1. The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian. This is another book I picked up at a book swap. Elderly couple goes on a cross country road trip. Did I like it? Yes. Some parts were funny, some were eerily relatable (as DH and I have been together 35 years now), some were not my moral value but even so I could empathize.
2. River of Life by Kathleen Y'Barbo. Yet another book swap book. I tell you, if you hear of a swap in your area, go check it out! Although I confess this was a Did Not Finish for me. I gave it about 60 pages, wasn't getting into it at all (honestly was kind of turned off by how very similar the story line was to another book, by a different author, that I also Did Not Finish last year). Maybe I don't like the modern cozy mystery genre? Growing up, I was reading Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by 8th grade, so maybe that set my standard for mystery stories on a different plane?
3. Snowed In by Catherine Walsh. A romance novel, and, except for a little explicit near the end, one that I liked. It's an engaging, quick, light read with some humor added in. I will most likely look up more books from this author to read in the future.
4. The Maze by Lucy Rees. This is another book I picked up at last fall's book swap because the cover blurb looked like it might be interesting. I started this one while waiting for a requested library book that was in transit. Honestly, I put it down once that awaited book was available to read and haven't picked it back up again. Interesting? A little bit, because it involves horses and Arizona. The characters I'm not so much connecting with, but the environment and mode of transportation (horseback) I am. Will probably read it here and there between library books.
5. Heartwood by Amity Gaige. Hmm. What to say about this one? It was weird. Overall good and interesting. It wove together, through one based-on-real-life event, the stories of three moms and daughters, with a touch of a couple other somewhat major characters. Will I read more by this author? I'm not sure.
6. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Very tiny print, at least in the edition I got from the library, and slow starting. I kept slogging through because of the time period was of interest, and I wanted to see what made this a Classic. It did get more interesting as it went on. Now that I've wrapped it up, I think I'm in the mood for a light, modern (but not too explicit if romance-y) read.
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