Reading list #2. 2026

 

1. The Crossroads by C. J. Box #26 of the series and did not disappoint 
2. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig for book club  as good the second time. 
3. The Irish Midwife by Seana Tinley about a young woman in Belfast learning to be a midwife then going to school in Dublin to become a certified midwife and a love story.  Story takes place in 1939.
4. The Last Post by Jean Grainger book 7 of Knockneshee series happy ending of the series. Yeah!
5. The Portrait by Emilia Kelly the story takes place mid 1800’s during the Victorian era the owner of a glassworks commissions a painter to paint a portrait of his fiancée. She finds the diary of his previous girlfriend…….the plot thickens….good story.
6. A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman I think I have read this book 4 times and it gets me every time. 
7. The Forgotten Shore by Sarah Maine very good story takes place in three time periods, 1940’s Scotland a wounded soldier is recouping at his childhood home, 1960’s where he fled to Newfoundland to start over and flee the war trauma when he befriends a young girl and encourages her to read more challenging books and 1980’s where the girl is now a journalist in Scotland looking for the man she recognizes in a photograph at an old estate.
8. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout  this is a book of short stories Olive Kitteridge is mentioned in each but not as a major character. I’ve read other books by Elizabeth Strout that I liked much better.
9. The Maid by Nita Prose for book club everyone loved it and it’s a short series! About a maid in an upscale hotel she finds a dead body in a room she is to clean………good story!
10. The Monk of Mallorca by E. L. Nunez very short book a young woman travels to Mallorca and meets a 400 year old monk a lot of religion and faith in the story…..there is the 400 year old monk. Good story
11. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen a story of friendship in a small town and a mystery. Light reading just for fun.
12. The Emerald Shawl by Louise Douglas takes place in England in late 1800’s a young woman news reporter who writes a column of interest to women—recipes, housekeeping tips, decorating etc. gets involved in a murder story. Treatment of girls and women who don’t fit the norm of wanting to get married and have kids and lots of twists in the story.  We have come a long way.

If we weren’t packing up to leave the river today I would be sitting in the sun with a book and coffee I’ve got a little time to enjoy my coffee but I don’t want to haul a chair out by then my coffee will be cold and then need to haul it back to the garage. Oh to sit in the sun after a rainy overcast few days.  Everything is greener than last week before the rain.  Bring it on again.  —Ann—