A whole week of unplanned time except for reading! What a blessing it was! I wanted to just read for a couple of days, but with the excruciating heat, the time lengthened. I feel more at peace when I have time to read.
The books I read this week filled a number of different genres from historical fiction, all the way to an espionage thriller. Main characters ranged from a foodie writer to a sheriff to a debutante. Of the eight books, five were by authors unknown to me. I read about murder, mayhem, cheating, deceiving, and whirling the night away dancing. All of them included some kind of family drama, although Lenny Marks had the wildest family drama.
Books Read this week:
Shades of Mercy by Bruce Borgos – police, espionage, hacking, thriller, suspense ( 4 stars )
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne – family drama, murder mystery, suspense, quirky characters, debut novel (4 stars)
Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale – family drama, second chance at love, secrets, oceans (5 stars)
Winning the Covert’s Lady’s Heart by Jenny Harwell – historical romance, family drama, secrets (4 stars)
The Seaside Sisters by Pamela Kelly – family drama, second chances, foodie, Cape Cod
The Truth About the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline – family drama, legal, thriller, (4 stars)
Falling for the Marquess by Alexa Aston – historical romance, family drama, war heroes (4 stars)
Oddity of the Ton by Emily Royal – historical romance, family drama, quirky main characters (4 stars)
Elise was equally busy with books this week. She sent in a new interview with Joseph Kanon and his new book Shanghai. Elise said the book was a historical fiction and a crime story that is thrilling. The novel is set in 1939 when Shanghai took in a number of Jewish immigrants.
Stay cool and read.
