Welcome to another Monday of Musing, hosted by Jenn, at Books and a Beat. Here are some topics:
- I’m currently reading…
- Up next I think I’ll read…
- I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
- I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
- I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
- I can’t wait to get a copy of…
- I wish I could read ___, but…
- I blogged about ____ this past week…
THIS WEEK’S RANDOM QUESTION: What is your most favorite book from your childhood?
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My current read: I Let You Go, by Claire Mackintosh, is about a rainy afternoon, when a mother’s life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street….
I Let You Go follows Jenna Gray as she moves to a ramshackle cottage on the remote Welsh coast, trying to escape the memory of the car accident that plays again and again in her mind and desperate to heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past.
At the same time, the novel tracks the pair of Bristol police investigators trying to get to the bottom of this hit-and-run. As they chase down one hopeless lead after another, they find themselves as drawn to each other as they are to the frustrating, twist-filled case before them. Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner, says, “I read I Let You Go in two sittings; it made me cry (at least twice), made me gasp out loud (once), and above all made me wish I’d written it . . . a stellar achievement.”
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I’ve heard good things about this book, so I’m going to spend time today immersed in it.
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As for my most favorite childhood book, I might have to say Little Women, as I read it a few times. But I was also thoroughly engaged by the Nancy Drew mysteries.
I don’t have a print copy of Little Women, as I read library books back then. I brought no books from my childhood to my own collection, but I do have an e-book of Little Women now.
I also have the first three books in the Nancy Drew series that I bought a few years ago. See them on the bottom of this stack, below:
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What are you musing about today?
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SNOW SPARKS 
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys were other favorites. But my sisters had those series already, Trixie Belden was all mine.
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Oh, yes, I loved the Hardy Boys, too. They also serialized the Hardy Boys on the Mickey Mouse Club…way back in the day. I loved that!
Thanks for stopping by, Allison.
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Great post! I also loved the Nancy Drew series, they were so intriguing! Little Women was great too 🙂
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Thanks, Geeky Fan Girl….I was definitely a Nancy Drew fan, and one of my friends had a big box full of the books. Little Women came from the library.
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I just finished I Let You Go and loved it. But, wow. It’s very gritty and just hold on to your seat. I think my favorite books growing up were Trixie Belden mysteries and Nancy Drew mysteries. I guess that’s why I love mysteries and thrillers so much today.
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Yes, I think that’s where my love of mysteries was born, too, and I am enjoying I Let You Go so far. Thanks for stopping by, Kathy.
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