My mom got me into puzzles. Now I love doing them. It's a good balance of stimulation and relaxation.

Here's to a great reding summer. Best wishes.

Happy Reading! 😎📚👍

WOW!! What adorable LFL you found!! I would love to visit Port Townsend.

Read flashman George macdolad frasier full stop

Loved The Measure but I read it with a book group and the discussion influenced my rating. I’m intrigued by the classic bee book. I read another book by that author, Girl of the Limberlost (I think) and liked it so I’ll look for the one about bees. I’m not a romcom fan myself.

I do have the measure on my tbr stack and think I will like it just because I think it will make me think but I’m not expecting greatness from it. I haven’t read any of the others but like hearing about them. Thanks 😊

The Measure and Just for the Summer were 5 star reads for me. Romance hits us all differently. I have only read one Emily Henry that I loved. But I expected everyone (you) to love The Measure. It is in my top 5 favorite for this year. You convinced me that I need to read the Bee book you liked so much. I hope it is available at my library. Have a lovely weekend.

I’m so glad you enjoyed Funny Story! I liked it, but Just For the Summer was my preference of the two. I appreciate a love interest willing to care for the mc when she’s ill, even they need to somehow pilot a unicorn pool floaty across a lake to reach them 😂

I loved The Measure! 4.5 stars for me. I reserve 5 for books that I would want to read again

Ok 3 stars for The Measure isn’t terrible 😂

Saw the thumbnail and clicked so fast, but now I’m scared cause The Measure is one of my fav books of all time 😂😂😂

Now that I think about it, I liked the concept and the writing in The Measure more than the characters. I can’t remember one single character or their decision! I rated it 4 stars but I think if it drew me into the characters’ lives I would have given it 5. I hate miscommunications and insta love too!

I did the read-a-thon. I audiobooked, so it was fast. Thanks for the idea- it was fun. 1. Read a work of historical fiction set in the country you’re from Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead 2. Read a work of historical fiction set in a different country to the one you’re from The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear 3. Read a work of historical fiction set in a new-to-you historical time period A Most Clever Girl - A Novel of an American Spy by Stephanie Marie Thornton 4. Read a work of historical fiction with a speculative or magical realistic element Thornyhold by Mary Stewart 5. Read a work of historical fiction from the perspective of an ordinary person Christy by Catherine Marshall 6. Read a work of historical fiction from the perspective of an extraordinary person Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris 7. Read a work of historical mystery or historical romance A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear 8. Read a classic work of historical fiction All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot

I loved dear mrs 🦅 bird it’s a gem

Loved Middlemarch ❤

I have an unpopular opinion of Kindred😅, I didn't really like it. If you like time travel, alternate time check out the Timeless series by Gabrielle Meyer. It's so good!

Glad to know about this readathon! I just finished reading Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 2024. It is a very interesting Civil War-era historical fiction novel centered around trauma & the ethical treatment of those suffering; it will fulfill criteria #1 on the list! So I’ve already started the readathon 😊

So glad Outlander is here. Imo nothing comes close to that series except maybe Tolstoy, Dickens and Dumas. Yes, it’s brutal in parts but that’s life.

I loved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. If you're looking for another Pacific Northwest historical fiction book, Snow Falling on Cedars was fantastic. I LOVED Kindred. I couldn't put it down. One of my all-time faves.

Loved the Thorn Birds so much!! I must have read it 30 years ago and still remember it! I own Wolf Hall, and have read many Tudor era books, but I'm afraid to start this one....people have repeatedly mentioned the author's style of writing being difficult to read or maybe to follow. I just need to jump in and give it a try!

I wasn't a fan of Wolf Hall.. it was long for me 😛 I read The Red Tent a LONG TIME AGO.. so my thoughts might not still be the same.. but I liked it.. I mean suspend disbelief of it being biblically accurate but I have thought about parts of it.. like how much I would love to go to The Red Tent and hang out for a week once a month and not have to do my daily tasks..hahahaha

You have some great picks i read Thorn Birds years ago great book. The Red Tenant and Hotel of Bitter and Sweet great books,

Thorn Birds i read when i was 17 , I’m now 64 , loved it. The Hotel on the Corner was also an enjoyable read.

I'm starting out at least reading one HF, my book club is reading Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray.

Great suggestions! I read Gone with the Wind years ago. Glad I did but you definitely have to be in the mood to read it. Have you ever read the Victorian Mystery series "Mrs. Jeffries" by Emily Brightwell? They are easy cozy mysteries reads if you need just something fun and easy to read.

Maisey Dobbs is not cozy. But the series is amazing. Enjoy! Oh, I want to read The Red Tent.

I am going to read the Thorn Birds this summer. Also! I am re-reading Hotel on the Corner this summer because I barely remember it, but I DO remember loving it. Raving about it. Telling everyone to read it. As a fellow PNW girlie (currently living in East Africa) it was so amazing. And I remember that I kept calling my mom (who grew up near Portland) and asking her if the history of was true. And yes. It was. Slightly traumatic. But SO good.

I read The Red Tent decades ago. Seems like I enjoyed it..... several of your choices sound interesting to me. ❤

I think you will enjoy The Thorn Birds - I recently picked up another copy of this one, as I read it many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it and want to re-read it. I am liking the Maisie Dobbs series ( just 5 books in so far ) would not deem this series as cozy, but more historical. I have the Sarah Furgeson on my shelves, and want to purchase the 2nd one she's written. I too am very intimidated by Wolf Hall - and haven't picked it up yet. The Red Tent was a good read - love that cover, I don't read any biblical fiction - but don't recall having an issue flying thru this one. Enjoy all the good reads!!

Maisie Dobbs I enjoyed the first few in the series (it lost something after the 3 or fourth book for me.) I’ve read 3 others from your TBR - I’ll be curious to hear how you get on with them. 😅

There is an assumption, when you read Wolf Hall, that you (the reader) understand the historical context of Tudor England and its complexities. Those I know who did not finish the novel became mired in the book's assumptions. Please let me know if you need assistance as you read; I would love to reread the novel alongside you.

Kindred is one I'd like to read some day. huh I didn't know Sarah Ferguson wrote books. I also have The Red Tent on my shelves, but never read. Historical fiction is the best for sure.

The Thorn Birds!! I loved watching that TV show back in the day.

I read Kindred back in the day and didn’t get along with it. I’m probably due for a reread. You have some of my favorites on your pile: Wolf Hall and The Red Tent.

Great list. Loved The Red Tent and The Thorn Birds. 😊💙

I want to read The Red Tent.

Maisie Dobbs is great. I've "read" the whole series via audiobook, which are great if you have access to them. Orlagh Cassidy is a very good narrator, in my opinion! I was middle of the road on The Red Tent. The beginning was better than the end. There are some descriptive love scenes, nothing too graphic but did make me a bit uncomfortable.

Loved, These Is my Words. Like to read, The Red Tent.

I really like House on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet!

❤📚❤️ Some great historical possibilities! The Thornbirds, The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and These is My Words all good books. 😊

These is My Words was excellent! I really enjoyed it.

My mom read, and watched, The Thorn Birds ethnic I was kid, and I always wanted to read it right after her. I was in the 4th grade. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this readathon. Have a great day!

Kindred is amazing! But I’m also a huge time travel fan!

Hmm. I was contemplating these is my words this month! Was thinking to count it for extraordinary person? But I don’t know if she exists.

While I haven’t read the book I did watch The Thorn Birds miniseries in the mid-80s. It was sooooo good! I’ll bet that is a quick read.

I loved Kindred! I also really enjoyed The Thorn Birds. I will be reading One Thousand White Women this month, so I am glad to hear you enjoyed it. I hope your reads go well.

What area of Oregon are you in? I'm like 30 minutes from Salem. The pollen is killing me.

Loved this video. Ok you sold me on Funny Story. That Fredrik Backman wasn’t my favourite of his either, but I have loved other books by him. Love that your outfit is flower themed too. Finn is such a sweetheart! He’s a booktuber in the making. 💙💙 Happy first Mothers Day to you. 💐 I loved the Dutch House. It definitely grows on you and it’s one I kept thinking about after I finished. 😊

I've watched so many videos on how people adjust their favorite lists. I have changed my views on so many things and books as I look back. But I don't erase my past. I still loved those older reads as fives at that time in my life and they stay that way. My new lists may bump them down or off but but they keep their status on the old list.