BOOK CLUB MEETING....FINALLY....

 Went to my book club last night, after 6 months of NOT GOING...we had our meeting outside, so we were all being socially apart.  We all brought our own chairs and talked about books, what everyone has been doing and the goings on in our little town.  This weekend is the Dick Tail Run, which is everything James Dean,  so there are lots of folks here to see the cars.   

The books for this book club meeting is Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.

Synopsis

I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.” So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she tries to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed between Mamah and Frank, and in time the lovers, each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago society and forever change their lives.(Amazon)

BOOK BEGINNINGS

It was Edwin who wanted to build a new house.  I didn't mind the old Queen Anne on Oak Park Avenue.  It was full of the things of my childhood, and I found it comforting after so many years away.  But Ed was possessed by the idea of having something modern.  I wonder if he reflects on those days now--on the fact that it was he who craved a place entirely his own.

FRIDAY 56

"I don't know. Why are children always making hiding places?  You tell me"  John pondered it.  "Because we like to have secret places that maybe only our best friends know about."

BOOK BLOGGER HOP

The question today is...

Do you have a pet peeve about books?

I always use a bookmark when reading...so I have lots of them...I pick them up in some of the strangest places...people are always giving away book marks. 

I haven't started the book yet...but the synopsis sounds intriguing.  Have you read this book?  If so, let me know what you thought of it.

Hope everyone has an awesome... 

BOOKISH FRIDAY.....

It's time for book reporting on what your reading...

This is the book I'm currently reading....
All Lies - Andrew Cunningham

Synopsis
A seemingly innocent date gone tragically wrong plunges Del Honeycutt into a web of murder, lies, greed, and a hidden fortune dating back to a crime committed 85 years earlier by his great-grandfather.(Amazon)

Book Beginnings

She wasn't my first online dating match, but she was certainly the strangest.  And it wasn't like I hadn't had some weird ones.

The Friday 56

I got to Sabrina's room at about 10:15.  She greeted me wearing jeans and a Red Sox t-shirt.  She was barefoot.  I was in love!

Book Blogger Hop

The question this week:

If you own an ebook, would you also purchase a print copy as well?

No, I don't really like re-reading a book.  I can't get interested in the book, as I've already read it and know what's going to happen...so it's like a spoiler for me.

See all my book reviews at my book blog....Just Books!!!

BOOKISH FRIDAY......

Friday, my favorite day of the week...

I started a new book yesterday...Green Lake by S. K. Epperson

Synopsis
The suicide of Madeleine Heron’s husband leaves her at her sister’s lake house for the summer, until she can ‘sort things out’ for herself and find a new direction, but life in the lake community is anything but conducive to calm. Right away a three year old girl goes missing from the dam, Madeleine is nearly assaulted when her truck breaks down, and she discovers her neighbors have an affinity for digging holes and burying things in their yard, usually things they find floating in the lake, like a hand, or an arm… Native American conservation officer Eris Renard appears to be the only sane person around, and without warning Madeleine finds herself falling for him, but he’s an adopted Indian who’s just found his birth mother, a famous artist who hates Madeleine.(Amazon)

BOOK BEGINNING

The random objects Madeleine noticed on the drive east to Green Lake did little to inspire enthusiasm.  The trees beside the highway were gnarled, desperate-looking things, greedy for whatever water they received.

THE FRIDAY 56

  "Hey, I don't care, I'm just telling you, help the guy out instead of stepping on his ball.  Act like a real woman instead of this highbrow intellectual bullshit that nobody ever bought from you anyway."

BOOK BLOGGER HOP

The question this week:
As a book blogger yourself, what was the last book you read as a result of a fellow blogger's post?

I don't really remember when that happened, but I got a great suggestion on a book from a fellow book club friend......Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens(Amazon.com)....Awesome Book, I loved it!  You can see my review at my book blog, Just Books!

BOOKS AND FLOWERS......

Since I can't go to the library....it's closed due to the virus...I've been getting my books from Amazon...My son got me a Kindle Fire and I've been downloading them.  It's a little weird reading a book this way....but I'm getting used to it.

My newest addition is the Lies series by Andrew Cunningham.  I have started reading this, so haven't gotten too far into the book.  The end of the first chapter already has a murder.  Which is my favorite books to read.

All my book memes today come from...
All Lies - Andrew Cunningham

Synopsis
A seemingly innocent date gone tragically wrong plunges Del Honeycutt into a web of murder, lies, greed, and a hidden fortune dating back to a crime committed 85 years earlier by his great-grandfather. (Amazon)

 Book Beginnings...hosted over at Rose City Reader..

My Book Beginning...
She wasn't my first online dating match, but she was certainly the strangest.

The Friday 56...hosted by Freda's Voice.

My Page 56



I got to Sabrina's room at about 10:15.  She greeted me wearing jeans and a Red Sox t-shirt.  She was barefoot.  I was in Love!

Book Blogger Hop - hosted by Billy at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer....

The question this week...

What platform do you use for your blog?

I use Bogger for my platform....I find it is much more easy to use....I've tried Wordpres and didn't like it all, to me anyway...it didn't seem to user friendly. 

Floral Friday....

  




My Live Forever is growing good now...I planted it last fall..I thought for sue it had died , but it didn't!

Some info on this plant....
Hylotelephium is a genus of flowering plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. It includes about 33 species distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Species in the genus, formerly included in Sedum, are popular garden plants, known as "sedum", "stonecrop", "live-for-ever" or "orpine". Horticulturalists have hybridized many of the species to create new cultivars. Many of the newer ones are patented, so may not be propagated without a license.(Wikipedia)


Here are some of its best qualities
1) It requires little care.
2) It can thrive in a variety of different environments.
3) The hues of this flower are subtle and beautiful
4) I t provides interest in the garden year round

I also planted this....but can't remember what it is....any ideas?  The leaves are on a stalk and like fern leaves...total mystery to me as to what it is...

BOOKS AND FLOWERS........

Floral Friday Fotos 

I took a walk around my yard to see what is up and blooming.  I found this hiding behind the Iris's....

I have Tulips scattered all over the yard.  The thing is, I'm never sure where they are.  I planted them years ago, but they still keep appearing in the most unlikely places.  Want to know more about Tulips...Wikipedia has it all...check it out.

Do you have a favorite author you read all the time?  Mine is James Patterson...I've read the entire Alex Cross series.  Just when I think there aren't anymore in the series he writes another one.  There are 27 books in this series.....your can check them out at Goodreads.  And each one...to me anyway....is they are an on the edge of your seat good.  Book 1.....

For the Book Blogger Hop...the question is...

Quote Your Favorite Author


"One of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading. "  (by James Patterson)
 

BOOKS AND FLOWERS.......

Today is Friday, two of my book memes run on Friday's.  So here are my answers for ....

The Friday 56

How to Bake A Murder - A. K. Emrick (A Cookie and Cream Cozy Mystery Book 1)

"Hi," she said.  "Just the man I was looking for."

Book Blogger Hop

Question:
Do the star ratings a book receives on Goodreads or retail sites affect whether you buy the book or not?

Sometimes is does, but most of the time I read books by author's I know.  I will also pick a book by it's cover....I know, not always a good choice.  If I'm doing a reading challenge, I'll pick a book based on the list the challenge suggests.

 Floral Friday.....

BLEEDING HEARTS
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, bleeding heart or Asian bleeding-heart,  is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Lamprocapnos, but is still widely referenced under its old name Dicentra spectabilis . It is valued in gardens and in floristry for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers, borne in spring.
Other common names include lyre flower, heart flower and lady-in-a-bath.
The Asian bleeding-heart grows to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) wide. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial with 3-lobed compound leaves on fleshy green to pink stems. The arching horizontal racemes of up to 20 pendent flowers are borne in spring and early summer. The outer petals are bright fuchsia-pink, while the inner ones are white. The flowers strikingly resemble the conventional heart shape, with a droplet beneath – hence the common name. The plant sometimes behaves as a spring ephemeral, going dormant in summer.(From Wikipedia)

Have an AWESOME......