Showing posts with label 2014 Reading Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014 Reading Report. Show all posts

Sunday, March 2, 2014

February Reading Report

February...a cold, snowy month brightened up by some fairly good reading; and like the weather, a couple of frosty blasts.  If you are interested in my short comments or a description of a listed book, the links are to my Goodreads postings.

FICTION

WHISPER OF JASMINE by Deanna Raybourn
Source:  Mt. TBR
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  3.5/5

THAT PART WAS TRUE by Deborah McKinlay
Source:  Library
Format:  Hardcover
Rating:  4/5

A STAR FOR MRS. BLAKE by April Smith
Source:  Library
Format:  Hardcover
Rating:  4/5

BLACKKBERRY WINTER by Sarah Jio
Source:  Mt. TBR
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  3/5

40 LOVE by Madeline Wickham
Source:  Library
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  2/5

MYSTERY


MORIARTY RETURNS A LETTER by Michael Robertson
Series: Baker Street Letters #4
Source:  Library
Format:  Hardcover
Rating:  4/5

WATCHERS OF TIME by Charles Todd
Series:  Inspector Ian Rutledge #5
Source:  Library
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  3.5/5

ROMANCE

MANHUNT by Janet Evanovich
Source:  Library
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  3/5

UNDER A TEXAS SKY by Dorothy Garlock
Source:  Mt. TBR
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  3.5/5

And from That Part Was True, a favorite quote of the month:
At first, she'd read fast, as if she were clinging to a moving vehicle, pulled along by the pace of the plot. But then she'd slowed, deliberately, to appreciate the writing--the humor in the choppy sentences, the evocative descriptions of meals and scenery. She'd felt the heat when there was heat, and the fear when there was fear, and the loneliness that underlay the story coming off the page. It had done what good stories always do, made her forget her own.

Friday, January 31, 2014

January Reading Report

A January filled with below average temperatures and enough snow to make things difficult resulted in some good reading time. If you're interested in my short comments or a description of a listed book, the links are to my Goodreads postings.

FICTION

BEFORE I MET YOU by Lisa Jewell
Source:  Library
Format: Trade Paperback
Rating:  3/5

MR. LYNCH'S HOLIDAY by Catherine O'Flynn
Source:  Library
Format:  Hardcover
Rating:  4/5

MYSTERY

THE BAKER STREET TRANSLATION by Michael Robertson
Series:  Baker Street Letters #3
Source: Library
Format: Hardcover
Rating:  3.5/5

NEW TRICKS by David Rosenfelt
Series:  Andy Carpenter #7
Source:  Library
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  4/5

ROMANCE

BIG SKY SECRETS by Linda Lael Miller
Series:  Parable, Montana #6
Source:  Library
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  4/5

FAST WOMEN by Jennifer Crusie
Source:  Mt. TBR
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  3/5
January 2014 selection for Yahoo Group On the Porch Swing Group Discussion

BORN IN FIRE by Nora Roberts
Series:  Concannon Sisters Trilogy #1
Source:  Library
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  4/5

FOUL PLAY by Janet Evanovish
Source:  Library
Format:  Kindle
Rating:  3.5/5

Currently reading:  A STAR FOR MRS. BLAKE by April Smith