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WWW Wednesday, September 23, 2020

On September 23, 2020

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

It’s Time for WWW Wednesday?!? How is it Wednesday again?

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 Next to Last Stand by Craig Johnson and am listening to Peace Talks by Jim Butcher, James Marsters (Narrator) on audiobook.

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What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Michael R. Underwood’s Annihilation Aria and The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande, John Bedford Lloyd (Narrator) on audio.

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What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Return of the Paladin by Layton Green (I have to get one thing in for Self-Published Fantasy Month) and The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow, Ray Porter (Narrator) on audiobook.

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

The Friday 56 for 9/18/20

On September 18, 2020

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

This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

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

from 56% of:
Annihilation Aria

Annihilation Aria by Michael R. Underwood

Wheel was tired of waiting. Kenoa had flown up to low orbit to join her, so she’d spent most of the day talking to a destroyer-sized turtle while a barely-sentient tentacle-beast tried to stick its limbs up her nose.

WWW Wednesday, September 16, 2020

On September 16, 2020

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

My ISP has been down all week, making it hard for me to Work from Home. So I got a lot of reading in on Monday, not quite as much on Tuesday (kept getting distracted watching my router to see if the red blinking light would turn green). Who knows what today will bring? Time for super-busy 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 Annihilation Aria by Michael R. Underwood, Batman: City of Crime by David Lapham, Ramón F. Bachs, Nathan Massengill and am listening to The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson on audiobook.

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What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty’s Mix-Tape, Josie Jaffrey’s May Day, Jack Meggitt Phillips’s The Beast and the Bethany (illustrated by Isabelle Follath), Starlight by Mark Millar and Goran Parlov, and Child of Fire by Harry Connolly, Daniel Thomas May (Narrator) on audio.

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What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Silent Bite by David Rosenfelt and Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi, Zachary Quinto (Narrator) on audiobook.

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So, that’s my WWW, what are yours?

The Friday 56 for 9/11/20

On September 11, 2020

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

This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

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

from page 56 of:
Fool's Paradise

Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise by Mike Lupica

They caught one small break. There turned out to be security footage in Marshport of Paul coming out of the First Episcopal Church on Saturday night. Jesse had called the chief there, Captain John Kyle, who told Jesse they had a camera set up at one of their new substations across the street. The picture of Paul’s face was clear enough that Jesse allowed Nellie Shofner to put it up on the Crier website on Wednesday night. Trying to make something happen. Get them in the game.

Now it was Thursday afternoon, and they still had no hits from any of the agencies Molly and Suit had contacted. No missing-persons report filed on a white male in the whole state since Sunday.

“We’re reaching the point where we may need some help from the universe,” Molly said.

“Is there a number we can call for that?” Jesse said.

“On it,” Molly said.

WWW Wednesday, September 9, 2020

On September 9, 2020

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

It’s 9/9—or if you prefer the European convention, it’s 9/9 (I keep hearing hear Sgt. Terry Jeffords shout the name of his precinct in my mind as I write that date). Either way, it’s time for 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 A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire and am listening to Child of Fire by Harry Connolly, Daniel Thomas May (Narrator) on audiobook.

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What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Nick Kolakowski’s Rattlesnake Rodeo and My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows with narration by Sophie Amoss on audio.

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What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson on audiobook.

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Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (c’mon, you know you want to…)

20 Books of Summer 2020: Wrap-Up

On September 7, 2020

In Andy Carpenter, Books, Chet and Bernie, Currently Reading, David Rosenfelt, Don Winslow, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction/Literature, Ian Rankin, InCryptid, John Rebus, Kevin Hearne, Luca Veste, Mystery/Detective Fiction/Crime Fiction/Thriller, News/Misc., Non-Fiction, Spencer Quinn, Urban Fantasy

Well, that’s a wrap on the 2020 20 Books of Summer. You may accuse me of playing fast and loose with the challenge (and you’d be right!), but this seems like a casual enough thing that I really don’t care (and I can’t imagine anyone else does, either). As I mentioned last month, I did a lousy job of taking into account new releases, review copies, and life when I made the original list. I made a valient effort, but I just couldn’t post about all these books by September 1 (I did read all of them by the end of August, I note only semi-defensively), but in that last week, it hit me, June 1-August 31 isn’t really “Summer.” It works as a rough designation, but June solstice to the September equinox is a better definition. I’m not that pedantic though (well, about seasons). But here in the States, “Summer” also is defined as the period from Memorial Day through Labor Day, which was just the time I needed to get everything posted.

So I’m calling this a win. I liked the focus this gave me for the last couple of months, and I know I read some things I’ve been meaning to read for months because they were on this list and I couldn’t make (yet another) excuse to put it off. I think next year I’ll do a better job of taking into account New Releases when I make my list (how Peace Talks wasn’t the first book I put down I’ll never know) to make life easier for me–I also think I’ll put down more of the books I own, but keep delaying on. I really like freeing up space on my (literal) TBR shelf.

I had a lot of fun doing this and looking at others working their way through the challenge. Congrats to the winners.

✔ 1. Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri (my take on the book)
✔ 2. The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold (my take on the book)
✔ 3. Screamcatcher: Dream Chasers by Christy J. Breedlove (my take on the book)
✔ 4. The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton (my take on the book)
✔ 5. Fair Warning by Michael Connelly (my take on the book)
✔ 6. One Man by Harry Connolly (my take on the book)
✔ 7. The Curator by M. W. Craven (my take on the book)
✔ 8. The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge (my take on the book)
✔ 9. The Rome of Fall by Chad Alan Gibbs (my take on the book)
✔ 10. American Demon by Kim Harrison (my take on the book)

✔ 11. Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne (my take on the book)
✔ 12. Betty by Tiffany McDaniel (my take on the book)
✔ 13. Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire (my take on the book)
✔ 14. Curse the Day by Judith O’Reilly (my take on the book)
✔ 15. Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn (my take on the book)
✔ 16. Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin (my take on the book)
✔ 17. Muzzled by David Rosenfelt (my take on the book)
✔ 18. Bad Turn by Zoë Sharp (my take on the book)
✔ 19. The Silence by Luca Veste (my take on the book)
✔ 20. The Revelators by Ace Atkins (my take on the book)

20 Books of Summer Chart Aug

The Friday 56 for 9/4/20

On September 4, 2020

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

This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

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

from page 56 of:
Lone Jack Trail

Lone Jack Trail by Owen Laukkanen

“You do nothing,” the man told her. “You do how we talked about. Go about your business and forget it ever happened. Let us handle the rest.”

“You’ll make sure they don’t find me?” she said.

“You keep your mouth shut, you’re going to be fine,” the man said. “We have as much to lose as you do if this goes south, remember?”

The woman seemed to contemplate this. She was silent a long time, and the man, restless, walked to the window and looked out at the road, watched dusk sap the last light of day, hiding the houses opposite, and the forest beyond, in deep shadow. Finally, he heard the woman’s breath hitch.

“Okay,” she said.

“We’ll get it handled,” the man told her. “Don’t worry.”

WWW Wednesday, September 2, 2020

On September 2, 2020

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

It’s the Second of September, the 246th day of the year, and the first of five Wednesdays of the month and these nifty little mid-week check-ins that we call 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 Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise by Mike Lupica (oh, I’m so nervous about the new direction the series is taking under a new author) and am listening to My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows with narration by Sophie Amoss on audiobook.

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What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Tim W. Jackson’s The Secret of Rosalita Flats and The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne, Stephen R. Thorne (Narrator) on audio.

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What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire and Child of Fire by Harry Connolly, Daniel Thomas May (Narrator) on audiobook.

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

August 2020 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

On September 1, 2020

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

In a nutshell: 27 books, 7,415+ (one book of I’m guessing 200+ pages was an Audible Original, so I don’t have a solid page count), and an average of 4 (there are four books I’m still deciding on tho, so that average can really change). Didn’t write as much as I wanted to, but more than I feared I would. A busy month, and a good one.

So, here’s what happened here in August in a bit more detail.











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		Average =	4
	5		0
	2		0
	7		0
	6		0
	3

“Traditionally” Published: 22
Self-/Independent Published: 5

Genre	This Month	Year to Date
Children’s	0 (0%)	3 (2%)
Fantasy	3 (11%)	263 (15%)
General Fiction/ Literature	2 (7%)	14 (8%)
Horror	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Humor	0 (0%)	1 (1%)
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller	13 (48%)	68 (38%)
Non-Fiction	3 (11%)	12 (7%)
Science Fiction	0 (0%)	14 (8%)
Steampunk	0 (0%)	2 (1%)
Theology/ Christian Living	3 (11%)	14 (8%)
Urban Fantasy	3 (11%)	24 (14%)
Western	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

Luck and Judgement (Audiobook) by Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson : Death at Sea, Corruption and Destruction on Land
Catch-Up Quick Takes on Timeless; Point Blank; Smarter Faster Better; Heartburn; In Plain Sight; Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed; The Bitterroots
The Silence by Luca Veste: A Chilling Look at Spiraling Consequences of One Fatal Night
The Heirs of Locksley by Carrie Vaughn: Robin’s Kids Go Looking for Fun and Find Trouble Again
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel: A Beautiful Novel about a Tragic Childhood
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK X., vi-BOOK XI., ii.
The Blues Don’t Care by Paul D. Marks: Jazz, Murder, and Rampant Phone Book Vandalism
Coffee and Condolences by Wesley Parker: Two People with an Incredible Amount of Baggage Trying to Fit It All in the Same Overhead Compartment
The Answer Is . . . (Audiobook) by Alex Trebek, Ken Jennings: The Living Legend Reminisces
Going Back by Neil Lancaster: Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. Just another day for Novak.
The Revelators by Ace Atkins: It’s All Been Leading to This
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XI., iii.-viii.
Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire: The Most Exciting Mathematician This Side of Charlie Eppes and Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Screamcatcher: Dream Chasers by Christy J. Breedlove: Back to the Nightmares
Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne: This Atypical UF is full of Action and Laughs (and Deadly Raisins)
The Library Murders by M.R. Mackenzie: An Unlikely Duo on the Hunt for a Killer
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XI., ix.-BOOK XII., ii.
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Audiobook) by Angela Duckworth: The Key is Passion and Perseverance, not Talent
The Rome of Fall by Chad Alan Gibbs: 90s Rock and High School Football Combine for a Shakespearean Tale
Pub Day Post: As the Stars Fall by Steve N. Lee: A Girl and Her Dog. A Dog and His Girl.
Dark Jenny (Audiobook) by Alex Bledsoe, Stefan Rudnicki: Eddie LaCrosse Meets a Legend
The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge: The Norwegian-Chinese Ninja Hero You Never Realized You Needed in Your Life
Tales from the Folly by Ben Aaronovitch: Entertaining Quick Dips into the Rivers of London
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XII., iii.-vi.
Classic Spenser: Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker

Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th), I also wrote:

Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 books where something went wrong
Down the TBR Hole (10 of 24+)
Down the TBR Hole (11 of 24+)
Down the TBR Hole (12 of 24+)
WWW Wednesday for August 5, August 12, August 19, August 26
The Friday 56 for 8/7/20, 8/14/20, 8/21/20, 8/28/20

How was your month?

The Friday 56 for 8/28/20

On August 28, 2020

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

This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice

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

from page 56 of:
Rather Be the Devil

Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin

‘So what’s this all about?’ Chatham enquired.

‘It’s just a feeling I got, right back at the start of the original investigation. The feeling we were missing something, not seeing something.’

‘And it’s taken you until now to revisit that?’

‘I’ve been a bit busy. I’m not so busy these days.’

Chatham nodded his understanding. ‘When I retired, it took a while to change gears.’

‘How did you do it?’

‘The love of a good woman. Plus I got the doorman job, and I go to the gym.’ He gestured towards his plate. ‘That’s an occasional treat, and I can work it off this afternoon.’

‘I’ve got a dog I can walk.’ Rebus paused. ‘And a good woman.’

‘Spend more time with both of them then. Learn to let go.’

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