Category: reading challenge

Book Challenge by Erin 7.0

Over the weekend, I picked my choices for Erin’s next book challenge which runs from July 1-October 31. Can’t wait to get into some of these books! Usually it takes me ages to narrow down my choices but I picked almost all of these from my “check out soon” shelf on Goodreads meaning that they were already on my 2017 radar. 
What do you think of my picks? Any thoughts on any of these books? I’ll share all of my thoughts on them when I get through them!! 
5 points:  Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Thank you, Erin for mailing this to me!!!!) I have heard numerous fantastic reviews of this book, and apparently it is a rapid read so I look forward to getting into it!! 

 10 points:  Read a book that starts with the letter “B”
Beach Music by Pat Conroy (comes highly recommended by Steph) OR Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio (have heard good things and I am anxious to try one of her books!) 

10 points:  Read a book that has a (mostly) yellow cover
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (thinking of doing this one on audio; it has been on my radar for awhile and was discussed several times on the WSIRN podcast)

15 points:  Read a book that has a picture of an animal on the cover (submitted by Mattie)

The One & Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (my most trusted book recommender Kristen’s review of this one pushed this close to the top of my list for this year) 
20 points:  Read a book that was published in 2017 (submitted by Olya)
The Other Girl – Erica Spindler (A publicity agent at Netgalley sent this to me without me requesting it, and it looks quite good and fits with my reading mood for 2017 so I’m looking forward to it)
20 points:  Read a book with a compass or cardinal direction in the title (submitted by Mary)
North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell (This is highly recommended for fans of Jane Austen, plus, I am DYING to watch the mini series on Netflix but I’ve promised myself that I’d read the book first…I already have it on Audible but I have the whispersync so might switch back and forth a bit)
25 points:  The ALA’s “Banned Books Week” occurs while our challenge is happening.  Read a book from this list of the most commonly banned books in America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_commonly_challenged_books_in_the_United_States (submitted by Christina)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (This book has been on my TBR for years and it popped up in Everything Everything so I made a mental note to just get to it already! Side note – can you believe some of the books that have been banned?!?!) 
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella (This will be my first Sophie Kinsella book ever and deals more with mental health – but I felt like it fit the category enough?) 

A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas (This might change…I have a few other books on my list that would fit this category but I want to see what all the fuss about Sarah J Maas for myself) 
35 points:  Read a book a Disney movie was based on OR a book based on a Disney movie (submitted by Kirsten); Don’t forget to check that the book is at least 200 pages: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Novels_first_published_in_serial_form&pageuntil=Dune+Messiah#mw-pages; https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11716.Books_Turned_Into_Disney_Movies
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers (I haven’t seen the Disney movie since I was a kid, but I think this will be a good read!) 

Can’t wait to get reading!! I have a huge stack of library holds, Netgalley books on my shelf, and other assorted reading goals for the summer, but I’m excited for all of these book choices too.

Read My Books Challenge: How’d it go??

The very idea of Erin and Dani’s Read My Books challenge for the month of June really appealed to me. I have about 5 books that I keep “meaning” to get to that I just haven’t prioritized because I own them and they aren’t due back anytime soon. I made it a goal to get through as many of my own books (including ones from Netgalley) as I could in the month of June.

Here’s how it went for me:

I started and finished The Happiness Project, which I mentioned on Tuesday that I LOVED. This took awhile to get through, but it was so worth it and probably one of the best non-fiction books I’ve ever read. This one was a paperback that I’d bought a few months ago and it counted towards one of my summer reading challenges.

I read three Netgalley books: The Secrets of  Castle du Reve, The Girls in the Garden, and Sleepless in Manhattan. The latter of these two were for the reading challenge as well.

I finished listening to Emma and Sense and Sensibility, both of which I had downloaded almost a year ago and hadn’t gotten to yet.

I started three books that I haven’t yet finished: Endgame, Every Move, and The Grand Sophy.

I also finished an audiobook from the library, A Share in Death (I had to! I started it at the end of May and it was a murder mystery!!) and read one Bridgertons book from the library. I read a bunch of kids books from the library but those don’t count for this challenge. 😉

I also read a couple of Harry Potter books, which I own but they were re-reads :).

Overall, I had hoped to get to a few more of my own books this month, but I was happy with my progress and happy to have gotten ahead in some of my Netgalley books and books on my shelf. I think I would have been more likely to attempt another book off my own shelf if I hadn’t signed up for the reading challenge in the same month, because I felt torn between reading for the challenge and reading my own books. STILL a great activity though and I think I will try to do this once a year or so.

Did you try to prioritize reading your own books last month? How’d it go?! I must admit, I am relieved to have a huge pile of library books to get through again but it was a fun month of reading some cherished books and it’s also nice to see that feedback percentage go up on Netgalley!

What I’ve been Reading Lately (Show us your books – July link up!)

After a wonderful reading month last link up, this one fell a bit short although I did enjoy MOST of what I read. I think I just spent less time reading and I started a bunch of books that took me a long time to finish. I often have 2 on the go at once but I think at one point this month I had about 5 on the go at one time, and that was a bit stressful to me (so then I stopped it, finished one before moving onto another…reading should NOT be stressful, haha). I just felt a bit like my reading attention span was all over the place. But, it was summer, and vacation for me at this stage of life means kid priorities even though there were relaxing moments too.

Here’s what I read since last link up with Steph and Jana. Check out their blogs today & find yourself some great recommendations from all of the bloggers who link up!! This is by far one of my favourite link ups out there 🙂

EmmaEmma by Jane Austen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I had read this before but re-read it for my personal “read all of Jane Austen’s books in 2016” challenge. I read it half on audiobook via Librivox and half print. This is such a fun Austen novel although I don’t find (most of it) as romantic as her others since it really just happens near the end. It’s such a fun story with Emma though, who has a great personality, especially in that era. I’d highly recommend this if you haven’t read it yet and the movie with Gwenyth Paltrow is also cute.

Sense and SensibilitySense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Love, love, love this story. Elinor Dashwood is one of my favourite Austen characters. The audio version with Elizabeth Klett via Librivox was superb. I need to re-watch the movie now. I read this one for the Semi-Charmed Summer Book Challenge & I had it on my shelf for Erin’s read your books challenge.

Things I Would Say: Essays, etceteraThings I Would Say: Essays, etcetera by Alyssa Ammirato
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Loved this collection of beautiful words. It felt very personal and I appreciated that a lot. I bookmarked a few favourites & highlighted many lines! I think that anyone who has ever felt passion, loss, or change would enjoy this read.

Lady SusanLady Susan by Jane Austen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I read this in one sitting before seeing Love & Friendship. This is a hilarious novella by Austen and so different from her novels. I found the epistolary style quite different but really enjoyed the style. It wasn’t as polished as her novels, unsurprisingly, but it was quite funny and Lady Susan is quite the character. The movie was also really enjoyable and Kate Beckingsale was fantastic, in my opinion!

The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More FunThe Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It took me awhile to read this book because I was enjoying absorbing all of Rubin’s fantastic stories and pieces of advice. This book was better than I even expected it to be, and I went into it with high expectations after following along with Gretchen Rubin for the past year. I am so looking forward to beginning my own Happiness Project and I have already started to implement some of her own advice into my everyday life with great success. I am also dying to read Better than Before and find out which tendency I am 🙂
This book is inspiring and so quoteable if you are looking to make any positive life changes but aren’t sure where to start or where you could improve. I love that it includes so many little things you can do to make life better without any assumption of not being happy as is. I read this one for the Semi-Charmed Summer Book Challenge.

The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is such a cute series and I can guarantee that I will make it through all of the Bridgerton stories by the end of the year. They are easy, lighthearted reads that just bring me a lot of happiness. I love reading books from this era and I love the happy endings. 4/5 purely for the enjoyment factor. I read this in a day and smiled throughout, but especially loved the ending.

The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5/5 stars.  This particular story wasn’t as good as the first, in my opinion, but it was still cute and the characters were interesting. I can’t wait to see who the other Bridgertons all end up with.

A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #4)A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a particularly strong book so far in this series. I enjoyed the setting quite a bit and really had no inkling as to the killer, as in other books. It was nice to have Reine-Marie in the book a bit more and to learn more about Gamache’s family history as well as Peter and Clara’s family. The characters in this one were mainly new and quite intriguing. I read this one for Erin’s Challenge. 

Saving FrancescaSaving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5/5 I really enjoyed many aspects of this book but sometimes reading a YA novel amidst a bunch of literary fiction/adult classics makes it fall a bit short for me. HOWEVER, I loved the way Marchetta approached depression in this one, particularly how it affects loved ones, and I enjoyed the family dynamics. The Italian part of it was fun. The friends were fun. The school setting was more unique than most typical high schools, and that was fun to read about. The characters were quite funny. There were some sad moments, and hopeful moments. I am looking forward to reading the sequel, The Piper’s Son, for my Erin’s book challenge and I am certainly glad I read this one first.

Also read this month: 7 Magic Treehouse books with Molly, And Harry Potter 1-3 on audiobook! ❤

Currently reading: Northanger Abbey for Erin’s challenge (audiobook), The Goose Girl for the Semi-Charmed Challenge, The Grand Sophy (put it down and need to get back to it!) and Endgame, my aunt’s book.

Thanks for hosting such a great link up, Steph and Jana! I look forward to reading about everyone else’s summer reading.

Is anyone else eagerly anticipating two books at the end of this month? I am, of course, referring to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Truly, Madly, Guilty. 🙂 I can’t WAIT to get my hands on both of those books. 🙂

Book Challenge by Erin 4.0 Book choices

We had a pretty low key weekend, and the girls were pretty tired and grumpy by the end of it so I took them outside yesterday afternoon and they were happy for an hour 🙂 We still have a bit of a dry cough going on, and I am focusing a lot on cleaning the house and purging things, which is unfortunately not very fun or condusive to having fun as a kid 🙂 That being said – we have some fun things coming up for them, so I don’t feel too bad spending time organizing the house!!

I wanted to check in today and share my picks for Erin’s Book Challenge:

·         5 points:  Read a book, any book that is at least 200 pages long. TBD – this will just be an extra book that I read during the challenge time 🙂

·         10 points:  Read a book that begins with the letter “D”.   DUMPLIN’ by Julie Murphy (already started this one on the weekend – loving it so far)

·         10 points:  Read a book with a four word title. ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES by Jennifer Niven

·         15 points:  Read a book with one of the following words in the title: “mother(s)”, “father(s)”, “son(s)”, “daughter(s)”, or “child(ren)”. THE MOTHER DAUGHTER BOOK CLUB by Heather Vogel Frederick

·         20 points:  Amazon ranks their “most popular authors”, and they update this list hourly.  Based on when you make your book list, look at the top 100 authors, and pick a book to read from one of those authors, but here’s the catch – it needs to be an author new to you…one of the most popular authors, yet you’ve never read them before.  http://www.amazon.com/author-rank As of today, KRISTIN HANNAH or TRACY BROGAN or VINCE FLYNN, This will probably end up being THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah if I get it from the library in time.

·         20 points:  Read a book set in any country in Asia. THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini 

·         25 points:  Read a book with a “Season” in the title.  (I start the challenge in Summer and end in Autumn; many of you start in Winter and end in Spring…so the title of your book should have Summer, Autumn/Fall, Winter, or Spring in the title.) WINTER GARDEN by Kristin Hannah

·         30 points:  Read a book that will make you laugh from the list attached. (submitted by Bernadette)http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/books-guaranteed-to-make-you-laugh-out-loud BRIDGET JONES DIARY by Helen Fielding

·         30 points:  Read a book that is a friend or family member’s favorite book (or the favorite book of another participant from this challenge).  (submitted by Peggy) PERSUASION by Jane Austen which is many friends’ favourite book but recommended especially by one of my friends from home and most likely also of Kristen’s favourite books?? 🙂

·         35 points:  Read a book published the year you were born. (submitted by Meredith) ENDERS GAME (year: 1985) by Orson Scott Card


Winter Book Challenge Month 1 Update

Here’s my progress update on the Semi-Charmed Winter Book Challenge hosted by Megan at Semi-Charmed Kind of Life. Here are the categories I’ve completed so far: 

10 points: Read a book that does not take place in your current country of residence. 

BLACKMOORE (Julianne Donaldson) (4/5 stars) loved this story, but not quite as much as I loved Edenbrooke.
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10 points: Read a book that someone else has already used for the challenge. — Submitted by SCSBC15 finisher Kristen @ See You in a Porridge. 

WONDER(R.J. Palacio) (used by What Low Reads en Francais!!!) (4.5/5 stars) This was a great read!!
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15 points: Read a book with “boy,” “girl,” “man” or “woman” in the title (or the plural of these words).

LITTLE WOMEN (Louisa May Alcott) (5/5 Stars) absolutely loved this book!! 
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15 points: Read a book with a one-word title 

WINTER (Marissa Meyer) (6 out of 5 stars – lol jk) I loved this book so much and I gobbled it up in a day and a half when it came out!!
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20 points: Read a food-themed book. — Submitted by SCSBC15 finisher Jamie @ Whatever I Think Of! 

BELLA’S CHRISTMAS BAKE OFF (Sue Watson via Netgalley) (3/5 stars) I wasn’t the biggest fan of this one, but it had some OK moments.

TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 70
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And here are my other choices, with some revisions from my original list:

5 points: Read a book that has between 100 and 200 pages. 

My original choice for this one, A STUDY IN SCARLET was longer than 200 pages. Oops. So I didn’t bother with it and now I am going to read THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE instead. 
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10 points: Read a debut book by any author. 

NORTHANGER ABBEY or SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (Jane Austen) <– still haven’t started this yet and I might end up revising my book in this category to EVERY BREATH which I just got out from the library (and I am LOVING!) after reading Hannah’s review 🙂 
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15 points: Read a book published under a pseudonym 

THE SILKWORM  (Robert Gailbraith AKA J.K. Rowling) (1/2way done this one)
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20 points: Read a book with a person’s first and last name in the title 

ARTEMIS FOWL – (Eoin Colfer) OR BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY (Helen Fielding) depending on my mood…haha…both are easily accessible at the library.
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20 points: Read a book with a verb in the title. 

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE (Anthony Doerr) <–just got this one from the library 
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30 points: Read two books with the same title (by different authors). — Submitted by SCSBC15 finisher bevchen @ Confuzzledom. 

I had to revise this category from THE ALCHEMIST and  THE ALCHEMYST because Paulo Coehlo’s is not over 200 pages (uggh!)…SO back to square one and I think I might read The Pact by Jodi Picoult and Karina Halle and but I’m also considering Easy, Elsewhere, Be Careful what you wish for, Forever, Any advice?!? haha. I am so torn on this category because I feel like I will end up choosing one book that I normally would not read since I can usually only find one highly rated book with a title…but I guess that is the point of the Reading Challenge, haha!!
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30 points: Read a nonfiction book and a fiction book about the same subject

So I narrowed this one down to 2 yoga books: 
POSER: MY LIFE IN 23 YOGA POSES (Claire Dederer), nonfiction, and  CORPSE POSE (Diana Killian) , fiction.

I have both of them from the library right now and will hopefully finish them next week.

Check out everyone else’s updates over here today!



Literary Ladies Summer Reading Challenge Final Link Up

When I first saw the info about this summer reading challenge on Kristen’s blog, I immediately went to work writing down possible books for the categories. I did end up changing my mind a bit, but my final list was as follows:

YA Book – Sloppy Firsts 4/5 Stars  

A book with a one word title – Cinder 4.5/5 stars 

A book about summer, or a book with summer in the title – Twenty Boy Summer 2.5/5 Stars 

A book recommended by a blogger – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 4.5/5 stars 

A book by a non US author – Big Little Lies 5/5 Stars


A book on my TBR list for more than a year – The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4/5 Stars

A book with a female heroine – Jane Eyre 5/5 Stars 

A suspenseful book – Gone Girl 3.5/5 stars 

Book written by a celebrity or comedian: One More Thing 4/5

Book that will be a movie or TV show – The Martian -5/5
And as I mentioned in my last update post, I finished all the books from my list  in August!  
The books I would absolutely recommend that I read: The Martian, Big Little Lies, Jane Eyre, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. I also (obviously) loved Cinder and I have gobbled up the rest of that series in the past month or so.
I’d like to take a minute now though to reflect on the challenge and how I feel about reading challenges now that I’ve got this one under my belt 😉
One thing I absolutely LOVED about the reading challenge was that I really expanded my horizons in reading. There were some books on my list that had been on my “to be read” list for WAY too long and I knew that if I thought I “had” to read them, I would. And I’m so glad I did!! I also loved the interactive component of this challenge and the fact that it increased my participation on Goodreads/commenting on blogs/talking to other book lovers about similar choices. Additionally, I liked that I didn’t binge on one particular series. Usually (like most people, maybe?), if I read a good book, I will read the sequel immediately after, and then the next in the series, etc until I’m done it and in withdrawal. haha. This really forced me to move onto another book for a bit and absorb each series bit by bit. I wouldn’t necessarily do this moving forward, but it was interesting. Finally, I liked how this challenge made me fall in love with audiobooks. Throughout the challenge, I’d usually have 1 (or 2!) books on the go, and an audiobook, and I loved that because sometimes you have time to read, but sometimes you need to wash dishes or go for a run, and then you can turn to an audiobook at that time. 
The only thing that I didn’t love about myself during this challenge was how intense I got about it…haha. By that I mean I really wanted to finish first so I felt like I chose books that weren’t TOO TOO long or hard (although some were longer, and none of them were necessarily SUPER easy). I also rushed through a couple of them, and I felt like I should be reading every single second that I wasn’t with the kids or working…so that was a bit weird, but I did enjoy all the reading I did this summer!! And this feeling isn’t the challenge’s fault, it’s all mine. 😉
I’m not doing any other challenges at the moment (although a fall one would be great!!) but my current reading goals include finishing all of Jane Austen’s books (I haven’t read a few of them yet!) by Valentine’s Day 2016, finish 100 books by December 31 (Goodreads tells me I am a few behind schedule but it doesn’t realize that summer socializing is coming to an end LOL) and if I finish 100 books I will allow myself to read Harry Potter again for the 10th ish time 😉 I am dying to read it again, and I know I should just say OK go ahead, but I’m also trying to really broaden my horizons a little bit. So many books, so little time!!!
Thanks for hosting such a great reading challenge ladies! I’m looking forward to the next one!! 🙂 

Literary Ladies Update #2 and current reads

I’ve drafted several posts lately and then I haven’t had enough time to edit them or add pictures, so they’re left sitting as drafts and the moment has passed. BUT here I am today, so that counts for something?? We have had an insanely busy past few weeks. Stressful moments at work followed by nights at home with a screaming, tired, preschooler and a teething toddler have left me totally burnt out. Every day this week, I actually felt like digging myself a hole and hanging out there for awhile on my own with some peace and quiet. However, I let a few things go for this weekend, and my mind is MUCH clearer today, and I think I will survive now 😉

So, aside from turning 30 last Friday (ahh!!) I have been doing a lot of running, reading, and listening to great tunes and podcasts lately. Here is my update for the Literary Ladies Summer Reading Challenge:

Books read: 10/10!!

Books read since last update: The Martian (see thoughts below) and One More Thing.

I finished all my books awhile ago (almost within the first month, but The Martian on audiobook took a bit longer and One More Thing did too). Here’s my previous update, in case you want to know what I thought of the other 8 books I read.

My favourites from the challenge:

The Martian – honestly one of the best books I have read (listened to?) in years. It was amazing as an audiobook, and I’m not sure if I would have enjoyed the print version nearly as much. I can’t wait to see the movie. By the end of the book, I was actually squirming with anticipation to find out what happened with Mark Watney. Amazing, amazing book. Thanks to Kristen’s recommendation…I hadn’t even heard of it until I read about it on her blog, and I have already recommended it to everyone I know (my dad and my brother both absolutely loved it too!)

Big Little Lies – this book had me hooked right from the beginning and I couldn’t stand not knowing the ending so I finished it in about 2 days.

Jane Eyre – I can’t believe it took me so long to read this book (I listened to most of it, actually). Classics are classics for a reason.

Cinder – I have since finished Scarlet and Cress, and I love this series. I can’t wait for Winter to come out this fall. I have been actively seeking out more fairytale retellings too and I think I will try to get back into watching Once Upon a Time sometime soon too.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry – this was a heartwarming and pleasant read, and I loved it.

I’m so glad I did this challenge. It definitely broadened my reading scope and got me to read more books this summer than I otherwise would have. Now that I’ve caught the reading bug again all the time, I don’t think I’ll stop anytime soon!

Right now I’m reading In the Unlikely Event (so far it’s about 3/5 stars for me, but I’m only about a third of the way through – I’m interested but not 100% hooked on the characters and I have an ominous feeling about what is to come)…and I have these others on the horizon in the next week or so and while I’m off work for a week (Sept 1-8) 🙂 This one is for the Literary Ladies Book Club pick of the month.

I just finished the other two Lunar Chronicles books, and I loved them. Cress was probably my favourite of the three so far. I liked Scarlet too, but the storyline just wasn’t as exciting to me as Cinder and Cress. I am actually glad in a way that I didn’t discover this series until this spring, because now I don’t have to wait quite as long for the fourth book to come out 😉

I’ve also read the 2nd and 3rd Jessica Darling books – the third wasn’t my favourite but I am hoping the fourth will be better! Still a good series to pass the time 😉

I have heard amazing things from many bloggers about the Sea of Tranquility, and I hope it isn’t TOO emotional for me, haha.

Anyway, I’m off to go for a run on my lunch hour here…hope everyone has a great weekend!! I hope my weekend looks a little bit like this photo:

But I’m sure it will end up being more like this:

Update: Literary Ladies Summer Reading Challenge

I think I read more books this month than I have in years! I loved the break from watching TV in the evenings. I love having an audiobook and a regular book on the go, because sometimes it is just easier to listen to a book (i.e. walking to work, on the bus sometimes, going for a run, washing dishes.) I know I posted last week about books lately, but I wanted to create a post just for the challenge so I can link up today.

I’ve read 8/10 of the books from my list so far, and I’m hoping to be finished by the end of the week!

Books I’ve read so far:

YA Book – Sloppy Firsts 4/5 Stars  

A book with a one word title – Cinder 4.5/5 stars 
 
A book about summer, or a book with summer in the title – Twenty Boy Summer 2.5/5 Stars 

A book recommended by a blogger – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 4.5/5 stars 

A book by a non US author – Big Little Lies (amended from The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up which was less than 200 pages) 5/5 Stars (and I will read the Life Changing Magic soon!)

A book on my TBR list for more than a year – The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4/5 Stars

A book with a female heroine – Jane Eyre 5/5 Stars 

A suspenseful book – Gone Girl 3/5 stars 

Books in progress:
Book written by a celebrity or comedian: One More Thing
Book that will be a movie or tv show – The Martian – I AM SO, SO, SO HOOKED ON THIS AUDIOBOOK!!!

Books that I will be reading when I finish the challenge:

Scarlet
The Husband’s Secret
Second Helpings