Book arrivals:
My mailbox was empty last week. Have a great week!
Last week on Bookfan:
- Review: The Night the Lights Went Out (plus US Giveaway of Flight Patterns)
- Spotlight/US Giveaway: The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence
- Review: The Shadow Sister
Reading plan for this week:
Books read in April:
- Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker
- One Good Thing by Wendy Wax
- No One But You by Brenda Novak
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
- One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline
- One Wrong Turn by Deanna Lynn Sletten
- The Sisters of Blue Mountain by Karen Katchur
- All the Best People by Sonja Yoerg
- Now That It’s You by Tawna Fenske
- The Ridge by John Rector
- The Irish Cottage by Juliet Gauvin
Bookfan 
Did you read A Man Called Ove? If yes, did you like it? If yes, how did Beartown compare? I loved Ove but couldn’t get through My Grandmother.
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Yes, I loved Ove! I liked Beartown (see that comparison?). It’s hard to compare when books are so different but I had a couple of favorite characters in Beartown that were in the same demo as Ove 🙂 I also wasn’t a fan of ‘Grandmother’.
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I hope to get a copy of One Good Thing…and Bear Town also looks good. And I am eager to start reading my copy of The Night the Lights Went Out.
Have a great week…and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
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Can’t wait for your thoughts on the books, Laurel!
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Happy reading!
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Sometimes that’s a delight!
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Exactly!
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It has been awhile since I read a Nan Rossiter book.. I must check my library and see what they have.. Her books are always good reading.
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Oh, I agree, Kathleen. I’ve enjoyed all of her books!
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Hope you like it! 🙂
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My mailbox was almost empty. It’s kind of a relief, isn’t it. Have a great week, Mary!
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It is, Kathy. I think my summer reading schedule is full!
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Nice to see all the books you read in April. I am just starting One Good Thing on audio so will take me awhile. Thanks for the rec for the Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, it was so good and you were the only person I came across who was reading it.
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I loved the audio 🙂
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Mary, you read a lot of books in April! I can’t believe that May is nearly here. Happy reading to you in the month ahead!
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Thanks, Susan. I hope you have a lovely May 🙂
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I’ve read so many great reviews of Fredrick Backman’s titles. Really sounds like an author I should make time for. Happy reading!
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I’ve enjoyed his novels so I would say yes, give one a try!
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It looks like you got a lot of reading done in April! Way to go! Have a great week.
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Thanks, Denise. It was a good month!
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I really want to read The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence. Have a good reading week!
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I’m hoping to read it this summer 🙂
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I need to take a break soon from review titles… well that is after I read all the NetGalley titles I already have!
Hope you enjoy reading what you have this week!
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I know what you mean, Martha. I actually read a non-review book on vacation last week and loved not having to think about what I would write in my review. I simply wrote a couple of lines and gave a star rating on Goodreads and Amazon. What a feeling 🙂 Have a great week!
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That’s a great reading list you got through this month! Hope May is just as good for you. Happy reading! 🙂
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Thanks, Kay. I enjoyed my reading in April!
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You got a lot of reading done! I’m going to check out your review of The Irish Cottage…I’ve been eying that one.
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I was kind of surprised by my April total. The Irish Cottage was a free book that I read on vacation. I enjoyed it and look forward to reading the next two in the series. Hope you get a chance to read it.
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Today is our 41st. wedding anniversary, where does the time go.
Have a great reading week.
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Happy Anniversary, Mary Ann! I think when the time passes so quickly you’re doing something right 🙂
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ENJOY your week to catch up. 🙂
April looks like it was a good month. I have a few of your April books to read.
Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my blog.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Mailbox Monday
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I was a little relieved to have an empty mailbox 🙂
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