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Three of the books I read took place in Ireland, this little watercolor is Fanad the farm where my 6th or 7th great grandfather lived in Cou...

  The Crossroads by C. J. Box #26 of the series and did not disappoint  The Midnight Library by Matt Haig for book club  as good the second ...

No Strangers Here by Carlene O’Conner murder mystery takes place on the Dingle peninsula in Ireland a lot of twists and 27 year old secrets ...

Chrysalis by Heather Terrell another book about art theft by the Nazis, story is told in 3 time periods present day lawyers in New York, WW2...

A week without a bunch of activities………a week at the river.  Summertime temperatures, reading on the deck, knitting and coffee maybe some wi...

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig a retired widowed teacher inherits a house from someone she befriended decades ago, she also gets a letter ...

The Titanic Sisters by Patricia Falvey two Irish girls board the Titanic one is going to be a governess the other a domestic servant in New ...

  The days have warmed up. Our snow is gone except for the large piles. Over a 70 degree temperature change in a week from -20 to +50 give o...

Disclaimer the watercolor was done with an app from a photo.  Its so much easier. The Museum of Lost Quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini most rece...

The Harp and the Rose by Jean Grainger book 3 of the Queenstown series Roaring Liberty by Jean Grainger book 4 of the Queenstown series The ...

Tis a lovely day for a Guiness......... or a lovely day for an Irish coffee A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen story about a young wom...

    Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy I have read other books by this writer that have liked much better. Or maybe it was too slow paced ...

After Anne by Logan Steiner about Lucy Maud Montgomery writing Ann of Green Gables interesting, she had some problems with depression and he...

   Christy by Catherine Marshall about a young woman teaching in an interdenominational missionary school in the mountains of Tennessee in 1...

Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger book #7 of the series always good. No longer available on kindle thank goodness the library has a hard c...

  Small finishes this week. All of a sudden it’s sweater weather and wool socks weather. There were two glorious sunny days before the cloud...

The Girl in the Painting by Tea Cooper takes place late 1800’s and early 1900’s in Australia orphans and a mystery to unravel about a woman’...

 The little girls came over to play, well first they wanted “second breakfast “ which is always yogurt and fruit then they do puzzles or get...

New reading list and some travel...... The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie one of her early who dun its.  Other Birds by Sarah Addison...