It's downright chilly and rainy so other than making pickled peppers I will find a cozy blanket and enjoy some extra read time and add some new holds.
A friend's review had me put a hold on 'Lie To Me' by J.T. Ellison, that it has been likened to 'Gone Girl' has it on my must read list. It also said fans of 'Gone Girl' will love it.
Another surprise a hold placed last winter arrived, 'Wolf Willow:A History, A Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier' written by Wallace Stegner winner of many awards including a Pulizer Prize. "Stegner lived most of his life in the United States, but the genesis of his inspiration as a writer can be traced to southwest Saskatchewan. The Eastend Arts Council is a volunteer-run, registered not for profit that owns and operates the Wallace Stegner House." I foresee a road trip in my future!
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What Are You Reading 2022
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Just finished "I Am In Here" by Creston Mapes. It is a suspenseful novel dealing with a young man who was in a terrible car accident and was left in a seemingly catatonic state. But he can still hear and see everything going on around him. He just can't speak. He can only make groaning noises and jerking movements. There are sinister people in his life and he can't tell anyone. Very good!
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Good to see you drop in Sheila, your review has me adding "I Am In Here' to my read list. Have a recommend in at the library, surprisingly a recommend often arrives sooner than a hold.
As many of you likely know along with cooking and reading I also am a collector of Quotes with Ralph Waldo Emerson my absolute favorite. I had never given his personal life any thought, today Bookbub's offering of "Mr Emerson's Wife"by Amy Belding saw me over to Amazon to place an order to what should be a great read.
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As many of you likely know along with cooking and reading I also am a collector of Quotes with Ralph Waldo Emerson my absolute favorite. I had never given his personal life any thought, today Bookbub's offering of "Mr Emerson's Wife"by Amy Belding saw me over to Amazon to place an order to what should be a great read.
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I was hoping you would stop by Shadows1. Friends who have enjoyed your shares have been asking for recommends. I do all my reading either on my Tablet (this one a much bigger screen) or my comp. Eyes have been such that I now I add novels both crime, mystery and suspense. Hope you will share your reads. Hoping more members join in!
These fall days as busy as summer saw me needing to renew my hold on 'Under the Wide and Starry Sky ' in order to do the last of the chapters. Had a hard time putting it down! Loving the out door time but long days make for tired! Downloaded and ready to go are Wallace Stengner's ''Wolf Willow: A History, A story, and a memory of the Last Plains Frontier' and 'We Thought We Knew You' "A chilling true suspense by New York Times best selling journalist M. William Phelps. Looking forward to both.
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These fall days as busy as summer saw me needing to renew my hold on 'Under the Wide and Starry Sky ' in order to do the last of the chapters. Had a hard time putting it down! Loving the out door time but long days make for tired! Downloaded and ready to go are Wallace Stengner's ''Wolf Willow: A History, A story, and a memory of the Last Plains Frontier' and 'We Thought We Knew You' "A chilling true suspense by New York Times best selling journalist M. William Phelps. Looking forward to both.
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Loving curries and a number of Indian dishes I could not resist heading over to Amazon and adding 'India For Everyone: The Home Cooks Guide to Traditional Favorites ' by Anupy Singla, a Book Bub offering for two dollars a far cry from the regular price. Have to love Book Bub! Being super busy has me only gleaning but so very impressed! I see one lot of new recipes in my future!
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Came in for a coffee break, checked the mail once again Book Bub had me over to Amazon to order 'The One- Minute Organizer: An A -Z Storage Solutions' It's been another year of catch up at my house, sorting, blue bagging and to bins to get back to my 'a place for everything and everything in it's place" all the while knowing what to do but being able to do it. I am guessing it will once again be "I could have wrote that one" I know but possibly it will help me push through by year end! 
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I gleaned a couple pages of 'The One- Minute Organizer: An A -Z Storage Solutions' first paragraphs made for my laugh of the day, right there in black and white "a place for everything and everything in it's place' words repeated many times by me over the years! Now hope to find a few helpful ideas as I play catch up.
Finally completed Nancy Horden's 'Under the Wide and Starry sky' story of Robert Louie Stevenson. A New York best seller, as well as listed one of the Best Books of The Year by Washington Post and St Louie Dispatch. Thinking it just may be my best of the year come year end or a close runner up. I noted when returning it was was an over seven hour read.
On for my next read 'Mr Emerson's Wife' by Amy Belding. Having experienced my first heavy frost last night reading time may be limited, putting a garden to bed can be out til dark, feed the fur babies warm the evening meal and fall into bed. But always some reading!
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Finally completed Nancy Horden's 'Under the Wide and Starry sky' story of Robert Louie Stevenson. A New York best seller, as well as listed one of the Best Books of The Year by Washington Post and St Louie Dispatch. Thinking it just may be my best of the year come year end or a close runner up. I noted when returning it was was an over seven hour read.
On for my next read 'Mr Emerson's Wife' by Amy Belding. Having experienced my first heavy frost last night reading time may be limited, putting a garden to bed can be out til dark, feed the fur babies warm the evening meal and fall into bed. But always some reading!
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Putting my garden to bed along with getting the saves to the heated garage made for long days, this weekend Saskatchewan's major snow storm the worst I've experienced in October finally saw to extra indoor and read time.
Yesterday warmed enough to get another outdoor day in made for tired, an early supper, the evening back to Amy Belding Brown's 'Mr. Emerson's Wife' second wife of Ralph Waldo Emerson "a New England preacher, essayist, lecturer, poet, and philosopher—was one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 19th century in the United States."
Although collecting his quotes for years and being one of my absolute favorites I had never thought to his private life. "Mr. Emerson's Wife' is a fictionalized/historial novel "Amy Belding Brown carefully culled the many letters and diaries of Emerson, Lidian Emerson, Thoreau, the Alcott family, Margaret Fuller, and others in creating her plot line and then used her imagination to fill in the blanks"
It is a known fact Emerson was obsessed with first wife Ellen Louisa Tucker who was 18 when they married, he lost her to consumption a few years later. It is suggested some is speculation and have to agree with one reviewer as being somewhat uncertain as to what is fact and what is fiction, but it was obviously well researched and a real page turner! I will be doing further research as well as add books with the letters and diaries of those involved with Emerson's life and times.
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Yesterday warmed enough to get another outdoor day in made for tired, an early supper, the evening back to Amy Belding Brown's 'Mr. Emerson's Wife' second wife of Ralph Waldo Emerson "a New England preacher, essayist, lecturer, poet, and philosopher—was one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 19th century in the United States."
Although collecting his quotes for years and being one of my absolute favorites I had never thought to his private life. "Mr. Emerson's Wife' is a fictionalized/historial novel "Amy Belding Brown carefully culled the many letters and diaries of Emerson, Lidian Emerson, Thoreau, the Alcott family, Margaret Fuller, and others in creating her plot line and then used her imagination to fill in the blanks"
It is a known fact Emerson was obsessed with first wife Ellen Louisa Tucker who was 18 when they married, he lost her to consumption a few years later. It is suggested some is speculation and have to agree with one reviewer as being somewhat uncertain as to what is fact and what is fiction, but it was obviously well researched and a real page turner! I will be doing further research as well as add books with the letters and diaries of those involved with Emerson's life and times.
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Being one who about lives outdoors from spring til fall, as winter approaches here in Saskatchewan the chilly days and snow see me back to indoor activities. The shorter days mean longer evenings and for me that means more reading time. A real perk!
My last read was a Book Bub find 'Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival' by Monique Faison Ross. As I read I was amazed as the domestic and emotional abuse turned to fear and violence, her pleas for legal help for protection for herself and her children basically ignored, as were the neglected monthly payments for child care. Not until left for dead was she taken seriously. She told her story as a warning for those who find themselves facing abuse to look for help as soon as it begins to escalate. Fortunately she survived the ordeal and the story has a happy ending.
I am now reading another Book bub find 'The Second Mrs Astor' a biographical historical fiction of the Titanic widow by award winning New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today author Shana Abe.
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My last read was a Book Bub find 'Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival' by Monique Faison Ross. As I read I was amazed as the domestic and emotional abuse turned to fear and violence, her pleas for legal help for protection for herself and her children basically ignored, as were the neglected monthly payments for child care. Not until left for dead was she taken seriously. She told her story as a warning for those who find themselves facing abuse to look for help as soon as it begins to escalate. Fortunately she survived the ordeal and the story has a happy ending.
I am now reading another Book bub find 'The Second Mrs Astor' a biographical historical fiction of the Titanic widow by award winning New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today author Shana Abe.
What are you reading?