Written by Graeme Hi everyone and welcome to halfway through August! I had my first experience with abridged audiobooks this month, and it will be my last.  Not a great experience!

1

Written by Graeme Hi everyone and welcome to August. Really enjoyed last month’s mailbag responses about your pet peeves over books. I’ve gone in the opposite direction this month – more on that later.

0

In the July 2021 Newsletter, I asked readers for their pet peeves when it comes to reading. Many of you appreciated the opportunity to vent. Here were the responses:

1

Each month we ask our Facebook followers for a book or series recommendation based on a particular genre or similar parameters – and then print the answers in our mid-month newsletter. I thought it would be a good idea to have a separate page listing these, as I use it as a reference guide often.

6

Hi everyone and welcome to halfway through July! Many of you loved the Quote of the Month section I added in the July newsletter so I’m going to have that in the mid-month newsletter as well.

1

Hi everyone and welcome to July. I’m currently out at a rented cottage for the week working off my laptop; apologies for any mistakes in the newsletter. I had a lot of work to get done prior to going to the cottage so I really didn’t get much reading in since the mid-month newsletter.

5

In the June newsletter, I asked for books that were good for inciting discussion – possibly for a book club. Here were the responses:

5

Hi everyone and welcome to halfway through June!

2

Hi everyone and welcome to June! I love this time of year when the weather gets warmer. There’s something so nice about just sitting on the front porch for a few hours in the fresh air, reading a good book and having a couple of pops.

0

In the May 2021 newsletter, I asked readers if they had a reading schedule and if so what it was. Here are the responses:

0