I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend. I had a very nice one and got to spend time with friends, both in person and over a long phone call, drank some margaritas, went to see Super 8 (very cute) and just enjoyed having a three day weekend.
Before I move on to other bookish news, I have to announce the winners of my Bloggiversary giveaway. Thanks to Random.org, the winners are Melody, Roxane and Marg! Again, thank you everyone for making my 7th Bloggiversary a special one indeed.
So remember back in early June I said it looked like the month may be an all mystery one? Well, it was. I only read four books last month but they were all mysteries. I read some good stuff so I hope to tell you about those books soon. I think I need to do some quickie reviews just to get them over with because I have piles of books that I’ve finished back since March or April which I still haven’t gotten around to reviewing. Yikes.
This month, who knows where my reading will take me. I was catching up with Christine this weekend and she highly recommended The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley so I may just have to treat myself to a new book. For now, I’ll be finishing When You Were Mine by Elizabeth Noble. This book sort of annoyed me at the beginning but somehow it still grabbed my attention enough that I want to know how it ends. I should find out tonight.
Alright everyone, now it’s time for me to grab a bowl of very cold watermelon and enjoy the rest of the evening.
Thank you, Iliana! I’m so thrilled to have won your handmade journal! 🙂
I haven’t read mysteries for a while… I look forward to reading The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler or maybe a Mo Hayder book. 😉
Hope you have a great week ahead!
Thanks so much!
And I have to tell you, I loved, loved, loved The Winter Sea when I read it a while ago. It has become the book that I suggest to everyone when they are looking for recommendations!
Congrats to the winners!!! I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July, Iliana!
I am with Marg (and Christine), you have to read The Winter Sea!!!
Nice to hear you had a good weekend and that you have some good reads to look forward to.
Glad you had such a nice weekend and it was so great to catch up! Thanks so much for the link to Book Depository. I will definitely be searching there in the future and glad you could find some of the Susanna Kearsley books there.
I hope you have a great week!
Melody – You are very welcome! I still need to read a Mo Hayder book! What’s this other one you are reading? I like the title 🙂
Marg – Oh I really want to get it now! There’s another of her books that really is calling my name though too. Decisions, decisions 🙂
Andi – Thank you! I hope yours was great too!
Kailana – I definitely must!
Kathleen – It was kind of an odd 4th though because we’ve had a burn ban in effect which meant no fireworks anywhere. Very quiet night. But I’m just glad for the 3 day weekend.
christine – So great to catch up with you girl. I am glad to hear you are feeling better too. Take care!
Mmmmm…cold watermelon. Haven’t had much watermelon yet this season. Need to rectify that.
Glad to hear you enjoyed Super 8. It was such a trip down memory lane for me because of its kinship with other coming of age movies I enjoyed growing up. Very fun film, probably the one I’ve enjoyed most out of those I’ve went to see in theaters this year.
I’m a big fan of The Winter Sea, too. It’s a wonderful read.
Carl V. – I can’t seem to find really good watermelon this year. Must be a bad year or something. I actually had no idea what Super 8 was about so talk about being pleasantly surprised. I loved those kids – “Production Value” haha…
Bookfool, aka Nancy – I’ve got a coupon for Book Depository and I think I know what I’m going to use it on 🙂