IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!!

Reading List

1. Home to Whiskey Creek (Whiskey Creek #4) by Brenda Novak

2. On Distant Shores (Wings of a Nightingale #2) by Sarah Sundin

3. Crewel World (Needlecraft Mysteries #1) by Monica Ferris

4. The Soldier's Secrets by Naomi Rawlings

5. The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

6. The Baron's Blunder by Susan M. Banganz

7. Toward the Sunrise (Until the Dawn #0.5) by Elizabeth Camden

8. Star Dust (Fly Me to the Moon #1) by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner

9. The Nightingale Sisters (The Nightingales #2) by Donna Douglas

10. Better off Wed by Laura Durham

11. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

The heatwave/drought is taking it's toll on me and my reading. It is really hard to concentrate on less than totally engrossing reads. I was also much more busy IRL than I thought I was going to be at the start of summer vacation and August looks more like the same. 

My participation in this summer's 24 in 48 was lacking, but I got a bunch of smaller stuff read and off/archived on my NOOK, so I am okay with participating very low-key. The trial run of a reverse Dewey was better. I finished off two books for July and started August reading, all in eight hours.

For COYER, I participated in the Christmas in July read-a-thon - I got 3 books done.

Read:

1. No One Would Listen: A Financial Thriller by Harry Markopolos - 2 stars

2. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell - 3.5 stars

3. Lethal Warriors: When the New Band of Brothers Came Home/Uncovering the Tragic Reality of PTSD by David Philipps - 3 stars

4. All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera - 5 stars

5. All She Wants for Christmas: A Regency Christmas Novella by Amy Rose Bennett - 3 stars

6. Twelfth Knight: A Christmastide Tale by Marisa Dillon - 2.5 stars

7. Bespoke: A Tiny Christmas Tale (Espoir Archives #1) by Amanda Dykes - 2 stars

8. At Your Request (Apart From the Crowd #0.5) by Jen Turano - 4 stars

9. One in a Million (Lucky Harbor #12) by Jill Shalvis - 3 stars

10. Mystic Park (Finding Home #4) by Regina Hart - 4 stars

11. Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Browne - 3 stars

12. Gaijian: American Prisoner of War by Matt Faulkner - 4 stars

13. The Hens: The Third Day (12 Days of Christmas Mail Order Brides #3) by Merry Farmer - 2.5 stars

This Sunday starts the week long COYER Christmas in July read-a-thon and ends during the halfway mark of 24 in 48 read-a-thon. So this list is for the next 10-12 days of reading; I am still working through All the Devils Are Here and Just Mercy, but those are on the back-burner come Sunday.

Holiday Reading List:

1. The Hens: The Third Day (12 Days of Christmas Mail Order Brides #3) by Merry Farmer

2. The Swan: The Seventh Day (12 Days of Christmas Mail Order Brides #7) by Merry Farmer

3. The Dancing Lady: The Ninth Day (12 Days of Christmas Mail Order Brides #9) by Mimi Milan

4. All She Wants For Christmas (A Regency Christmas Novella) by Amy Rose Bennett

5. Twelfth Night by Marisa Dillon

6. Bespoke: A Tiny Christmas Tale (Espoir Archives #1) by Amanda Dykes

7. The Christmas Mail Order Bride by Kit Morgan

8. On a Cold Christmas Eve by Bethany Sefchick

9. A Dangerous Nativity (The Dangerous Series #1) by Caroline Warfield

10. At Your Request (Apart from the Crowd Novella) by Jen Turano

11. A Perfect Holiday Fling (Moments in Mapleville) by Farrah Rochon

Tomorrow is the kick-off of COYER Big Summer Birthday Bash. To start, I am reading two books off my COYER reading list, Drifting to You and A Radiant Soul by Kianna Alexander. These were historical romance novellas from two different indie published anthologies that are now sold separately, at least in the Kindle store. 

I already have two books done for Ripped Bodice Summer Bingo this week: Winds of Salem for "time travel" square and When Summer Comes for "heroine is older than the hero" square. Right now I am working on a third, the one for the "Pre-Renaissance" square (The Valcourt Heiress by Catherine Coulter, set in medieval England).

I gave up on that WWI book because I couldn't get through the first chapter. I am taking the summer off from the reading list and will get back to it in September.

Started the grad school application process this week. Hopefully by September I will be back in school along with my kids.

COYER and my library's Summer Reading Program are now live. I want to continue or finish some of my series reads and get through that one WWI book that is a door stopper. I want to read all the books I borrowed from Prime Lending so I can cancel my subscription over the summer (I just don't feel like the benefits are worth the ever increasing price). 

TBR:

1. Winds of Salem (The Beauchamp Family #3) by Melissa de la Cruz

2. One in a Million (Lucky Harbor #12) by Jill Shalvis

3. Wishing Lake (Finding Home #3) by Regina Hart

4. When Summer Comes (Whiskey Creek #3) by Brenda Novak

5. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark

6. Café Au Lait by Liane Spicer

7. Welcome to Last Chance (Last Chance #1) by Cathleen Armstrong

8. The Spirit of '76 by David Browne

9. Submerged (Alaskan Courage #1) by Dani Petry

10. The Bounty (Malloy Family #1) by Beth Williamson

11. The Ice Cutter's Daughter (Land of Shining Water #1) by Tracie Peterson

12. All I Am (Farmers Market #2) by Nicole Helm