August Reading Log
August 3: I spent all day yesterday reading Nalini Singh’s Primal Mirror, #8 in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series. Awesome addition to the series and will say no more as I know others may not have read it yet.
“Daughter of two ruthless high-gradient telepaths, Auden Scott is not the child her Psy parents wanted or expected, even before her brain injury. Her thoughts are scattered, her memories fuzzy—or just terrifyingly blank. The only thing she knows for certain is that she must protect her unborn baby…a baby she has no recollection of conceiving and who draws an abnormal intensity of notice from her dead mother’s closest associates.
Leopard alpha Remi Denier is a man driven by the primal instinct to protect. Protect his pack, protect his allies… and protect the mysterious woman who has become a most unlikely neighbor. With eerie eyes that see too much and a scent that alters in ways disturbing and impossible, Auden Scott is the enemy…but nothing about this strange Psy is what it seems, Remi’s feline heart as fascinated by her as the human half of his soul.
Then Auden asks Remi to help her shatter the wall of secrets that is the Scott bloodline. What they unearth will reveal a nightmare beyond imagination. This time, the battle is to the death…”
Rating: *****
Still in the midst of A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvia Cathrall and looking forward to starting Brennan’s 3rd book in the Lady Trent Series.
August 10: I’m still in the midst of Diana Setterfield’s Once Upon a River and enjoying the mystery of it all as well as A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvia Cathrall in which I think I’m finally getting to the meat of the mystery, plus ebook Debra Webb’s Deeper than the Dead which has me wondering what the heck is going on.
“Crime analyst and newly disgraced deputy police chief Vera Boyett doesn’t visit home often, and she certainly doesn’t venture back into the cave on her family land. But when the remains of her long-missing stepmother are discovered, Vera will have to face a past that threatens all she is.
She and her sister Eve had a fairy-tale childhood: good until it was tragic, with a stepmother they never found a bond with. At least they had each other, a baby half-sister, and a mutual devotion that would have them do the unthinkable.
It’s a summer in small-town Tennessee, so thick with humidity it could drown you and so rife with secrets it could smother you. And deep beneath the surface, there are more bodies than you’d think.”
On the nightstand waiting is e book Lady Trent as well as Joanna Quinn’s Whalebone Theatre.
Saturday Night Movie: Pacific Rim.
August 12: Welp! Almost gave up on Deeper than the Dead, but wanted to find out who did the murders and what a convoluted mess. Not sure I’ll read any more of the series since didn’t like the female lead character when all was said and done.
Finished A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvia Cathrall which was entertaining and enthralling.
Decided to take a break and re-read Patricia Briggs Moon Called last night and ended up reading until 3:00 a.m. Fortunately it was hubby’s turn to work today. Hee!
Oh, downloaded Pray for Silence, the first book in the Kate Burkholder series and it’s good. I’m enjoying so far.
August 18: Currently rereading Mercedes Thompson series and on Bone Crossed.
In the midst of breakfast book – Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield and bedtime book – Joanna Quinn’s Whalebone Theatre.
Saturday Night Movie: Eye in the Sky
August 24: Finished Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield which was a mystery with magical realism elements. It was character driven and the story slowly bloomed. Just when you thought you had the answer, it changed. Very well done!
“On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on a grievously wounded stranger. In his arms is the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can science provide an explanation? These questions have many answers, some of them quite dark indeed.
Those who dwell on the river bank apply all their ingenuity to solving the puzzle of the girl who died and lived again, yet as the days pass the mystery only deepens. The child herself is mute and unable to answer the essential questions: Who is she? Where did she come from? And to whom does she belong? But answers proliferate nonetheless.
Three families are keen to claim her. A wealthy young mother knows the girl is her kidnapped daughter, missing for two years. A farming family reeling from the discovery of their son’s secret liaison, stand ready to welcome their granddaughter. The parson’s housekeeper, humble and isolated, sees in the child the image of her younger sister. But the return of a lost child is not without complications and no matter how heartbreaking the past losses, no matter how precious the child herself, this girl cannot be everyone’s. Each family has mysteries of its own, and many secrets must be revealed before the girl’s identity can be known.”
Rating: *****
In the midst of rereading Patricia Brigg’s Mercedes Thompson series and about to begin #8 Night Broken.
Saturday Night Movie: School of Rock!
August 27: Just discovered in my reread of the Mercedes Thompson series, I never read #8 Night Broken which I just finished and learning much about Christy. Reading # 9 Fire Touched now which I absolutely don’t remember but Good reads said I did way back when.
