I'm really trying to choose a book more often than I choose doom scrolling or mindless games on my phone, but with a very busy schedule and not a very long lunch break at work, I don't get through nearly as many pages of reading as I think I'd like to. The weather has been improving and I'm happy about warmer days and the weekends that are perfect for hiking and other outdoor things. Maybe I'll get a chance to sit outside and read soon!
I'm currently reading . . .
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn - Four women, recently retired professional assassins, realize they are on their organization's kill list, and put all their skills to work to discover why and to keep each other alive. Quirky, sometimes dark humor and full of suspense.
The Wedding Gift by Connilyn Cossette - Realized I had this prequel novella to a favorite author's series and decided I'd better read it before the newest novel is released! It provides some backstory to the characters in The King's Men series.
Up Next . . . On the TBR stack . . .
Or in the Kindle queue, to be accurate. I've got a few books on the physical stack too, but I haven't decided which of those will be next.
The Blind Scribe by Connilyn Cossette
Before Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Brittany Fichter
I finished reading . . .
Black Fog by KT McWilliams - an aspring midwife in 1618 London sees that she may be suspected of murder when a man she confronted is found dead a short time later. Elizabeth is determined to find out who the real killer was in order to keep her name clear, but she must do it before the sheriff comes for her. An interesting debut novel that I reviewed. (ARC version) (Read my review HERE)
I've been watching . . .
I watched some hockey, more during the first round of playoffs, but we don't have a streaming service that shows the playoffs so that hasn't been high priority. We recently bought the entire DVD set of the RVL Discipleship series and my husband has been watching them almost every night. I watch with him a couple nights a week.
I've been listening to . . .
My podcast playlist includes The Bible Book Club, The Bible Project, and political commentary podcasts. My music playlist has been RadioU and my collections of favorites. Not much changes in my listening selections.
On my blogs recently . . .
Besides the reviews, here on Just A Second you'll find:
Besides the reviews, here on Just A Second you'll find:
On my main coffee break project, A Fresh Cup of Coffee:
My "first cup blog", Homeschool Coffee Break, is mostly idle these days, unfortunately.
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What are you reading?
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Hi Kym! Thanks for sharing your reviews with us at WOYBS. I've not read any of your suggestions but plenty to choose from. See you next month. Happy Reading, Sue L xx
ReplyDeleteHi, Kym - Your opening paragraph deeply resonated with me. I have also been trying (trying being the operative word here) to replace doomscrolling...and any kind of scrolling for that matter, with reading. I felt quite successful with this mission last month, but have fallen off the wagon a bit lately. Thank you for the reminder. BTW - Before Beauty sounds very appealing to me!
ReplyDeletedoomscrolling is a hard habit to break! We all need reminders. Before Beauty looked good to me too, and hopefully I'll get started on it soon!
DeleteGreat to read your reviews Kym, thanks for joining us for #WOYBS this month. I've not read any of your listed books.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by to comment!
DeleteThese sound interesting. I haven't heard of any of them.
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