Is it really the third week of June? I am pretty sure it’s supposed to be the middle of May isn’t it? Ah well, time is a funny thing so I have decided to pop in with my latest book club update and some other book related news.
I’ll start first with what I have read since the last book club update back in April. I finally finished, “Lost Books and Old Bones” (affiliate link) by Paige Shelton. I really enjoy her books and this one was no exception. I quickly requested the next in the series (Scottish Bookshop Mysteries affiliate link) from my local library and hope to start it this week. I am still reading “Emerald Isle” (affiliate link) Stacy Justice Mysteries Book #5 by Barbara Annino on my kindle. It’s a really good story I just have been spending a bit more time gardening than reading but it is a goal of mine to finish it before my next book club update.
I finished my Agatha Christie audio book, “The Secret Adversary: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery” and really enjoyed it. I began listening to “Murder on the Links” to continue on with The Agatha Christie Mystery Challenge. The other audio book I began is “The Moneyless Man” by Mark Boyle (affiliate link) which was recommended to me by Michael Nobbs. I am really enjoying the story and it’s a nice listen while working in the studio or doing dishes.
My new library books (pictured above) are: “The Stolen Letter” by Paige Shelton (affiliate link), “The Way Home” by Mark Boyle (affiliate link) and “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards.
“The Stolen Letter” is the next in the Scottish Bookshop Series. I really love a cozy mystery and if you have been around for a while you know that. The summary of this book (as written on the inside cover) is:
“Delaney Nichols is confident she’s doing what she loves—case in point, just one day after returning from her fabulous European honeymoon, she’s eager to get back to the Cracked Spine, the bookstore where she works. But as she disembarks her bus and hurries toward the shop she and another woman collide, sending a stack of books the woman is carrying to the ground.
Delaney’s hapless victim’s name is Mary, and the two women can’t help but notice that they bear an uncanny resemblance to one another. According to Mary, they both also look like the long-beheaded Mary Queen of Scots. Even stranger, Mary believes she is the reincarnation of the Scottish queen. But peculiar as Delaney’s doppelganger is, she doesn’t have time to dwell on it: on her arrival to the bookshop, she learns the Edinburgh city council wants to close the Cracked Spine, citing code violations, and she’s determined to stop them.
But when Mary’s husband dies in a car explosion—and Delaney learns he was the very member of city council who proposed that the city take a closer look at the bookshop’s construction—she starts to wonder if her meeting with Mary wasn’t an accident. Edinburgh has become as filled with intrigue and deception as any European court, and Delaney is determined to get to the bottom of this royal mystery.”
“The Way Home” is from the same author of the audio book, “The Moneyless Man” and to be honest I am really intrigued. While I love technology-afterall I am using it right now-I do love the idea of taking technology breaks from time to time. To spend time in nature, reading, doing puzzles, going for walks, going to sleep when the sun goes down and waking when it comes up, all sound like very appealing to me. I am interested in reading this book to hear about his journey of a year without technology.
Lastly “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” I saw from this YouTube video where it was recommended to help grow your drawing practice something I am really working on doing.
So that is my current update for you. I am really going to focus this week on making more time with my books so that hopefully I will have lots of updates for you all next time.
What are you reading? I would love to hear! You can also take part in my link party below and share a link to your blog talking about what you are reading this summer.
Until next time…
-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante
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Sometimes I really loathe technology but I can not imagine going a whole year without it! I guess it would depend on the definition of technology too but still.. that is impressive and would be neat to read about.
I agree Joanne. I could go maybe a year without certain apps, or certain things but I would still like to listen to music, read blogs 🙂 and things like that.