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Happy Sunday and welcome to week thirty-six in our 52 Books rambling roads reading adventure. Greetings to all our readers, welcome to all who are joining in for the first time and everyone following our progress. Visit  52 Books in 52 Weeks where you can find all the information on the annual, mini and perpetual challenges, as well as the central spot to share links to your book reviews. 

Our September Whodunit Bookology detective is Detective Inspector Darko Dawson and his story is set in Accra, Ghana. We are introduced to Inspector Dawson in Wife of the Gods, the first book in a 5 book series written by Kwei Quartey. 

Kwei Quartey was born in Ghana where both his parents lectured at the University of Ghana. Although he loved books and writing, during Kwei's teen years he decided to become a doctor. He never gave up his love for writing and found a way to blend both his writing and medical career. He currently resides in Pasadena, California, and works at a wound care clinic three days a week, dedicating the rest of his time to writing. 

There are a number of ways to complete the bookology challenge, including but not limited, to the suggestions below:

Read the first book in the series.
Read one book per letter in the character's first or last name.
Read one book per letter in the author's first or last name.
If you're really ambitious, one book per letter in the character's first and last name.
Follow in a character's footsteps and read a book set in the country or time period of the character.

Learn more about Kwei Quartey through his blog,   NPR interviews, or Criminal Elements Welcome to Ghana review of Wife of the Gods. Check out LitNet's Indepth review of Wife of the Gods if you don't mind a few spoilers.

What are you reading?

 

Link to week thirty five 

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I have been listening to Zero Sum Gamehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37534869-zero-sum-game and enjoying it.  I picked it because I need Science Fiction for my 10 category and so far it isn’t anything other than an above average detective novel but reviews assure me everything will change soon! 😂I think it will still work for my alternate world category.

I am getting close to finished with Plain Murder https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17802752-plain-murder?ac=1&from_search=true which I have been reading for my” new to me cozy category”.  @Junie I quite like this book so far with it’s formerly Amish main character.  I am hoping that this book will finish my spelling challenge......I am still working on my Fred Vargas book.

 

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Some bookish posts ~

From the Word Wenches site: What We Are Reading-August

https://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2019/08/what-we-are-reading-august.html

An entertaining post from 2010: The Suck Fairy by Jo Walton

https://www.tor.com/2010/09/28/the-suck-fairy/

 

What I Teach: Seven Titles From a High School Class on Trauma Literature by Kate McQuade

https://lithub.com/what-i-teach-seven-titles-from-a-high-school-class-on-trauma-literature/

We Did It For The LOLs: 100 Favorite Funny Books

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/20/752044550/we-did-it-for-the-lols-100-favorite-funny-books

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Retellings/Folklore-Inspired Tales

http://www.500booksblog.com/2019/07/top-ten-tuesday-favorite.html

Top Ten Tuesday - Ten Favorite Cozy Mysteries

http://iwishilivedinalibrary.blogspot.com/2019/06/top-ten-tuesday-ten-favorite-cozy.html

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Kareni

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Good morning.  I'm currently immersed in Jayne Ann Krentz's romantic suspense novel - Promise Not to Tell 

"Seattle gallery owner Virginia Troy has spent years battling the demons that stem from her childhood time in a cult and the night a fire burned through the compound killing her mother. And now one of her artists has taken her own life, but not before sending Virginia a last picture...a painting that makes Virginia doubt everything about the so-called suicide—and her own past...

Like Virginia, PI Cabot Sutter was one of the children in the cult who survived that fire—and only he can help her now. As they struggle to unravel the clues in the picture, it becomes clear that someone thinks Virginia knows more than she does and that she must be stopped. Thrown into an inferno of desire and deception, Virginia and Cabot draw ever closer to the mystery of their shared memories—and the shocking fate of the one man who still wields the power to destroy everything they hold dear."

 

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1 hour ago, mumto2 said:

I am getting close to finished with Plain Murder https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17802752-plain-murder?ac=1&from_search=true which I have been reading for my” new to me cozy category”.  @Junie I quite like this book so far with it’s formerly Amish main character.  I am hoping that this book will finish my spelling challenge......I am still working on my Fred Vargas book.

 

 

Looked up "Plain Murder" on goodreads and it sounds interesting. I will have to search on Overdrive.

Audiobooks:

I actually finished Mary Higgins Clark's "By myself, alone," quickly but it was mediocre. Lots of emphasis on how high society lives and  the characters are not all that believable / realistic. Shallow, undeveloped.

Next Audiobook: "The Dead Sea Cipher" by Peters. Loved the Amelia Peabody series so I have great hopes for this one.

Reading:

"When a Secret Kills" by Eason and defaulting back to Catherine Coulter "The Last Second" (Brit in the FBI Thriller). I had to take a break from those but slipped one in again. I found "Plain Killing" and "Plain Confession" by Emma Miller on my Overdrive.

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I think I missed posting all of last month – once a month posting looks like it will be the new norm for me for a good while - so first, waving hi (!!)   and then to do a catch up list of books I’ve read.

(I see I’ve missed out  on gifting birthday and anniversary ‘best wishes’…. doing that now.   Really hoping your therapist can help assist you with some effective pain management, @Negin.  Constant pain is so wearying (hug). )

Spring has definitely arrived in my area of the world  and it’s so beautiful to see the bulbs blooming, and yesterday, Father’s Days here in NZ,  the first of our Spring lambs were born.  Being able to walk about again (yay!) means outside time and audiobooks for me ♥

Reading/listening to:

  • The Urban Sketching Handbook: Working with Color. Techniques for Using Watercolor and Color Media on the Go ~ Shari Blaukopf
  • Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes:  Peter Nimble Bk1 ~ Jonathan Auxier (restarted read. Began this in 2018 then never got back to it…)
  • Confluence: Linesman Bk3 ~ S. K. Dunstall, narrated by Brian Hutchison      I’m sad that this is the last book in the Linesman series. I’m not a sci-fi, or space opera fan but really like Ean Lamberts story.  Bk2 was not as interesting as bks 1 , and, 3  (for others that  like to know too, there is some profanity)
  •  The New Girl: Gabriel Allon Bk19 ~ Daniel da Silva  (epukapuka)
  • The Read-Aloud Family ~ Sarah Mackenzie

@Kareni did you read any of the next series by Dunstall?

 

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Books Completed:

Sarah Morris Remembers ~ D. E. Stevenson, narrated by Patience Tomlinson  (3-) WWII  (Durham/ London/ Scotland)  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2645611561

House of Spies:  Gabriel Allon Bk17  ~ Daniel Silva, narrated by George Guidall (2-3)  Israel/Chunkster  (544pgs) epukapuka   (Gosport, Hampshire/ Postbridge, Devon/ London) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2645859493

The Day the World Came to Town:  9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland ~ Jim DeFede, narrated by Ray Porter (4)  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2556980844

Wives and Daughters ~ Elizabeth Gaskell  (4.5)      (sip read, May to August 2019) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2392228880

The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax, Bk3 ~ Dorothy Gilman, narrated by Babara Rosenblat (4)    One of  the titles for my “rinse n repeat”  10x10 challenge. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2920733311

The Market Square ~ Miss Read, narrated by June Barrie (5)   Lovely, gentle story, about two families, the Norths and the Howards, and the intertwining of their lives during the early part of the 1900’s. This is definitely the first part of a two book series and June Barrie made this a pleasure to listen to.  Extra: one of the woman ends up divorced from her sleep around husband.

The Reluctant Widow ~ Georgette Heyer (5) repeat listen, favourite.

The Land Girls ~ Victoria Purman, narrated by Jennifer Vuletic (4.25) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2849382126

Return to Me: The Restoration Chronicles Bk1 ~ Lynn Austin (3.5)  (cc)     Even though this was an ancient era setting the dialogue, and attitudes became  decidedly modern  at times.  At this point, I have no interest in reading any further.

Girls' Club: Cultivating Lasting Friendship in a Lonely World ~ Sally, et al, Clarkson   (4* for the audiobook)

The Maid of Fairbourne Hall ~ Julie Klassen, narrated by Elizabeth Jasicki (3) (cc) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2939470311

A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax ~ Dorothy Gilman, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (3+)     Repeat listen.  Barbara Rosenblat is Mrs. Pollifax,  I just love her narration of these books.

4 Ingredients One Pot, One Bowl: Rediscover the Wonders of Simple, Home-Cooked Meals (epukapuka) ~ Kim McCosker (3) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2911046510

Going Loco: Further Adventures of a Scottish Country Doctor ~  Dr Tom Smith  (3+) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2858763110

Book Girl ~ Sarah Clarkson   (4+)    (sip read 11/2018  to 27/08/19 ) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2514952587

One Pair of Hands ~ Monica Dickens, narrated by Carole Boyd (4+)   (Recommended by another BaW.. Mothersweets?)  

 

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30 minutes ago, tuesdayschild said:

Kareni did you read any of the next series by Dunstall?

I did indeed. It was an enjoyable book (the next one comes out next year), but it didn't have Ean (sigh). I reread it once and will likely do so again, but it doesn't have Ean (sigh). Just so you know, it's set in a totally different universe with no Linesmen.

Regards,

Kareni

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@tuesdayschild  I just wanted to wave while you were on the boards!  So glad you are enjoying spring to the fullest.  I love spring flowers.......

i did finish the Jean Baptiste Adamsberg spelling challenge........Many of these are rereads and a couple were novellas.

J.......The Friend Challenge by Abby Jimenez

E.......Plain Murder by Emma Miller

A......Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

N......The Rogue by Night by Kelly Bowen

 

B.......Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

A........Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson

P........The Pawful Truth by Miranda James

T........The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

I.........Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

S.........In Plain Sight by Linda Castello

T..........Tiamat’s Wrath by James Corey

E.........The Escape by David Baldacci

 

A.........Magic Stars by Ilona Andrews

D.........Layover by David Bell

A.........White Hot by Ilona Andrews

M.........The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman

S..........Shamed by Linda Castillo

B..........Boundary Broken by Melissa F. Olsen

E..........Killed by Thomas Enger

R..........Under Currents by Nora Roberts

G..........The Golden Hour by Beatrix Williams

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Hi everyone! Still haven't finished much lately. I started a couple books, read about 50 pages of each and lost interest. One of them was The Warlow Experiment - set in the late 1700s, a wealthy landowner sets up an experiment to see what happens when a man is kept in isolation for 7 years. All of the man's needs are met - food & drink, fresh clothing, comfortable bed, pen and paper, books, etc. - but no face to face human contact. Interesting premise, right? Well, the writing style was...monotone. And the few characters weren't very likable so I am returning it to the library and moving on. 

I have a couple thriller/horror books lined up so maybe one of them will grab my interest enough for me to finish. 

@tuesdayschild - so happy you liked Wives & Daughters!! and, yes, I was the one who recommended the Monica Dickens book - I plan on listening to another one of hers sometime in the future. Also, I have found Julie Klassen's novels to have intriguing premises but are written in a too modern voice and I end up being disappointed. 

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2 hours ago, Kareni said:

Have you read any books by Danny Gregory? I've enjoyed a number of his books.

No, I haven't.  Thanks Kareni, I'll add him to my list of authors to check out.  (archived a few links you've shared to come back and checkout too. ❤️)  Must repeat this: The Linesman book is so good... I'm trying to stretch it out and not finish it:  thanks for recommending this series to me.  (I have The Goblin Emperor downloaded to read for Oct's spelling challenge; hoping I love it too 😋 )

1 hour ago, mumto2 said:

 I just wanted to wave while you were on the boards!  So glad you are enjoying spring to the fullest.  I love spring flowers.......

i did finish the Jean Baptiste Adamsberg spelling challenge..

Aww, thanks mumto2.   Whew.  Well done, seriously(!) on completing the epic challenge for July!

32 minutes ago, Mothersweets said:

so happy you liked Wives & Daughters!! and, yes, I was the one who recommended the Monica Dickens book - I plan on listening to another one of hers sometime in the future. Also, I have found Julie Klassen's novels to have intriguing premises but are written in a too modern voice and I end up being disappointed. 

I did like it!  Such a good book .. when I added the BBC finish to it 😉  I thought it was you - thank you for the mention, it was a worth while read!  (I'll keep an eye out for what you think of M.Dicken other works).  Yes! Me too on Klassen.  I tried a Pembrooke setting read of hers a while back - hmm, nope.  So I think I'll leave the above Klassen title as my only read of hers.

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1 hour ago, tuesdayschild said:

No, I haven't.  Thanks Kareni, I'll add him to my list of authors to check out.

Just to let you know that Danny Gregory writes books about art; he's also written some memoirs.

1 hour ago, tuesdayschild said:

Must repeat this: The Linesman book is so good... I'm trying to stretch it out and not finish it:  thanks for recommending this series to me. 

I'm so glad you've been enjoying the series; you're making me want to reread them now!

1 hour ago, tuesdayschild said:

(I have The Goblin Emperor downloaded to read for Oct's spelling challenge; hoping I love it too 😋 )

It's very different from Linesman but definitely a favorite of mine. I hope you'll like it, too.

Regards,

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Labor Day's greetings: "Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will." (1817)

... if what you will happens to be more work, that is. (2019)

I finished Ciaran Carson's translation of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, "the cattle raid of Cooley," Ireland's great prose epic of the battle between the Irish, led by Queen Mebh and King Ailinn, and the Ulstermen of the north. The latter are under a periodic divine curse and so incapacitated, and so the Ulster hero Cú Chulainn takes on the Irish warriors singlehanded. 

10x10 category "Brexit Special," and appropriately too, as the fighting is all done at the border between Ulster and Ireland.

 

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Thanks Kareni for the book links!

I just finished my audiobook Zero Sum Game and have to say it was good.  The main character is something beyond a mathematical genius who can calculate angles, trajectory, etc in split seconds.  She is something very unusual......the book takes place in the near future and fits my alternate world 10x10.  I liked the narration and just reserved the next in the series in book form because I need to know what happens next!

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Some bookish posts ~


12 Books That Prove the Literary/Genre Distinction Is Bogus

https://electricliterature.com/12-books-that-prove-the-literary-genre-distinction-is-bogus/

SFF Works in Which Violence Is Not the Solution

https://www.tor.com/2019/08/26/sff-works-in-which-violence-is-not-the-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-823956

Five Haunted House Books Written By Women

https://www.tor.com/2019/08/26/five-haunted-house-books-written-by-women/comment-page-1/#comment-823964

5 HISTORICAL MYSTERIES THAT COMBINE REAL HISTORY WITH WHODUNNIT

https://bookriot.com/2019/08/16/historical-mysteries/

8 Feminist Fantasies You’ll Fall in Love With

https://rivetedlit.com/2019/08/14/8-feminist-fantasies-youll-fall-in-love-with/without

10 Debut Novels Nobody Reads Anymore—But Should

(Because they're real good.)

https://lithub.com/10-debut-novels-nobody-reads-anymore-but-should/

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I'm participating in a reading challenge on a different site, so some of my posts this month will be different due to that.

For a New-to-Me Author --

I chose to read Midlife Crisis by Rob Rosen. The book was told in the first person and written with a definite sense of humor. The main character went back to his childhood home and attempted to find his first love. Along the way he encounters and is helped by a man who had bullied him in high school. It's a rather over the top story which needed a better editor. Nonetheless, it was a pleasant read.

I also read Concurrence by Marc Rokoff which I thought was a romance but wasn't. I chose the book because the description indicated a time travel element which sounded appealing. I found the first paragraph off-putting, and the story as a whole proved disappointing.


For a Diverse Book -– 

 I read Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sønderby whose main character is Xandri Corelel. Xandri was born into a world that has been practicing gene modification for centuries; however, her parents followed a short lived fad of natural birth. Consequently, she may be the only person in the world who is autistic. The reader sees how she meets the stresses of everyday life on board her ship and on other worlds.

We meet her four years after she has joined the crew of the Carpathia where she is now the head of Xeno-Liaisons. Throughout her difficult childhood, she became an expert at reading body language; that knowledge has enabled her to become a skilled liaison with the inhabitants of other worlds. The book deals primarily with one mission.

I'd describe this book as PG-13; there is violence, language, and mention of past abuse. Xandri appears to be attracted to both men and women. I found this a pleasant and easy read and would happily read the next book in the series. There is also a prequel which covers Xandri's life prior to joining the Carpathia. The author describes herself as a "Queer autistic writer of everything speculative."

For Older or Younger Hero book --

I read Not Dead Yet by Jenn Burke which has two heroes that are over forty. One, a sort of living ghost who retrieves stolen objects, is significantly older than forty. The other hero is the police officer with whom the first had a five year relationship some thirty years earlier. As you might imagine this is a paranormal romance that turned out to be  full of surprises. I enjoyed it and look forward to reading the sequel.

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I also reread Linesman by SK Dunstall after the discussion here.

Regards,

Kareni

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 Really hoping your therapist can help assist you with some effective pain management, @Negin.  Constant pain is so wearying (hug). )

Thank you. I'm doing lots of stretches and just received some books and DVDs that will hopefully help. I can't wait to be able to read again without feeling pain and numbness. 

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Hi guys.  Not sure where we were the last time I posted.

For our current audiobook, I let the kids choose again, and they chose the 7th Harry Potter book.  This is going to take a while to get through.

Read-aloud is Spy School Goes South?  I am maybe a third of the way through it.

I am about halfway through Queen Bees and Wannabees.  There is some interesting stuff in there.  Not sure if a mom can really implement much of it though.  I keep hoping my kids will be too old for all that drama by the time I finish the book, LOL.

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I read a missionary biography called Totally Surrounded.  It was requested by one of my daughters and I pre-read it to make sure there wasn't anything too terrible going on in the Philippines.  The book was completely safe (although the missionary wasn't).  She lived to write the book; she was rescued before anything terrible happened to her.

I also read Dante's Inferno.  There was something cathartic about reading this book at a walk-in clinic with a dd who has a bruised and infected toe.

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As I posted previously, I'm participating in a reading challenge on a different site.

For Judge a Book By Its Cover ~

The cover of Painting with Fire by Lissa Kasey shows the face of a young man with two different colored eyes who is not quite meeting the eyes of the viewer; I find it memorable.

That young man is Bastian Hart, a talented artist, who is a highly successful doll painter; he is the survivor of childhood abuse and is fairly reclusive. Our other hero is Charlie Fox, a wildfire fighter, and best friend of Bastian's aunt. The two men meet when Charlie accompanies his friend home for a funeral. I enjoyed this book and learned a few things about the art of doll painting.  (Adult content)

 For a Diverse Book -– 

I also read Still Waters by Alex Gabriel, a short paranormal romance that features a merman (...or does it?). This story is set in what seems to be our world, but a rift has permitted the passage of several beings from elsewhere. This is a slightly dark fantasy with a dead body or two, attacks, and more. I enjoyed it, and it's currently free for Kindle readers. (Adult content)

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I'm struggling a little more with this school year, so I'm not reading to much.  I started Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy #4) by Ilona Andrews and quickly realized I'd missed the novella Diamond Fire, so I had to go back and read that before I went any further.  I read some fluff from Kindle unlimited for quick reads and I also finished Vendetta in Death (In Death #49) by J.D. Robb.  I've abandoned Red Rising by Pierce Brown.

I download Stars Uncharted by S.K. Dunstall, but I will miss Ean.  I'm looking for more audible books now that I'm chauffeuring the older kids four days a week, so keep any suggestions coming please!

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I just finished a book that was chosen for Robin’s the Sound of Silence category on 52 books that I am using for one of my 10x10’s.  Bonereaperhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13222292-bonereapers takes place in Norway’s https://www.croptrust.org/our-work/svalbard-global-seed-vault/ and I wasn’t sure what I was expecting beyond the cover stating it was “Norwegian Noir with an American twist”.  The reality was the book was part of a mystery series that is more cozy than noir and I happily carried it around today and went to bed early in order to finish it.  Great find and I have requested the rest of the series.  Bonereapers is the third so I am out of order but think I will be fine.

I ended up abandoning The Windsor Factionhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17654681-the-windsor-faction.  The first couple of chapters were great then the alternate history part of the alternative history started messing with my mind.  It took way too much concentration and I have several other alternate histories marked as to read that I will enjoy more.

I listened to Donna Andrews latest in her Meg Langslow series.  These always make me smile and I tend to reread this cozy series and am thrilled my library now has the audio on Overdrive. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41150387-terns-of-endearment 

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2 hours ago, melmichigan said:

 I'm looking for more audible books now that I'm chauffeuring the older kids four days a week, so keep any suggestions coming please!

Have you read/listened to The Martian by Andy Weir? My husband and I really enjoyed the audio version, and I've read the book several times.

Regards,

Kareni

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I'm participating in a reading challenge on a different site, so some of my posts this month will be different due to that.

For a New-to-Me Author --

Last year I won a giveaway by author Sam Burns; the prize was to have a character be given my name. Yesterday Wolf Lost was released; I read it in one day.

The book begins in Colorado with Sawyer, an Omega wolf, on the run from his California pack. The new alpha murdered Sawyer's father, the previous alpha, and wants Sawyer as his mate. Dez is our other hero; he's a new wolf and a recently discharged green beret with injuries. He and two comrades, all alpha wolves, are a pack of three. These three men are NOT choosing a career involving violence, instead they have decided to open a coffee shop though none of them know how to use an espresso machine or bake. The three men stand with Sawyer when he runs onto their property and take him into their home. My namesake character runs the bookshop next to their coffee shop, and plays a nice role in the story. This is a low angst story with touches of humor; I enjoyed it.  (Adult content)

Regards,

Kareni

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This week’s Brit Tripping.......

I could title this how I spent my free time last summer.😂 Basically I hung out with one of my best friend’s eating way too many cheese scones and receiving texts from our son’s that said things like at mile 10 can’t get through,  about an hour out.  Our lads decided to explore local footpaths and we were acting as transportation who didn’t go home because the food and conversation were too good.😉

 Ds and one of his friends decided to use old online footpath maps and design a continuous circular walk in north Nottinghamshire.  That sounds easy if you have ever looked at a footpath map because they appear plentiful but many of the footpaths were no longer maintained so they spent a lot of time hunting for routes that worked where they weren’t somehow blocked either by time or on purpose.  They had both a river and a canal to cross back and forth over which proved more complicated than expected when putting the final walk together.  They preferred not to cross fields filled with cattle, pigs, etc.  Sheep are generally fine btw.  https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/walks/britains-footpaths-why-are-so-many-disappearing-and-how-to-save-a-footpath/.

Eventually they managed to create a 17.5 mile walk through some nature preserves and along portions of the Chesterfield canal where the footpaths were well maintained.  Occasionally they had to carefully cut across farmer’s fields where footpaths existed.   I found this YouTube which is part of the area they walked https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g0FjgQ-R_z4 and is interesting in terms of how the locks operate.....I just watched the first few minutes.

Also this is the area where the Mayflower Pilgrims came from.  Next summer I will eat less scones and collect some Pilgrim photos, I promise.

 

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1 hour ago, Junie said:

This thread is more and more making me want to take a trip to England!

I can trace my family back (on my maternal grandfather's side) to at least 10 of the Mayflower pilgrims.  🙂

This event is starting this fall in our area https://www.mayflower400uk.org/events/.  My scone eating friend loves to go to everything so I am sure she will find things for me to go to!

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Robin has the flu and put the new thread up with a message for someone to link the threads........so I will give it a go but not in the pretty way.  Please excuse my total lack of technical ability.  I will happily delete later!

Link to Week 37 https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/691514-book-a-week-2019-bw37-52-books-bingo-medicallegal-thrillers/?tab=comments#comment-8455714

 

 

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