Good morning, Reader Folks! Time again for another thrilling installment of Saturday Reading Wrap-up. Are ya ready?
No new books this week. I'll have to pick some up this week, since I'm down to my last ebook.
Books Read:
29) SLAN by A.E. Van Vogt (11/22/24) - SF - 5 stars. New to me but not underappreciated. I picked up this book ages ago with a bunch of other old SF paperbacks, but I hadn't taken the time to read it until now. I'm sure I only paid like a dime or so.
Review: "I'd heard about this book and I'd had a copy for a lot of years before I finally sat down and read it. It's a very interesting book with a good premise, thrillingly told. There's a BIG plot twist at the end and then the book just stops, which is a little jarring, but all in all a worthy read."
28) Caesar Now Be Still by Frank Schildiner (11/19/24) - Hard-boiled Crime*# - 5 stars. New to me and underappreciated. Seriously. This book should be blowing up the bestseller lists. I got this free off the Amazon Top 100 Free - Suspense list.
Review: "I picked this up while it was free on Amazon and it was amazing. I loved the premise, the richness of the setting, and the twisted plot, but the best part was the main character - Wilson Hargreave (or Frenchy). Mr. Schildiner gave him a ton of depth. Plus, Hargreave kicks ass all the way around. I'll be looking for more of this series."
27) The Raff Memorandum by Nick Webster (11/17/24) - Suspense*# - Suspense - 5 stars. New to me and underappreciated, but it's a newer release, so that could account for it. I got this one free off the Amazon Top 100 Free - Suspense list.
Review: "This is the first book in my self-appointed mission to find underappreciated books, read them, and if they warrant it, give them the love they deserve. And this one definitely warrants a lot of love. The hero is gritty and doesn't play by the rules. The plot is full of twists and turns. The story is told in an interesting and engaging way, and it's a bit different from a lot of other stories of this genre. It's a fast-paced, no holds barred kind of book. And the end was super-satisfying. All plusses in my book. I hope to go find more books by this author and give him some monetary love next time. Keep up the good words, Mr. Webster."
DNFs:
11/18/24 - free - suspense - this one was just meh.
11/18/24 - free - suspense - it felt like the writer was just dumping bodies and when they finally got to the part where the cops came in - new body 20 years later - they seemed like they were TSTL. I kept waiting for someone to mention the previous body count with the same signature, but nope. I finally gave up.
Currently reading... I finished SLAN late enough yesterday that I didn't want to start something new. I'll start that last unread ebook today.
I'm 6 books shy of my reading goal for the year, so I need to get a move on. I think it's still doable, though. Wish me luck.
What have you been dipping your brain into this week?
I opened this post way earlier today--like morning. Then I got distracted. It happens. Anyway. I have to go check to see what my reading was this week. I'll be back if I don't get distracted again...
ReplyDeleteI'm back. I've read 80 of my 90-book GR challenge and the counter tells me I'm right on target. I managed 6 books this week but most of them were more on the short novel/novella side. Two were repeats, but in the Graphic Audio full-cast versions: MOON CALLED and BLOOD BOUND, books 1 & 2 in the Mercy Thompson ParaRom/UF series by Patricia Briggs. Not unknown, not underappreciated.
The other 4 were all by Darynda Jones and set in her Charley Davidson world, though not about Charley. These, too, are neither unknown or underappreciated and all are from the 1001 Dark Nights franchise. They were all new reads for me.
THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT 5 stars
THE GRAVESIDE BAR AND GRILL 5 stars
THE GRAVEDIGGER'S SON 5 stars
THE GRAVEROBBER 5 stars
Currently reading (re-listening to) ROCK CHICK by Kristen Ashely. I'll likely be doing a marathon relisten of this series thanks to a book from the week before--outtakes from the heroes' POV. These are sexy contemporary romances and there's just something about Kristen's voice and the characters that makes me smile and I find myself needing the distraction.
Sorry to be late, but better than never, right? 😉