MONDAY READING: SPRING READATHONS - MYSTERIES and DEWEY'S 24 HR 20.4.15

It's Monday Reading 

Just what I'm enjoying today ! * Jenn at Daily Rhythm's Musing Monday asks,  THIS WEEK’S RANDOM QUESTION:  "Do you use your local library? What do you like (or dislike) most about it?" My A? Absolutely LuV libraries ! Doing 2  library reading challenges this year – already at 28 library reads – and more waiting in my basket  luv the availability of new material, book sales ongoing, friendly staff, and that I can order titles delivered to my closest to home location  great question Jenn. ~ How about you?  any library loves to share?
* Bookish News delivered this week held sadness for Anne fans. Canadian actor, Jonathan Crombie, who played Gilbert Blythe so charmingly, passed away.  Forty eight just seems too soon.  Complications from a brain hemorrhage.  Read more HERE
* So... what I have recently read ?

Sweet Dreams by Carla Stewart Descriptively evocative of the 1960's, Ms Stewart effectively sets the mood and memories of this story. Young women sent for preparation to the Rosebriar Finishing School to learn how to fulfill their roles in society of their day. Reminiscent of The Help, in attitudes and actions. Insights of life of the era including music, artists, fashion, foods, decor, colours, styles, and changing perceptions of life as these young women matured during their year away.

The emotional realities of two cousins who've lived separate lives in pole opposite worlds, now share this experience at the benevolent hand of the one's father. I was fully involved in development of the relationships between the cousins as well as fellow students; fascinated at the world Ms Stewart painted in vivid colour, scents, tastes and sounds that enfolded me in this Texas lifestyle of wealth and privilege. Unlike other coming of age stories that have depressed me over detailed negative experiences, the author conveyed issues with exceptional agility without dragging the reader down into negative responses. Much appreciated. 

Like sipping sweet tea, this full bodied story revealed flavourful nuances and quenched this reader's thirst. *

Conclusion to the Everstone Chronicles book 3 The Captive Imposter  by Dawn Crandall
an.ti.ci.paaaa.tion ... 
has now become appreciation. 
A solid historical romance that concludes Ms Crandall's Everstone Chronicles with aplomb. Steady pacing, characters I wanted to know, authentic interactions and relationship development; for me it presented the whole reading package. 
I was intrigued from prologue to epilogue.
Congratulations, Dawn, and every continued success !  *

Busman's Honeymoon - Lord Peter Wimsey #13 by Dorothy Sayers I have had Dorothy Sayers on my TBR stack for way too long. I've been pleased to begin with a listen to the BBC eloquent characterizations of Ms Sayers' 13th and final, Lord Peter Wimsey in Busman's Honeymoon. Main characters, detective Lord Peter Wimsey and crime writer, Harriet Vane, have just married and headed for their honeymoon to their new country home. The couple receive the unpleasant news of the former owner's dead body discovered in the basement on their first morning in the home.
Well acted, expressive and proper English accented characters create listening enjoyment. The recording is professional with clarity and crisp sound. *

A Pocket Full of Rye - Miss Marple by Agatha Christie
[Novel read by Joan Hickson also available] Full cast dramatization of this Agatha Christie novel featuring Miss Marple [#7]. As the Inspector consults with Miss Marple, she points out the connections between the murder clues and the children's Pocket Full of Rye rhyme. Selfish, grasping and without scruples, the Fortescues have Miss Marple comparing the family suspects with stories she's known from life in St Mary Mead. Recalling similarities aids the process in her brilliant deductions. Always love Miss Marple's reveal. And a conclusion that involves a cup of tea!

Recording is a listening pleasure of actors capable of portraying the variety of characterizations, voice inflections, authentic accents, clarity of dialogue free of background distractions.
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A Confident Heart by Renee Swope I appreciated the transparency and authenticity shared by Ms Swope in sharing her personal life story .  Running from her past of rejection, regrets and depression, Ms Swope discovers answers and an example to follow in the story of the Samaritan woman. An encouraging life journey for women looking for a deeper spiritual life. 
Reflection and discussion Q+A interaction follows each chapter, a prayer, and scripture references included when quoted. * Book Events Up Next ? April 20th begins The True Book Addict's Seasons of Reading SPRING Read-a-Thon I'm focusing on a fav genre with great anticipation ~
Mysteries for me ! Here's what Michelle says, "the one main "rule" of Spring Into Horror is that you must read ONE scary book (which can be a thriller, mystery, Gothic novel, or similar for those who are faint of heart).
The rest of the week...anything goes! 

And... Right in the midst of this, Dewey's 24 Hr Readathon happens April 25th  Double motivation to get down to it... * What I'm About to Read ~
Definitely anticipating getting into this one...
Secrets of Sloane House - Chicago World's Fair Mystery #1 by Shelley Gray

Against the backdrop of the 1893 World's Fair, a young woman finds employment with an  illustrious Chicago family-a family who may guard the secret of her sister's disappearance. Sloane House is among the most gilded mansions of Gilded Age Chicago. Rosalind Perry, the new housemaid, pours the morning coffee before the hard gaze of her mistress. "It's simple, Rosalind," she says. "I am Veronica Sloane, heiress to one of the country's greatest fortunes. You are simply one in a long line of unsuitable maids." Back on the farm in Wisconsin, Rosalind's plan had seemed logical: Move to Chicago. Get hired on at Sloane House. Discover what transpired while her sister worked as a maid there-and follow the clues to why she disappeared. Now, as a live-in housemaid to the Sloanes, Rosalind realizes her plan had been woefully simple-minded. She was ignorant of the hard, hidden life of a servant in a big, prominent house; of the divide between the Sloane family and the people who served them; and most of all, she had never imagined so many people could live in such proximity and keep such dark secrets. Yet, while Sloane House is daunting, the streets of Chicago are downright dangerous. The World's Fair has brought a new kind of crime to the city ...and a lonely young woman is always at risk. But when Rosalind accepts the friendship of Reid Armstrong, the handsome young heir to a Chicago silver fortune, she becomes an accidental rival to Veronica Sloane. As Rosalind continues to disguise her kinship to the missing maid-and struggles to appease her jealous mistress-she probes the dark secrets of Sloane House and comes ever closer to uncovering her sister's mysterious fate. A fate that everyone in the house seems to know ... but which no one dares to name. *

Have any other mystery buffs read this newest release? The Monogram Murders -  A Hercule Poirot Mystery by UK crime writer, Sophie Hannah * The new Hercule Poirot novel - another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his 'little grey cells'. Since the publication of her first book in 1920, Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories featuring Hercule Poirot. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation. Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at the fashionable Bloxham Hotel have been murdered, a cufflink placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim...In the hands of internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London - a diabolically clever puzzle that can only be solved by the talented Belgian detective and his 'little grey cells'. *

Susan Elia MacNeal's Maggie Hope series is one I've been waiting for time to dig into.  I read #2 Princess Elizabeth's Spy and was caught!  Great plotting and writing - winning combo - so adding this or any other available title at the library now on the book radar for this  Spring ReadaThon.











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Another new to me author, the plot captivated me...
The Princess Spy - Fairy Tales #5by Melanie Dickerson * Margaretha has always been a romantic, and hopes her newest suitor, Lord Claybrook, is destined to be her one true love. But then an injured man is brought to Hagenheim Castle, claiming to be an English lord who was attacked by Claybrook and left for dead. And only Margaretha-one of the few who speaks his language-understands the wild story. Margaretha finds herself unable to pass Colin's message along to her father, the duke, and convinces herself "Lord Colin" is just an addled stranger. Then Colin retrieves an heirloom she lost in a well, and asks her to spy on Claybrook as repayment. Margaretha knows she could never be a spy-not only is she unable to keep anything secret, she's sure Colin is completely wrong about her potential betrothed. Though when Margaretha overhears Claybrook one day, she discovers her romantic notions may have been clouding her judgment about not only Colin but Claybrook as well. It is up to her to save her father and Hagenheim itself from Claybrook's wicked plot. *


* One of two mystery audios for review awaiting me - Susan Meissner's tantalizing A Fall of Marigolds  narrated by Tavia Gilbert

A beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weight of the world is made bearable by the love we give away....

September 1911. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved fell to his death in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Then, while caring for a fevered immigrant whose own loss mirrors hers, she becomes intrigued by a name embroidered onto the scarf he carries...and finds herself caught in a dilemma that compels her to confront the truth about the assumptions she's made. Will what she learns devastate her or free her? 

September 2011. On Manhattan's Upper West Side, widow Taryn Michaels has convinced herself that she is living fully, working in a charming specialty fabric store and raising her daughter alone. Then a long-lost photograph appears in a national magazine, and she is forced to relive the terrible day her husband died in the collapse of the World Trade Towers...the same day a stranger reached out and saved her. Will a chance reconnection and a century-old scarf open Taryn's eyes to the larger forces at work in her life?

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Secrets of a Charmed Life audio Susan Meissner Narrated by Alana Kerr Def cover luv with this one! "The author of A Fall of Marigolds journeys from the present day to World War II England, as two sisters are separated by the chaos of wartime ... She stood at a crossroads, half-aware that her choice would send her down a path from which there could be no turning back. But instead of two choices, she saw only one--because it was all she really wanted to see... "Current day, Oxford, England. Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, interviews Isabel McFarland just when the elderly woman is ready to give up secrets about the war that she has kept for decades...beginning with who she really is. What Kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden--one that will test her convictions and her heart.1940s, England. As Hitler wages an unprecedented war against London's civilian population, hundreds of thousands of children are evacuated to foster homes in the rural countryside. But even as fifteen-year-old Emmy Downtree and her much younger sister Julia find refuge in a charming Cotswold cottage, Emmy's burning ambition to return to the city and apprentice with a fashion designer pits her against Julia's profound need for her sister's presence. Acting at cross purposes just as the Luftwaffe rains down its terrible destruction, the sisters are cruelly separated, and their lives are transformed... * A few more than one 'scary' type read on my goodreads mystery shelf, so my options are open.
 Plus, I know I have a few ARCs needing attention by month end [which may get added to the mix!]  But I do know to keep Dewey's ReadaThon choices easy reading to make it through as many of the 24 hrs I possibly can.

* I've also taken up the French Reading Bingo Challenge at Words and Peace,  thanks to Lucy at Fictional 100. and Couldn't pass on Sophia's Austenesque Lovers TBR group  at goodreads -  in case you've got Jane Austen JAFF filling your shelves like I do ! {All my 2015 Challenges HERE}
An invitation to other Audio listeners to join Lorelai at Audio Walkers blog as well as get the conversation happening on FB. Add your blog link as a listener plus add your current audio listens to intro to others. I know she'd luv to see the group grow - Thanks! * Final two upcoming Spring Events? ~

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MONDAY READING: AUSTEN IN AUGUST PLUS.... 11.8.14

I luv this reading representation from Sayoor on flickr. Says 'summer' to this reader!
I am feeling a bit negligent in blogging at the moment and it's about to grow even more sporadic. I've been accepted for a certification program and will hopefully be heading to my course in 3 weeks! Excitement and anticipation rolled into one... So, while I'll definitely be reading, the topic will be changing  to course material. Def great books ~ just maybe not all my anticipated Austen in August !
As there will be gaps in posting, I wanted you to know all is well, just some changes in life's trajectory!
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I read and loved Beth Patillo's, Mr Darcy Broke My Heart. Jane Austen discovered during a summer seminar in Oxford and in the contemporary life of an American substitute attendee plus~ what would be the impact of discovering an unpublished Jane Austen manuscript...?  Fun story makes me want to read another in the set!
* I made it through the considerable 343 pages of Val McDermid's contemporized Northanger Abbey of the Austen Project.  Seemed a lot longer - more wordy- than the original and I had to fight to get through it. Of course I loved the story being set in Scotland!


* I followed my reading by watching the movie version of Northanger Abbey as written by Jane Austen which was a bit of a headspinning period contrast to the contemporary novel.
Totally enjoyed!

Northanger Abbey is a 2007 British television film adaptation of Jane Austen's gothic parody. It was directed by British television director Jon Jones and the screenplay was written by Andrew Davies.  -Wikipedia

 Initial release: March 25, 2007

Director: Jon Jones

Running time: 120 minutes

Adapted from: Northanger Abbey

                                    Screenplay: Andrew Davies

* Austenland wouldn't play in either laptop or dvd player ~ sorry to have missed that opp, but I've ordered 2 versions of Mansfield Park to celebrate it's 200th anniversary for Austen in August! *
I've begun the audio of Longbourn by Jo Baker and have to say I'm totally enjoying it!

Insights of below stairs thinking and well drawn imagery are a fantastic addition to Jane Austen's world of Pride and Prejudice. Emma Fielding makes this audio exceedingly pleasurable! Luving the British accents... {I'll post a Tuesday Intro and Tuesday Teaser tomorrow}
* So that's been my week . What's on your radar?
Find more reading at Sheila's Book Journey It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and MizB's ShouldBeReading for Monday Musings and more Austen in August!

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MONDAY READING: FRENCH TWIST FOR PARIS IN JULY 21.7.14

Reading this week focused on Paris  and all things French for participation in
Paris in July 2014. * Here's what I enjoyed last week ~ * Sandra Byrd's delectable #1 in the
French Twist series ~ Let Them Eat Cake

Lexi Stuart is at a critical crossroads. She’s done with college but still living at home, ready to launch a career but unable to find a job, and solidly stalled between boyfriends.

When a lighthearted conversation in French with the manager of her favourite bakery turns into a job offer, Lexi accepts. But the actual glamour is minimal: the pay is less than generous, her co-workers are skeptical, her bank account remains vertically-challenged, and her parents are disappointed. Her only comfort comes from the flirtatious baker she has her eye on–but even he may not be who he seems!

So when a handsome young executive dashes into the bakery to pick up his high profile company’s special order for an important meeting–an order Lexi has flubbed– she loses her compulsion to please. “What am I going to do?” he shouts. “Let them eat cake!” she fires back with equal passion and a nod to Marie Antoinette. And then, something inside Lexi clicks. Laissez la révolution commencer! Let the revolution begin!
time to stop trying to fulfill everyone else’s expectations for her life...

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Bon Appetit   #2 {bonus! picked up as a free ebook}

J'adore!  Immersion into the Paris culture and culinary school strictures along with Lexi.  As she settles into her new home in the village of Presque le Chateau to study and alternate between 2 local bakeries, her twenty-something optimism meets resistance in the seemingly crusty nature of the people and French culture around her. Determined to gain her footing, she finds a church, meets a new friend, and makes the acquaintance of a child named Celine–as well as Celine’s attractive, widowed father, Philippe. Even Patricia, the gruff pastry cook, shows a softer side as she mentors Lexi in the art of baking.  A totally satisfying read.

Fantastique!
* I've also had fun going through my books to find Paris/French  connections.  Found more in my kindle library, then today's mail held a delightful package ~ the August 5th Release from Sarah Sundin that fulfills the French component.

Book three in Sarah's exciting WWII series, Wings of Nightingale 

(can be read as a standalone). 

Two hearts are about to learn the rhythm of love.
 How can ruggedly handsome C-47 pilot Lt. Roger Cooper be all but immune to Army Air Force flight nurse, Lt. Kay Jobson's, considerable charms? In fact, he seems to do everything he can to avoid her.
Still, as they cross the skies between Italy and southern France, evacuating the wounded and delivering paratroopers and supplies, every beat of their hearts draws them closer. Can they overcome the fears and misunderstandings of the past in order to take hold of the future?
Sarah Sundin seamlessly weaves together emotion, action, and sweet romance into a tale that transcends time and calls us to
believe in the power of love.        ~ from Publisher Revell Books

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I'll be choosing from a great lineup.  Now if I have any audios to support the theme,  I'll be a happy driver on my drive to the country later this week! * Feel free to add your Paris/French favs in comments ~ always good to have options and the library is open in summer  for us reading fanatics! *
Find more selections at Sheila's Book Journey and Miz B's Monday Musings Why not add yours?! ~ Happy Summer Reading ~
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MONDAY BOOK MUSINGS: WHAT AM I READING? 30.6.14

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A bit of sun breaking through a weekend of rainy storms - exactly how the reading seemed this weekend as well~ the lovely sight of sunshine! * I completed a few reviews- the 1st upping my Canadian Book Challenge #7 totals to 21 for 2014.   *

A fav annual Challenge, #8 begins Tuesday on Canada Day!
Join us? Sign up at John's BookMineSet [see my Canadian Challenge page or Book Reviews in tabs for ideas]  * Anne of Green Gables LM Montgomery audiobook Anne of Avonlea LM Montgomery audiobook Postern of Fate Agatha Christie audiobook The Art of Arranging Flowers Lynne Branard kindle * I then treated myself to Julianna Deering's newest  Drew Farthering mystery set to release Tuesday - July 1st! {Great Canada Day celebration for this smitten reader} *

I LUV the series! Vintage covers, the hero, 30's dialogue and the setting is perfection - a manor house in the English countryside.  *  Here's the 1st Paragraph Intro~ "Actors," the barman muttered to no one in particular as he wiped a freshly washed glass." * Here's a teaser ~ "That would be Fleur.  One moment purring like a kitten, the next, claws out and yowling.  One can never tell about the fairer sex." {Joining Tuesday Intros at Diane's and Teaser Tuesdays at MizB's} * The synopsis ~

Just as Drew Farthering thinks his life has found smooth waters, Fleur Landis, an old flame, reappears in his life. She's married now, no longer an actress, and he expects she'll soon disappear--until she comes to him in dire need. The lead actor in her old troupe's production of The Mikado has been murdered, and Fleur is the police's number one suspect. 

Drew would love nothing more than to just focus on his fiance, Madeline, and their upcoming wedding, but he can't leave Fleur in the lurch--even if she did break his heart once. As Drew, Nick, and Madeline dive into the murder, they discover more going on behind the scenes of the theater troupe than could ever have been imagined. Nearly everyone had a motive, and alibis are few and far between. It's Drew's most complicated case yet.

* Intelligent, quick witted, and personable, I am definitely in luv with Drew Farthering. All manners, dynamic and debonair, he knows what he's about relationally and in his peerage connections.  When Fleur, a former actress and attachment, appeals to Drew for assistance, he is drawn into the scenarios at the reproach of his American fiance, Madeline, who prefers Fleur leave Drew out of her troubles. The repeated contacts have Madeline distressed and troubled waters between her and Drew add to the confusion Drew faces in dealing with the murder amongst the actors.
Always a treat to pick up another Drew Farthering mystery. Ms Deering has mastered the 1930's era in dialogue and manner, making each edition a pleasurable escape into the English manor life. 
The stories are easily read as individual entries, but the development of Drew and Madeline's romance is a lovely continuum best enjoyed throughout the series. And of course our knowledge and involvement increases if we're following the series from the 1st book.

 Mysteries that keep this reader guessing to each satisfying conclusion.

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*Appreciation to BethanyHouse for providing a reading and review copy without cost or compensation.








* That's my current picture for Monday's reading, Teaser Tuesdays, and Tuesday's Intros. * A great lineup of books is waiting to keep me happy when this weather keeps me indoors ~

 

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Some great book giveaways pinned HERE

and a brand new giveaway offer for upcoming release of
Camille Elliot's Regency mystery novel,
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along with several more great novel Giveaways at goodreads 
{currently open}

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Jane Austen fans, don't forget signups for AinA are open... Next week I'll try to have some of my anticipated books ready to post for inspiration.

* HapPy Reading! More book updates at Sheila's BOOK JOURNEY
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IT'S MONDAY! ARE YOU READING? 23.6.14

I've needed to take some time for intentional self-care - incredible amount of rainy days driving my health to extremes. Hoping and praying for all that to settle and I can
be 'myself' once again. {Will 'dry' and 'heat' connect at some point this summer ?!}
Reading at a relaxed pace to keep reading possible... I'm enjoying the 2nd in the Anne of Green Gables series, ANNE OF AVONLEA
At sixteen, Anne is grown up...almost. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new schoolteacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching the three Rs, she is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone else's romance, finds two new orphans at Green Gables, and wonders about the strange behaviour of the very handsome Gilbert Blythe. As Anne enters womanhood, her adventures touch the heart and the funny bone.

* A Post Hypnotic Press audiobook and also, reading
Mark Batterson's amazing
WILD GOOSE CHASE
“Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit–An Geadh-Glas, or ‘the Wild Goose.’ The name hints at mystery. Much like a wild goose, the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. . .I cannot think of a better description of what it’s like to follow the Spirit through life. I think the Celtic Christians were on to something….
Most of us will have no idea where we are going most of the time. And I know that is unsettling. But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name: Adventure.” --from the introduction
* I completed the excellent debut WWI novel from Stacy Henrie

which releases Tuesday, June 24th! Historical insights I had no idea of that made for intrigue, action and emotional engagement that recommends this novel.  * With her brothers away fighting the Great War overseas, Livy Campbell desperately wants to help her family. Her chance comes when she meets a handsome stranger who lands her a job as a teacher in a place far from her parents' farm. But the war casts a long shadow over the German-American town that Livy now calls home—and the darkness will test everything she thought she knew about family and love . . .

More than anything, Friedrick Wagner wants to be part of his adopted country's struggle for peace. But when the bitter animosity between Germans and Americans soon turns citizens against newcomers, friend against friend, he will do whatever it takes to protect Livy from the hysteria that grips their town. As tragedy—and dark secrets from the past—threaten their future, Friedrick and Livy have one chance to stand up for what's right . . . and one chance to fight for their love.
{OF LOVE AND WAR #1 of series} * Not my usual ambitious reading self!  Life takes its own turns.  At the moment it's ensuring intentional choices for my best health and
being mindful of what's essential.   * Hoping your week's reading is all you're hoping for! * I also want to announce the upcoming August reading feature for Jane Austen fans ~ AUSTENinAUGUST ~ *

Signups opened today at the new host blog, Lost Generation Reader
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