Started my new audiobook Pointing from the Grave: A True Story of Murder and DNA by Samantha Weinberg today while working around the house and going out and about.
About the book: Weaving together cutting-edge genetics and forensic criminology, courtroom drama and multiple perspectives, Weinberg’s book is an ambitious and riveting tale of crime and the [...]

As part of my quest to keep up and read all of the Newbery Medal winners, I’m reading Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz. It’s a book of monologues of each of the characters in the village.
About the Book: From Publishers Weekly
Schlitz (The Hero Schliemann ) wrote these [...]

Starting a new audio book since I finished the paper one that I wanted to return to the library. Now that I’m back on my feet, I’ll be walking more as well. This one is This Side of Married by Rachel Pastan.
About the book:
From Publishers Weekly
Dr. Evelyn Rubin became a doctor at a [...]

Starting the final audio book in Debbie Macomber’s Blossom Street Series, Summer on Blossom Street while I knit. This one is read by the famous Delilah.. I should really enjoy it since I love her voice and it focuses on Lydia from the first two books.
About the book: Knitting and life. They’re both about beginnings—and [...]

Reading another one by one of my favorite educators, Esme Raji Codell.  It’s a booklist of sorts with lots of suggestions of children’s literature throughout the ages.
About the book:
Are children reading enough? Not according to most parents and teachers, who know that reading aloud with children fosters a lifelong love of books, ensures better standardized [...]

Starting audio book 4 in the Blossom Street series, Twenty Wishes,  by Debbie Macomber. Hoping that the reader is decent. I really liked the woman for the first two books but not the 3rd so much.  It would be nice if they kept the same one for all if possible. Changing voices ruins my schema [...]

Starting book 3 in the Blossom Street series: Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber.
About the book: There’s a new shop on Seattle’s Blossom Street—a flower store called Susannah’s Garden, right next door to A Good Yarn. Susannah Nelson, the owner, has just hired a young widow named Colette Blake. A couple of months earlier, [...]

Starting book 2 in the Blossom Street series by Debbie Macomber, A Good Yarn via  audiobook.
About the book: Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived — and so has Lydia.
A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad’s ex-wife reappears, [...]

I’m starting the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich so I’m beginning with the first book, One for the Money.  I really like her style and this is one of her most popular series.
About the book: Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie’s opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, [...]

I love Children’s Literature and I still plan on reading as many Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor books as I can until I’m up to date. Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes is a 2004 honor book and I’m listening to it from the shores of beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee while I knit away and relax this [...]