Off-Topic Summer Reading

[Laura S.]

Originally Posted by Pam

Also recently finished The Dressmaker's Gift, by Fiona Valpy. A great story of 3 women in the WWII French Resistance.

I really liked that book as well. It led me to look up the rest of her books and throw them on my wish list.

[Paine]

I'm reading Die Trying by Lee Child. I also started Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins which I thought was the complete book from the library but it is only the summary. If I like the summary, I'll get the complete book. I've been on waitlist from the library for many months for Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey and it just came in today. My waitlist holds often come when I already have several books going.

[BunnyHop]

Just picked up Ready Player two at the library. Somehow I missed reading this one. Here's hoping it's better than his second book. I liked Ready Player One well enough that I've re-read it a number of times, but my expectations are fairly low here.

Editing to add: now that I've started it, I remember having skimmed this some time back. Sigh. I'm giving it a real read through this time. Not as entertaining as RP1, but I'll give it a go for now.

[Laura S.]

I continue reading The Glass Throne and am enjoying it a lot. I started The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen.

[difit]

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

6th
Choose Me - Tess Gerritsen & Gary Braver
Fallen (Kate Burkholder, book 13) - Linda Castillo
Hex on the Beach - A collection of stories by Kelley Armstrong, Jeaniene Frost and Melissa Marr
The Prayer Jars Trilogy (Prayer Jars) – Wanda E. Brunstetter
Ballgowns & Butterflies (Stitch in Time) novella – Kelley Armstrong (kindle)
Kill All Your Darlings - David Bell
Synchronized Sorcery (Witchcraft Mystery, book 11) – Juliet Blackwell
A Pumpkin Spice Killing (Farm-to-Fork Mystery, book 5.5) – Lynn Cahoon (kindle)
The Hollows – Mark Edwards
The Stranger Behind You – Carol Goodman
The Chase - (US Marshals, book 2) – Lisa Harris
I Know What You've Done – Dorothy Koomson (kindle & audile)
No More Words (No More, book 1) – Kerry Lonsdale
Dog Eat Dog (Andy Carpenter, book 23) – David Rosenfelt
Risk of Harm – Lucie Whitehouse
Shoulder Season – Christina Clancy
An Ambush of Widows - Jeff Abbott
Nine Lives - Danielle Steel
Say You'll Stay (Wishing Tree, book .5) – Susan Mallery (kindle)

13th
Small Town Charm - Carolyn Brown
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, book 1) – Becky Chambers
The Therapist – BA Paris
Such a Quiet Place - Megan Miranda
Murder at the Lakeside Library (Lakeside Library Mystery, book 1) - Holly Danvers
Come Together (Butler, Vermont, book 7) - Marie Force
Yoga Pant Nation (Class Mom, book 3) – Laurie Gelman
It’s Better This Way – Debbie Macomber
Silence in the Library (Lily Adler Mystery, book 2) – Katharine Schellman

20th
Notes from the Burning Age – Claire North
The Words We Whisper – Mary Ellen Taylor
False Witness - Karin Slaughter

27th
Second Chance at Sunflower Ranch (Ryan Family, book 1) – Carolyn Brown
Secrets in the Sand – Carolyn Brown
Two Wicked Desserts (Kitchen Witch Mystery, book 2) -Lynn Cahoon
The Women's March – Jennifer Chiaverini
RICO Rocky (Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thriller, book 15) – John Ellsworth (kindle)
Not a Happy Family – Shari Lapena
All the Little Hopes – Leah Weiss

[alisoncooks]

Getting in some quality reading because the whole family is sick.

Just finished All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot). I'll probably finish this series after I finish the below.

Now I'm working my way through some freebies from Kindle Unlimited (got the $5/2months deal from Prime Day). The Vine Witch series (Luanne Smith) is what I'm currently reading.

[BunnyHop]

Waiting impatiently for the new Becky Chambers (Psalm for the Wild Built, Monk and Robot #1)

Reading Austen's Northanger Abbey, and listening to Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen on MP3 and Mythos by Stephen Fry on Audio CD.

[toaster]

After reading Meg & Jo, I am picking up Beth & Amy from the library today. I also started reading Caged Lion, a biography of Joseph Pilates recommended by Linda here on VF.

[Laura S.]

I read The Restoration of Celia Fairchild by Marie Bostwick. I really enjoyed this book, the first of hers in a while. The last few I enjoyed okay, but were ultimately kind of disappointing.

Now, I'm reading The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen, a good historical novel with a mystery twist, and The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson, the first Longmeyer book.

[BunnyHop]

And oh, yeah, I did FINALLY finish David Copperfield. A good story, but the tail end was very slow and long. Whew.

Currently re-reading other stuff that I enjoy just because it's familiar. Insomnia-wise, it's easier to doze off if I know what's coming, LOL!