It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (May 06): 05/06/19

Hosted by Kathryn of Book Date.

Last week my husband was traveling for work. He arrived home yesterday afternoon. Rather, we picked him up at his local office as it's close to the airport. Our teens have busy schedules and those schedules conflicted with picking him up directly from the airport.

Last week I finished Mini Nature 3 which features a honey bee on a cornflower. I'm really please with how it turned out. Now I am working on Mini Nature 4 which features a honey bee and a plum flower.

What I read:

No picture books last week. All of these books were about three hundred pages long. I had hoped to also finish The Train to Impossible Places this week. I'm about half way through it and will finish it probably tomorrow night.

• Galloglass by Scarlett Thomas; personal collection
• A murder for the books by Victoria Gilbert; library book
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia; personal collection
• Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates; personal collection
• Guilty Plea by Robert Rotenberg; library book

What I'm reading:

Besides the four listed here, I also have an interlibrary loan book that I need to finish this week. It's due on the 11th. The book is The Barrakee Mystery by Arthur W. Upfield (1920). I'm fifty pages into it.

• The Train to Impossible Places: A Cursed Delivery by P.G. Bell; personal collection / research
• The Fever King by Victoria Lee; personal collection
• The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden by Karina Yan Glaser; personal collection
• You Owe Me a Murder by Eileen Cook; personal collection

Up Soon:

• Heartwood Hotel 2: The Greatest Gift by Kallie George
• Murder Lo Mein by Vivien Chien; personal collection
• The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum; personal collection / research
• Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds; personal collection

Posts and reviews:

I posted seven reviews, four posts, and one essay.

• Post: April 2019 Sources
• Post: April 2019 Summary
• Essay: CCFF66: Siblings going offroad to utopia
• Review: The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
• Review: The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht
• Review: The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn by Carolyn Keene
• Review: Giant Days, Volume 9 by John Allison
• Post: May is looking a lot like mid March
• Post: Road Narrative Update for April 2019
• Review: A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
• Review: The Tiger in the House by Carl Van Vechten
• Review: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
• Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagen

Comments  (16)

Comment #1: Sunday, May 05, 2019 at 23:33:44

Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out

I’m curious about The Guilty Plea just because of the cover.

Have a great reading week, Murder Lo Mein sounds fun.

Comment #2: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 at 19:59:00

Pussreboots

The Guilty Plea is the second of the Detective Greene mysteries by Robert Rotenberg. They're set in Toronto. I'll have it reviewed in early June.

Comment #3: Monday, May 06, 2019 at 01:03:03

Kathryn Trask

Charms and Chocolate Chips is making me feel like a cookie! Love the bee paintings, they are so important and deserve the attention.

Beth F

I love a good cozy mystery and it looks like you read a few

Comment #6: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 at 20:11:00

Pussreboots

I'm reading more mysteries right now to have some to review in upcoming weeks. Plus, they're fun.

Comment #7: Monday, May 06, 2019 at 10:25:37

Ellen J Pilch

Charms and Chocolate Chips looks good. Your paintings are fantastic, especially the first one.

Comment #8: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 at 20:13:00

Pussreboots

It was. It was my favorite so far of the three I've read. The first painting is finished. The second one I'm still working on.

Comment #9: Monday, May 06, 2019 at 10:45:34

Sharlene

Love your artwork!!
I just finished Watch Us Rise. What a great read!

Comment #10: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 at 20:17:00

Pussreboots

It was a great read.

Comment #11: Monday, May 06, 2019 at 14:14:38

Kathy Martin

I still haven't managed to get to the public library for some picture books. Maybe I'll have a chance this week. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

Comment #12: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 at 20:25:00

Pussreboots

I hope you get a chance but I'll understand if you don't.

Comment #13: Monday, May 06, 2019 at 22:28:32

Greg

I like the bee pic! And I hope You Owe Me A Murder is good!

Comment #14: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 at 20:28:00

Pussreboots

Thanks. I had fun painting it. I'll review You Owe Me a Murder shortly after I read it.

Comment #15: Monday, May 06, 2019 at 23:40:37

Katie @ Read-at-Home Mom

My daughter loves the Heartwood Hotel books. Murder Lo Mein was also good.

Comment #16: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 at 20:31:00

Pussreboots

My niece is a fan of her previous series. Once I finished them, I moved onto the Haartwood Hotel series. I'm looking forward to reading Murder Lo Mein.