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The Friday 56 for 5/7/21: A Wanted Man by Rob Parker

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it

from 56% of:
A Wanted Man

A Wanted Man by Rob Parker

We go through all the names quickly, and Jack identifies each one as one of his father’s friends or family members. He can’t identify a couple of them, but the picture is already clear. The first phone is for personal use only – a useful tool for organising the dualities of the life he had chosen.

That poses the inevitable question of the twenty-six names on phone two. Call signs or numeric pseudonyms for twenty-six people who clearly got the special treatment. How best to find out who they are, though? And of course, what was that third phone used for, if not for business or personal? That makes me question if there’s a fourth, that perhaps he had one with him when he was taken. I could ask Jack, but all three phones are identical. ‘IPhone 4S’ in black, ‘32GB’ it says on the back of each. There’s no telling them apart. Even the home screen wallpapers are the same.

WWW Wednesday, May 5, 2021

It’s the first Wednesday of May, ergo the first WWW Wednesday of May.

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading the espionage thriller Red Widow by Alma Katsu and am listening to the third Jane Yellowrock novel, Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator) on audiobook.

Red WidowBlank SpaceMercy Blade

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Jonathan Nevair’s Goodbye to the Sun and The Miracle Pill by Peter Walker (who also did the narration) on audio.

Goodbye to the SunBlank SpaceThe Miracle Pill

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be A Wanted Man by Rob Parker and my next audiobook will probably be The Writer’s Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl & Jeff Schwager, narrated by the authors and sixteen other people.

A Wanted ManBlank SpaceThe Writer's Library

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)

April 2021 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

April 2021 is in the books (no pun intended): 24 books read, 8046 pages finished (1273 of those belonged to project reads that have taken months to get through, so there’s a grain of salt or two involved in that number) with 3.9 Stars on average. I wrote almost as much as I wanted to, especially these last couple of weeks. All in all, I’m calling April a win.

So, here’s what happened here in April.
Books Read

The Particulars of Peter No Country for Old Gnomes The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended
3 Stars 4 1/2 Stars 3 Stars
Progigal Storm Cross Her HEart Slow Horses
3 Stars 3.5 Stars 3 Stars
The Art of Violence Next to Last Stand The Lore of Prometheus
4 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars
Because You're Mine Blood and Treasure Strange Planet
3.5 Stars 3.5 Stars 4 Stars
Heroes Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures Payback Tom Jones Original Cover
3 Stars 3.5 Stars 5 Stars
Grace and Glory (BoT Edition) The Word Became Fresh Skinwalker
5 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe Sworn to Silence Surviving Religion 101
3 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
A Killing Frost Dead Secret Blood Cross
4 1/2 Stars Still deciding 4 Stars

Still Reading

The Wonderful Works of God Things Unseen Goodbye to the Sun
Taken

Ratings

5 Stars 2 2 1/2 Stars 0
4 1/2 Stars 3 2 Stars 0
4 Stars 5 1 1/2 Stars 0
3.5 Stars 5 1 Star 0
3 Stars 9
Average = 3.9

TBR Pile
Mt TBR April 21
Despite what progress I make on reading these this year, I seem to offset that with my purchases.

Breakdowns
“Traditionally” Published: 20
Self-/Independent Published: 4

Genre This Month Year to Date
Children’s 0 (0%) 1 (1%)
Fantasy 1 (4%) 9 (10%)
General Fiction/ Literature 1 (4%) 2 (2%)
Horror 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Humor 1 (4%) 2 (2%)
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller 8 (33%) 33 (37%)
Non-Fiction 2 (8%) 5 (6%)
Science Fiction 2 (8%) 12 (13%)
Steampunk 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Theology/ Christian Living 4 (17%) 10 (11%)
Urban Fantasy 4 (17%) 15 (17%)
Western 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Review-ish Things Posted

Other Things I Wroteotherwriting
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th), I also wrote:

How was your month?

WWW Wednesday, April 28, 2021

We’re in the home stretch of April, which is hard to wrap my brain around, here on the last Wednesday of the month, so we might as well check in with a WWW Wednesday.

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading the SF thriller, Goodbye to the Sun by Jonathan Nevair and am listening to Blood Cross by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator) on audiobook, as I get going on my revisiting of this series.

Goodbye to the SunBlank SpaceBlood Cross

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Noelle Holten’s Dead Secret—a gripping read—and A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire, Mary Robinette Kowal (Narrator) on audio—completing (for now) the series.

Dead SecretBlank SpaceA Killing Frost

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Red Widow by Alma Katsu and my next audiobook should be Taken by Benedict Jacka, Gildart Jackson (Narrator).

Red WidowBlank SpaceTaken

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)

The Friday 56 for 4/21/21: Dead Secret by Noelle Holten

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it

from Page 56 of:
Dead Secret

Dead Secret by Noelle Holten

(a little long, but couldn’t see a way to shorten it)

When the steam came out of the spout, Ronnie picked up the kettle and then poured the boiling water on her arm.

What the hell?

Ronnie didn’t even flinch. It was like she didn’t feel any pain. She placed the kettle back, used a tea towel to dry her arm, and covered it up with the sleeve of the cardigan. Vicki turned and looked at Lucy. They waited until they saw Ronnie leave the kitchen, and Lucy stood and headed to the kitchen.

Maybe I was wrong.

At the counter she touched the kettle.

Ouch!

She sucked her index finger and turned on the cold tap, holding the sore digit beneath the running water. Lucy looked up at the camera and raised a brow. She knew Vicki would be watching.

WWW Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Due to technical difficulties, I missed last week’s post, but now I’m back with a fresh WWW Wednesday. Missing one underscored for me how I’ve come to lean on this as a way to organize and plan.

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading the space opera A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White and am listening to the mystery Sworn to Silence by Kate Burkholder, Kathleen McInerney (Narrator) on audiobook.

A Big Ship at the Edge of the UniverseBlank SpaceSworn to Silence

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Mike Lupica’s Robert B. Parker’s Payback and Skinwalker by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator) on audio.

Robert B. Parker's PaybackBlank SpaceSkinwalker

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be In Plain Sight by Dan Willis–the start of a promising-looking series–and my next audiobook should be A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire, Mary Robinette Kowal (Narrator)–catching me up on that series.

In Plain SightBlank SpaceA Killing Frost

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)

The Friday 56 for 4/16/21: A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it

from page 56 of:
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

“She’s awake,” noted the technician, his rich voice filling the bay. “Mostly uninjured, too.”

Boots nodded to him. May as well get acquainted with the rest of Cordell’s cronies. “I haven’t met this one yet, Cordell.”

Cordell stopped and gestured to the man in the med bay. “Oh, my mistake. Boots, this is Malik Jan, our ship’s doctor.”

Malik came to them in the hall and took Boots’s hand. His palms were soft and warm, if a little dry. “It’s a pleasure. I hope you slept well.”

“Great. Now you’ve met,” said Cordell, placing a hand on Boots’s shoulder. “Doctor Jan, Boots is a prisoner, and if she tries to escape, you’re to shoot her.”

The Friday 56 for 4/9/21: Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it

from page 56 of:
Cross Her Heart

Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh

It felt like time was speeding up, moving too quickly, out of her control.

An African American woman in clean black scrubs moved out from behind the desk. “I’m Dr. Serena Jones. I took care of your sister.”

Matt did the introductions, but Bree’s hearing sounded muffled, Dr. Jones turned to face her. “You can see your sister on a monitor—”

“No.” Bree cut her off.

“I didn’t think you’d take that option, so I had your sister moved to a private room,” Dr. Jones said as if Erin were her patient instead of a corpse. “This way.”

The sense of impending doom grew heavier with each footstep down the tiled hallway. Bree kept her eyes on the back of Dr. Jones’s shirt. They went into a small room. In the center of the space, a sheet-covered body occupied a gurney. Dr. Jones walked around to the opposite side of the gurney and faced Bree over her sister’s body. Matt stayed at Bree’s side.

The doctor waited until Bree lifted her eyes to hers and nodded.

WWW Wednesday, April 7, 2021

I may be having a hard time finishing a book post lately, but that’s not for lack of material—my reading is going full-steam ahead, so at least I can do a WWW Wednesday.

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

This is one of those odd times where I’m doing a couple of books at once—I’m reading Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin, Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh, and am listening to Slow Horses by Mick Herron, Gerard Doyle (Narrator) on audiobook (which is so good, I’m wondering why I didn’t move on to the rest of the series after I read it a couple of years ago).

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What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Kate Sheeran Swed’s Prodigal Storm (I can’t believe I misspelled that title last week) and No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne, Luke Daniels (Narrator) on audio.

Progigal StormBlank SpaceNo Country for Old Gnomes

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be The Art of Violence by S. J. Rozan—I should have read this last fall, and can’t wait to finally get to it—and Next to Last Stand by Craig Johnson, George Guidall (Narrator) on audiobook.

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What about you—reading anything good?

The Friday 56 for 4/2/21: Prodigal Storm by Kate Sheeran Swed

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it

from page 56 of:
Progigal Storm

Prodigal Storm by Kate Sheeran Swed

(yup–I’m finally finishing the trilogy!)

…the full blast of the mocking tone still hit him in the chest. As if he’d been the one to hurt her.

“I could kill you right now with my bare hands,” she continued. “Or a kitchen knife, or the Edinburgh I’ve got strapped to my hip. You’re already trusting me.”

An old quote about protestations and truthfulness floated into his mind, a passage his Laura would have appreciated.

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