January definitely got off to a rocky start with the hospitalization of the CE (my co-reviewer) for almost a week again in the VA Hospital, Jesse Brown, in Chicago. I must say, they have an extraordinary collection of medical staff, caring and attentive, and he’s home again–safe. Not the first time with this issue has forced me to reassess our diet. I’ve been reducing his meat consumption. Apparently not enough. Old school, I was always taught the plate was divided meat, vegetable, carbohydrate, salad or fruit. Not anymore. I’m learning to cook vegetarian. And it’s not easy. If you have some favorite go-to, possibly easy, quick vegetarian meals, I’d LOVE the suggestions!
Anyway, on the shuttle to the Chicago VA Hospital, I had lots of time to listen to audiobooks! And I listened to several but didn’t have time for reviews (except these two). I’ll spread the rest into February (and beyond–I have lots of them!).
January Book Reviews
Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine
The Lost Treasure by J M Kelly
A Criminal Justice by William L Myers Jr
A Cry in the Night by Kerry Wilkinson
Ice by Kevin Tinto (A CE review)
The Dog Who Danced by Susan Wilson (Audiobook)
The Poison of War by Jennifer Leeper (CE Review–novella)
A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan (Audiobook)
Gabby by Barby Keel
A Field Guide to Homicide by Lynn Cahoon
Mystery on Hidden Lane by Clare Chase
Did you check the Reading Challenges page I updated to include all the 2020 challenges? Of the above, eight were from NetGalley, two audiobooks, one historical fiction. (I also granted two author requests.) Actually, I was able to fill in a couple spots on the Bingo card and I started the other three. At twelve, I’m just a tad behind on my Goodreads challenge–read–haven’t completed the reviews, but I’m still playing catch-up.
I certainly hope you had a healthy and happy January. Welcome to February!
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It’s so hard to change from cooking meat meals to vegetarian, isn’t it? Suddenly every meal becomes complicated! Hope your CE is back to full strength soon!
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It is! And this old dog isn’t doing that well. Everything tastes the same. I’ve quickly eliminated half the recipes I downloaded. And trying to find them wasn’t easy to begin with. Thank you, he is much better. Hopefully won’t tilt again!
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Great month. We shared 2 in common.
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AH! Wonderful. And not often that happens with my blogger buddies.
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Wow you have had a great month with some good reads
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Some were, not all.
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Looks like, you had a good month in reading. Wish you a great Feb as well.Happy Reading!
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Thank you. If I could get my earbuds to work, I’d be listening to another audiobook.
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