Off-Topic Spring Reading

[difit]

Here are few new May releases. Happy reading!!

7th
The 24th Hour (Women's Murder Club, book 24) - Maxine Paetro and James Patterson
Summers at the Saint - Mary Kay Andrews
I Will Ruin You -Linwood Barclay
Disturbing the Dead (Rip Through Time, book 3) - Kelley Armstrong
The Best Life Book Club (Moonlight Harbor, book 8) - Sheila Roberts
The Honeymoon Affair - Sheila Oflanagan
All The Glimmering Stars - Mark Sullivan
This Summer Will Be Different - Carley Fortune
The summer Swap – Sarah Morgan
Sisters in Paradise (Sisters in Paradise, book 2) -Carolyn Brown

14th
Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, book 12) - Harlan Coben
Life, Loss, and Puffins – Catherine Ryan Hyde (kindle & audio)
The Paradise Problem -Christina Lauren
On Her Watch (Bree Taggert, book 8)- Melinda Leigh
Love at First Book -Jenn McKinlay
The Memory of Us – Dani Atkins
I'm Afraid, Said the Leaf – Danielle Daniel (childrens fiction)
Under a Summer Skye (Skye Sisters Trilogy, book 1) – Sue Moorcroft

21st
Mind Games - Nora Roberts
One Perfect Couple - Ruth Ware
The Diva Goes Overboard (Domestic Diva, book 17) - Krista Davis
Lights, Camera, Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, book 27) - Carolyn Haines
Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates
The Guncle Abroad (Guncle, book 2) - Steven Rowley
A Limited Edition Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, book 10) - Lauren Elliott
State of Suspense (First Family, book 7) – Marie Force
You Like It Darker (collection of stories) – Stephen King
The Affair – Claire Allen (kindle)
The Problem with Players – Brittainy Cherry (kindle)
Elusive (Scarlet Revolution, book 2) – Genevieve Cogman (kindle & audio)
Irresponsible Adult – Lucy Dillion (audio)
Lies and Weddings (Cities Trilogy, book 2) – Kevin Kwan
Final Strike (Dresden Codex, book 3) – Jeff Wheeler (kindle)

28th
Camino Ghosts (Camino Island, book 3) - John Grisham
The Wedding of the Year - Jill Mansell
Forget Me Never (China Bayles, book 29) - Susan Wittig Albert
The Passionate Tudor (Tudor Rose , book 3) – Alison Weir
First Frost (Walt Longmire Mysteries, book 20) - Craig Johnson

[toaster]

Thanks difit! It's always nice to see this list. It's amazing how many new books are serials now!

[sherry7899]

Thanks, dfit! I had asked my library to order the upcoming Susan Wittig Albert release. I used to buy them, but hardcovers are so expensive now. I love her books, but I don't read mysteries more than once. I am glad she is keeping up the series. There is an author named Ellen Hart who has a series with around 28 books, and she and Susan used to release their new books around the same time each year or so. I wrote to Ellen to ask, and she said the "Jane Lawless" series is done. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I can understand it ending after nearly thirty books.

[Pat58]

Good morning! I haven't check in a while, having not read anything much to brag about.

My April book club read was interesting, though. Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane. It's a fiction looking back at Boston in the 1970s, segregation and the strife concerning the implementation of bussing. It's partly a crime mystery and partly a hard look at poverty, racism and organized crime. In spite of raising these disturbing issues it's a fast paced, tightly written story that I couldn't put down.

Happy reading everyone!

[toaster]

Originally Posted by Pat58

My April book club read was interesting, though. Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane. It's a fiction looking back at Boston in the 1970s, segregation and the strife concerning the implementation of bussing. It's partly a crime mystery and partly a hard look at poverty, racism and organized crime. In spite of raising these disturbing issues it's a fast paced, tightly written story that I couldn't put down.

His Mystic River was certainly captivating (the movie was good too, but the book was more nuanced).

[Cleda]

Although I do have a Krstin Hannah book I'm going to read for a change of pace inbetween the remaining last 4 Cork O"connor series. for now, all of these are by William Kent Krueger:

#12: Tricksters Point
#13: Tamarack County
#14: Windigo Island
#15: Manitou Canyon

As with the others, I've enjoyed these. They are quick. I've come to know the characters. Now I realize it's much like writing a tv series, but he doesn't have a team of writers. (My brain is always wondering how he comes up with new and different ideas for his book. The things my mind ponders.) I will be sad when they come to an end. But I'm glad I was way late to the party and could read one after the other and not have to wait years for the next one to come out!!!

I have many on my "Want to Read" List. in part due to this forum and in part due to recommendations that I get via facebook ads and Good reads! I am so happy to be able to finally have time to read. I forgot how much I enjoy it.

Cleda