Sunlight Devney Perry author

I found this on Kindle and it caught my eye as it is based in Montana. Fiction.

From the site: My first day in Montana, I got into a tug-of-war over a grocery store shopping cart. The most handsome man I’d ever seen broke up the scuffle before he asked me on a date. I was seconds away from accepting but then he told me his name.

As an owner of the Haven River Ranch, Jax Haven wasn’t my boss. But he wasn’t not my boss either.

Obviously, my only option was to turn him down, scurry away, then pretend like he was a stranger on my first day of work. And obviously, I could never, ever admit that he was my secret crush.

For as hard as I work at my job, I work twice as hard to pretend Jax doesn’t exist. I don’t let myself think about his dazzling eyes or charming smile. I refuse to acknowledge how good he looks in a pair of faded Wrangler jeans. And as tempting as he is in a cowboy hat, Jax is a distraction I cannot afford.

Everything was going according to plan until the annual holiday party. Until I drank one too many flutes of champagne and let him sweep me off my feet. After a night in his bed, there was no more ignoring Jax Haven. Not when I’m pregnant with his baby.

A beautiful book

There is so much I love about this book.

It is a memoir.

Deep love that is not easy.

Wrestle with grief.

pages painting beautiful pictures of meadows, horses, animals, cows, dogs, mountains, countryside, rivers, and friendships.

Cannot recommend this one enough.

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Sticks

 

I finished House of Sticks by Ly Tran this week in South Africa.

I love  memoirs and this one is  beautifully written.  It is not always the easiset to read and I often had to set the book down. My heart hurt for her as she struggled in school and being heard about her needed glasses.  I am grateful for those that noticed and helped Ly.  She is an overcomer with the help of people that receognized the need.

I want to go find her a mom and give her the biggest bouquet of flowers I can find and tell her her worth.

thin book

I ran across this thin book while waiting for a Thai Massage in Kenya. Yes, happenstance for certain.

Miss Read  - The Christmas Mouse.  The cover was tattered and the pages yellowed. But it is almost Christmas and why not.

I finished it on the flight from Nairobi to Johannesburg. It is so sweet and easy to read. It was first published in 1973 and there is a series.   

I found a little history on the author:

Dora Jessie Saint MBE née Shafe (born 17 April 1913), best known by the pen name Miss Read, was an English novelist, by profession a schoolmistress. Her pseudonym was derived from her mother's maiden name. In 1940 she married her husband, Douglas, a former headmaster. The couple had a daughter, Jill. She began writing for several journals after World War II and worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC.

She wrote a series of novels from 1955 to 1996. Her work centered on two fictional English villages, Fairacre and Thrush Green. The principal character in the Fairacre books, "Miss Read", is an unmarried schoolteacher in a small village school, an acerbic and yet compassionate observer of village life. Miss Read's novels are wry regional social comedies, laced with gentle humour and subtle social commentary. Miss Read is also a keen observer of nature and the changing seasons.

Her most direct influence is from Jane Austen, although her work also bears similarities to the social comedies of manners written in the 1920s and 1930s, and in particular the work of Barbara Pym. Miss Read's work has influenced a number of writers in her own turn, including the American writer Jan Karon. The musician Enya has a track on her Watermark album named after the book Miss Clare Remembers, and one on her Shepherd Moons album named after No Holly for Miss Quinn.

In 1996 she retired. In 1998 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to literature. She died 7 April, 2012 in Shefford Woodlands.

I will hunt for a few more used books from her along the way. #cheers #almostChristmas #travel #read #travelreads

New Favorite - The Book of Longings

 I am absolutely in love with this book.  Sue Monk Kidd- your words are mesmerizing.

Yes, this is Fiction.  Enjoy the words.

Do not over think it.

Peace. Shalom.

Reading

I read memoirs and fiction written by women.
But in the last few weeks I plowed through Beartown by Fredrik Backman

This Is How It Always Is: A Novel by Laurie Frankel

and fiance book Worth It by Amanda Steinberg

and a family mystery Do Not Become Alarmed by Malie Meloy

Changing genres as it seems.

But as they say in my current line of work change is the only thing consistent.

I finished The Hunger Games trilogy.


I have not read in trilogy in a very long time – maybe some time in Middle School/High School – (I am not sure if the SVH books really count)

Bottom line they were good. Suzanne Collins did an amazing job of creating characters that captured my attention and heart.

I did not see them as science fiction or fantasy – certainly would not put them in that bucket.   I finally went to see the movies - The four of us  - including Baby Ocean who did amazingly well. Of course my eyes welled up a few times and there was a slight constriction in the back of my throat - but good.

I am curious what Gale is doing in District 2…

Book Two

I really had no intentions of reading The Hunger Games books.
Book Two - was so good. But I am loving them.
I am cheering silently for Katniss and screaming inside at the over reach of the government.

Finished reading Maman's Homesick Pie

Finished reading this on my flight from Chicago to Detroit. I enjoyed the stories and the honest writing on these pages. Donia Bijan paints a beutiful story about her family and the trials they faced coming to the US from Iran.
Donia created her own path and followed her dream to become a chef.
The recipes look very tastey and she had me hooked on her very first recipe in the first chapter.
Persian Cardamom Tea.
Love Cardamom.. the smell, the taste and the memories
Link to National Geographic Traveler Article

wow

I just finished reading Jim Beaver's book Life's That Way. His website
First of all, this book will rip your heart in pieces.
It is a book that compiles all of the emails he sent to friends and family when he found out his wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer.
I had not heard of him or his wife prior to picking up this book. So, the star factor did not come into play. I just read every single word as if I was part of the group he was emailing. The emails are so raw it is unbelievable.