@Kareni I loved True Grit! the audio version is excellent, too!

I'm almost finished with Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes by Maya Angelou. Absolutely delightful cookbook/memoir - I want to try several of the recipes before it has to go back to the library. I recently listened to the History Chicks' episode on Maya Angelou and Oh my goodness! She did enough living for 3 or 4 people! I read a terrific essay this morning - Salman Rushdie: Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love and I thought y'all would enjoy it, too.

I've finished two books in the past week: The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger This very highly recommended a few weeks ago by @Negin and I wholeheartedly agree! Wonderful memoir by a Holocaust survivor, written with so much insight and empathy and love. Something that surprised me was that Ms. Eger lived in El Paso, TX and graduated from UTEP - much of my family is from there and it's rare to hear of anyone actually wanting to go there, lol. The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery/supernatural thriller. It is set in late Victorian England and follows three different characters as they figure out a series of murders. The writing was terrific and the author really was able to evoke the feel of dirty, grungy, cold London. The voices of the characters sounded of the time and not just modern people with modern sensibilities wearing Victorian era costumes. I listened to the audio and the narrator was fantastic. Looking forward to going back through the links posted!

I finished two books last week! Later by Stephen King. Quick read about a young boy growing up with an unusual ability. Daughters of Zion by Kim Taylor. Interesting memoir of growing up in a fundamentalist cult. I just finished chapter 35 (it went on forever!) of The Count of Monte Cristo so am a little behind.

Happy Easter everyone! I finished Open Season by C.J.Box. It's the first in a long-running mystery series about a game warden in Wyoming. I liked it!

@tuesdayschild I have not - thanks for the heads up!

Last week I finished an audiobook - Emily Goes to Exeter by Marion Chesney. Spinster housekeeper inherits a good amount of money and decides to travel and ends up playing matchmaker when things go awry. Fun, fluffy story and I want to read the next in the series. I'm currently in the middle of a couple of recommendations from last week's post and have a few more coming from the library that I'm looking forward to. @tuesdayschild I've enjoyed the Dering series by D. E. Stevenson, too! I think Bel Lamington was the last one I've read so it's about time to find another. 🙂

Frindle Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! The Mysterious Benedict Society Danny the Champion of the World - or almost anything else by Roald Dahl. Bunnicula The World According to Humphrey

They're beautiful dogs. 😊

Hi everyone! I finished four books this week! Killers of the Flower Moon:the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. Incredible story and one that I am sorry that more Americans don't know. The lengths white people went to in order to steal the wealth of the Osage was horrifying. The Good House by Ann Leary. This story follows Hildy Good, an alcoholic realtor in her hometown of fictional Wendover, Mass. Great characters and the narration by Mary Beth Hurt was terrific. The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali. Love story set in 1953 Tehran, Iran and America. Made me cry at the end. The Push by Ashley Audrain. Oh man, I started this book just before I went to bed at 10:30 Friday night...and finished it at 2:30 in the morning. I'll just link to the GR page: The Push @SKL Have fun with your new puppy! What breed?

I've been looking for a new case, too! There are so many that I like that I'm having a hard time deciding. Should I get a cheap one? or spend a little extra and get something a little more unique? maybe a plain one? maybe something super colorful? Plain but then I could find a cute pop socket pretty and colorful unique and I can add my name to it simple but pretty pretty but my current case is very similar Sometimes I think there are too many choices, lol

@JunieThank you! @Karenithe "50 Bad Book Covers" made my day!😂

I think I'm a couple chapters ahead in CMC - I am relistening to it on audio and enjoying it so much! Love the spring theme this week, Robin 🙂 I've been doing a littlle bit of gardening in my backyard and want to enjoy the outdoors before the searing heat of summer (I live in Arizona). I also have a spring themed puzzle to work on

A Charlotte Mason Companion is one that I enjoyed and found so readable even though I didn't necessarily follow her teachings.

These are a few series that I've enjoyed: All Creatures Great and Small Her Royal Spyness Lady Fortescue Steps Out and a few single books that were terrific listens, imo: True Grit Agent to the Stars Stories From a Corfu Childhood by Gerald Durell this version of Dracula was fantastic!

and now I have "Da Doo Ron Ron" stuck in my head!!

Thanks Kareni! Really loved the "Don't You Want to watch..." article 😂

This has been true for me as well! I did finish The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd yesterday. Historical novel set in early 1800's Charleston, South Carolina that follows the lives of the daughter of a wealthy family and the enslaved woman she was "given" on her 11th birthday. The story goes back and forth between their two points of view and is based on the actual life of Sarah Grimke, one of the first female leaders in the abolition and suffragist movements in America. This was recommended to me by my aunt and I very much enjoyed it. It was also fascinating to learn how much of it actually happened and to follow the rabbit trails of the real life of Sarah Grimke and her childhood home (its still there in Charleston!) and the other places mentioned in the book.

@Kareni I received the postcards today! They're so pretty - thank you!

I hope the surgery goes well and you get the relief you need, @Lady Florida.

I would love to hear more! I'm about halfway through and am feeling both outrage and despair. I didn't know a movie is on the way.

@Kareni You are so nice - thank you!! @Dicentra Your mandalas are beautiful!

I might join in on the CMC read - it's a great story! Haven't finished anything since last week. I did start Killers of the Flower Moon today and am hooked. @Dicentra A dear friend sent me this coloring book for my birthday earlier this month and I'm looking forward to listening and coloring. 🙂 Happy Sunday everyone! Enjoy the coming week 🌻

@tuesdayschild I borrowed Piranesi from the library... and then it sat on my bookshelf until it was due back. 🙂

I took the quiz and got the same as @marbel You got: Polyhymnia: The Muse of Song When it comes to romance novels, you like them sweet and pure. The simplicity of the traditional stories, the comfort of a happy ending, and the silly but swoon-worthy tropes are what you live for. I do love a happy ending! Fun quiz! I finished The Searcher by Tana French last week. I figured out who was the mastermind in the village fairly quickly but I still enjoyed the story. Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman has been highly recommend by my sister so I used my Audible credit and plan to start listening tomorrow.