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It is quiet in here! I haven't been able to find much computer time lately, but I'm reading and will post some stuff soon. :)Weekend plans here are cleaning, errands and cleaning some more. I might try to catch some of the Paralympics if I can.
I’m loving the series I’ve found by Charlotte Fallowfield. So funny and easy to read. Mother’s Day this weekend so I’m looking forward to a lay in. Fingers crossed!!
Completed
6/3/185 - #5 in series
6 - Title S
Skip - Series Peridale Cafe Mysteries
Eurgh, cleaning... that is going to take up a large portion of my weekend as well. Not that it's going to last long. It's raining and the cat is an outdoor one so wet paw prints all over 5 minutes after mopping haha ;-) Ah well. Needs doing though!I do have a brunch with the girls lined up as well though so there is some fun involved this weekend, too :-)
Kelly wrote: "I’m loving the series I’ve found by Charlotte Fallowfield. So funny and easy to read. Mother’s Day this weekend so I’m looking forward to a lay in. Fingers crossed!!"
Ah it's always awesome when you find a series like that! :-)
Fingers are crossed that you can have a lay in!
yeah, I've had a week of Very Busyness this week, so sadly GR chat had to give! I have been fitting in y reading though! I reckon I'll be through with one of my books tonight, the other two progressing, but one's on audio, so takes a bit longer in general, and the other is short stories, so I'm picking up & putting down.Hoping that my weekend is chilled, after last weekend, with the niblings for their birthday and then this week... I just want to veg with a book!
That is bliss sometimes!Did that last Sunday and it was the best. Read Lover Eternal almost in one day and I'm not usually someone who knocks out 300 pages a day.
Hoping for a semi chilled weekend, need to do the chores
Update on books currently reading:In progress:
Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - T series name (Timeless Fairy Tales)
3 - Character FN Heloise
6 - Character - LN Severin
8 - Character FN Elle
Skip - Author K
0 - Standalone
2 - Character FN Tim
9 - Author FN Nick
Skip - Location Prince Edward Island
1 - #1 in series
4 - Series name Four Seasons
9 - Author FN Nikita
I will also be starting these next week:
Elite will be reverse!The rest we'll see. I'll have a look at placements tomorrow :-)
Finished Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIK title
Osage county setting
Standalone
8 March
Cat wrote: "Elite a reverse rather than the 8red?"Ah yes, we do have an 8 Red to fill still. It'll work better for that one then for sure! :-)
Cat wrote: "I've read beauty & the beast"That one will be a reverse then ;-)
I'm hopefully going to finishing my Tea book tomorrow at the latest. It's finally picked up a little so the last 50 or so pages were much quicker to read. If it stays like this, then I might even manage to finish tonight. Finally!
Excellent news!I've started the very weird (but I'm enjoying it) The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Cards:
Seven in title
S title
Evelyn Hardcastle char
Turton author
I confess, I picked it to cover one of our many many 8 cards, but happy wherever! :)
We do have a lot of 8s as well...Not to mention the insane amount of 2s....
Let's slot yours in for an 8 then. We need to cover all the cards anyway :-)
The 8 card does also mean we get our first hand filled, and with books that we are close-ish to finishing (I reckon I'll have both mine done by the end of the weekend) :)Then I shall see if I can find a 1 Red. I was more than a little sad that Killers of Flower Moon was more orange than red. Ah well!
ETA: oh! that was fairly easy, I think I have two on my TBR:
(metadata says there's an O char) or
(author O)I'm probably slightly more inclined to The Power, Women's Month, after all, but we'll see how I feel next week!
Mmhh, The Power was selected as a group read end of last year for the Our Shared Shelf group so it would definitely be fitting for March.It's been on my radar but I wasn't sure. Friend of mine told me there was a lull somewhere along the lines and it seemed a little research-y in the middle. That put me off again. But the synopsis does sound interesting!
(This is a perfect example of a cover though that looks orange-y on GoodReads but is for a fact more or less red in practically all its versions.)
Eldarwen wrote: "(This is a perfect example of a cover though that looks orange-y on GoodReads but is for a fact more or less red in practically all its versions.)"Totally! I didn't even think it wasn't red until I saw my post, and had a wobble. They are both red in their physical incarnations - do we need to get Fishermen verified you think?
I'll let you know how I get on. My main concern is that I'm reading a LOT of books with shifting viewpoints: Obelisk Gate rotates between two main ones; Lifting the Veil is short stories - though I'm just reading one at a time, doling out like treats!; and Seven Deaths... has one main character narrating, but hopping into different bodies who change his character slightly.
Reading another book with that sort of narration might be one too far... We'll see, as I *am* enjoying all of them at the moment
Nah, Fishermen looks redder than Power. And as long as the physical books are red that's what counts. Images aren't always perfect.That is a lot of viewpoints and hopping around to read at the same time! But as long as you're enjoying them :-)
You could always wait to be done with the other ones before you start another one with that much shifting?
Work is a little slow at the moment, so I think I'm going to pick up a quickie kindle read to pass the time and fake working haha ;-) (I don't own a kindle, but cloud reader is a very nice thing to have!)
Even Witches Get the Blues
Excellent plan! Enjoy!and! oh! is that a blue 1 that we can use in the WD4? And use The Power (I've decided!) for Red 1 & Skip. Which would fill hand 2 up nicely :)
That could work, yes!It's a 5 Blue we need to duplicate then. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for an I character!
Finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle9 March
It hurtled to an ending, wowzers!
Cards:
Standalone
Oliver char
Turton author
Felicity char
Hardcastle char
Stuart author
Seven in title
Evelyn char
Peter char
Completed 9/3/18The Great Escape by Charlotte Fallowfield
2 book 2 in a series
4 Fallowfield
7 Vickers
Cover Blue
6 Sheila
Skip Kirkland
Eldarwen wrote: "That could work, yes!It's a 5 Blue we need to duplicate then. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for an I character!"
I've got a
which I plan on reading this month
Lovely :-)Always good to have options!
Completion Post
The Travelling Tea Shop by Belinda Jones
Date Read: March 10th
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
Skip - character: Pamela Lambert-Leigh
2 - title
3 - character: Harvey
Completion Post
10/3/18
Cards:
1: #1 in series
2: Character Tate
4: F series
5: Character Iris (Avery's real name)
9: Character Noah
You've been a reading fiend today, Louise! Get any of your chores done? ;P
Quite a bit. So a good day all round.
Completed 10/3/18The Hourglass by Tracy Rees
0 stand alone
2 Tracy
3 Hourglass
6 Susan
9 Nora
5 Iestyn
Skip Kaitlin
Louise wrote: "Quite a bit. So a good day all round."I'm so jealous haha.
I ended up doing nothing at all of my chores. I was out of the house most of the day and wasn't inclined to start cleaning when I got home at 5ish ;-)
Yay, Kelly, you've been reading a lot as well! :-)
Ah it's such bliss though to be reading a faster-paced book again that doesn't take me days to read 50 pages :-pI'm currently reading Holiday in Death and am enjoying it a lot. With a bit of luck, and despite chores that WILL have to be done today (yes, yes, I am remind myself this way haha), I will probably be half-way through by the end of the day.
I'm reading The Power right now. It's so good. I'm at 65% and it's not lulled yet...Will be doing my chores later, whilst listening to my audio (4 ½ hrs left)... Here's to a productive Sunday!
Finished
Fits
Olatunde char
Tunde nickname
Eve char
Naomi author
Power title
Using for Red 1 plus draw 2 & ?? WD4 or Skip
I'd use it for the Wild Draw 4 to be honest, get that one out of the way first since we can take advantage of the draw 2!
and finished The Obelisk Gate11 Mar
Fits:
O title
#2 in series
Nassun char
Essun char
Hoa char
NK Jemisin author
and, listening on audio = got chores done too! :)
Aaah nice!I did get some of my chores done, but not all yet. But I will get some more done while doing some audio as well :-) It makes chores go down so much easier!
It’s been a productive reading weekend! :)Completed 11/3/18
Killer Ball at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison
3 Hannah
5 Iris
8 Edith
Skip Kat
6 Shawn
Cover Green??? Not sure if it’s green enough.
Niiice!Might be green enough but our green card is covered and we don't have any more Wild Draw 4s to fill, so we don't have to worry about it :-)
I've been quiet with a busy work week, but I'm still over here reading. 
3/6/181 - first in series
2 - author FN Traci
3 - character LN Hunter
4 - character FN Franki
6 - character FN Stan
7 - character FN Veronica
8 - character LN Evans
9 - set in New Orleans
Skip - character FN Petra
3/11/181 - character FN Owen
2 - second in series
3 - character LN Henderson
Skip - character FN Kim
Ooh lots of cards covered with the Limoncello one. That's good to know! I have that lying around somewhere as well.
Completion Post
Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb
Date Read: March 12th
Rating: 4 stars
Cards:
2 - character: Trina
3 - title starts with H
4 - character: Ryan Feeney
5 - character: Ian McNab
6 - character: Summerset
7 - #7 in series
8 - character: Eve Dallas
9 - character: Nadine Furst
Skip - character: Delia Peabody
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Are you all enjoying your books? :-)
Got plans for the weekend?
Oh, and happy women's day :-)