The House on Olive Street

This is not the typical Robyn Carr you know from Virgin River. I did like it though. It took me a while to warm up to the characters, but after I did I finally was hooked on the story. The story revolves around 4 women, all writers, who were going to get together with their good friend, Gabby for her 50th birthday, who lives on Olive Street and they find she has died. They pretty much stay the summer to go through her personal things and in the process get their lives changed for the better. 3 stars.

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.