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Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your tease

“You.”  The single syllable rumbled from his throat like a growl.  It echoed in the emptiness, replete with undeniable menace.

From Every Trick in the Book by Lucy Arlington.  This is the 2nd book int he Novel Idea Mystery series.

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Walking and Wine….

 

Tonight’s wine for relaxing after my walk, Middle Sister’s Forever Cool.  My daughter didn’t care for it so I guess I’ll have to finish it off myself.  The walk was great tonight, cool with a little breeze.  I am going to try to start running again tomorrow.  I made an attempt about a week ago and survived so I think my heels have recovered enough from the plantar fascitis to hit the track.  Decided on a plan of attack for reading this week.  Finish off all my other library books so I can return them and dive into Stephen Kings doorstop – Under the Dome.

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Book Expo of America

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Going to BEA was a great experience and I came home with great books to read and I will probably write about them here. I  I will say that I was surprised about the heavy emphasis on YA fiction.   It is not a genre I generally read but I did recently read a couple of Marcus Sedgwick’s books on another blogger;s recommendation, so I picked up a couple more today.  The book in my stack that  I am most looking forward to is The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriary.  I may have to put aside my current read and dive into it.

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Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

This is my entry:

Like a guy who’d just been whacked over the head with a baseball bat, Nev’s eyes were fixed, and his expression was dumbfounded.  He set his phone on the table, shook himself out of a stupor, and looked at me.

This is from Hot Button by Kylie Logan.  It is the second book this series.

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

The It’s Monday! What Are You Reading is hosted at Book Journey

Today I am reading:

 

This is the second book in a series.  The first was A Sheetcake Named Desire which I read here.  I liked the first one so I am looking forward to reading this book in the series.

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Showcase Sunday

 

 

Visited my new favorite bookshop on Saturday:  Booktrader  of Hamilton.

Picked up the following:

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Pretty good haul of cozies.  I just have to go through the Mrs. Malory series to see the order of the books.  I already read the MC Beaton book but one of my book clubs is reading it for June so I will reread.    Happy reading everyone!

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“Winter is Coming”

“Winter is nature’s way of saying, “Up yours.”
― Robert Byrne

or as my grandmother used to say, “It’s cold as a witch’s tit.”  What is up with this?   Helloooo,  Mother Nature,  it is May,  May 25th, you know barbecue, open the pool, all that good stuff?  Definitely not – huddle in my recliner with a comforter and a bottle of wine, (today it is Jersey Red for those of you are interested) time.

Good points though:

  •  Mowed the lawn without breaking a sweat, wearing a sweatshirt at that.
  • Went to Booktrader of Hamilton and found several of my TBR books.
  • Three day weekend.
  • There is wine.

So, with that in mind, guess I’ll be reading and drinking this evening.

Keep warm everyone, just remember “Winter   Summer is Coming.”