Contentment Reading Challenge 2013 - June Update

June had some new reads and some old favourites!

• What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge
• Clover by Susan Coolidge
• In the High Valley by Susan Coolidge
• True Devotion by Dee Henderson
• True Valour by Dee Henderson

So 5 books for the month takes me to 34 for the year!

Contentment Reading Challenge 2013 - May Update

More reading occurred in May - some new books, some rereads!

• Finding God in Hidden Places by Joni Eareckson Tada
• Where the Wild Rose Blooms by Lori Wick
• Whispers of Moonlight by Lori Wick
• To Know Her by Name by Lori Wick
• Promise Me Tomorrow by Lori Wick
• What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
• What Katy Did at School by Susan Coolidge

So 7 books for the month takes me to 29 for the year!

Teaser Tuesdays -August 10

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser this week comes from a book that I have wanted for years. It was originally printed in 1893!!! It's actually a book of short stories, but some characters from some of the author's other novels have popped up again. Thank you to Dodo Press for bringing back old, rare, out-of-print books.

Nine Little Goslings by Susan Coolidge

'Like a little moth attracted by a flame, Dick wandered down the stair in the direction of the light. The candle was standing on the table in a bedroom, - a pretty room, Dickie thought, though it did not seem as if anybody could have lived in it lately.'

2010 Reading Challenge - week 31

6 books for me this week! Much better than the last few weeks, but then I always seem to read more when I'm sick. I tend to read in bed instead of doing other things.

More Catherine Palmer this week, plus Lori Wick, and all historical fiction.

They were:

• Wild Heather by Catherine Palmer
• English Ivy by Catherine Palmer
• Sweet Violet by Catherine Palmer
• The Courteous Cad by Catherine Palmer
• Sabrina by Lori Wick
• Jessie by Lori Wick (audio book edition)

I'm reading:

• More Precious Than Silver by Joni Eareckson Tada
• Finding God in Hidden Places by Joni Eareckson Tada
• Nine Little Goslings by Susan Coolidge (I've wanted this book for years, but it's been out of print until Dodo Press picked it up)