What Are You Reading?

Boy can I relate but I unlike you I have no excuses, my brain is just easily distracted at the moment

Tried listening to A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine but it was a very confusing start for an audio listen. Could not keep track of the character names as they were unusual and the narrators less than stellar reading did not help me keep track of the story so I gave up and returned it to the library. It's a very well written space opera but I need to read this one so will get it if the price drops.

Reading has been dismal after finishing Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase I enjoyed this historical romance, a strong heroine made for an entertaining read. Will need to read more books by Ms Chase. Will probably start on Wilde in Love by Eloisa James which had a nice price drop this morning in AUS and a book I have wanted to read for a while.

I remember the rather odd life in the first few weeks after giving birth - a mix of very sweet, and very shocking. No-one told me either. But oh how I loved those sweet moments, just me and my baby at the 1:00am feeds. Bliss.

I am in an odd mood in our seemingly never ending lockdowns - currently 5 weeks and likely to much, much longer.
I only want to read historicals, so I am going through a number of series that I have in my kindle library. About to start Grace Burrowes. I know some people don't like her meandering style of writing, but it will suit me in this rewind, repeat daily life.

It's all so new and different, I love it, I sometimes fear it (still working on that, but so much better after his birth) and I know this time is short so I am enjoying it to the maximum. If I could I would chafe his cheeks with kisses I would, but he might end up toe-less with all the kisses I place there instead, LOL! I was typing with him next to me in his bassinet and then my father in law arrived and has him. I will say this I am grateful for all the people that surround us, they come and help whenever they can. 

Hang in there, hopefully soon-ish you will see the end of that. I wish we were more careful around these parts I don't want another lockdown, but people just hear what they want to hear and ignore the rest of the facts. But if I am honest I don't see this ending any time soon, no matter how much I hope it does.

The thing about historical romance for me is that it is an escape to a different time period and into the fancy homes of the rich and famous, the fashion and food in some books. And the traveling they do, some authors take you with the characters as they go from England to Scotland or Italy and do a great job of describing the roads and landscapes. But let me be honest a wild duke, a sexy bow street runner, a brooding barrister, a self made man looking for revenge are the real pull of the books at times. Same goes for the heroines, duchess, insert a uncommon profession for a woman of the times, a widow, and an heiress of a certain age. As a reader of modern times I want to see them overcome whatever obstacles get in their way.

Well, I am off to order lunch for us, and then grab a quick nap while I have Mr. Marshmallow in the house. 

I've reread several Grace Burrowes books in the last week or so. I still adore Daniel from Daniel's True Desire, which is odd since he's a vicar. He's such a beautiful blend of sweet and kind, but also a little naughty and mischievous. This book also has one of the epilogues I've read. 

  few days ago, I read 'Christy's by Catherine Marshall. An excellent book and I highly recommend it😀❤

I've been rereading The Survivor's Club series by Mary Balogh. Only a Promise (book 5) is still my least favorite. In fact, I had forgotton a good deal of it, which makes me wonder if I even finished it the first time or dnf'd it. I'm halfway through Only a Kiss now. I've read my favorites several times, The Arrangement (book 2) and Only Beloved (book 7).

AG Reads---

Can't picture a vicar as the hero.