Reading Log as of June 8th

I’m currently reading two flufferton books:  Ebook Unlikely Story by Ali Rosen and Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand which James picked out for me the other day when we were at Target. It’s #4 in the Nantucket series so have no idea who most of the characters are, but oh well!

“Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons—how did they make their money, exactly?—Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. When their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island is up in arms.”

 This week our 52 Books Bingo category is Wuxia which is historical fiction stories in which the characters use traditional Chinese martial art disciplines for either good or bad.

For the wuxia read I have several books in my stacks.  Poppy Wars by R.F. Kuang which is sort of is in that genre. Plus ebooks: A Thousand Li: the First Step by Tao Wong and The Girl with Ghost Eyes: The Daoshi Chronicles by M. H. Boroson which are on one of the lists above.

I finished rereading Anne Bishops Other series 1 through 5 which was a great reset as I was having a hard time getting into any of my new books.

Our Saturday Night movie was Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock and it was James first time to see the movie. Quite exciting! 

Reading Log as of June 1st

 

Our 52 Books dragon of the month is Saphira from Christopher Paolini‘s Eragon. I happily supported the Saphira Figurine kickstarter campaign last year and look forward to receiving a collectable figurine of Saphira when it’s ready.

I finished Breaking the Dark (jessica Jones crime novel) by Lisa Jewell which was mediocre at best, writing and story wise.  She hardly used her powers and most of her decisions were really dumb. James asked if it kicked a&% and I shared there wasn’t much kick a*& in the story.

Also finished Nora Roberts newest Hidden Nature in which the villains were creepy and the reader knew from the start what they were doing, so the reader got to be involved not only with them, but  how the main character went about figuring out the mystery, in the midst of a lot of remodeling house talk.

On the nightstand is Guys Write for Guys Read: Edited by Jon Scieszka

“What is a typical guy moment, anyhow? Daniel Pinkwater remembers the disappointment of meeting his Lone Star Ranger hero up close and personal. Gordon Korman relishes the goofy ultra violence of the old Looney Tunes cartoons. Stephen King realizes that having your two hundred-pound babysitter fart on your five-year-old head prepares you for any literary criticism. And that’s just a sampling from Guys Write for Guys Read, a fast-paced, high energy collection of short works: stories, essays, columns, cartoons, anecdotes, and artwork by today’s most popular writers and illustrators.”

Right inbetween books so need to peruses the shelves and decide what I want to read. 

 

Off to Watch Captain America: Brave New World.