Goodreads asked E.R. Torre:

What books are on your summer reading list this year?

E.R. Torre Have a number of books around, so far got to...

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie. Liked the book, especially the climax and Ms. Leckie is a really great writer ...but... this novel is, I must warn others, a slow burn and it may not grab readers like it should. Further, as someone who didn't read Ancillary Justice, the first novel of this series, I suspect that was a big mistake. The call backs to what happened in that book I often found more interesting than what was happening in this, the second book in the series. Sooo... I should have read that book first. My mistake.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Many state this, the fourth Hercule Poirot novel, is the very best of Ms. Christie's Poirot novels. It is indeed a fascinating mystery yet I can see why some feel the book's resolution was something of a cheat. Not to brag (too much), but I figured the whodunnit a little before the book's end. With Ms. Christie, her favorite "go to" move is to have the person you least expect be the murderer. This was most certainly the case in this novel! Regardless, a fun read and an easy recommendation.

Now, I hope to get to...

The Peripheral by William Gibson
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Six Wakes by Mur Fafferty (I think this is the one I'll be hitting next)
One Second After by William Forstchen

I'll keep it to that. As much as I want to read read read, I've also have to focus on getting my own novel finished up!

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