Friday Reads 3.22.24

It’s Friday, and you know what that means. Grab a cuppa, and let’s talk about what we’re reading!

Did this week just fly by, or what? I got up Monday morning and somehow it transformed itself into Friday. Maybe it was the leprechauns. I can imagine it’s frustrating to only be celebrated once a year.

I traveled this week, too, which always speeds things up. Happily, I write well on places, so got my word counts in, but a midweek trip does shock the system.

The trip: I’m at my parents to celebrate their anniversary! If you can imagine this—67 years married. 67! They are rockstars, and I’m so excited to be here to toast them. It’s been chilly here my last three visits, and I for one am ready for a little warm weather beach time. Next trip…

My monthly newsletter dropped this week, too. I skipped February in keeping with my social media sabbatical which, let’s be honest, I failed the moment the Princess of Wales situation blew up, and then Sebastian Rogers and Riley Strain went missing in Nashville. It’s lurking, but it’s still using the endless scroll. Have y’all been more tuned in lately?

I have a bunch of books to share today. I’m still reading SLOW PRODUCTIVITY (listening, actually, so it’s taking longer… point taken, Calvin) and THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD. I’ve put Wolf Hall aside for a bit, and will come back to it later this year. It’s been a superb experiment, but I am definitely a read-it-all-at-once girl, because setting it down and only reading a chapter a week meant too many other books started competing for its attention.

I brought Lisa Scottoline’s THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS with me to read this weekend. Lisa is possibly one of the most accomplished writers we have going, and I can’t wait to dig in. Whether suspense or historical saga, she can’t miss. She’s touring, don’t miss her!

I loved the premise of this short story by Liv Constantine, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK (part of the Amazon Originals NEVER TELL anthology). This whole collection looks slick! I’m starting with Liv’s book, but I’m going to read them all.

THE PRINCESS OF LAS VEGAS by Chris Bojhalian is another interesting entry in his growing oeuvre. This one is about a Princess Diana impersonator in Las Vegas—and how eerily timed is this?

Christina McDonald’s prequel to her awesome Jess Lambert series, THE STRANGER AT BLACK LAKE, came out this week.

From her new Audiobrary imprint, the one and only Julia Whelan released CASANOVA, the audiobook companion to THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, which is the “book within the book”. I hope you’ve read TYFL, because it’s spectacular. This is a cool meta story.

Lisa Gardner’s newest Frankie Elkin mystery, STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE, is out and she’s also on tour. Lisa is a personal favorite and one of those authors I always return to when I forget how to write (Karin Slaughter and John Connolly are the others)

And of course, in case you missed it, IT’S ONE OF US released in trade paperback this week, and is on a Kindle Spring deal this week, too!

That’s it from me. How about you? Good week? Anyone plugged into March Madness? (My brackets haven’t busted yet!) What are you reading this weekend?

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