Your Summer Reading List
I want to hear what you’re reading (or planning to read) this summer! Let’s get a good list going in the comments section.
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Excerpt from Scorpion Strike
This week I am reading Scorpion Strike (A Jonathan Grave Thriller) by John Gilstrap. I don’t think I’ve read any of the other books in the series. A hostage-taking on an idyllic island paradise quickly ramps up the tension. Lots of great characters and a good, quickly moving plot.
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Writing for Camp Nanowrimo and Summer Reading
It’s July, and that means the second installment of Camp Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) this year. I’m 16,000 words into the third book of a new cozy mystery series. The series is a spin-off from the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, and it’s been a lot of fun, so you have something new to look forward to!
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Excerpt from The Yard
I just finished The Yard by Alex Grecian an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve read anything else by this author. It was an enjoyable police procedural with lots of good historical details about Victorian England. There are several intersecting plots and the identity of the killer is revealed fairly early. The character development is good and I would definitely read others in the series.
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Excerpt from A Banquet of Consequences
A Banquet of Consequences is not the first Elizabeth George mystery I have read this year. It is part of the Inspector Lynley series, though I haven’t heard much from Lynley yet! I am not too far into the book yet, and am interested in seeing how the suicide and the investigation end up being connected. Elizabeth George builds unique, well-rounded characters.
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Excerpt from The Aeronaut’s Windlass
I am really enjoying a new (to me) book from Jim Butcher, The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass. I’ve read a couple of the Dresden Files series before, but this is the first in the Cinder Spires series. This new world of crystal-powered airships, pirates, and warrior cats is the best fantasy I’ve read in a long time. There is enough undiscovered backstory and possibilities to sustain several series.
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Excerpt from After You
I have not read any of Jojo Moyes’ books before, and as I often do, I just jumped into the middle of the series rather than starting at the beginning. After You is easily understandable as a stand alone novel. Good depth of characters, a unique plot, and several lines that made me laugh out loud. There is some unnecessary language, so be warned.
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Valentine’s Day – Friends Forever
Rather than focusing on romantic love, my blog post centers on friendship first. While “insta-love” and “insta-hate turns to love” are both prevalent in fiction, I have asked for submissions of titles that focus on friendship (either before love, or remaining as friends.) The idea of instant attraction or chemistry leading to a happily-ever-after is popular and I think leads to disappointment in real life relationships when Cinderella fairy tales turn out to be just that.
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Excerpt from Memory Man
Memory Man is the first book in a new series by David Baldacci, featuring new private detective Amos Decker. A devastating injury and near-death experience on the football field during his debut NHL game rewires his brain, giving him autistic-like thought patterns, including hyperthymesia, synesthesia, issues with social behaviors, etc.
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Excerpt from The Whistler
My teaser today is from the master of legal thrillers, John Grisham, The Whistler. Actually, I just finished another Grisham as well, The Rooster Bar, a Christmas gift from my hubby. The Rooster Bar is more of a comedic piece, but The Whistler is nice and deep.
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