Reading Thread/Goals for 2025

[willowsnn3]

#25/25 My Antonia by Willa Cather
Nebraska plains life in the late 1800's. Story about a young girl from Bohemia that immigrated there & her struggles to survive the hard life there.
Very good, I did not realize this was the last book in the Great Plains Trilogy, but I believe they could all be stand alone books.

 

[RangerPooh]

21/25 Whispers of the Falls, A Sweetwater Falls Mystery #11. Elle Gray

 

[cayennews]

#32 The Housemaid's Watching by Frieda McFadden. Third book in a series. Was so-so, but good.

 

[Kirby]

#36 - The Memory Jar; first book in the Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series by Tricia Goyer.
Genre - Inspirational

An Amish girl in Montana that excels in baking meets an Amish bachelor that secretly also loves to bake. I give it a 3/5, not sure yet if I will continue with the series.

 

[Wood Nymph]

#25/25 My Antonia by Willa Cather
Nebraska plains life in the late 1800's. Story about a young girl from Bohemia that immigrated there & her struggles to survive the hard life there.
Very good, I did not realize this was the last book in the Great Plains Trilogy, but I believe they could all be stand alone books.

We had to read that book when I was in 8th grade. I think I might read this book again. My grandfather's family is from Bohemia.

 

[willowsnn3]

We had to read that book when I was in 8th grade. I think I might read this book again. My grandfather's family is from Bohemia.

I knew it was a classic but had never read it. When I saw it stacked crookedly on the shelf, I had to pick it up. Anytime I see a book "out of place" at the library I feel like it is put there for me to check out, lol.

 

[bobbiwoz]

53/70
“Full Bloom” by Francesca Serritella. “A woman’s life is forever changed by a mysterious perfume in this stunning novel about ambition and untapped desire. ( From cover…) 4/5

 

[Wood Nymph]

The Client - by John Grisham - 4.5/5

I was just wandering around the library, looking for something to read, when I came across this book. I read it quite a few years ago and decided to read it again. This is a thrilling page turner which I had trouble putting down. I've read a few of John Grisham's books and this one is my favorite. I think the fact that it includes an 11-year-old boy in the story makes it more interesting.

 

[OKW8297]

25. Widow’s Walk by Wendy Webb I usually enjoy her books but I was bored 3/4 through.

 

[willowsnn3]

#26/25 How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Margaret has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé she adores, her dream job, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then, suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in one tumultuous moment.

In the hospital and forced to face the possibility that nothing will ever be the same again, Margaret must figure out how to move forward on her own terms while facing long-held family secrets, devastating heartbreak, and the idea that love might find her in the last place she would ever expect.

Pretty good. I enjoyed it altho it was predictable.