Reading Log as of May 4th - Mysterious Bakery on Rue De Paris

 

Our 52 Books Dragon of the Month for May is Norbert from the Harry Potter Series. Will dip my toes back in to the potter world at some point. 

I’m currently reading a mystery set in Compiegne, France called The Mysterious Bakery on Rue De Paris by Evie Woods, aka Evie Gaughan

“Edie is … not in Paris?

Edie Lane left everything behind in Ireland for a once-in-a-lifetime job at a bakery in Paris. Except, thanks to a mistranslation, the bakery is not in Paris, and neither is Edie.

The tiny town of Compiègne, complete with its local bakery on the Rue de Paris, holds many secrets. This might not be where Edie intended to be but it’s not long before she realizes it’s exactly where she needs to be…”

She also wrote the Lost Bookshop which was every enjoyable and looking forward to reading more of her books.

Also on #3 in the Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts – Savor the Moment and still plugging away with Les Miserables.

Will dive back into the Harry Potter series this month with Philosopher’s Stone, but don’t know whether I’ll read the rest of the series or just the first book for right now.

Saturday’s movie was The Goonies which was action packed and silly.

Reading Log as of April 27th - Buying ban is officially over

 

My 52 Books group is ending the month with a quest over land, by sea, through space or into ourselves. I have a few interesting nonfiction books on my shelves that fill the bill such as Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit from the personal Quest’s List as well as the memoir – True North: A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness by Elliott Merrick, plus All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley.

Robin Hobb’s Dragon Keeper, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi By Shannon Chakraborty, and The Bone Ships By RJ Barker, among others mentioned in the most recommended lit.

From the Wisdom list – Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig, and Virginia Woolf’s A Room on One’s Own. I’m looking forward to reading them all. I may not get to all of them this year but I’ll have fun trying.

I’m two thirds through Frozen River and enjoying it. But spending way too much time on youtube and watching podcasts and travel shows so need to put a kibosh on that and immerse myself in reading.

My buying ban is officially over. Bought myself a blind date with a book from Etsy and received the science fiction book Scythe by Neal Shusterman which was a win because have been meaning to read that one for years.  Also went to Barnes and Noble by myself so I could browse to my heart’s content and picked up Evie Woods The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris as well as All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley.

Our Saturday Night movie was The Shadow with Alex Baldwin.  So so. The acting was a bit cheesy.