November First Reads

 This month's choices: 

 

• Second Son (espionage) 
• Yours for the Season (holiday romance) 
• The Lost Heiress (book club fiction) 
• Snake-eater (fantasy) 
• The Pursued (true crime) 
• Artificial Truth (psycological drama)
• Only way Out (thriller) 
• Ten Thousand Light Years from Okay (book club fiction)
• The Night Watcher (police procedural)
• The Wondrous Lives and Loves of Nella Carter (women's fiction)

 

Easy choice - Snake-Eater, because the author is T. Kingfisher and I've liked the other books I've read by them.  Also, espionage/psychodrama/thriller aren't my thing, and when did "book club fiction" become a genre?  

October First Reads

 October's options: It's a 2-book month!

 

1. What She Saw (police procedural)
2. The Night Guests by Marina Scott (hist fict)
3. 3 days, 9 months, 27 years by Scalzi (short story)
4.  Chasing Stardust (women's fiction)
5. The Fix (romantic thriller)
6. The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold by Cate Holahan (crime)
7. Best Day Ever (picture book)
8. More than Nothing (contemp romance)
9. Restoration Garden (book club fiction)
10. The Moor Witch by Jessica Khoury. (romantasy)

 I've got one on hold at the library, and am getting Chasing Stardust and the Scalzi short story.

September First Reads

 Nothing like pushing a deadline to the limit, right?  

 

• Bonus short read: Eerie Basin (horror)
• I'll Follow You (psychological suspense)
• Call of the Camino (book club fiction)
• Dating After the End of the world (romance)
• As Long As You're Mine (hist fic)
• The Last Morning (psych susp)
• A House Between Sea & Sky (magical realism)
• Wanting Daisy Dead (psych susp)
• The Distant Daughter (hist fic)

Boy, lots of psychological thrillers this month.  And not just a romance, but a zombie romance!  And three books that have dual-timeline stories.

 I ended up with Call of the Camino; it sounds interesting.  Library actually has most of these on order, except for I'll Follow You. 

 

Vintage market

 Took the Offspring and their bestie to the first "Vintage & Vinyl Fest" on Sunday.  Given that the Offspring can spend an hour in Vintage Stock, I thought we'd be at the Fest a while.  I was wrong.  As it turns out, there were 17 vendors, only one of which was actually selling vinyl.  Most of the rest were vintage clothing, but some were selling non-vintage stuff like handmade candles and jewelry.  The Offspring came home with one $18 plaid article of clothing.  The two kids went through the Fest in less than half an hour, before I could even get thirsty enough to go searching for bottled water. 

 In a word: underwhelming. 

May First Reads

 May's selections - 1 book, plus bonus short story

• Death Row (psych thriller short story)
• A Sky Full of Love (women's fiction)
• No Lie Lasts Forever (serial killer)
• The Palace At The End of the Sea (historical fiction)
• Family & Other Calamities (book club fiction)
• Baker of Lost Memories (historical fiction)
• Bald-faced Liar (psych thriller)
• Homemaker (amateur sleuth)
• Goats Afloat (picture book)

 Not in the mood for thrillers & serial killers.  Family & Baker look interesting, but the library has both on order.  Palace at the End of the Sea also looks good and isn't on order, so that's the one this month.

April First Reads

 April's choices 

• Thriller - The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco
• When Stars Align. - contemporary fiction 
• The Boomerang - thriller
• the Best We Could Hope For - historical fiction 
• Betting on Good - Womens Fiction
• Three Mothers - psycological
• Life Derailed - romance 
• The Artist of Blackberry Grange - gothic fiction
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Went with When Stars Align.  Best We Could Hope For and Blackberry Grange look interesting, but the library already has copies of both on order.

February first reads

 Cutting it close this month 

This month's options:

1.  Fall Risk (short read)
2. Mister Whisper (police procedural)
3. Not Quite By the Book ()Women's Fiction)
4. Grave Water Lake (thriller)
5. Something Like Fate (coming of age)
6. Missing in Fllight (action)
7. Unlikely Story romance)
8. The Warbler (gothic)
9. Name Not Taken (suspense)

I don't usually do gothic stuff, but I went with The Warbler.  The other two that looked good are already on order at the library.