Fall Reading
 

Here are a few new release's for September. Happy reading!!


6th
Daniel's Gift - Barbara Freethy
Sewn with Joy (Pinecraft Pie Shop, book 3) - Tricia Goyer
Manitou Canyon (Cork O'Connor, book 15) - William Kent Krueger
Apprentice in Death (In Death, book 43) - J D Robb
The Perfect Girl - Gilly MacMillan
Letters from Paris – Juliet Blackwell
A Cowboy Christmas Miracle (Burnt Boot, book 4) – Carolyn Brown
The Hawaiian Quilt(Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, book 4) - Jean Brunstetter and Wanda E Brunstetter
Cheddar Off Dead (Undercover Dish Mystery, book 2) - Julia Buckley
Paint the Town Dead (Silver Six Mystery, book 2) - Nancy Haddock
Cancelled by Murder (Postmistress Mystery, book 2) - Jean Flowers
Murder of a Cranky Catnapper (Scumble River, book 19) - Denise Swanson
Digging Up the Dirt (Southern Ladies Mystery, book 3) - Miranda James
Cheddar Off Dead (Undercover Dish Mystery, book 2) - Julia Buckley
No Farm, No Foul (Farmer's Daughter Mystery, book 1) - Peg Cochran
Razor Girl - Carl Hiaasen
Closed Casket (Hercule Poirot Mystery, book 2) - Sophie Hannah
The Perfect Girl – Gilly MacMillan

13th
Body on the Bayou (Cajun Country Mysteries, book 2) - Ellen Byron
The Littlest Bigfoot - Jennifer Weiner
An Obvious Fact (Walt Longmire Mysteries, book 13) - Craig Johnson
The Lullaby Sky – Carolyn Brown
Fates and Traitors - Jennifer Chiaverini
The Devils Work – Mark Edwards

20th
The Kept Woman (Will Trent, book 8) - Karin Slaughter
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce Mystery, book 8) - Alan Bradley
The Bookshop on the Corner - Jenny Colgan
Home (Myron Bolitar, book 11) - Harlan Coben
Books of a Feather (Bibliophile Mystery, book 10) - Kate Carlisle
Some Women -Emily Liebert
Crushing on Love (The Bradens: Peaceful Harbor, MD, book 4) - Melissa Foster

27th
Reckless Creed (Ryder Creed, book 3) - Alex Kava
Christmas Caramel Murder (Hannah Swensen, book 20) - Joanne Fluke
The Goal (Off-Campus, book 4) - Elle Kennedy
Snowfall on Haven Point (Haven Point, book 5) - RaeAnne Thayne
British Manor Murder (Lucy Stone, book 23) - Leslie Meier
The Songbird - Marcia Willett
The Life She Wants - Robyn Carr
It's Your Party, Die If You Want To (Liv And Di In Dixie Mystery, book 2) - Vickie Fee
High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides (Happy Hoofers Mystery, book 5 ) - Mary McHugh
The Semi-Sweet Hereafter (Chocolate Whisperer Mystery, book 3) - Colette London
Death By Pumpkin Spice (Bookstore Cafe Mystery, book 3) - Alex Erickson
By Familiar Means (Witch's Cat Mystery, book 2) - Delia James
Merry Cowboy Christmas (Lucky Penny Ranch, book 3) – Carolyn Brown
A Christmas Bride (Chapel of Love, book 1) - Hope Ramsay
'Tis the Season (Harrisons, book 3) – Jennifer Gracen

Hurrah! Fall is coming!

Here are a few more for the list,

September 6
The Masked City (The Invisible Library Novel) Genevieve Cogman
(Second in the series ) Fantasy - I enjoyed the first one.

September 27
123 Dream Kim Krans Children's book, numbers and counting (I really love her artwork!)


Currently reading the last in the Master Li and Number Ten Ox series by Barry Hughart (the omnibus edition with all three novels is available on Kindle as The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox) I've had fun reading this, it's funny and well crafted. They're sort of episodic, and the sort of thing I can pick up and put down, which is what I need lately.

Just finished Ursula le Guin's Earthsea series.

Started Harry Potter & the Cursed Child. I was determined to NOT read this, haha, but a dear friend sent it to me as a birthday surprise and so I cannot turn it down. :)

I"ve been wondering about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Is it any good?


I just read book #4 in the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull. I'm really enjoying these.

I just read the second "Hector's Journeys" book, Hector and the Secrets of Love. I like this quirky series, and I'm bummed that my library system doesn't have the next one, Hector and the Secrets of Time.

I liked the Fablehaven series.

HP & the Cursed Child.... hmmm. Not as bad as I thought it'd be, but I had VERY low expectations. I would've liked it better were it not written as a script; it was missing those details that make the HP world so rich. Also, I thought the characters were somewhat caricatures of themselves (like poorly-written fanfic). So, not terrible...but not what we all love about HP. (If your library has it, read it, but I wouldn't spend the money on it.)

This is pretty much exactly what I'd say too.

The story itself? Eh.

I wish she'd write more fiction set in that universe, without necessarily referencing Harry and friends (and enemies).

I'm currently reading Phantom of the Opera after seeing the show for the 3rd time. It is a good read and adds some dimensions to the story that aren't captured in the musical.

I also recently read:

The After Party by Anton DiSclafani (women's fiction) - I enjoyed this one more than her first book - The Yonahlsee Riding Camp for Girls (which was ok, but had a yicky plot line)

Until You're Mine by Samantha Hayes (psychological suspense - even though I had a clue about how it would end before it ended, I enjoyed the journey to get there - I think Sherry recommended this one, and, of course, I enjoyed it as I enjoy all of her recommendations!)

A Court of Thorn and Roses - Sarah J. Maas (Young Adult Fantasy) a sort of re-telling of Beauty and The Beast. I enjoyed it and have the second one in the series Court of Mist and Fury on my library hold list.

I am planning to read the abridged version of Les Miserables next, unless something comes in from the library. I do have the full version, but I don't think I could read 1,400+ pages right now. It is funny, a former co-worker and I were once reading this at the same time. I was reading the full version and she was reading the abridged version and we both didn't know there was an abridged version- she thought the abridged version was the full version and she was shocked when I showed her my paper copy (this was way before digital books!)

Take care,

Donna

I'm awash in choices, and can't make up my mind what to read.

Not much time for reading lately, so I still haven't finished the third Barry Hughart book.

On top of that I have the new Louise Penny, the new Naomi Novik and the new Invisible Library book by Genevieve Cogman to choose from.

So far, I've coped by reading just the first few pages of each to get a taste.

I love it when I have so many interesting options!

I'm thinking the Louise Penny will come first, then the Novik, then the Cogman. (Poor Barry Hughart will just have to wait!)

I read HP and the Cursed Child too, I liked it okay, but completely agree that the way it was written (as a play) that there was very little opportunity for character development, making them seem somewhat caricature like.

FYI JK Rowling is coming out with the screenplay of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them this fall, it takes place in a different time and place than the HP series. https://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Bea...e+to+find+them But it is a screenplay not a book exactly.