Our Now and Forever

3.5 stars. Parts of this book, I loved, but there were other parts where the characters did some stupid things. I love this series, but based on some of the stupid things done , I couldn't give this 5 stars, so I rounded the 3.5 stars up to 4 stars. The 4 stars are based on me loving a lot of the book. 

It Had to Be Fate

I've been enjoying this new series by new-to-me author, Tamra Baumann that I have been listening to on Audible through Kindle Unlimited. This one focuses on the oldest sister in the Anderson family of Anderson Butte, Colorado, who fall for a "bad boy" musician. I thought this would be my least favorite, but boy was I surprised when it turned out to be my favorite, so fat. 5 stars.

The Memory of Butterflies

3 stars. I don't have much to say about this audiobook. There were a lot of secrets that were uncovered in the last half of this book, but I felt the ending was wrapped up too quickly. Another 30 to 50 more pages would have been better.

March Reading Wrap-Up

I'm late posting my wrap-up and I, of course apologize.  March was a great reading month. I finished 13 books.  12 audiobooks and an ARC on my Kindle.  Unfortunately, I did DNF 5 books during March.  But I wasn't enjoying them, so why force oneself?
The DNF'd books were:

• The Good Liar by Catherine McKenzie
• Die Trying by Lee Child (I just don't think his books are for me)
• The Island of Sea Women (I've loved several of Lisa See's books, but this one I could not get into at all and I was disappointed in the one before that, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane)
• Burying The Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter
• The Sometimes Sisters (Another author who I don't think is for me.  I tried listening to another of her books in January or February and that one I also DNF'd.  I might give her one more chance and if I do I will read the book, instead of listening to it.

I read: 

3 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟books: The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews, Daughter of Molokai'i by Alan Brennert, and Never Stop Walking:A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World by Christina Rickardsson
6 🌟🌟🌟🌟books
3 🌟🌟🌟 books
1 🌟🌟book
and no 🌟books

I went into April reading Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder.  I should be posting that review to this blog later today or tomorrow.

Dear Bob and Sue

4 stars! I really enjoyed this one; I wasn't bored at all. It is written as emails from Matt Smith, but a few are from his wife, Karen to their friends named, of course, Bob and Sue, about their year plus trip to all 58 of the country's national parks. I was chuckling to myself at some of the comments. I highly recommend this fun read . Humorous and you learn something about the United States as well in the process.

Tumble

Neely returns to Tennessee after being looked over for a promotion that should have been hers from the get-go. There she reunites with old friends and an old flame that broke her heart. For most of the book, I was wavering between 2 stars (ok) and 3 stars (good), but the last few chapters is what cinched it for into being a 4 star book.

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

3 Stars. During the winter of 2011 to 2012 for about 5 months in Accomack County, Virginia was inundated with over 60 arson fires, This is the story of those fires and the couple that set them. This is a good, but not great true crime novel. I originally was going to give this 2 stars, but as I thought more about it over the 2 days since I read it, I feel 3 stars is more deserving. Interesting and well-researched, but not a favorite that will stay in my memory for very long