January Week 2 TBR and Week ! Reads (plus a small book haul) @ChautonaHavig

Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

The first full week of reading in January was lovely. It was good reading. Really reading. And I have a great new bunch of books and a great new TBR. EEEP!
Books mentioned (may be affiliate links):
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gillman
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Letters for Victory by Kate Willis
The Cost of the Crown by Joy Crain
Grandma Ruth Doesn’t Go to Funerals by Sharon J. Mondragon
George MacDonald by C. S. Lewis
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse
Yours Cheerfully by A. J. Pearce (what’s with all the initial names this week???)
8 Down by Kimberley Woodhouse (and Wodehouse! Again, what?)
The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton Porter
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
The Secret War of Julia Child by Diana R. Chambers

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January Week 2 TBR and Week ! Reads (plus a small book haul)

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