My Weekly Bookishness ~ 1/1/2021

All things bookish!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

What I Read:

I've read NOTHING.  

Absolutely NOTHING and that is going to change!

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What I'm Reading:

Blurb:

She needs to move on. He wants to let her go. Will they finally be able to go their separate ways even though their hearts seem to have other plans?

Elizabeth Ashburn is madly, deeply, irrefutably in love with her best friend. They know each other better than their own minds. There is only one problem: To him, she is Little Lizzie, and nothing she does seems to replace the idea in his mind. No matter. It is her first Season and she is determined to make a match with a gentleman—any gentleman—who will help her steal her heart back from Oliver Turner and his sea-blue eyes.

Oliver Turner can remember the exact day that Lizzie grew up. And now, he cannot see her as anything besides the beautiful woman stealing his breath—no matter how much he needs to. He won’t marry her. He can’t. He loves her too much for that. Now, he simply needs to help marry her off so that she will officially be out of his reach.

First Lines:

"It was Elizabeth's torn slipper during her first ball of the Season that led her to believe that, perhaps, bad omens were real and, if so, her first Season was not looking bright."

56%/Page 56

Oliver stood outside Kensworth house for the second time that day.  This time, however, was different because he knew Elizabeth stood somewhere on the other side of the door.

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What I'll (Probably) Read Next:

Blurb:

He’s lost her twice…he’s not going to lose her again...

NHL Hockey Goalie Wyatt Marshall has everything--fame, money and a thriving career. But he’s hiding the two things that matter most...a career-ending injury, and his broken heart. He’s been in love with Coco Stanley since she walked into his life at age fourteen, a foster child for the Marshall family. She stole his heart years later, when, after a secret tryst, she returned to her home country of Russia. But she won’t let him back into her life—and he can’t figure out why.

She’s harboring a secret that could cost lives...

Coco Stanley is tired of living her life undercover. Or at least, with an assumed name, always pretending to be someone she’s not. And that’s not the only secret she’s harboring. If Wyatt discovers the real reason she left him, it might just destroy him. She’s resigned herself to loving him from afar...

But when he discovers she’s in danger...

Wyatt is horrified when he learns Coco has been shot and left in Russia, her fate unknown. There is nothing—nothing—that will stop him from finding her. So what if he’s not one of his super-heroic brothers, not a Ranger, not a SEAL...Wyatt is a hockey goalie, a special kind of crazy brave. Except, is he brave enough to face the secret Coco is keeping, or will it destroy everything he’s hoped for?

What will it cost them to save her?

What Wyatt and Coco don’t know is that revenge is stalking her and bringing her home just might cost them their long-awaited happy ending.

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Book Haul:

None this week.  

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Book Blogger Hop:

Q.  What are your reading goals for 2021? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) 

A.  As I mentioned above, I want to spend more time reading in 2021.  I want to make time each day to read for at least 30-60 minutes.

Last year, I set my Goodreads Challenge Goal at 26 books and completed the goal.  I'm once again going to set my goal at 26 books.  Hopefully, I'll read more but I'll be happy with whatever time I get to read :)

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Bookishly Yours,

Colletta

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Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post, Sunday Salon,  Mailbox Monday

First Lines Friday, 56 and BBH ~ 5/15/20

Today's "First Lines" and "56" are from:

First Lines

Giulia stood in the center of the lane and watched the carriage bound away down the pocked road, jarring the passengers seated on top of the swaying conveyance.

 Page 56

"Fetch Robert?"  Jack looked incredulous.  "You want me to fetch an earl?"

 Q.  As a book blogger yourself, what was the last book you read as a result of a fellow blogger's post? (submitted by Flora @ Flora's Musings...)

 A.  This is a really good question.  I love reading reviews of favorite genres and then putting those books on my wish list.  However, I can't say for certain what the last book I read as a result of a fellow blogger's post was.  Maybe "Knox" by Susan May Warren as I was seeing the reviews for the "Montana Marshalls" series everywhere and they sounded really good.

Colletta 

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First Lines Friday, 56 and BBH ~ 5/1/20

I'm still reading "Love at Any Cost" but the lines are new :)

Today's "First Lines" and "56" are from:

First Lines

"Why did I agree to dance with you?" she repeated, her voice as wispy as the gauzy pale-yellow bodice that rose and feel with every breath she took.

 Page 56

She paused to test her soup, nose in a scrunch.  After all, everybody needed prayer, even a skunk.

 Q.  Quote your favorite author. (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)

 A.  It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.  --  Jane Austen

Colletta 

Also linking up to:

 

First Lines Friday, 56 and BBH ~ 4/24/20

Today's "First Lines" and "56" are from:

First Lines

San Francisco, May 1902

Sweet thunderation--deliver me from pretty men!

 Page 56

I promise, Lord, I'll try to do better.

 Q.  Do the star ratings a book receives on Goodreads or retail sites affect whether you buy the book or not? (submitted by Flora @ Flora's Musings...)

 A.  I've never really thought about it but I guess it does.  When I'm out shopping, I don't look up ratings I just go by the blurb.  But when I'm shopping online, I do glance at the star ratings to see if other people found it worth buying/reading.

Colletta 

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First Lines Friday, 56 and BBH ~ 4/17/20

Today's "First Lines" and "56" are from:

I'm still reading "Trinity" but the lines are new...

First Lines

Chapter One

Chinese Tea House, Maryland

Darci pushed through the heavy red door with the brass dragon handle.  On the soft carpet she paused and removed her coat.

 Page 56

Laughter rippled through the packed-our area.  "But you're there for each other.  You've got each other's backs."

 Q.  How do you decide the order of reading your books? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews)

 A.  I usually alternate between historical fiction and contemporary/suspense fiction.  When choosing from either category, I look at my TBR shelf and narrow down my choices but what mood I'm in.  I'm very much a mood reader!

Colletta 

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First Lines Friday, 56, and BBH ~ 4/10/20

Today's "First Lines" and "56" are from:

First Lines

Prologue

Body rigid, ears trained on the sound coming from the dilapidated structure, she waited.  Breaths came in staccato pants, the heat of a brutal Afghan summer beating down on her.

 Page 56

"The men and women beside you are your friends, your partners.  You're on the same team."  Heath said at the close of his presentation as he stepped off the stage, walking the center aisle, pleased that he hadn't fainted, blacked out or chocked up.

 Q.  What is a book that has helped you get through your lowest point in life? (submitted by Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads)

 A.  The Book that has helped me in my lowest points of life is most definitely the Bible.  Other than the Bible, a few are Beyond Blue by Therese Borchard, and From Panic to Power by Lucinda Bassett.  I'm also comforted by any lighthearted inspirational fiction.

Colletta 

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First Lines Friday, 56 and BBH ~ 4/3/20

Today's "First Lines" and "56" are from:

(I'm still reading this book but I'll give you new lines!)

First Lines

Jersey City, New Jersey

June 1908

Dr. Rosalind Werner adjusted a dial on the microscope, and the tiny organisms beneath the glass slide zoomed into sharp clarity.  Salmonella enterica, the bacteria that cause typhoid, was surprisingly pretty, its midnight-blue shade clustered into graceful, blooming colonies.  Her mission in life was to figure out a way to kill it.

 Page 56

He hauled her into his arms and kissed her as though his life depended on it.

 Q.  Do you have more photos of books you saw in a bookstore or elsewhere or family photos on your phone? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews)

 A.  This is an easy question this week.  Family photos wins out, hands down!  I don't really take photos of books when I'm out.  This year is a "Read from my TBR Shelf" for me so I'm trying to avoid the bookstores, etc.

Colletta 

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First Lines Friday, 56 and BBH ~ 3/27/20

Today's "First Lines" and "56" are from:

First Lines

Connecticut, 1890

"You and your brother are to go to the music room, close the door, and don't come out until I say you can."  It was strange for the maid to be ordering Rosalind around, but nothing had been normal since Mama and Papa got sick.

 Page 56

He grabbed her hand and dashed up the stairwell, down the hall, and out into the alley beside the orphanage.  He whirled her around so she was facing him.  Never had he felt so electrified, but he had to clear the air first.

 Q.  Share a photo of one section of your bookshelf randomly selected or go ahead and share the entire bookshelf.

 A.  

Colletta 

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