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WWW Wednesday, April 21, 2021

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On April 21, 2021

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

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

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On April 16, 2021

In Currently Reading, News/Misc., Quotations, The Friday 56

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

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On April 9, 2021

In Currently Reading, News/Misc., Quotations, The Friday 56

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

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On April 7, 2021

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

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).

Blood and TreasureBlank SpaceCross Her HeartBlank SpaceSlow Horses

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.

The Art of ViolenceBlank SpaceNext to Last Stand

What about you—reading anything good?

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

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On April 2, 2021

In Currently Reading, News/Misc., Quotations, The Friday 56

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.

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

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On April 1, 2021

In Books, Calendar Items, Currently Reading, News/Misc.

March is the best month of the year as far as books finished—28 titles, 6959+ pages (one was an Audible Original and I have no idea what the page count will be) for a 3.83 Star Average—including four 5-Star books. I’m clearly getting soft (and, yeah, they were some great books too). My writing—review-ish posts and otherwise—isn’t what I want it to be, but hope springs eternal. I really need to catch up. I have a couple of door-stopper novels on my shelf, I should probably break out one or two of them in April as a way of catching up on posts (if I only finish 12 books, I’ll have plenty of time to write them up), right?

In one of those little things that no one but me cares about: I’ve got too many things unfinished at the moment. I’ve got 4 “project” books (things I plan on spending months on), and then 3 others. I’d expected to finish two of those on 3/31, but, y’know, Life happened. Since I’ve started doing these month-end reports, I’ve never had this many in progress.

Anyway, here’s what happened here in March.
Books Read

What Abigail Did That Summer The Unkindest Tide Calculated Risks
3.5 Stars 4 Stars 3.5 Stars
Junkyard Bargain What the World Needs Now - Bees! The Vigilante Game
3 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
Paging Through History The Treadstone Resurrection The Rags of Time
2 1/2 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
Burying The Newspaper Man You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey Volume One: Family Matters
4 Stars 4 Stars 5 Stars
Rejoice and Tremble Born in a Burial Gown Cursed
3 Stars 5 Stars 4 Stars
Circle of Enemies Volume Two:Eight is Enough The Christian’s True Identity
4 Stars 4 1/2 Stars 3.5 Stars
Wild Sign Bluebird, Bluebird Animal Instinct
4 Stars 5 Stars 3.5 Stars
Volume Three: Perfect Strangers Below Zero Small Talk
5 Stars 4 Stars Still Deciding
Dead in the Water The Wasteland War The Lightning Thief
4 Stars 3.5 Stars 3.5 Stars
Drop the Mikes
4 Stars

Still Reading

Tom Jones Original Cover The Wonderful Works of God Things Unseen
Grace and Glory (BoT Edition) The Great Sex Rescue The Particulars of Peter
No Country for Old Gnomes

Ratings

5 Stars 4 2 1/2 Stars 1
4 1/2 Stars 1 2 Stars 0
4 Stars 11 1 1/2 Stars 0
3.5 Stars 7 1 Star 0
3 Stars 4
Average = 3.83

TBR Pile
Mt TBR March 21

Breakdowns
“Traditionally” Published: 18
Self-/Independent Published: 9

Genre This Month Year to Date
Children’s 0 (0%) 1 (2%)
Fantasy 1 (4%) 8 (12%)
General Fiction/ Literature 0 (0%) 1 (2%)
Horror 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Humor 1 (4%) 1 (2%)
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller 11 (39%) 25 (38%)
Non-Fiction 2 (7%) 3 (5%)
Science Fiction 5 (18%) 10 (15%)
Steampunk 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Theology/ Christian Living 2 (7%) 6 (9%)
Urban Fantasy 6 (21%) 11 (17%)
Western 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Review-ish Things Posted

Other Things I Wroteotherwriting
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th), I also wrote:

That’s that for me, how was your month?

WWW Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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On March 31, 2021

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

Here we are at the end of the month—and before I start seeing what I accomplished around here, let’s check in with a WWW Wednesday, all right?

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 Particulars of Peter: Dance Lessons, DNA Tests, and Other Excuses to Hang Out with My Perfect Dog by Kelly Conaboy—a book only marginally longer than its title—and am listening to No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne, Luke Daniels (Narrator) on audiobook.

The Particulars of PeterBlank SpaceNo Country for Old Gnomes

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished (and thoroughly enjoyed) Duncan MacMaster’s Drop the Mikes and the blast from the past, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Jesse Bernstein (Narrator) on audio.

Drop the MikesBlank SpaceThe Lightning Thief

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be the last of the Toccata System trilogy, Progigal Storm by Kate Sheeran Swed, and Slow Horses by Mick Herron, Gerard Doyle (Narrator) on audiobook. I need to refresh myself on this book so I can get serious about the series before a friend locks me into a small room for a week with no internet and only a stack of these books.

Progigal StormBlank SpaceSlow Horses

What about you—how’re you closing out this month? What does April have in store for you?

WWW Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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On March 24, 2021

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

Last week, we had Pi Day, The Ides of March, St. Patrick’s Day, and the Spring Equinox. This week? Um…Crickets. March takes all the interesting days and puts them in a row. The best I can find for today is that it’s the twelfth Wednesday of 2021 and it’s World Tuberculosis Day. I don’t know about you, but I forgot to get Tuberculosis a card. Maybe I’ll just settle for a WWW Wednesday, instead of attempting the herculean task of hunting for a Belated World Tuberculosis Day Greeting Card

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 Small Talk by Robert T. Germaux and am listening to Below Zero by C. J. Box, David Chandler (Narrator) on audiobook.

Small TalkBlank SpaceBelow Zero

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished the ARC for David Rosenfelt;s Animal Instinct and was blown away by Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke, J. D. Jackson (Narrator) on audio.

Animal InstinctBlank SpaceBluebird, Bluebird

What do you think you’ll read next?

There are 3 books yet that I hope to read this week, which is probably not going to happen. So I need to be responsible, I have a Book Tour Stop on Monday, so my next book should be Dead in the Water by Chris McDonald (responsible should always be as fun as the Stonebridge Mysteries). Then, because I need a change of pace—The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Jesse Bernstein (Narrator) on audiobook.

Dead in the WaterBlank SpaceThe Lightning Thief

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

The Friday 56 for 3/19/21: Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs

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On March 19, 2021

In Currently Reading, News/Misc., Quotations, The Friday 56

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

Before I get into today’s entry, this is the 10th Anniversary of Freda’s Voice doing this here weekly meme. That is freakishly impressive in an ephemeral and inconsistent medium as blogs are. Many congratulations to Freda for that.

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:
Wild Sign

Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs

She was tall and leanly muscled. She flexed her long-fingered, manicured hands. Her father had said she was built for work—it had not been a compliment. Bran said she looked like a Valkyrie. She wasn’t sure if that was a compliment, either, though she didn’t think it displeased him.

But no amount of grooming, of cleaning, of polishing, could erase the gaunt woman she had been, more animal than human, with dirty hair so tangled they’d had to cut most of it off. She looked at her muscled forearms and saw instead how they had appeared when she’d been so thin that both bones had shown through the skin. Sleek, smooth nails polished glossy red seemed more unreal than the filthy nails broken down to the quick.

And the stupid part of that? As clear and as visceral as the vision of that haggard creature was, she couldn’t actually remember looking like that.

WWW Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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On March 17, 2021

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

For those who track such things, it’s the Feast Day of Patrick of Ireland, but here? It’s just plain ol’ 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 hot-off-the-press Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs and am listening to the last (so far) Twenty Palaces audiobook, Circle of Enemies by Harry Connolly, Daniel Thomas May (Narrator).

Wild SignBlank SpaceCircle of Enemies

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished M. W. Craven’s fantastic Born in a Burial Gown and Cursed by Benedict Jacka, Gildart Jackson (Narrator) on audio.

Born in a Burial GownBlank SpaceCursed

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt and some sort of audiobook, we’ll see if any of my Library holds come in.

Animal InstinctBlank SpaceQuestion Mark

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

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