Hello again.
This past week, I downloaded 4 new ebooks - the romance I'm currently reading, UF, MG fantasy, and mystery. I still have 3 left unread on my Kindle - 2 UF and a paranormal mystery. Plus the paranormal mystery I started and still want to go back to.
Books read:
70) A Hopeless Murder by Daniel Carson (8/1/19) - Cozy Mystery*# - 4 stars. New to me and underappreciated as far as reviews go on Goodreads. Over 50 GR ratings and over 50 Amazon reviews. Free off the ENT newsletter.
Review: "Cute and fun." I mean, it was a nice book and a good distraction, but nothing really exciting me to write more of a review, ya know?
69) All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (7/31/19) - Memoir - 5 stars. Not new to me or underappreciated. 50c at the thrift store.
No Review. If you haven't read these, though, they are nice books.
DNFs:
7/28/19 - political/medical thriller by a well-known SF author. Got this one at a 6/$1 sale at one of the thrift stores. I was reading along, making progress, when I woke up Sunday morning and realized I no longer cared. No real hero standing out, no one to root for. Not even a real villain I could root against. All of which made the DNF kind of disappointing since I spent about 200 pages worth of my time already. Still, stopping then was better than wasting another 300+ pages of my time. I expected this would be a keeper, but it's going to St. Vinny's.
Currently reading... a romance set in Australia. So good, so far. I even stayed up late last night reading it, but then the need for sleep took over, so I didn't finish it. What can I say? I'm a sucker for Australian romances.
What's been on your reading menu this week?
I finished up with the final books in two interconnected series by Suzanne Wright, paranormal shifters with suspense. None of her books are underappreciated. I enjoyed one of the last books more than the other. Both seemed like she was ready to get the series done and move on. Both were free on KU but I paid $1.99 for the audio of one. The other I had to read on my Kindle.
ReplyDeleteI went to my "Want to Read" list on GR and grabbed the audio version of Lisa Klepyas's SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, Regency Romance, not underappreciated, new-to-me author. Hero was a Bow Street Runner, heroine was an amnesiac rescured from the Thames. Some good tropes, even if the twists were apparent. It was fun and got 4 stars. The setting with the Runners put me in mind of a book I read back in college about a Bow Street Runner. I was delighted to discover BLACKSTONE is available on KU so I'm reading it again. It's history mystery, no romance, and while I remember it with fondness (obviously since it's be 40 years!) I'm leaving current opinion open until I finish it. I'm about 1/3 of the way in and enjoying it.
I'm in desperate search of an audio book to listen to. There's nothing I want to buy and the few that piqued interest aren't available through the library. I hate buying an audio book, listening to it and then returning it but I seldom buy audio unless I'm certain I'll put it on my keeper shelf for relistening pleasure. Ah well. I'll keep digging for something.