don't have to have antibiotics.
Clearly, I have no idea what is on my Kindle. The "sweater" book wouldn't download (e-book from library) because it is already on my Kindle. At least there was no travel involved this time!!
I'm overcoming a sinus infection too. No meds for me. Just herbs and tea. The thing that helped me the most this time around was TAZO organic spicy ginger tea. Love that stuff, and I'm not normally a tea person. Hope you're feeling better soon, Sarita!
Yeah, I never got into tea either... :|
Done with Sweater:
Rating 3 stars (though would have given 3,5 if it was an option).
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Way to go Sarita! 3/4 on "heart" and 1/2 way there for "sweater". I hope to start my sweater book this weekend.
Thanks Staci, had a good reading week ☺
Happy Wednesday Team Olaf! Our next category is cat/kitten. What will you read for this one?
I was hoping this category will be called at a very later stage :-(There is 3 books I have as options.
The first option I own but second book in a series. Need to read
first. Might delay this to after the winter category and hoping "Boots" would be called then everything will fall in place nicely ☺
Ooh thanks Sarita! You've just given me an option I didn't realize I had. So these are my two choices.
Staci wrote: "Ooh thanks Sarita! You've just given me an option I didn't realize I had. So these are my two choices.[bookcover:Murder at the Courthouse|2..."Glad I could help ☺
I'm going to read
for the cat/kitten theme. :)
Theme "sweater"Falling Like Snowflakes by Denise Hunter
Read May 15-18
Four Stars
Review:
Falling Like Snowflakes is the first novel in the Summer Harbor Series and my first Denise Hunter novel. This was a cute, light contemporary romance novel with a smidgen of suspense.
Yeah way to go team. Still a few rounds before any chance of bingo though! At least I'm getting through a lot of to-read book via this challenge which I delayed reading.
Way to go team! I'll request our heart stamp.
Think I will reread/re-listen
which should work for cat since there is a Lion on the cover.
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Melanie wrote: "Yes, that works ;)"Thanks Melanie! ☺
Next Category is Tree ☺So if we get our sweater stamp and tree stamp, we are 1 category away from Bingo!
Nice work Sarita!! Shae and I are working on cat now.Do you know what you'll read for tree?
I will read
Planned to start it today so works out perfectly.
That's a good one Sarita!I will read Mist of Midnight for my "tree" book.
We now have our "heart" stamp. :-)
Staci wrote: "That's a good one Sarita!I will read Mist of Midnight for my "tree" book.
We now have our "heart" stamp. :-)"
My first one from Julie Klassen ☺
Ow wow! I look forward to your comments. I've LOVED them all except The Dancing Master.
"Cat"Murder at the Courthouse by A.H. Gabhart
Read: May 30-June 1
Rating: Three stars
Review:
This mystery novel didn't hold my interest after the initial chapters. Another let down is that I figured out who the murderer was very early on in the novel.
Although I do not plan to continue reading this series, I do plan to read one of the author's other books as I've heard they are quite different from this one.
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