This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.
I skipped last week with this meme – and as much as I didn’t want to, I was doing something very, very worthwhile instead. You see, my little sister Meggan got married!
Her story will be up on the photographer’s blog (TessaMarie.com) in the upcoming weeks – but she got married in our family’s backyard – which was my grandparents and great-grandparents backyard. Hours of love went into every single detail and trust me – it’s worth the time to “Like” Tessa’s Facebook page and favorite her blog to see the gorgeous photos that will be going up.
That said – now I’ve been reading like a fiend, since I actually have time to do so!
Books I’ve read these past weeks (Links to reviews):
- Imperfect Bliss by Susan Fales-Hill
- Juliet in August by Dianne Warren
- Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel
- What You Wish For by Kerry Reichs
- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
- Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
- The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
- The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesly
- Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
- Dark Companion by Marta Acosta
- Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- The Innocents by Francesca Segal
- Advent by James Treadwell – just could not get into this one.
- Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon – the galley I received for this one made it too difficult to follow.
- Earth to Hell by Kylie Chan – Discovered there are three books preceding this one!
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Books to read this week:
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter
The Violinist’s Thumb by Sam Kean
The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
Your sister’s wedding was just lovely. Wow! Congratulations to her!
I am SO EXCITED about Shadow of Night…holy moly! Can’t wait to give it a go.
Happy to have stopped by.
Between the Bind – What are you reading?
Thanks for stopping by! I cannot wait to dive into it as well – I just finished Discovery of Witches this morning and know I need to give it a few days but I’m chomping at the bit!
My favorite read last week was Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. Please come see what else I’m reading.
Thanks for stopping by.
Congrats to your sister – she made a beautiful bride. And I love the little blue shoes she wore with her dress!
You’ve been doing some fantastic reading. Enjoy all the books you have lined up.
Thank you! I plan to – and those shoes were handmade! Hundreds of little blue crystals glued on, they turned out fantastic!
Beautiful wedding shots! That is a great reason to miss a posting.
I love the cover of Pigeon Pie Mystery.
Have a great week.
I do too! Julia Stuart floored me with The Tower, The Zoo and The Tortoise so excited to dive into this one – and thank you, I think Meg’s wedding was a great reason to miss a posting too =)
Congratulations to your sister and husband. Love those blue shoes!
Thank you!
Lovely pictures! Thanks for sharing them
I enjoyed your reviews of The Sandcastle Girls and The Chaperone. I just bought The Chaperone today and look forward to reading it. I also can’t wait to read Seraphina.
My pleasure – the subjects AND the photographer are fantastic! Enjoy The Chaperone, it’s such a fantastic book and I’m jealous that it was on sale for so little today!
The Pigeon Pie Mystery looks good. My librarian just recommended Deborah Harkness to me this past week. Will be interested to see your thoughts on Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night.
Beautiful pictures-love the bright blue!
I really enjoyed Discovery of Witches – the review will be up this week and I can’t wait to dive into Shadow of Night. Thank you on the pictures too!
The photos you posted are beautiful!
Here’s my
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? I hope you will stop by!
Thanks for stopping by! I’m partial to them as well =)
Absolutely beautiful photos and how special the wedding was held at home. Love your sister’s shoes btw lol. The Flight Of Gemma Hardy and Discovery Of Witches are on my TBR mountain. I enjoyed One Breath Away but not my favourite of Heather Gudenkauf’s. However The Homecoming Of Samuel Lake is my favourite book this year!!
Have a wonderful week and happy reading
Thank you! It was a special day =)
What wonderful pictures and a great story too! Now I must add these books to my wish list!
Have an awesome week!!
What beautiful pictures…congrats to your sister! She was a stunning bride and I love the colors of the wedding party!
I’ve heard good things about Heather Gudenkauf’s books but haven’t read anything by her yet.
Have a great week!
Kristin @ Always With a Book
The Goddess Legacy sounds so good! I will have to add it to my TBR pile!
The wedding looks gorgeous!!
Congratulations to your sister!
Happy reading this week
The Brunette Librarian Blog
Congrats to your sister!
I read The Disappearing Sppon by Sam Keane and loved it. I think I want this new one as well.
I didn’t get a chance to read The Disappearing Spoon but I want to! If I love this one, I’ll definitely check it out, and thanks for the congrats!