This is our newest reader.
This is our grandson Maxwell Conrad Otey.
He was born Tuesday, February 13.
He is 6 pounds 11 ounces, 19.5 inches long.
This is his oldest sister Emma.
This is his other sister Payton.
This is our first grandson after two daughters
and two granddaughters.
All are home and well now.
A Day at the Beach
This is my favorite place to read!
When I get a chance to escape the cold winter
and go to the beach, I enjoy taking a good book.
When this is your view, it is so easy to get lost
in a good book.
Tell me where you read your books?
If you like to read a mystery with a dark, twisted tale,
pick up this book today!
Goodreads: When family secrets are unearthed, a woman’s past can become a dangerous place to hide…
After the death of her adoptive mother, Ava Saunders comes upon a peculiar photograph, sealed and hidden away in a crawl space. The photo shows a shuttered, ramshackle house on top of a steep hill. On the back, a puzzling inscription: Destiny calls us.
Ava is certain that it’s a clue to her elusive past. Twenty-three years ago, she’d been found wrapped in a yellow blanket in the narthex of the Holy Saviour Catholic Church—and rescued—or so she’d been told. Her mother claimed there was no more to the story, so the questions of her abandonment were left unanswered. For Ava, now is the time to find the roots of her mother’s lies. It begins with the house itself—once the scene of a brutal double murder.
When Ava enlists the help of the two people closest to her, a police detective and her best friend, she fears that investigating her past could be a fatal mistake. Someone is following them there. And what’s been buried in Ava’s nightmares isn’t just a crime. It’s a holy conspiracy.
Thank you Ashley at Thomas & Mercer!
In February I hope to read….
Publication Date: February 20, 2018
Publisher: William Morrow
Goodreads: New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with a superb novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck: two people locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals—and cold-blooded murder. . .
One is playing a long game. But which one?
They meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he’s also passing through.
Yet she stays and he stays—drawn to this mysterious redhead whose quiet stillness both unnerves and excites him. Over the course of a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Still, each holds something back from the other—dangerous, even lethal, secrets that begin to accumulate as autumn approaches, feeding the growing doubts they conceal.
Then someone dies. Was it an accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other’s lives and lies that neither one knows how to get away—or even if they want to. Is their love strong enough to withstand the truth, or will it ultimately destroy them?
Something—or someone—has to give.
Which one will it be?
Inspired by James M. Cain’s masterpieces The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce, Sunburn is a tantalizing modern noir from the incomparable Laura Lippman.
If you have not found the Libby App, please let me introduce you to her!
My daughter Kristin of Kritters Ramblings introduced me to her over
the Christmas break.
This Amazon book store is in Seattle, Washington.
It is on the small side for most book stores,
but it was fun to roam around in there.
It is in a cute shopping area.
My daughter Kristin of Kritters Ramblings and I
took Emma ( my granddaughter and Kristin’s niece )
out to Starbucks to read her new book from
Barnes and Noble.
Emma had a really good time reading
The Day the Crayons Came Home
by Drew Daywalt
These were our reads that day.
I hope this winter brings more days like this!
This is the Village Book Store in Bellingham, Washington.
I had the opportunity to go to Seattle with my husband,
while there, my daughter Kristin of Kriters Ramblings
found this book store for me to visit.
This is the inside of this amazing book store.
Not only is the store wonderful, but so is the staff.
They were helpful and friendly – available, but not intrusive.
This is the area where they do author readings
and signings.
The back entrance is as awesome as the front.
If you are in the state of Washington, a book person and you have time,
go to Bellingham and visit the Village Book Store.
As the new year starts I usually reevaluate my blogging. It gives me the chance to see what I may need to change and what I can improve on. One of my goals is to visit more libraries and book stores. As I do, I will share them with you.
As those who follow me know, I moved a couple of years ago into a new community that keeps me very busy. I have had a struggle keeping up with my reading schedule. At times it has become a chore instead of an enjoyment. So this year I am going to slow down the reading and enjoy it when I have the time.
We also have the exciting news that my daughter will be having our third grandchild in February. I am looking forward to that bundle of joy and will want to steal the other two grandchildren away for some Ope time.
It should be an exciting year. Join me in to see where the blogging goes.
In January I hope to read….
Publication Date: January 23, 2018
Publisher: Harper
Goodreads: When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals and summer visitors. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. For Angela, the marriage turned out to be a chance to reboot her life. She and her son were finally able to move out of her mother’s home to Manhattan, where no one knew about her tragic past.
Six years later, thanks to a bestselling book and a growing media career, Jason has become a cultural lightning rod, placing Angela near the spotlight she worked so carefully to avoid. When a college intern makes an accusation against Jason, and another woman, Kerry Lynch, comes forward with an even more troubling allegation, their perfect life begins to unravel. Jason insists he is innocent, and Angela believes him. But when Kerry disappears, Angela is forced to take a closer look at the man she married. And when she is asked to defend Jason in court, she realizes that her loyalty to her husband could unearth old secrets.
This much-anticipated follow-up to Burke’s Edgar-nominated The Ex asks how far a wife will go to protect the man she loves: Will she stand by his side, even if he drags her down with him?
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