Reading list

Spring is late here, I was walking the other evening and in a shady spot with lots of trees there was an orchestra of fiddle head ferns.  Everyday they open a little more.  Next week they will be fully open and each one will be waving its frond like a conductor.

1. Open Season by C J Box book 1 of series about a game warden in Wyoming who solves the crimes.
2. Savage Run by C J Box book 2
3. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown for book club
4. The Misremembered Man by Christina McKenna. Love lost and found story
5. The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergen for those of us who are emotionally attached to our sewing machines.
6. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick Arthur finds a charm bracelet that belonged to his late wife, he goes on a quest to learn about the charms and learns about her life before they met.  delightful
7. The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan just for fun
8. The Whiskey Sea by Ann Howard Creel prohibition era not a thumbs up
9.  Tulipomania by Mike Dash I was looking for spring this reads like a history book I couldn’t finish it.
10. The President’s Lady by Irving Stone I read this years ago and loved it as much the second time, about Rachel and Andrew Jackson.  I had to read something that was well written and had some substance to it.  Historical novel real people, real places, real events
11. Mudbound by Hillary Jordon for book club very good story Mississippi just after WWII
12. The Lace Makers of Glenmarra by Heather Barbieri  American girl ends up in an economically depressed Irish village where the ladies are still making traditional laces, she stays and helps them put a new twist on an old tradition. Cute story but too much bickering in the dialogue. 
13. A Thread of Truth by Marie Bostwick another quilt shop story, this one about escaping domestic violence.
14. Beyond the Cliffs of Kerry by Amanda Hughes Ireland in the 1700's then the green eyed heroine goes to America as an indentured servant.

I can't imagine not being able to read --Ann--