Off-Topic Winter Reading 2023 -2024

[difit]

Here are a few new releases for December. Happy reading!

5th
The Library of Christmas Memories (Tinsel Travelers, book 1) - Steena Holmes (Kindle)
Lost Hours (Alaska Wild Mysteries, book 5) - Paige Shelton
Death by Demo (Home Renovation Mystery, book 1) - Callie Carpenter
A Different Kind of Gone - Catherine Ryan Hyde
Death in the Dark Woods (Monster Hunter Mystery, book 2) - Annelise Ryan
Not This Way (Rachel Blackwood Suspense Thriller, book 1) - Blake Pierce
City of Betrayal (Counterfeit Lady, book 7) - Victoria Thompson

12th
Death in the Dark Woods (Monster Hunter Mystery, book 2) - Annelise Ryan
Housebroke - Jaci Burton
Jaguar Prophecies (Dresden Codex, book 2) – Jeff Wheeler (audio & kindle)
The Nightingale Daughters (Nightingale Girls, book 12) – Donna Douglas

19th
Midnight Creed (Ryder Creed K9 Mystery, book 8) - Alex Kava

26th
State of Bliss (First Family, book 6) - Marie Force
The Proof of the Pudding (Royal Spyness, book 17) - Rhys Bowen
Girl, Forlorn (Ella Dark, book 16) - Blake Pierce
Deep Fried Death (Country Store Mystery, book 12) - Maddie Day

[TracyQ]

Thanks for starting the Winter thread Difit.

I finished Demon Copperhead. I think maybe my favorite book of 2023. Still deciding that.

I started Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison. It’s tough to read but really good too.

I’m going to need something lighthearted after this though.

[toaster]

Happy December! I just realized I have surpassed my reading challenge - my goal was 55 and I'm at 56.

[Pat58]

Originally Posted by toaster

Happy December! I just realized I have surpassed my reading challenge - my goal was 55 and I'm at 56.

Congratulations! I might not get to my goal of 50; Dark Tower sucked up a lot of reading time.

[Erica H.]

Originally Posted by Pat58

Congratulations! I might not get to my goal of 50; Dark Tower sucked up a lot of reading time.

that's what I don't understand about reading goals...books are such different lengths and levels of difficulty to read. The number of books read really doesn't mean much.

Erica

[TracyQ]

Originally Posted by Erica H.

that's what I don't understand about reading goals...books are such different lengths and levels of difficulty to read. The number of books read really doesn't mean much.

Erica

I’m a slow reader always have been. I haven’t added them up yet but I think I read 16 or 17 this year which is good for me.

I just finished listening to the audible version of Britney Spears’ memoir. (She didn’t narrate it which was disappointing). It wasn’t something that was on my radar, but I heard it mentioned on a Podcast and had an Audible credit I had to use. I feel very sorry for her. Her life is a train wreck. I know there are two sides to every story, but her parents came out looking very bad. You would hope that the receivership was for her own good but it seems like her parents had their own agenda. Tragic, because she seems like a genuinely nice person.

[Erica H.]

Originally Posted by TracyQ

I finished Demon Copperhead. I think maybe my favorite book of 2023. Still deciding that.

I'm reading this next and it will be my last book of the year. I'm really looking forward to it!

Erica

[toaster]

Posted this earlier on the fall thread:
I'm reading a book about fonts called JUST MY TYPE. I thought it would be quirky and fun like EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES, which it is, but I feared it would be boring, which it isn't - I love it!!!

[Paine]

difit, thank you for starting the new Reading thread!

I can't remember the last time I posted but I've read several books:

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

Must Love Flowers by Debbie Macomber

Watch Me: A Memoir by Anjelica Huston

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

[Kathy G]

Originally Posted by TracyQ

Thanks for starting the Winter thread Difit.

I finished Demon Copperhead. I think maybe my favorite book of 2023. Still deciding that.

I started Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison. It’s tough to read but really good too.

I’m going to need something lighthearted after this though.

When you’re ready for another book along that vein, there’s “The Book of Ruth” by Jane Hamilton (if you haven’t read it already). It was an Oprah book club pick many years ago.