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I'm posting my book list early for this month. The last couple of month it got too crazy and I had no time/forgot to do it in a timely manner so I decided today to post those I've read (or at least started) and one I plan to read next.Finished:
Sanctuary Hidden by Lisa Phillips book 3 in Team Love on the Run Box-Set #1 4* 2/1 - romantic suspense, fast paced and well written
Forever Lies by Kathleen Brooks 4* 2/7 - romantic suspense, lots of action, fell behind my expectations (I was looking forward to this couple's story since it was announced)
Expired Refuge book 1 in Expired Box Set by Lisa Phillips 3.5* 2/8 - romantic suspense, after a difficult start enjoyed it more than expected
My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni 5* 2/16 mystery, legal thriller, 2nd re-read; great mystery, characters and suspense
Die Zeuginnen=The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 5* 2/19 dystropian, with a lot of drama and a bit of suspense
Confined with the CEO & the Bodyguard: Kelsey by Jordana Pearce 4* 2/20 erotic romance with too much drama for my taste but one of the better in terms of plot and development
Diamonds Aren't Forever by Connie Shelton 3* 2/20 a fun, fast paced cozy mystery with international settings - a bit of drama
American Civil War: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman & Hourly History 4* 2/22 - non-fiction, I think this topic is dramatic enough on its own to include it here even if I decided not to include the other non-fiction books I've read this month
Started:
Stamped Out by Tonya Kappes - cozy mystery, looks promissing; a lot of drama about a planned sale of a country club/golf course and converting it into condos
Sanctuary Breached by Lisa Phillips - romantic suspense, difficult start in a series I enjoy so set it back for now; a lot of suspense and drama with some subtle intrigue trown in
Planned next:
Calculated Deception by K.T. Lee - romantic suspense, sounds intriguing and very promissing
Thank you to all contributors!
Time for another update:Called to Protect by Lynette Eason 5* 9/14 - National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (one of the main topics is sex trafficking, which is often going hand in hand with child pornography, plus the victims in this book are all minors)
The Search by Nora Roberts 4* 9/19 - Emergency Services Day: female MC is trainer for Search and Rescue (S&R) dogs and a team leader of a S&R team; additionally she's trained to deal with emergency situations; in the story there're several S&Rs described
Witness in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 9/21 - White Balloon Day: female MC was severely traumatized by sexual abuse as child
Poison in Paddington by Samantha Silver 3* 9/23 - National Day of Encouragement: when her life felt apart the MC fell in a deep depression and needed encouragement to get back on her feet
Second Chances by Calle J. Brookes 4* 9/24 - naming the other holiday would be an spoiler in itself so I stick to the primary one European Day of Languages (English is neither my first nor second native tongue)
Conspiracy In Death by J.D. Robb 5* 9/26 - Better Breakfast Month & National Coffee Day: female MC is convinced the perfect breakfast consisted of a stack of pancakes drowned in syrup and a gallon of coffee
Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 9/28 - White Balloon Day & Celebrate Freedom Week: female MC was severely traumatized by sexual abuse as child and being held prisoner by her father; additionally in this book in series the second holiday had another implication in the case she's dealing with
Star of the East by Tasha Alexander 2* 9/29 - naming the other holiday would be an spoiler in itself so I stick to the primary one European Day of Languages (English is neither my first nor second native tongue)
Devotions from Puzzle House by Lillian Duncan 3* 9/29 - Pain Awareness Month/various forms of Cancer Awerness Month (the author has to deal with a lot of pain in her life and wants help others in similar situations with this book)
Letters from the Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Novella Variation by Rose Fairbanks 3* 9/29 - National Punctuation Day: because of the collon in the title :-D
Love In The Capitol by B. Ivy Woods 3* 9/30 - Air Force Day: male MC's an Air Force pilot
Current read (I hoped to finish this month but won't manage it in the remining four hours)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss - National Punctuation Day :-D
Since most of my books fit the European Day of Languages (English is neither my first nor second native tongue) I decided to see if they fit another one and it looks interesting how many I could tag with a second holiday.So far I read this month:
Love Irresistibly by Julie James 4* 9/6 - World Car-Free Day (female MC chose her appartement by proximity to her workplace so she can walk each day, she even manges to convince the male MC to walk a few times with her)
The Single Staircase by Matt Ingwalson 3* 9/7 - Ask a Stupid Question Day (I didn't like the older detective's attidute in this case and how he pushed for one solution only and accordingly his questions were very partial, which is (in my opinion) a stupid thing for any law enforcement officer)
Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer 4* 9/10 - Father's Day (female MC had a very close relationship to her father) & World Car-Free Day (they didn't have cars yet *grins*)
Cut from the Same Cloth by Kathleen Baldwin 3* 9/12 - Military Intelligence Day/Heroes' Day (view spoiler)
Forever Surprised by Kathleen Brooks 4* 9/12 - Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children (the town of Keeneston tries to organise a surprise one hundredth birthday party for the Rose sisters (triplets) - everyone's honorary grandmothers, which is rather difficult as they usually know everything that's going on in town)
Puzzle House by Lillian Duncan 4* 9/13 - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month/Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month (one of the MC's is a fifteen-year-old African-American girl named Nia with terminal cancer - Leukemia)
My current reads:
Called to Protect by Lynette Eason because of National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (one of the main topics is sex trafficking, which is often going hand in hand with child pornography, plus the victims in this book are all minors)
Devotions from Puzzle House by Lillian Duncan because of Pain Awareness Month/various forms of Cancer Awerness Month (the author has to deal with a lot of pain in her life and wants help others in similar situations with this book)
I've read today Save the Date: A 9/11 Wedding Romance by K.M. Hodge 4* 9/5 - a nice romance though contains some graphic sexual content and a bunch of typos/incorrect words. Other than that it was great, partially a bit intense for my taste (but the short length balanced it out again). Additional bonus (a task sometimes difficult to find) it's set within 35 hours (starting 9/11 at 12:30 A.M.) so some mods would accept it for a book set in one day (only last chapter covers a short time span on a second day)
Thank you, some very interesting books among those mentioned
I'm reading now
The Witness by Dee Henderson because it's set in the US and the three sisters had to deal with a lot of pain in their lives and September is Pain Awareness month in the US
La Tonya wrote: "I have read both books. The Red Address Book tells about a life well lived and a love that did not fade even fifty years apart. Follow my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"
Thank you!
La Tonya wrote: "
The Henna Artist
The Red Address Book"Thank you for your books. Would you mind to tell us why you're reading them?
September is a pretty busy month in many ways. There are many lesser-known holidays, in many countries school starts in September, the sesasons change,... While thinking about a topic for this month I looked up September on Wikipedia* and was so flabbergasted about all I learned I decided not go for a particular topic but give you a chance to explore for yourself and decide:if you'd like to read a book with a classic/common link to September
or let you be inspired by the Wikipedia page (with its many links) and create a new connection and perhaps even a new tradition for your family.
I'm very curious which books you'll read and why. And don't forget: have fun :-D
* Since GR is no more allowing href links in posts I'm adding it the old (and ugly) way here :-( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September
Audrey wrote: "I recently started American Phoenix: Heroes of the Pentagon on 9/11 about the Pentagon attack on 9/11."Sounds very interesting.
I love this topic and will be able to provide a few books for that topic. I won't include anything I rated lower than 3*.
So I read two of the books from a friend's list:Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service - it was interesting though not what I expected after reading chapter 1: 3*
Delirious: My Journey with the Band, a Growing Family, and an Army of Historymakers - a great memoir, now I hope to get my hands on his wife's take on this time in their life: 5*
Here some ideas for me to read from friends' lists:at least on two friends' lists:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Raport pelikana=The Pelican Brief
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
on a single friend's list:
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service - currently reading
Delirious: My Journey with the Band, a Growing Family, and an Army of Historymakers
Only the Truth
Slow Curve on the Coquihalla
(view spoiler)
Wow a cool idea. I'm not sure how much I can participate - I'll be gone most of the month from home (again) and have no idea how much I can do for myself in that time but I hope for the best.
Thank you it’s more stressful than scary so far but takes time until I can go back home.
Due to family emergency I had to go to my parents. I have here limited time and can only use the awful mobile app so I check not every day and post only if unavoidable / necessary
Sarah wrote: "Other new authors I'm going to read soon are:..."
For the book that GR has issues to find try next time The Vorrh (Catling), The Vorrh (The Vorrh Trilogy #1) or ASIN/ISBN of a different edition.
1. Search for B00N6PEPSO (ASIN or any other variation) to get (book:The Vorrh|25301694) - I replaced the edgy brakets with the round so you'll see the entire book link in plain text here
2. replace the book ID with 22889834 (book ID is the last part of the book link - you find the book ID in the url line in your browser: for this one it's www. goodreads. com /book/show/22889834.The_Vorrh).
3. save in your book notes B00N6PEPSO & 22889834 so you don't always have to search for it (you can access notes either via the review mask or in your shelves if you add notes in settings)
Yes, you'll find Life is Good: Conservation in an Age of Mass Extinction on Amazon and it's around $4.
Sarah wrote: "I've read a few new authors already since the beginning of the month for March. Two books I'm reading right now include:..."Thank you.
Two of the books you mentioned caught my interest unfortunately
isn't available as ebook (at least not in Germany) and I have no more space for books at home (actually I have to give away most of my paper books because of that) &
is way too expensive. Have you looked further into Jeremy Hance (author or the second book - travel memoir is usually the name of the genre)? He's written another non-fiction book I think you'll find interesting:
Life is Good: Conservation in an Age of Mass Extinction
Susan's Reviews wrote: "...These are just a few of the books/arcs that blew me away recently."Wow all of these look great and I added
to my Amazon watch list.I'm still thinking about
- despite the 'noir' & 'dystropian' labels. Is it dystropian similar to The Handmaid's Tale due to an alternate (and today unthinkable) history development leading to a very different form of government (usually some kind of totalitarian or fundamentalistic regime) or the more usual form that's rather bleak (often combined with post apocalyptic elements) where the world is very much destroyed and people have to deal with famine/diseases/ecological or other kind of catastrophe on top of the human factor?
