Booksie's Shelves, July 5, 2022

 

June was a pretty busy month for us.  We went on a short trip down to the coast last week.  NC residents are lucky that we have both mountains and coast in our state.  We live in the middle more or less so three or four hours and we can be at either.  We went on a historical tour of New Bern, NC, rode a ferry, had homemade ice cream and took a two hour cruise.  It was a well deserved break.  In huge news, our newest granddaughter was born on June 30th.  I can't wait to see and hold this already loved little one.  

In book news, I read twenty four books in June.  I'm working away on reading and streeting books I've had here for years and making some progress.  I'm about 2/3 of the way through all the Karin Slaughter books and working away at all my anthologies.  I only have two more books in The Wheel Of Time.  Unfortunately, for clearing out shelves, I went on a Claire North binge a few weeks ago so I need to find time to read all of those.  Here's what's come through the doors:

1. The Gameshouse, Claire North, literary fiction, purchased
2. Elizabeth Is Missing, Emma Healey, psychological thriller, purchased
3. Island Queen, Vanessa Riley, historical fiction, purchased for book club
4. River Of Smoke, Amitav Ghosh, historical fiction, purchased
5. The End Of The Day, Claire North, literary fiction, purchased
6. Touch, Claire North, psychological thriller, purchased
7. The Sudden Appearance Of Hope, Claire North, literary fiction, purchased
8. Guilt, Jussi Adler-Olsen, mystery, purchased
9. A God In Every Stone, Kamila Shamsie, literary fiction, purchased
10. To Cook A Bear, Mikael Niemi, mystery, purchased
11. Little Eve, Catriona Ward, horror, sent by publisher
12. Declare, Tim Powers, thriller, purchased
13. Belinda, Mark Zvonkovic, thriller, sent by publisher
14. Calling For A Blanket Dance, Oscar Hokeah, literary fiction, sent by publisher
15. Depraved Indifference, Gary Indiana, crime fiction, purchased
16. Death Sentence, Jerry Bledsoe, true crime, purchased

Here are the ebooks I've purchased:

1. The Bladed Faith, David Dahglish, fantasy
2. The Secret Witness, Victor Methos, mystery
3. Ragnarok, A. S. Byatt, literary fiction
4. Next To Last Stand, Craig Johnson, mystery
5. The Monkey's Raincoat, Robert Crais, mystery
6. Here Lies Alice, J.A. Baker, mystery
7. The Missing Ones, Patricia Gibney, mystery
8. The Stolen Girls, Patricia Gibney, mystery
9. A Mother's Secret, Tess Stimson, mystery
10. The Bird House, Eric Deacon, thriller
11. French Exit, Patrick DeWitt, literary fiction
12. The Book Of Lost And Found, Lucy Foley, mystery
13. The First Rule, Robert Crais, mystery
14. Sorrow And Bliss, Meg Mason, literary fiction
15. Coldwater Revenge, James Ross, mystery
16. Trick Of The Night, Joy Ellis, mystery
17. The Executioner's Right, D.K. Holmberg, fantasy
18. The Retreat, Mark Edwards, mystery
19. A Complicated Kindness, Miriam Toews, literary fiction
20. Troy, Stephen Frey, literary fiction
21. Dead In The Water, Penny Farmer, true crime
22. The Bones Beneath, Mark Billingham, mystery
23. The Old Success, Martha Grimes, mystery
24. The Best American Short Stories 2021, anthology
25. Purge, Sofi Oksanen, historical fiction
26. Enlightenment Now, Stephen Pinker, nonfiction
27. The Memory Wood, Sam Lloyd, thriller
28. Hurting Distance, Sophie Hannah, mystery
29. The Violin Conspiracy, Brendan Slocum, mystery
30. Oona Out Of Order, Margarita Montimore, literary fiction
31. She's Up To No Good, Sara Confino, mystery
32. The Last Lie Told, Debra Webb, mystery
33. Time Of Death, Mark Billingham, mystery

Here's what I'm currently reading:

1. The Heron's Cry, Ann Cleeves, mystery audio
2. The Dhow House, Jean McNeil, literary fiction, audio
3. Thunderstruck, Elizabeth McCracken, anthology, hardback
4. The Nix, Nathan Hill, literary fiction, hardback
5. The Kills, Richard House, literary fiction, paperback
6. The Man Who Died Twice, Richard Osman, mystery, hardback
7. The Submission, Amy Waldman, literary fiction, Kindle
8. Her Final Breath, Robert Dugoni, mystery, Kindle

Happy Reading!