2013 Challenge

It looks like I’m not going to complete my Goodreads challenge this year. I may come close but since I’ve only read 58 of 70 books I hoped to read this year its a real long shot. I have accepted that it is probably not going to happen, and I’m ok with that. I love reading and set the goal as not only a challenge but as yet another way to keep track of what I am reading.

I am probably going to finish the audiobook I have been listening to tomorrow and am about halfway through the two books I am reading so that will bring me up to 61. If I can reach 65 for the year I will be happy. I will be happy regardless of the numbers because I am doing what I enjoy,  I am reading.

Review: Telling the Bees

Telling the Bees by Peggy Hesketh

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



A beautifully written, but very sad book with a lot of amazing bee facts. I really enjoyed this one and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good read.



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A Killing in the Hills

I am so relieved. You know when you have been wanting to read a book for a long time and you put it off and keep putting it off it to read other books for no good reason. I did that for about a year with this book. I heard about it soon after its release and added it to my Goodreads to-read list and also put it on suspended hold at my library fully intending to read it soon but that just didn’t happen. I had been happily going along reading some very fine books when I somehow ended up in a bit of a slump and even though I am surrounded (literally) by stacks of unread and highly acclaimed books I remembered this novel that was now buried in my lists, and decided that now was the time.


This book did not disappoint. Opening with the murders of three elderly gentlemen in a small town café in broad daylight witnessed by the daughter of the town prosecutor and ending with a surprising twist. At least it surprised me.  It has a great story and the main characters are easy to connect with.  I thought the storyline concerning Bell was well developed and left no questions or loose ends. A well written debut novel.

I have just placed the second book of the series on hold at the library and am looking forward to seeing what's coming up next for the folks in Acker's Gap.