Welcome to Booksie's Blog! I write reviews of what I've read, some of which were books sent by publishers or authors. If you would like for me to read and review your book, please contact me. I'd love to have the chance to review for you although I don't usually read to deadlines. My email address is skirkland@triad.rr.com I can't accept everything but I do read and review everything I accept. I average about 10-12 reviews a month. I tend to favor physical books over ebooks for review.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Booksie's Shelves, April 13, 2016
I've been traveling and not through yet! My daughter is a huge Elvis fan (not sure how the daughter of hard rockers is so retro) so we went to Memphis for spring break and toured Graceland. Then a few days later, DH and I headed to Georgia to see all the grandkids. We took the boys to Legoland and then our four year old granddaughter to the movies and babysat all four. Home this week then off to Columbia for a college weekend with our daughter.
Reading, I've been to the swampland around the Dismal Swamp with Lincoln Rhyme, the quadriplegic detective, spent time with the Beatles in an alternative world and I'm on a wild ride in The House of Rumors that has me with British spies, sci-fi writers, Nazi traitors, Cuban revolutionaries, and in cults that believe in aliens. There's always a new world to explore in books. Here's what's come through the door:
1. The Girls, Emma Cline, literary fiction, sent by publisher
2. The Moor's Account, Laila Lalami, literary fiction, purchased
3. A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara, literary fiction, purchased
4. Forest Park, Valerie Davisson, mystery, sent by publisher
5. Where We Fall, Rochelle Weinstein, literary fiction, sent by publisher
6. The Whole World, Emily Winslow, mystery, purchased
7. The Weekenders, Mary Kay Andrews, sent by publisher
8. Kill Me Again, Rachel Abbott, mystery, sent by author
9. History Of The Rain, Niall Williams, literary fiction, purchased
10. The Lives Of Others, Neel Mukherjee, literary fiction, purchased
11. A Shadow All Of Light, Fred Chappell, fantasy, sent by publisher
12. The Luckiest Girl Alive, Jessica Knoll, memoir, sent by publisher
13. One Flew Over The Banyan Tree, Alan Jansen, literary fiction, sent by publisher
14. Drafter, Kim Harrison, thriller, sent by publisher
Here's what I'm reading:
1. Lexicon, Max Barry, hardback
2. The House Of Rumor, Jake Arnott, audio
3. Lady Cop Makes Trouble, Amy Stewart, Kindle
4. The Small Backs Of Children, Lidia Yuknavich, hardback
5. The Innocent, Harlen Coben, hardback
6. The Lore Of The Evermen, James Maxwell, audio
7. A Dance With Dragons, George R. R. Martin, hardback
Happy Reading!
Wow - I couldn't ever keep a list like that in my head OR on paper! I can only have one audiobook, two bookclub books, one print book and one on the ready -whatever form, and that's it! (Unless is it March TOB time).
ReplyDeleteImpressive.