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Hi, everyone! May's colors are Blue or Brown. Looking forward to seeing your covers!

My picks:

I will read and (which I have started and put aside for library books/new books several times lately.

Here are my picks -

I have a blue/brown book! . I hope to add another book or 2 later on.

Jackie wrote: " "

I am just starting Dusk, Night, Dawn by Anne Lamott. I don't often read memoir/inspirational type books but when I do, she is one of my go to authors.

Bonnie,

Thank you for the encouragement. I may do the Lamott book first.

I plan to read:

Planning on an eclectic mix

Possible reads for this month include:

I plan on A Morbid Taste for Bones

Oops ... I needed for another challenge and read it in April. It was pretty good. I do like books with a strong female lead.

Please add 2 more for me:

Looks like a good reading month for you, Rhonda!

Brown:

Blue:

Karen wrote: "Possible reads for this month include:

I have been meaning to get to . Looking forward to your review.

I will let you know!

Finished my first two and . Another interesting fantasy series that has me derailed from my reading plan, lol. I’m invested now gosh darn it! 🤣

Raise your hand if you didn't see what happened to Beth coming LOL

Finished my blue cover for May:

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison - 4* - My Review

I finished reading this book with a very blue cover.

Finished , gave it 4 stars.

Anglesey Blue

Bonnie wrote: "I will read and (which I have started and put aside for library books/new books several times lately."

Finally finished (with a lot of skim reading) The Song of the Lark. I loved the other 2 books in this kind of a trilogy (O'Pioneers and My Antonia) but didn't like this one beyond the first few chapters. No wonder I kept shoving it aside. The MC was very cold, Dr. Archie had a creepy (IMO) obsession with her and her music.

I am loving A Long Petal of the Sea though.

Jennifer wrote: "Raise your hand if you didn't see what happened to Beth coming LOL"

Now I am trapped in a different series…. I need an intervention… and less group reads. Thank the book goddess for libraries📚😇📚

Finished and

Finished . I gave it 4 stars because I found it interesting & gave me things to think about. It wasn't 5 stars bc it had sections that were unclear with quotes and ramblings that didn't seem to go anywhere (ie. the point being made was not clear).

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Raise your hand if you didn't see what happened to Beth coming LOL"

Now I am trapped in a different series…. I need an intervention… and less group reads. Thank the book goddess f..."

The series thing is addictive. I'm in a team challenge in another group where you get three tasks, and you can read for whichever task you want. You get points, but the catch is the tasks are rated differently based on difficulty, and you don't know what the ranking is until after that week is over and the books are read. So the first week the highest-point task turned out to be "read a series #4 book" and it never once dawned on me that that would be considered the hardest task. I must have 40 "#4" books pending on my TBR somewhere. They're like glitter: no amount of vacuuming will get rid of them. LOL.

Rhonda wrote: "Finished . I gave it 4 stars because I found it interesting & gave me things to think about. It wasn't 5 stars bc it had sections that w..."

It certainly looks like an interesting read. I put it on my TBR, will check my local library and hope the ramblings don’t distract me.

Bonnie wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "I will read and (which I have started and put aside for library books/new books several times la..."

Finished Long Petal of the Sea. Excellent book. Honest, sad, yet still shows hope and life going on around a crazy world.

Bonnie wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "I will read and (which I have started and put aside for library books/new books s..."

I'll have to check it out. I recently read a nonfiction book by her: The Soul of a Woman.

Jennifer wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "I will read and (which I have started and put aside for library bo..."

I'll look it up Jennifer. I never have read non fiction much for fun but recently have enjoyed several memoirs.

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Rhonda wrote: "Finished . I gave it 4 stars because I found it interesting & gave me things to think about. It wasn't 5 stars bc it had ..."

Beth,
I hope you like it. I will go back and read sections over time!

I finished and gave it 3 stars. Took a while for me to like this book. Has alot of description that I didn't care about. Did end up liking the characters though, so may try the next book.

Finished Very interesting read. Well written and translated and made me contemplate the relationship between art and life… well in this case specifically actors and their art.

I've finished three of my picks so far - which was humorous but not as funny as his Bertie/Jeeves books (those set a pretty high bar...) and, if you like historical mysteries that aren't all shrouded in atmosphere and background information, I highly recommend and . I raced through them yesterday. (Too much "shrouding" and background information are the two things I like least about historical mysteries so these were refreshing! I like enough history and background to understand the situation and give it context, and after that shut up already! :) )

I'm reading this month.

Lindsey wrote: "Here are my picks - "

I read . It's a very awkward book, but in a good way. It's a unique story. I gave it 4 stars. Honestly have no idea how to review this book. 🤣 But I liked it.

Finished my last book, . Really liked this fast-paced thriller. Several years ago, GR recommended this as a jaw-dropping book, and it was! 4.5 stars for me.

Lindsey wrote: "Here are my picks - "

Finished the 2nd of my picks - . This is the 3rd book in his The Walk series. 5 Poweful stars!!!!!

Here is my review --> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished reading .

Lindsey wrote: "Here are my picks - "

Finished my 3rd pick - . 4 stars - a great thriller if you need a good beach read

I finished 4 stars

Eileen wrote: "I finished 4 stars"

I read that years ago, Eileen. I used to work for a magazine affiliated with a non-profit that handles the 9-1-1 industry, and our keynote speaker one year was John Walsh. I vividly remember when Adam disappeared -- we were living in Florida and my parents' best friends had a kid named Adam who was just Adam Walsh's age -- and the things John and his wife did as a result of that tragedy are admirable.

Eileen wrote: "I finished 4 stars"

I am adding this to my TBR pile!

Lindsey wrote: "Here are my picks - "

I just finished the last of my books for May - . 4 strong stars. A good mystery.