Connect Five Friday – Wedding Planners

It’s Friday once again and that means it’s time for Connect Five Friday, hosted at Book Date by Kathryn – the meme where we share five book/reading things that connect in some way.

Last week I read Visions in White by Nora Roberts and really enjoyed it. Four close friends run a wedding catering business from a beautiful old home. I have started the second book (of 4) – a Bed of Roses and am enjoying this as well.
A book I picked out from my library bag this week was Happily Ever After by Tif Marcelo, which is about wedding planners as well, this time of a family of planners.

It got me thinking about wedding planners and how many books were about them. I was surprised by the long list at Goodreads, and as well, the number I had actually read.

Here are 5 books I have read about wedding planners.

Vision in White by Nora Roberts. Had to include this. Loved the characters, the friendship they share and the blossoming romance.

For All Time (Nantucket Brides series) by Jude Deveraux. This was a sweet romance.

One in a Million (#12 of Lucky Harbor series) by Jill Shalvis. An enjoyable book and series.

Barefoot in Lace by Roxane St. Claire. Another sweet romance

You Say it First! (Happily, Inc. series) by Susan Mallery. So enjoyed this book and series

 

It’s Monday! What are You Reading?

It’s time once again for Kathryn’s weekly meme “It’s Monday! What are You Reading?“, at Book Date, where we share what we’re reading and have read over the past week.

What I Read Last Week
I read books 6 books – I memoir, 2 fantasies and 3 paranormal. I still have several books I’ve started, but again I just couldn’t settle to any of them, at least to finish them. I turned again to my kindle and read some shorter paranormal/fantasy ebooks – as it seems we are living in a bizarro time now.

Books I read:

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster. I read this many. many years ago, and it was a fun revisit of the YA classic.

Magical Midlife Madness by K. F. Breene. Loved this paranormal, with an older, strong female protagonist. It was a very enjoyable read – and now I have to wait til August for Book 2. Darn. Favourite of the week.

 

Delicious by Ruth Reichl. Sometimes I check Goodreads for how others rated books – there was a real range here. I do enjoy her cookbooks and I really enjoyed this novel by her.

Paris for One by JoJoMoyes. This met a category for Popsugar and I found it an okay read, more a novella as there were other stories I need to read.

 

Can You Keep a Secret? By Sophie Kinsella. I had avoided reading her books for a long time, but I am so enjoying her romances. They’re fun, with great dialogue.

Visions in White by Nora Roberts. This is the first in a trilogy and am looking forward to reading the others. Loved it.

What I’m Reading Now
The Lost Husband by Katherine Center
At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

(I’ve still got these books below on the go – but, always something else pops up – like 3 new books I ordered from Indigo))
The Black Tide by Keri Arthur (Book 3)
Come Away with Me by Karma Brown
The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate

What’s Up Next – STILL!
Keep it Moving by Twyla Tharp.
Becoming by Michelle Obama

 

Connect 5 Friday

It’s Friday once again and that means it’s time for Connect Five Friday, hosted at Book Date by Kathryn – the meme where we share five book/reading things that connect in some way.

This week I rediscovered Daddy-Long-Legs and I enjoyed it as much now as I did as a teenager. A lovely story of an orphan, written in 1912 by Jean Webster. As I investigated, I realized that there were so many books written before 1920 that are now considered classics – many though,  that I haven’t read.

Here are 5 of these classics:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M.Montgomery. First published in 1908, it is the only one of the 5 that I have read. And loved! The notion of kindred friends still really resonates. I’ve watched all the movie and TV versions and read several of the Anne books as well.

 

2 by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I’m surprised really that I haven’t read either, although I have just ordered an ebook  of The Secret Garden through the library and plan to read it asap.

   

The Secret Garden(1910)                    A Little Princess (1905)

 

The Railway Children by E Nesbit was published in 1906.  Nesbit wrote many books – none of which I have read.

 

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, was published in 1908

 

Which of these classics have you read, loved??

It’s Monday! What are You Reading?

It’s time once again for Kathryn’s weekly meme “It’s Monday! What are You Reading?“, at Book Date, where we share what we’re reading and have read over the past week.

What I Read Last Week
I read books 6 books – I memoir, 2 fantasies and 3 paranormal. I still have several books I’ve started, but again I just couldn’t settle to any of them, at least to finish them. I turned again to my kindle and read some shorter paranormal/fantasy ebooks – as it seems we are living in a bizarro time now.

Books I read:

Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent. This memoir is a delightful look at the friendship of a 90+ man and a much younger Isabel and what she learned from Edward.

Vampire Mage by Janelle Peel. Was an okay paranormal

Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner. Enjoyed this funny paranormal

 

2 fantasies by May Sage that I really enjoyed

   

After Darkness Falls         Beauty and the Beast

 

Act of Mercy by Mandy M. Roth. First in a series was an interesting read.

 

What I’m Reading Now (I’ve still got these books on the go)
The Black Tide by Keri Arthur (Book 3)
Come Away with Me by Karma Brown
The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate

What’s Up Next – STILL!
Keep it Moving by Twyla Tharp.
Becoming by Michelle Obama

 

Connect 5 Friday – Titles with Puns

It’s Friday once again and that means it’s time for Connect Five Friday, hosted at Book Date by Kathryn – the meme where we share five book/reading things that connect in some way.

As the news seems to worsen each day, I thought I’d add a little bit of humour. I participate in a number of reading challenges and one of the categories was to read a book which a pun as its title. I find that many cozy mysteries really do love playing with words in their titles.

Here are 5 books with puns in their titles (I haven’t read them, but they are in my kidle TBR). These books as well are the first in a series by each author.

 

Rest in Pieces by Katie Graykiwski. I’ve enjoyed all the books I’ve read by the author. And this one, about Mustange Ridge, single mom, who decides she must investigate a murder, looks like a fun one to read.

 

Crime and Nourishment by Miranda Sweet. Angie Prouty has to investigate as murder as she is the prime suspect.

 

A Shot in the Bark by C. A. Newsome, Can Artist Lia figure out who the serial killer is?

 

The Maiming of the Shrew by Hannah Clemson. Beatrice is new to town, a bookshop owner and now a suspect. Can she find out the truth?

 

An Affair to Dismember by Elise Sax. Drawn into the family matchmaking business, she is soon trying to prove her neighbour’s death was a murder.

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s time once again for Kathryn’s weekly meme “It’s Monday! What are You Reading?“, at Book Date, where we share what we’re reading and have read over the past week.

What I Read Last Week
I read books 8 romances (2 historical, 6 contemporary) and 3 picture books. I have several books I’ve started, but I just couldn’t settle to any of them, at least to finish them. That’s why I turned to my kindle and read some shorter ebooks, a couple by authors I had read before and enjoyed (Nolan and Checketts)

 

Books I read:

Then There Was You by Miranda Liasson _ Took me awhile to finish this one but it was an enjoyable romance

2 of Lorraine Heath’s historical romances – both of which I loved

The Duke and the Lady in Red
Lord of Wicked Intentions

I also read 5 romance ebooks – and although I got them for free I thoroughly enjoyed them all – and it led me to buy the next in 2 series from 2 of the authors

After Care by L.B. Dunbar (Love romance with older couples!)

The Loyal Patriot by Cami Checketts

The Road Leads Back by Marci Bolden

When You Got a Good Thing by Kait Nolan

In Search of a Love Story by Rachel Schurig

3 Picture Books
Dreamers by Yuri Morales
Give Me Back My Bone! By Kim Norman
Colette’s Lost Pet by Isabelle Arsenault

What I’m Reading Now (I’ve got several books on the go now)
The Black Tide by Keri Arthur (Book 3)
Come Away with Me by Karma Brown
The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate

What’s Up Next – STILL!
Keep it Moving by Twyla Tharp.
Becoming by Michelle Obama

 

It’s Monday! What are You Reading?

It’s time once again for Kathryn’s weekly meme “It’s Monday! What are You Reading?“, at Book Date, where we share what we’re reading and have read over the past week.

What I Read Last Week
I read books 6 adult books (and 4 picture books, part of my pb study) – 3 fantasy, 1 non-fiction, and 2 historical romances.

Winter Halo by Keri Arthur (Book 2 in her Outcasts series) – So enjoying this series. To finish the series, I ended up buying the third book as out libraries are now closed until May 4 and really didn’t want to wait to finish the series.

 

Cross Breed by Lora Leigh. I found this an intriguing start to a 5-book series and can’t wait to read the rest of this fantasy series

 

The Book of Ichigo Ichie by Hector Garcia and Frances Miralles. Fascinating read.

 

Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Another first book of a fantasy series that I thoroughly enjoyed.

2 historical romances by Lorraine Heath

   

An Affair with a Notorious Heiress
Once More, My Darling Rogue

4 Picture Books
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Pros and Cons of Being a Frog by Sue deGennaro
The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken

 

What I’m Reading Now (I’ve got several books on the go now)

The Black Tide by Keri Arthur (Book 3)

Come Away with Me by Karma Brown
The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate
Then There Was You by Miranda Liasson
More Lorraine Heath’s historical romances

What’s Up Next – STILL!
Keep it Moving by Twyla Tharp.
Becoming by Michelle Obama

 

Connect 5 Friday – Lorraine Heath

It’s Friday once again and that means it’s time for Connect Five Friday, hosted at Book Date by Kathryn – the meme where we share five book/reading things that connect in some way.

Last month I read my first historical romance by Lorraine Heath and thoroughly enjoyed it. Before our library shut down for covid 19, I quickly grabbed a number of her books to read at leisure. I am reading a second of her books and enjoying that one as well. Swoon-worthy heroes, feisty heroines.

(Check here for a list of Heath’s extensive book list)
Here are the 5 books I borrowed:

Read/or reading

The Duchess in His Bed – A 5* read

An Affair with a Notorious Heiress Enjoying this one just as much.

To Be Read:

Once More, My Darling Rogue

The Duke and the Lady in Red

Lord of Wicked Intentions