Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

*I am currently away on holiday so will reply to any comments on my return*

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

✨Don’t forget to add your link in the comments section so that we can all see each other’s posts!✨

The book that I have chosen this week is The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles (click for link to Goodreads)

Book Description From Goodreads:

“Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife.

Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the American Library in Paris. When the Nazis march into Paris, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear, including her beloved library. Together with her fellow librarians, Odile joins the Resistance with the best weapons she has: books. But when the war finally ends, instead of freedom, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal.

Montana, 1983: Lily is a lonely teenager looking for adventure in small-town Montana. Her interest is piqued by her solitary, elderly neighbor. As Lily uncovers more about her neighbor’s mysterious past, she finds that they share a love of language, the same longings, and the same intense jealousy, never suspecting that a dark secret from the past connects them.

A powerful novel that explores the consequences of our choices and the relationships that make us who we are—family, friends, and favorite authors—The Paris Library shows that extraordinary heroism can sometimes be found in the quietest of places.”

Have you read it? What did you think?

What book is on your Goodreads list?

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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

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The book that I have chosen this week is The Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (click for link to Goodreads)

Book Description From Goodreads:

“THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY – Book 1

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor—not to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.

Meet Mma Ramotswe, the endearing, engaging, simply irresistible proprietress of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the first and only detective agency in Botswana. With persistent observation, gentle intuition, and a keen desire to help people with the problems of their lives, she solves mysteries great and small for friends and strangers alike.”

I saw this on the TV years ago and got quite excited when I found out that it was a book. I haven’t got further than putting it on a to read list though!

Have you read it? What did you think?

Progress on my Reading Challenge:

I have read 52/97 books!

What book is on your Goodreads list? How is your challenge going?

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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

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The book that I have chosen this week is The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin (click for link to Goodreads)

Book Description From Goodreads:

“In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of D.I. Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective.”

I haven’t read any of this series of books so thought that I would start with this one.

Have you read it? What did you think?

Currently Reading Progress:

Secrets of the Mummy Concierge 78% read

Book Lovers 81% read

Progress on my Reading Challenge:

I have read 50/97 books!

What book is on your Goodreads list? How is your reading progress and challenge going?

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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Loveliest Chocolate Shop In Paris by Jenny Colgan

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

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The book that I have chosen this week is The Lovelist Chocolate Shop In Paris by Jenny Colgan (click for link to Goodreads)

Book Description From Goodreads:

“Life is sweet in this heartwarming tale of a little chocolate shop in Paris, by the bestselling author of Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams and Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe.

Mouth-watering recipes inside!

As dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of Paris come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work; mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate; made entirely by hand, it is sold to the grandes dames of Paris.

It’s a huge shift from the chocolate factory she worked in at home in the north of England. But when an accident changed everything, Anna was thrown back in touch with her French teacher, Claire, who offered her the chance of a lifetime — to work in Paris with her former sweetheart, Thierry, a master chocolatier.

With old wounds about to be uncovered and healed, Anna is set to discover more about real chocolate — and herself — than she ever dreamed.”

I read The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan over Christmas and loved it. I keep meaning to read more of her books. It was the title of this particular one that grabbed me!

Have you read it? What did you think?

Progress on my Reading Challenge:

I have read 47/97 books!

What book is on your Goodreads list? How is your reading progress and challenge going?

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#bookstagram #bibliophile #igreads #currentlyreading #bookreview #instaread #lovetoread #booksarelife #readingisfundamental #whatimreading #bookreviewer #bookaddicts #bookpost #tbrpile #justread #bookishphotography #whattoreadnext #readallday #bookworms #booksofinstagram #bookwormproblems #bookaholic #bookpic #newreads #booknerd #goodreads #readingchallenge #goodreadsmonday #mystery #popularbooksof2022

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My Book Of The Week – Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Welcome to my Book Of The Week post! Each week I will highlight one of the books that I am currently reading and use that book to participate in blog memes such as First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, Thursday Quotables and Friday 56.

This week I have chosen Book Lovers by Emily Henry (click for link to Goodreads)

Book Description From Goodreads:

“An insightful, delightful new novel from the number-one New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation.

One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn’t see coming….

Nora Stephens’ life is books – she’s read them all – and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away – with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.

If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again – in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow – what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.”

This book was published on 3 and 12 May and has been all over Instagram. I couldn’t wait to get a copy and this week I will be making a start on it!

Feel free to read my book of the week alongside me and to add links to your posts in my comments box!

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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy by Faye Brann

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

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The book that I have chosen from my Goodreads list this week is:

Book Description From Goodreads:

“Winner of the 2020 Comedy Women in Print Prize
Vicky Turnbull has never regretted giving up her career for family life in the suburbs. And apart from being outstandingly good at paintball, no one would ever know that in a past life she was an undercover spy and has been trained to kill a man with her bare hands. Not even her husband, and certainly not the other mums at the school gate.

But beneath the school runs and bake sales, Vicky had never quite said goodbye to the past. So, when a newcomer on the PTA sets alarms bells ringing and MI5 comes calling, she’s determined to prove that despite her expanding waistline and love of pink gin, she’s still every bit the cold-eyed special operative.

When the assignment gets uncomfortably close to home, Vicky must decide if she has got what the job takes after all, and if home is really where her heart is…”

I have had this book on my Goodreads list for a while and finally for my birthday I managed to get a copy on my Kindle. Hopefully I will be able to make a start on it fairly soon, but there is quite a long list!

Have you read it? What did you think?

Currently Reading Progress:

Book Lovers by Emily Henry 6% read

Monty and the Monster by Rhonda Smiley 5% read

Melmoth by Sarah Perry 15% read

Progress on my reading challenge:

I have read 41/97 books!

What book is on your Goodreads list? How is your reading progress and challenge going?

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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

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The book that I have chosen from my Goodreads list this week is:

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Book Description From Goodreads:

“Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.”

Currently Reading Progress:

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It 75% read

Spring in Blueberry Bay by Holly Martin 78% read

The Attic Child by Lola Jaye 20% read

Twelve Days In May by Niamh Hargan 51% read

Progress on my reading challenge:

I have read 37/97 books!

What book is on your list? How is your reading progress and challenge going?

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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk – #mystery

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

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The book that I have chosen from my Goodreads list this week is:

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk (click for link to Goodreads)

Book Description From Goodreads:

“What holds more secrets in the library: the ancient books shelved in the stacks or the people who preserve them?

Liesl Weiss has been (mostly) happy working in the rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she’s left to run things, she discovers that the library’s most prized manuscript is missing.

Liesl tries to sound the alarm and inform the police about the missing priceless book but is told repeatedly to keep quiet to keep the doors open and the donors happy. But then a librarian goes missing as well. Liesl must investigate both disappearances, unspooling her colleagues’ pasts like the threads of a rare book binding as it becomes clear that someone in the department must be responsible for the theft. What Liesl discovers about the dusty manuscripts she has worked among for so long—and about the people who preserve and revere them—shakes the very foundation on which she has built her life.”

I have this one on order as a birthday present (according to my sister!). I saw this on Instagram a month ago and have wanted it ever since!

Currently Reading Progress

Spring in Blueberry Bay by Holly Martin 48% read

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 50% read

Behind The Olive Trees by Francesca Catlow 70% read

Twelve Days In May by Niamh Hargan 1% read

Progress on my Reading Challenge

I have read 36/97 books!

What book is on your list? How is your reading progress and challenge going?

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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – The Liar by Steve Cavanagh -#thriller

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

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The book that I have chosen from my Goodreads list this week is:

The Liar by Steve Cavanagh

Book Description From Goodreads:

“IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE…

WHO IS DEADLIER …
Leonard Howell’s worst nightmare has come true: his daughter Caroline has been kidnapped. Not content with relying on the cops, Howell calls the only man he trusts to get her back.

… THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH …
Eddie Flynn knows what it’s like to lose a daughter and vows to bring Caroline home safe. Once a con artist, now a hotshot criminal attorney, Flynn is no stranger to the shady New York underworld.

… OR THE ONE WHO BELIEVES A LIE?
However, as he steps back into his old life, Flynn realizes that the rules of game have changed — and that he is being played. But who is pulling the strings? And is anyone in this twisted case telling the truth…?”

Currently Reading Progress

Spring in Blueberry Bay by Holly Martin 7% read

Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey 83% read

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 46% read

Progress on my Reading Challenge

I have read 34/97 books!

What book is on your list? How is your reading progress and challenge going?

Don’t forget to add your link in the comments so that we can all see each others posts!

#bookstagram #bibliophile #igreads #currentlyreading #bookreview #instaread #lovetoread #booksarelife #readingisfundamental #whatimreading #bookreviewer #bookaddicts #bookpost #tbrpile #justread #bookishphotography #whattoreadnext #readallday #bookworms #booksofinstagram #bookwormproblems #bookaholic #bookpic #newreads #booknerd #goodreads #readingchallenge #goodreadsmonday #thriller #romance #mystery

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Goodreads Monday (add your links in the comments section for all to see!) – Four Aunties And A Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto – #romance

Welcome to the new home of Goodreads Monday! I have taken over the role of host from Lauren’s Page Turners who no longer blogs about books.

Goodreads Monday allows you to post about what books are on your “to read” lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenge, and any other Goodreads news!

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The book that I have chosen from my Goodreads list this week is:

Four Aunties And A Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto

Book Description From Goodreads:

“It’s supposed to be the perfect day…
After getting away with literal murder, Meddy can’t wait to settle down and marry the love of her life, Nathan. She’s found the dress, got the dream venue at Christ Church College, Oxford, plus having a destination wedding comes with the added bonus of not having to invite her very large extended family.

…But is it even a wedding if nobody gets killed?
Although when her meddling aunties get involved, Meddy knows her wedding is going to be anything but quiet. Even though there’s no dead body hidden in the freezer this time, for better or worse, it’s certainly going to be a day she’s never going to forget…”

Currently Reading Progress

The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen 30% read

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 12% read

Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey 10% read

Progress on my Reading Challenge

I have read 32/97 books!

What book is on your list? How is your reading progress and challenge going?

Don’t forget to add your link in the comments so that we can all see each others posts!

#bookstagram #bibliophile #igreads #currentlyreading #bookreview #instaread #lovetoread #booksarelife #readingisfundamental #whatimreading #bookreviewer #bookaddicts #bookpost #tbrpile #justread #bookishphotography #whattoreadnext #readallday #bookworms #booksofinstagram #bookwormproblems #bookaholic #bookpic #newreads #booknerd #goodreads #readingchallenge #goodreadsmonday

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