Rushing By

This month is just rushing by isn’t it? It’s been a few busy days at work and then last week I was having some technical issues at home but all is good and now we are in countdown mode looking forward to Christmas and a few extra days off.

I was at the bookstore this weekend and enjoyed reading a new magazine, Breathe. I don’t need to be reminded to take a break and keep calm but I sure wanted to share this with some of the store patrons. People are always in such a rush this time of the year right?

I’ve been looking for the latest Flow for Paper Lovers magazine but it looks like my B&N isn’t carrying it this year. Bummer. I love those special editions.

On the book front, I’m making a bit of progress on the stack of books I’m reading. I really enjoyed Our House by Louise Candlish and currently my top read is Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. It has wonderful descriptions.

That’s it for now. Again, sorry for being so out of the loop lately. I hope you are all doing well and let me know what you are looking forward to for the holidays.

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Library Haul

I went to pick up my library holds last night and also picked up a couple of other books that I thought sounded good. Unfortunately, over the weekend I didn’t finish any of the books in my previous post but all will have to be set aside for my book group read. Here’s what I got:

Left, A Love Story by Mary Hogan
Quick on the Draw by Susan Moody
Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah
Che: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson & Jose Hernandez
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. I’ll be starting this one tonight. It’s an award winning novel and one I’ve had on my radar for a while so I’m excited. 

I hope you guys had a wonderful weekend and are reading some good stuff. Oh and if this post looks a bit different, I did a WordPress update and somehow things have changed a bit. Too tired to deal with this tonight but need to figure out what I’m doing!

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Currently Reading

I typically don’t have more than 3-4 books going on but I’ve managed to have  a lot of books going on at once so I thought I’d share a bit of what I’m currently reading.

Our House by Louise Candlish. A domestic noir thriller about a woman who finds strangers moving into her house and she can’t get a hold of her husband. What is going on? Very intriguing so far.

Code Girls by Liza Mundy. I started reading this one during Nonfiction November and it is fascinating but this is probably a book that will take me a while to finish.

Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith. Should have finished this last month for book group but while the book is well written, the pace is very slow.

Final Girls by Riley Sager. A good thriller I’m enjoying on my commute.

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo. This was supposed to be one of my R.I.P. reads but it’s my lunch time book and I seem to keep getting interrupted or caught up reading other things so this one has been set aside for some time.

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny. I am really enjoying this audiobook but I had to return it to the library before I could finish it so I’m waiting for it to be available again.

The Cutting Edge by Jeffery Deaver. This is one I probably have to re-start if I get back to it. I’ve not been a reader of this series so I do feel a bit lost.

America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo. Another book that’s been on my nightstand for months. I like it but I feel like it’s just not moving.

So I know this isn’t telling you much about the books but more about my feeling about them but there you go.

And, I really should not start another book until I finish several of these but the thing is that I need to go pick up my mystery book for book group later this month and I definitely will want to try and read that before we meet.

That’s it – my goal this week is to finish at least one of these books! What about you, what are you reading and any books you are finding it hard to finish?

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