June Book Haul #1

So! a new used media store opened in our area called "2nd and Charles" They carry video games, comic books, music movies and BOOKS! Infact an entire half of the store is books. My favorite area was the wall of clearance. 2 for the price of 1!! and I didn't see any that were over 2$ in that section.  I really coulda gone a little nuts, but I kept it cool and walked out with "7 books" for 7.50! I felt like I'd hit the jackpot! (I  write 7 books in parenthesis because the  3 Jenny Han books were in a  one book bind up)

I got:

1. Rosie Dunne by Cecilia Ahern
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
3. It's not summer without you by Jenny Han
4. We'll Always have Summer by Jenny Han
5. Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West
6. Dandelion Summer by Lisa Wingate
7. The Beach Trees by Karen White

I really could have gone crazy buying a LOAD of books, but the look my husband gave me when I walked up with my arms overflowing was so withering, I meekly turned and put a handful back on the shelves.

But!! They DO take trade ins, so very soon, I do believe I will be taking about 20-25 books that I have read but no longer want on my shelves to trade in and see what I can get for them. They do trade ins for cash or store credit. I'm fine with the store credit! Or! Maybe I will just save all the books I read until my birthday (in November) and turn them all in then and can spend a nice hefty chunk as a birthday treat. We will see.

I will be returning soon with my 2nd June Haul of books I grabbed at the Goodwill.

Happy Reading

May Book Haul

So! I went to Target to pick out a new outfit for my daughter to wear for her preschool's graduation program, and ended up wandering through the book section. I ended up walking out with 5 new ones! I couldn't help it!

I got:
1. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
2. Paper Towns By John Green
3. The Pearl that Broke it's Shell by Nadia Hashimi
4. What I thought was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick
5. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

I spent nearly 60$ on these 5 books and was reminded why I usually only buy books used at Goodwill, 2nd and Charles, and Amazon or from Book outlet.  OUCH!!

But I am so excited about these and can't wait to get to them.

Happy reading!

What I plan to read in June

As I stated in my May wrap up I am out of my reading slump and ready to hit the books this month! I'm actually really excited about quite a few books I want to get to, so here it goes!

1. Get to Page 713 in "Prairie". I am STILL slogging through this one, slow and steady...or not so steady at times!
2. Get to page 537 in "Count of Monte Cristo" Yup. I'm still slowly picking my way through this one as well.
3. Finish Hold the Dream  by Barbara Taylor Bradford. I started this one last month and am hoping to finish this one and move onto:
4.  To Be the Best the next in Emma Harte series by Barbara Taylor Bradford. (Get at least half way through)
5. Finish David Copperfield by Dickins. I am currently listening to this on Audio. I am about 80% done with this so should be able to finish it this month.
6. Start Ladies Night by Mary Kay Andrews. This is an audio.
7. Finish Since You've Been Gone by Anouska Knight.  (I started it May 30th and finished it June 1st.)
8. Get halfway through Love the One you're With by Emily Giffin.
9. Start The wizard of Oz This is on my kindle and I'm hoping to get about half way done with it. It's fairly short only about 150 pages, so should be easy. I may even just shoot to finish it.

So, I think I have some ambitious goals for this month. So, we will see how I do with this list. Good luck to me!

Happy reading!

May Wrap up

I was able to get 5 books read in May, 3 Kindle books, one Audio book and a physical Novel.  They were:

The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson (Kindle) I gave this one 4 out of 5 stars.

The Christmas Angel by Abbie Farwell Brown (Kindle freebie) I gave this 5 out of 5 stars

The River Midnight by Lilian Nattel (Physical copy) 4 out of 5 stars. I really enjoyed this one, even though it took me forever to read. but that was more my fault, not so much that of the book itself. I was still struggling through a reading slump last month.

Four Roads to Boston by D. Margieux (Kindle) I gave this a 5 out of 5 star rating. This is this authors debut work. A collection of short stories depicting some of her many travels and people she has met throughout these adventures. I loved this book! It was a short 100 page kindle book, so was able to read it in one sitting. The author also includes some recipes of various foods she experienced during her adventures as well.

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr. (Audio) This is the first installment in the Grace Valley Trilogy. I gave this 4 out of 5 stars and will be continuing on with this series. I plan to also listen to them in audio. The narrator had a very pleasant voice and was easy to listen to.  I'm excited to move onto the next in this series, soon.

So, that is my short list of books I managed to get finished in the month of May. I'm hoping to get more read this month, as I feel that my reading slump has gone and I've been more willing to pick up books in my free time.

Thank yo ufor stopping by and happy reading!

April Book Haul

Well, I've been really good about not going crazy with the book buying this year.  If you can believe it I have only bought 7 books so far this entire year. Last year at this time I'd already bought close to thirty. But in an attempt to get my TBR shelf emptied out a bit I have decided to slow down with my book buying this year.

But I made a quick run in to my local Goodwill, where I often can find some really good books for very low prices.

I was able to pick up:

"Winter Garden" By Kristin Hannah
"Evening News" by Marly Swick (I've never even heard of this author, but it looked good, so I thought for 2$ I'd give it a whirl!)
"The Evolution of Capurnia Tate" by: Jacqueline Kelly
"Sweet Caroline" By Rachel Hauck
and
"The Traitor's Wife" by Kathleen Kent

So that is what I was able to find this go around. I AM proud to say I showed quite a bit of restraint, and did not buy the other 10 or so books that REALLY wanted to go home with me.  I picked them up, we looked longingly at each other and I sighed sadly as I sat them back on the shelf, then with one last long  wistful look at their sad faces I ran to the cashier to purchase the measly 5 I had chosen. It was all very heartbreaking. But sometimes a girl just has to leave some good books behind, for some other lucky soul to find and take home.

I am not sure when I will actually get to these ones, but they are now happily living on my TBR shelf, making friends with all the other books sitting there waiting to be read.

Until next time: Happy Reading!!

What I want to read in May

I am really hoping this month is better for reading than last month. Here are some things I hope to read this month.

1. Get to p. 480 in "Count of Monte Cristo"  (I'm currently on p. 196)
2. Get to p. 659 in "Prairie" by Anna Lee Waldo (I'm currently on p. 332)
3. Finish "The River Midnight" by Lilian Nattel (I'm currently 67 pages in on this 398 pager)
4. Finish Listening to "Deep in the Valley" by Robyn Carr (I just started this one this afternoon, so I'm only about half an hour into it. It is around 10 hours long.)
5. Finish "The Christmas Wedding" by James Patterson (I'm reading this on my kindle I'm 36% done with this.)

So, we will see how I do with this list. If I finish this list and still feel like picking up something else, I'm thinking of starting "Hold the Dream" by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Its on my TBR challenge list for one of my groups on Goodreads.com. It's been sitting on my shelf for about 7 years, this year I want to get it read. It's actually in a three book compilation volume with two other BTB books, but I think trying to get to all three in the book will be a bit too ambitious. But you never know!

That's what I'm planning on reading this month. Let me know what you are looking forward to picking up and reading this month, or if you've read any of these, and what you thought, down in the comments.

Thank you for reading. I will be back soon with my April book haul.

Happy reading!

April Wrap Up

I seem to be in a bit of a reading slump, but this month I did end up getting some things read.

1. "Stolen Grace" By Arianne Richmonds (Freebie on Kindle)
2. "Loving my Angel By Violet Haze (Kindle freebie)
3. "Father Goriot" by Balzac Honore  ( Kindle)
4. "The Nightwatch" by Sarah Waters (This was VERY good, but to show JUST how much of a slump I'm in it took me 25 days to read 524 pages!)
5. "The Moonstone" By Wilkie Collins (Audio...I think I would have enjoyed this more if I'd actually read it instead of listened to it.)

So, I got 5 done, but they were short kindle freebies or one Audio. And the one I did read in hardcopy took me forever to finish! I'm sure hoping next month is much better!

Thank you so much for the comments! I really appreciate them. I didn't even think anyone read this blog! It's nice to know at least a few do! Thank you! I'll be posting my May TBR list soon!