Barb's reading list / July 2018

[Barb]

BARB'S READING LIST / JULY 2018


ARCs:
✔ Cottage by the Sea, by Debbie Macomber, finished 7/7 ★★★★
✔ The Vanishing Box (Stephens & Mephisto #4), by Elly Griffiths, finished 7/27 ★★★★



TO ADVANCE SERIES:
✔ Never Haunt a Historian (Leigh Koslow #7), by Edie Claire, finished 7/2 ★★★.5
✔ Written in Stone (Books by the Bay #4), by Ellery Adams, finished 7/3 ★★★.5
✔ Words with Fiends (Black Cat Bookshop #3), by Ali Brandon, finished 7/9 ★★★★
✔ Swamp Sniper (Miss Fortune #3), by Jana DeLeon, finished 7/13 ★★★★
✔ Rolling Thunder (John Ceepak #6), by Chris Grabenstein, finished 7/16 ★★★★
✔ Independence Slay (Celebration Bay #3), by Shelley Freydont, finished 7/20 ★★★.5
✔ G'Day to Die (Passport to Peril #5), by Maddy Hunter, finished 7/25 ★★★
✔ Red Lily (In the Garden #3), by Nora Roberts, finished 7/28 ★★★.5
✔ Guilty as Cinnamon (Spice Shop #2), by Leslie Budewitz, finished 7/31/18 ★★★.5




NEW SERIES TO START FOR CHALLENGES:
✔ Pies & Peril (Culinary Competitions #1), by Janel Gradowski, finished 7/23 ★★★
✔ First-Degree Fudge (Fudge Shop #1), by Christine DeSmet, finished 7/30/18 ★★★



AUDIOBOOKS WHEN TIME:
✔ Unnatural Causes (Katie LeClair #1), by Dawn Eastman, finished 7/2 ★★★★
✔ Injustice for All (JP Beaumont #2), by J.A. Jance, finished 7/11 ★★★
✔ Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon, by Robert Kurson, finished 7/22 ★★★★.5



WISH LIST, IF TIME:
You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice, by Tom Vanderbilt
Love Gone to the Dogs, by Margaret Daley
Killed at the Whim of a Hat, by Colin Cotterill

[Jonetta]

Love your plan structure, Barb! Enjoy your reading.

[Lauren]

Great plan, Barb! Hope you have a wonderful month.

[Barb]

Thanks ladies :) I'm most nervous about the books by new-to-me authors, but we have to get out there and explore new possibilities now and then, right? LOL

[Jonetta]

Most definitely! I’ve come across so many wonderful authors by taking that leap....Molly O’Keefe, Stacy Green, Alexandra Sokoloff, Vanessa Prelatte, Toni Anderson....just to name a few.

[Veronica]

I've got the last two books to go in the Miss Fortune series. Enjoy your books, Barb!

[Christina T]

You have quite a few cozies listed. I love a good cozy but haven't read any for awhile. Technically, I read one in January but thought it was just OK. I hope some of those new to you authors are gems.

[Barb]

I've really been enjoying the Miss Fortune books, so I'm looking forward to reading another :)

And yes, I read a lot of cozies -- that's the direction Mom pointed me in when she took me to the Bookmobile for the first time many, many years ago. I'll read (almost) anything now, but mysteries are still my go-to genre.

Cozies are a good way to escape some of the real-world issues that come up in other mysteries, although I've found myself getting really annoyed at a lot of characters, situations and problems in some of the newer cozies these days.

[Jessika]

Happy reading!

[Barb]

I didn't get to any of the books on my wish list, but I (just by the skin of my teeth!) finished everything else, woohoo! My favorites for the month:

Cottage by the Sea, by Debbie Macomber
The Vanishing Box, by Elly Griffiths
Swamp Sniper, by Jana DeLeon
Rolling Thunder, by Chris Grabenstein
Unnatural Causes, by Dawn Eastman and
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon, by Robert Kurson