Postcards Received Tuesday, 10/11/16

596.   Oil Painting attributed to Vladimir Hodorovich, Belarus

(looked him up, can't find him on the internet)

Hello Chris!  I am 59 years old.  I was a teacher, now I am retired.  I like to read, to bake, to do gardening.  Let my little angels bring you only good news!

Balina

597.  Meinfranken - Weinfrnaken GERMANY

Hey Chris!  I envy you for living in Maine!  - I once like to visit Maine and Nova Scotia.  Until that time I like living in the Odenwald.  One of the beautifullest areas in Germany.

Happy Postcrossing, Christine

598.  Welcome to Moscow

Hi, Chris!

My name is Anna.  I'm from a city (word obliterated) Rentov (about 30 thousand inhabitants), it's near Moscow.  I live with beloved husband, we have a dog, dachshund.

     I sew textile dolls.  More than anything else I like to reae and create some interesting stuff such as paintings, fancy work, scrappy blankets, covers for books.  In addition I love to think out and make flower beds.  I am pleased to watch figure skating, athletics, and biathlon.  I wish you good luck in your hobby.  God bless you.  all the best.

599.  Tibet (mailed from China)

Hi.  I'm a girl from China.  This is a card about map of Tibet.  I went there last year.  That's an amazing trip.  Really hope you can visit there one day.  I now study furniture design in Beijing.  I like visiting museums and some bookshops or some beautiful buildings.  Jan

600.  Redwood National Park, CALIFORNIA

Hello from northern California.  I love this time of year.  halloween, leaves falling, and rain replacing sun!  It's just been a little too hot.  Hope your fall is lovely!

P. S. I can't imagine what Day oft he Dead is like in AZ!

601.  Kazan, Russia

Kazan State Univercity in the door reflection of the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan

Greetings from Russia!  Best Wishes, Aliya

MOVIE - Queen of Katwe

PG (1:24)

Wide release 9/30/16

Viewed Monday, 10/10/16 at El Con with Sheila
RT Critic:  91  Audience:  88

Critic's Consensus:  Queen of Katwe is a feel-good movie of uncommon smarts and passion, and outstanding performances by Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo help to elevate the film past its cliches.

Cag:  4.5 Liked it a whole lot

Directed by Mira Nair

Walt Disney Studios

Based on a true story

David Oyelowo, Lupita N'yongo

My comments:  A little long, but it seems like most films lately have been.  Based on the true story of a young girl from the "slums" of Uganda who, even though she couldn't read, learned to master the intricacies of chess, out-thinking her opponents, and with the support of her small community of Katwe, going on to win championships in all of Africa, under the guidance of a part-time minister/coach (and his wife).  Though practically homeless and incredibly poor, she is also forged by a loving mother and three supporting siblings.  (Note:  the fabrics in this film are unbelievable, gorgeous, colorful!)

IMDb Summary:  "Queen of Katwe" is the colorful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion

55. Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Listened to on audible
2016, Knopf Books for Young Readers
400 pgs.
YA CRF
Finished 10/9/2016
Goodreads rating: 4.04 - 2571 ratings
My rating: 3
Setting: Contemporary America

First line/s: (From Libby's POV)  "If a genie popped out of my bedside lamp, I would wish for these three things:  my mom to be alive, nothing bad or sad to ever happen again, and to be a member of the Martin VanBuren High School Damsels, the best drill team in the tristate area."

My comments:  This has been a difficult one for me to rate.  I listened to it being read by two wonderful readers, and that wa a highlight for me.  They made the characters become more than real.  I wonder how I would have felt if I had read it without the expression they used ... I feel like the characters would've been flatter.  Libby, particularly, just didn't seem real to me.  I know what it's like being big.  And she's a high schooler, hasn't been around a single peer in five years...and she's got this great positive attitude?  She lets very little bother her, including the incredible bullying that's being constantly thrown at her?  She doesn't seem to suffer at all (or at least a believable amount).  She has a fantastic sense of humor.  She's incredibly articulate.  In spite of her bulk she's a graceful, energetic dancer.  All super positive stuff.  AND she gets the hot guy.  I would love to feel that a girl like her - one who had to be cut out of her house because she weighed 600 pounds (!) - with no friends, not one - would and could go on with life the way she did.  But I can't.
     The bullying was totally believable.  But so many other parts of the book were not.  I'm a sucker for everything working out well, and this one did - which made me happy, of course.  But it just wasn't real enough for me.  And that's even without considering the impossibility of Jack going through life without anyone ever realizing he had such an incredible neurological problem...
     I did enjoy listening, and I think, considering my personal reaction the average of 5 and 1 is 3....

Goodreads synopsis:  Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom’s death, she’s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby’s ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for every possibility life has to offer. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything. 
     Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he’s got swagger, but he’s also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can’t recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He’s the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything, but he can’t understand what’s going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don’t get too close to anyone.
     Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game—which lands them in group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours. 

Postcards from Sweden

2075.  Vatterledin, Sweden

Hello greetings from Sweden.  This road is next to me and is considered the most beautiful road.

794.  Sweden

This is the map of the south part of Sweden.  Regards.

577.  SWEDEN

“Bookbinding of Christoffer Schneidler (1721-1787), Stockholm, Sweden. The book: F.Kahl "Christliche Betrachtugen"”
Sept. 11, 2016 - A strange day...This day is in my thoughts both in your country, but also in mine.  2003 our minister, Anna Lindh, got murdered.  Both two historical sad memories for Sweden.  Taila

$15 to 15 Charities for 15 Years Gone....

I was unable to follow last year's $14 to 14 charities in March, on the anniversary of Steve's death, but plan to catch up before the end of the year, charity by charity, for this year's donations of $15.00.

Friends of Acadia (instead of $15, purchased a membership at $35)  website

Beads of Courage
I sponsored 3 beads for $15.00 (and requested they go to Maine)
website

Project Linus
Entered Mystery Quilt Challenge for $15 plus handling fee
Total $15.45
Will make and donate this in Steve's honor.
website

The Magic Yarn Project
They make gorgeous yarn wigs for little girls with cancer !
Donated $15.00 and will also make and donate 4 crocheted caps (in honor of Steve's four grandchildren).
website

Habitat for Humanity
Steve and I visited the headquarters in Americus, GA many years ago.  My now-second-favorite president Jimmy Carter is such an inspiration, and one of my all-time favorite THA families benefited from a Habitat house.
Donated $15.00
website

Postcards Received Friday & Saturday 10/7 - 10/8/16

591.  Postcrossing Bucharest Meetup, 25 September 2016, The Botanical Garden

ROMANIA

Signed by many at the 20th Postcrossing Meeting, Bucharest!

592.  Salutations de FRANCE

Hello Chris!

My name is Karen, I'm 22 and I live in France, in a small city near Lyon.  I love sports and especially soccer.  I like travelling and watching TV shows.  Have a nice day!  Karen

593.  Le Piment des Squelettes - Auguste Derriere

Hello Chris.  My name is Cedric, I live in a small village in the south of France.  Hope you like postcard.  Happy Postcrossing.

594.  "It's Duff Time" - The Netherlands

Hello Chris, Here's a duff beer for you and some cool rare Dutch stamps.  Nicky.

595.  I LOVE My World - GERMANY

Hi Chris, Hellow from Europe where fall is coming now and the days of sandal-wearing seem to be over, unlike in southern Airzona, i guess.  Or have you already moved & get your mail sent on to your new address?  All the best to you in any case!  Dorothee

PICTURE BOOK - A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

2016, Candlewick Press

HC $17.99

32 pgs.

Goodreads rating: 4.11 - 921 ratings

My rating: 3.5

Endpapers: Scrolling books titles and authors

Illustrations:  "Hand-lettered, and the typographical landscapes were typeset in Adobe Garamond Pro.  The illustrations were done in watercolor, pencil, and digital collage."  Very little color

1^st line/s:
"I am a child of books.  
I come from a world of stories
and upon my imagination
I float.
I have sailed across a sea of words
to ask if you will come away with me.
Some people have forgotten where I live
but along these words I can show you the way. ..."

My comments:  This book is not a story.  It's a collection of ideas about imagination, reading, and being swept away by words.  It's a poem for readers, an ode to book lovers.  The illustrations are held together and created by words themselves, parts of pages and texts and paragraphs from children's books - mainly classics.  I don't consider it a children's book (I can only think of a few kids I've read aloud to in the past that would sit still all the way through this), but a wonderful adult picture book.

Goodreads:  New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers and fine artist Sam Winston deliver a lyrical picture book inspiring readers of all ages to create, to question, to explore, and to imagine.
     A little girl sails her raft across a sea of words, arriving at the house of a small boy and calling him away on an adventure. Through forests of fairy tales and across mountains of make-believe, the two travel together on a fantastical journey that unlocks the boy’s imagination. Now a lifetime of magic and adventure lies ahead of him . . . but who will be next? 
     Combining elegant images by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston’s typographical landscapes shaped from excerpts of children’s classics and lullabies, A Child of Books is a stunning prose poem on the rewards of reading and sharing stories—an immersive and unforgettable reading experience that readers will want to pass on to others.

My Jackalope Postcard Collection

1917.  San Diego, California

Official Jackalope License

Hello Chris, Greetings from sunny San Diego.  I'm giving this another shot, since my fierst card has gone missing.  I love cryptozoology too :} ,,, such a classic American thing.  I like to travel, cook, swim, red, go to museums, concerts, plays and escape rooms, spend time outdoors and learn new things.  Wishing you a full mailbox!  Sue G.

1180.  Official Jackalope License from FLORIDA

Warm greetings!  My name is Hank.  I am a husband, a father and a grandfather.  My four grandchildren are very special to me!

827.  Texas Jackalope

Hello Chris!  I live in a small city of Beaumont, not far from the Louisiana border.  I'm a cat lover.  I also enjoy long walks in the park and gardening.

756.  Dessau, GERMANY

MOCHTEGERN JAGERMEISTER

Translation:  Wanna-be master hunter

Hello Chris, my name is Hannelore.  I am married, retired, and grandma with a big garden and a great lovely sheep dog.  I think and hope you like this card.  All the best for you!

736. Wyoming

A native of Wyoming, the Jackalope has never been captured alive.  It can only be hunted on June 31st between sunrise and sunset.  It mimics noises, especially the human voice and runs at lightning speed, therefore, the Jackalope is seldom seen.  Some folks drink Jackalope milk to cure eccentricities.  Best time to milk a Jackalope is after midnight as it sleeps i=on its back, belling shining in the moonlight.

 I hope this is a good addition to your collection

617.  Where the Jackalope Roam! 

Much like the stories of Sasquatch sightings, legends of the elusive Jackalope continue to haunt Western lore even in modern times.

Hello Chris,

     Greetings from central Minnesota.  I picked up this card last fall when we visited Mt. Rushmore.  I have lived in Pittsburgh and Tucson.  I would move bacdk to Tucson in a heartbeat!  Parts of Pennsylvania are beautiful though.

Best wishes, Jane

589.  Flying Jackalope of the South Dakota Badlands

sent from Portland, Oregon

One of the world's rarest and most unusual animals, The Flying Jackalope is most frequently found in South Dakota's Badlands near Wall.  It is extremely shy and capable of blinding speed to escape detection.  Because of its evasive nature it has no been considered on of the "endangered species" despite it rarity.  This prize photo was taken with a telephoto lens a short way east of Wall.

I had to uninstall Pokemon Go on my phone.  I was convinced I would kill myself or someone...with my car.  I noticed I was playing at red lights...then playing in stalled traffic.  Buyt it wasn't until I asked myself while driving across a bridge, "I wonder if there are water pokemon here?"  I did not check because I imagined myself driving off the bridge.  Of course I would not die, but I would have had to explain how it happened.  I delted the game when I got home.  -TM

570.  Riding High in Idaho

Hello!  This was as close as I had of a jackalope.  Been going back & forth for soccer games today.  Two of my kids play.  Hope you like PA!  It's beautiful in the fall!  Bonnie

495. HAND DRAWN CARD!!!  Praha, Ceska Replublika

Hello Chris,

Your post was first time I heard about jackalopes.  Buyt I find tghem terribly cute.

Wish you a great summer,

Veronika

Postcards from SOUTH DAKOTA

589.  Flying Jackalope of the South Dakota Badlands

sent from Portland, Oregon

One of the world's rarest and most unusual animals, The Flying Jackalope is most frequently found in South Dakota's Badlands near Wall.  It is extremely shy and capable of blinding speed to escape detection.  Because of its evasive nature it has no been considered on of the "endangered species" despite it rarity.  This prize photo was taken with a telephoto lens a short way east of Wall.

I had to uninstall Pokemon Go on my phone.  I was convinced I would kill myself or someone...with my car.  I noticed I was playing at red lights...then playing in stalled traffic.  Buyt it wasn't until I asked myself while driving across a bridge, "I wonder if there are water pokemon here?"  I did not check because I imagined myself driving off the bridge.  Of course I would not die, but I would have had to explain how it happened.  I delted the game when I got home.  -TM

54. Darkscope - J. Carson Black (Writing as Margaret Falk)

read on my Kindle
it says 2010 as a publishing date, but I think it's older than that...
349 pgs.
Adult murder mystery/ghost story
Finished Friday, 10/7/16 - spent the day reading
Goodreads rating:  3.57 - 107 ratings
My rating: 4/ quite an enjoyable read, especially because of the setting, which was a major character in itself!
Setting: Bisbee, Arizona and it surroundings....1930's to 1980's

First line/s: PROLOGUE:  "Lucas McCord knew his death was imminent.  It didn't matter how he knew.  Like an animal searching for a quiet place to die, he had already retreated into that part of his sould reserved for waiting."
PART ONE:  "The volunteer caretaker at the Bisbee Historical Society whisked a feather duster over the display case near the window.  And halted, mid-whisk."

My comments:  The only "ghost" stories I've ever read have been for kids.  This adult ghost story was great fun for me on a number of levels.  I LOVED the setting - Bisbee, Arizona (with forays to Tucson and the area/s between) including lots of explanation and history.  And the story was multi-layered and a really interesting mystery.  I actually could have done without the ghost parts (I think it could have been written as an un-ghostly mystery and been even better), but I enjoy the occasional fantasy, and so much the better if it's about an interesting mystery.

Goodreads synopsis:  After photographer Chelsea McCord’s marriage falls apart, her great uncle Bob talks her into starting a new life in 1980s Bisbee, Arizona, the historic mining town with a notorious past. Bob's father, mining magnate Lucas McCord, helped build Bisbee in the early 20th century.
     Chelsea discovers an old box camera in a dusty trunk, the film still inside. Sfjhe uses it to photograph the town. Is it her imagination, or does the stench of death emanate from the camera’s inner workings?
     And when Chelsea looks through a viewfinder wavy with age, she sees children in gunny sack clothes, their eyes dark and grainy. Children from the 1920’s. She sees a young man and woman at a train station that no longer exists. The same young woman appears in each of the camera's photographs.
     As the past superimposes itself on the present, Chelsea learns the secret of her powerful family’s dark legacy. With one click of the shutter, she has unleashed a pure and hungry evil that will consume everyone she loves.
     Pitted against a supernatural force and stalked by a psychopathic killer, Chelsea rediscovers her capacity to love as she fights to save her beloved uncle–and herself.
     “Skillfully blending elements of mystery, horror and a nice touch of irony, DARKSCOPE weaves a fascinating spell. 4 ½ stars."
---Frank A. Loporto, Rave Reviews
     “Buy the book and send it to people you want to visit here. If they aren’t scared away by the plot, they’ll soon come in.”
---Bisbee Gazette

Postcards Received Thursday, 10/6/16

589.  Flying Jackalope of the South Dakota Badlands

sent from Portland, Oregon

One of the world's rarest and most unusual animals, The Flying Jackalope is most frequently found in South Dakota's Badlands near Wall.  It is extremely shy and capable of blinding speed to escape detection.  Because of its evasive nature it has no been considered on of the "endangered species" despite it rarity.  This prize photo was taken with a telephoto lens a short way east of Wall.

I had to uninstall Pokemon Go on my phone.  I was convinced I would kill myself or someone...with my car.  I noticed I was playing at red lights...then playing in stalled traffic.  Buyt it wasn't until I asked myself while driving across a bridge, "I wonder if there are water pokemon here?"  I did not check because I imagined myself driving off the bridge.  Of course I would not die, but I would have had to explain how it happened.  I delted the game when I got home.  -TM

590.  Russian Kremlins Postage Stamps

Hello Chris!  Greetings from Russia, Urals.  I live near Yekaterinburg with my husband and fat cat.  I wish you warm autumn!  Elena

Keeping Up With the Best of 2016

Newbery Award:
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (fantasy)

Newbery Honors:
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
Wolf Hollow  by lauren Wolk

Caldecott Award:
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat written and illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Caldecott Honors:
Leave Me Alone written and illustrated by Vera Brosgol
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Du Iz Tak? written and illustrated by Carson Ellis
They All Saw a Cat written and illustrated by Brendan Wenzel

Printz Award:
March, Book Three written by John Lewis, illustrated by Nate Powell

Printz Honors
Asking for It by Louise O'Neill
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
Scythe (The Arc of a Scythe) by Neal Shusterman
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

STARS:
I love to have read a few of the contenders for the Printz, Newbery, and Caldecott Awards.  One of the lists of possibilities is found on Jen J's Booksheets, where she keeps tally of all the books with starred reviews.

Another place to keep watching is Heavy Medal, an SJL blog written by Jonathan Hunt and Sharon McKellar.

Here's the list:

6 Stars:
Alexie, Sherman (illust. Yuyi Morales) - Thunder Boy, Jr.   (GdRds 4.32 - 1293) 32 pgs.

Hardinge, Frances - The Lie Tree (GdRds 3.93 - 5648) 410 pgs.

Rex, Adam - School's First Day of School (GdRds 4.22 - 785) 40 pgs.

Orgill, Roxanne (illust Francis Vallejo) - Jazz Day, the Making of a Famous Photograph (GdRds 4.39 - 261) 66 pgs.

Sidman, Joyce - Before Morning (GdRds 4.02 - 629) 48pgs.

Sweet, Melissa - Some Writer! The Story of EB White (4.47 - 940) 176 pgs.

5 Stars:
Barnhill, Kelly - The Girl Who Drank the Moon (GdRds 4.23 - 1431) 388 pgs.

Berry, Julie - The Passion of Dolssa (GdRds 4.0 - 1088) 478 pgs.

Bryan, Ashley - Freedom Over Me, Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (GdRds 4.51 - 241) 56 pgs.

DiCamillo, Kate - Raymie Nightingale (GdRds 3.97 - 5161) 272 pgs.

Donatiuh, Duncan - The Princess and the Warrior  (GdRds 4.28 - 50) 40 pgs.

Fogliano, Julie - Old Dog Baby Baby (illust. Chris Raschka) (GdRds 3.54 - 109) 32 pgs.

Freedman, Russell - We Will Not Be Silent:  The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler (GdRds 4.34 - 229) 112 pgs.

Gidwitz, Adam - The Inquisitor's Tale (GdRds 4.24 - 855) 384 pgs.

King, A. S. - Still Life With Tornado (GdRds 3.92 - 1047)  295 pgs.

Klassen, Jon - We Found a Hat  (GdRds 4.21 - 1926) 56 pgs.

Lewis & Ayden - March: Book 3  (GdRds 4.73 - 1478) 246 pgs.

Lin, Grace - When the Sea Turned to Silver  (GdRds 4.37 - 521) 384 pgs.

Peck, Richard - The Best Man (GdRds 4.24 - 214) 240 pgs.

Perkins, Lynne Rae - Frank & Lucky Get Schooled (GdRds 3.98 - 197) 32 pgs.

Raczka, Bob - Wet Cement, A Mix of Concrete Poems (GdRds 4.35 - 244) 48 pgs.

Shusterman, Neal - Scythe  (GdRds 4.31 - 1481) 435 pgs.

Wolk, Lauren - Wolf Hollow (GdRds 4.37 - 2,002) 304 pgs.

Yoon, Nicola - The Sun is Also a Star   (GdRds 4.25 - 9010)  348 pgs.


Goodreads Listopia TOP 20 (plus a few more of personal interest) for Mock Newbery as of 10/5/17:
1 - Pax by Sara Pennypacker
2 - Wolf Hollow  by Lauren Wolk
3 - Raymie Nightingale by Kate diCamillo
4 - The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
5 - The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby
6 - Hour of the Bees - Lindsay Eagar
7 - Booked by Kwame Alexander
8 - Some Kind of Courage - Dan Gemeinhart
9 - Counting Thyme - Melanie Conklin
10 - When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for all Seasons by Julie Fogliano
11 - Maybe a Fox - Kathi Appelt
12 - Paper Wishes - Lois Sepahban
13 - The Key to Extraordinary - Natalie Lloyd
14 - All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook - Leslie Connor
15 - Samarai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune - Pamela S. Turner
16 - Ghost - Jason Reynolds
17 - Summerlost - Allie Condie
18 - Ms. Bixby's Last Day - John David Anderson
19 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon - Kelly Barnhill
20 - Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph - Roxanne Orgill
21 - Mayday - Karen Harrington
22 - Full of Beans Jennifer L. Holm
25 - Save Me a Seat - Sarah Weeks
26 - Unbound - A Novel in Verse - Ann E. Burg
27.  Soar - Joan Bauer
32.  Makoons - Louise Erdrich
33.  As Brave as You - Jason Reynolds
36.  Grayling's Song - Karen Cushman
41.  The Best Man - Richard Peck
43.  Freedom Over Me - Eleven Slaves; Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life - Ashley Bryan
45.  Free Verse - Sarah Dooley
46.  Hundred Percent - Karen Romano Young

What's on My Kindle - An Annotated List

2020
Goldberg - Lost Hills (4.26 - 7500)

2019
Armstrong - Roam (homelesss 17yo and her family)
Womack - The Time Collector: A Novel (aud costs 7.49)

2018
Arnett - Onxy and Ivory YA Fant (512 pgs.) (add Audio for 12.99)
Badani - The Storyteller's Secret (Usa/India) 370 pgs. (4.46)
Cleveland, Karen - Need to Know (Female CIA Analyst) 306 pgs.
Fullford - Inlaws and Outlaws (296 pgs.)
Hill, Edwin - Little Comfort (Hester Thursby #1) Harvard, 353 pgs. (add audio for 7.49)
Hillerman, Anne - Cave of Bones (#22 Leaphorn/Chee) 4.01 - 2776
Howard, Linda - The Woman Left Behind (DC paramilitary female computer RomThrill) 373 pgs.
Kelly, Erin Entrada - You Go First (Mid Sch) 284 pgs.
Klepper - Unbroken Threads (4.64/96)
Kristoff - LIFEL1K3 (#1 Lifelike) 4.07/5249
Nash - The Hunt for the Dingo AdMystery Australia
Pan, Emily X. R. The Astonishing Color of After
Regen - Vanishing Girls (#1 Jessie Quinn) Audio as well
Swain - The King Tides (#1 Lancastle & Daniels) AdMyst 318 pgs.
Swanson, Peter - All the Beautiful Lies AdMyst
Verdon, John - White River Burning AdMyst

2017
Bush, Nancy - No Turning Back (originally If You Believe by pseud. Nancy Kelly, 1990s)
Dionne - The Marsh King's Daughter (3.86 - 10,963)
Horowitz - Magpie Murders (4.0 - 10,472) (audio - 12.99)
Ickes - Murder in the Woods (no ratings!)
Kadish - Weight of Ink 592 pgs.
Lee - Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (4.16 - 43,722) YA
Miranda - The Perfect Stranger (3.72)
North, Will - Harm None (#1 Davies & West) Cornwall Archeology Mystery
Paretsky, Sara - Fallout (#18 V. I. Warshawski)
Shamsie - Home Fire: A Novel (4.09/22,845)
Thorpe, Helen - The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American 
           Classroom  (Denver refugee classroom)  NonFiction
Tinti - The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley (392/11,913)
Valerio, Mima - A Beautiful Work in Progress - overwt. female runner, Adult Memoir

2016
Black, Lisa - That Darkness (Gardiner & Renner #1) 2016, 336 pgs.
     Myst - Cleveland Forensics    
Brown, Sandra - Mean Streak
Burton, Jessie - The Muse, 2016 (3.88) GREAT COVER!!
     1967 - art world - author of The Miniaturist
Hutchison, Dot - The Butterfly Garden, 2016 (4.07 with over 40,000 ratings)
     First in a series, the butterflies in this garden are kidnapped women.....
Impellizzeri, Amy - Secrets of Worry Dolls, Guatemala 4.4 rating on Goodreads!

Johnson, Julia Claiborne - Be Frank With Me, 2016 (3.89)

     Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion and unwittingly becomes a full-time companion to
     Frank, the writer's eccentric nine-year old (w/the wit of Noel Coward and the wardrobe of a 30s
     movie star) who has very little in common with his fellow fourth graders
Kay, Theresa - Broken Skies (#1) (4.08 - 1184)
     YA (audio +2.99) 297 pgs.
Lyons, C. J. - Last Light (A Beacon Falls novel, can be read out-of-order)
     Lucy Guardino, a normal Pittsburgh soccer mom who chases the worst of the worst for the FBI.
     In this episode, a violent predator targets her family and she sacrifices her career to keep her
     family safe.

Paul, Gill - The Secret Wife, 2016, 416 pgs. (4.24 - 8144)

     HF - 1914 & 2016 Russia and America - Looks excellent

Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix - The Nest (3.44 - 104,388) Ad CRF

Viehweg, Clark - Hokee Wolf, GR 4.23 - 47 compared to Hillerman - 279 pgs. (no audio)

Yocum - A Brilliant Death (Edgar Fnlst - mother he never knew) 272 p. (4.38/909)

2015
Barrows, Annie - The Truth According to Us,  1938, WV, young Girl POV (3.76)  ALSO ONAUDIBLE
Bertman - Book Scavenger GR 4.16 MidGrades
Cogman, Genevieve - The Invisible Library (#1 in series) 2015 (3.74)
     Irene, a professional spy for the mysterious Library, is posted to an alternative London to retrieve
     a dangerous stolen book.
Donald, R. E. - Sundown on Top of the World (#4-okay to read out-of-order) (4.09 - 560) 2015 321
          pgs. Myst - Alaskan bush, cold case
Dyer, Madeline - Untamed (#1) YA

Fox, Candice - Hades (Archer & Bennet #1) 2015, 3.83

     Myst. Two cops - brother & sister - were raised by a master criminal.....

Gansworth - If I Ever Get Out of Here (Indian Reservation)

Hamilton, Glen Erik - Past Crimes (Van Sahw #1) 2015 (3.9)
     Van Shaw, raised to be a thief, joined the military and abandoned his past.  Now he's called back
      to Seattle and the criminal grandfather and crimes to solve.
Hannah, Kristin - The Nightingale: A Novel (454 - 341,242) 593 pgs. (audio +12.99)
Kaufman, Amie - Illuminae  YA (4.32 - 75,860)
Lister, Michael  - Innocent Blood (John Jordan #7) 2015 (3.86)
     This looks like a prequel to the previous in the series...back to the beginning with a "fascinating 
     and unique" detective.
Mills - The Debt Collector (#1) (4.08 - 1440) Mystery
Ness, Patrick - The Rest of Us Just Live Here, 2015 (3.77)
     CRF with some fantasy....hard to say.....looks good.....
Nielsen, Susin - We Are All Made of Molecules, 2015 (3.87)
     YA - Two teenagers find themselves living together when their parents marry.  Heartbreaking and
     laugh out loud.
Niven, Jennifer - All the Bright Places, 2015 (4.2)
     YA A girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die......
Raphael, Kate - Murder Under the Bridge, 2015 (3.66)
     Female Palestinian cop and gay Jewish-American peace worker in Israel solve a murder &
     looking into Israel's sex trafficking trade.
Seskis, Tina - One Step Too Far, 2015 (3.56)
     Why does a seemingly happy lawyer walk out of her life one morning to start over as someone
     looking into Israel's sex trafficking trade.
Slaughter, Karen - Blindsighted (#1 Grant Cty) 4.10 - 50,482 (rewrite of 2001)
Slaughter, Karen - Pretty Girls (standalone!)
Smith, Carrie - Silent City, 2015 (3.66)
     A female NYPD detective, newly in remission from cancer, returns to a tough homicide case
Swyler, Erika - The Book of Speculation (Magic & Family mystery) 350 pgs.
Tahir - An Ember In the Ashes (Ember #1) (4.32 - 109,750) YA Fantasy
Toyne, Simon - The Searcher (#1 Solomon Creed, Redemption, AZ)
Wilbanks, Scott - The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster (1890s & contemp collide) 400 pgs.
Yoerg, Sonja - The Middle of Somewhere, 2015 (3.91)
     A troubled young widow goes on a 3-week hike deep into the wilderness on the John Muir Trail          trying to confront her shameful past.
Yoon, Nicola - Everything, Everything, 2015 (4.07)
     YA  A girl, allergic to the world and bound to her house, falls in love with the new boy next door.

2014

Capri, Diane - Flight 12: A Jess Kimball Thriller, 2014  (3.96)

     Jess Kimball (compared to a female Jack Reacher), a Taboo Magazine writer, rushes to JFK to
     catch the fated Flight 12 to Rome
Doiron - Bear Trap (#4.5 Bowditch) GR 3.92
Fox, Candice - Hades (Archer & Bennett #1)
     Mystery - Adult - Twins raised by a master criminal become cops
Holt, K. A. - Rhyme Schemer, 2014 (3.96) 176 pgs. MidGrade (The tables are turned on a bully.)
Jacobs, Mira - Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing 3.99 (India/Amer Best Book yr.) 513 pgs.
Lloyd-Jones, Emily- Illusive 422 pgs. (3.71 - 2693) (audio +19.95) YA
Montgomery, Ben - Grandma Gatewood's Walk (4.11-7152)
Morrow, Bradford - The Forgers (3.13 - 1063) (audio + 7.49) 256 pgs.
North, Will - Harm None (Davies & West #1) 3.72 - 4.57

Perry, Thomas - A String of Beads, 2014 (4.15)

      Jane Whitefield #8

2013
Bass, Jefferson - Cut to the Bone (Body Farm #8) 2013, 368 pgs. (4.04 - 2431 pgs.)
     okay to read out- of-order, this was the prequel      Just read it!
Bowmann, Corina - The Moonlit Garden, 2013 (3.73)
     Young widow tries to discover the mystery of a mysterious antique violin's legacy.
Brockmole, Jessica - Letters from Skye, 2013 (3.89)
     A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars - I and II
Caton - The Liminaries (3.71 - 54,265)
Ethington, Rebecca - Eyes of Ember (#2 Imdalind) YA Fant, 285 pgs.
Gansworth - If I Ever Get Out of Here YA NatAm Great Ratings
Green, Stacy - Tin God (Delta Crossroad #1) female protag.
     Mystery - Mississippi
Konigsberg, Bill - Openly Straight (#1 in series) 2013 (3.96)  Also on AUDIBLE
       YA a young man who is openly gay in Boulder goes to boarding school in the northeast and
       decides to keep his sexuality under wraps so that he can live "normally."
March - Finding Colin Firth

Moriarty, Jacklyn -  A Corner of White  (#1 The Colours of Madelein), 2013 (3.8)

     YA The first in a rousing, funny, genre-busting trilogy.  Fantasy?  A tale of missing persons....

Ryan, Estelle - The Braque Connection (#3 Genevieve Lenard) 2013 (4.28)

Ryan, Estelle - The Dante Connection (#2 Genevieve Lenard) 2013 (4.12)

Ryan, Estelle -   The Gauguin Connection (#1 Genevieve Lenard) (4.02)

     Art theft.  Coded messages.  A high-level threat.  Despite her initial disbelief, Dr. Genevieve
     Lenard discovers that she is the key than connects.

2012
Erdrich, Louise - The Round House, 2012 (3.9)
     1988 N. Dakota - After a woman is attacked and reluctant to reveal what happened, her 13 year
     old son's life is irrevocably changed.

Gagnon, Michelle - Don't Turn Around, 2012 (3.86)

    YA thriller - female computer hacker smart, tough, action-packed, 1st of 3
Gideon, Melanie - Wife 22: A Novel (3.51 - 12,108) 497 pgs. (audio +8.99) CRF
Joyce, Rachel - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (antihero/600 mile walk across England)
McGarrity, Michael - Hard Country (Kerney Family #1) (4.09/1394) 608 pgs.
Nolan, Lea - Conjure: Hoodoo Apprentice (YA) 400 pgs.
Robarchek & Stickell - In the Territories of Lies, 2012 (3.4)
     Two women discover family ties when they meet through an online genealogy site.
Shields, Kieran - The Truth of All Things (Archie Lean #1, Portland, ME 1892) (3.47) 2012
     HF Myst - Three people come together to solve a killing that relates to the original Salem witch
     trials
Sokolof - Huntress Moon (FBI #1)
Thompson - Helsinki White (#3 Insp. Vaarga, Finland) (333 pgs.)

2011
Adams, Thelma - The Last Woman Standing, 2011 (3.52)   
          1880s - 18 yo SF girl marries Tombstone lawman
Curtin, Rich - Artifacts of Death (Manny Rivera #1) 4.0 - 224

Dolley, Chris - An Unsafe Pair of Hands, 2011, (3.71) 343 pgs.  Myst - England (CID) A woman's body is found in an old stone circle with another woman buried alive beneath her.

Hoffman, Alice - The Red Garden, 2011 (3.68)
     Smalltown America (Massachusetts) with three hundred years of passion, dark secrets, loyalty,
     and redemption of intertwined characters.
VanDraanen, Wendelin - The Running Dream (4.3 - 18,587) YA CRF
Wilkinson, Kerry - The Killer Inside (#1 Det. Jessica Daniel)
     Serial killer - Body (and then another) found inside a locked house.
Stelmach, Orest - The Boy from Reactor 4 (Nadia Tesla #1)  YA?  Adult?  MYSTERY sounds good

2010
Fortier, Anne, Juliet: A Novel (Mystery)
     Girl is bequeathed a key to a safety deposit box in Italy - back & forth in time?
Kellerman, Faye - Hangman (Decker & Lazarus #19)

2009
Coben Harlan - Tell No One (his first standalone) 396 pgs.
Suarez, Daniel - Daemon (Adult cyber suspense) 489 pgs.

2008
Clayton, Meg Waite - The Wednesday Sisters, 2008  (3.5)
     For 35 years, five women meet every Wednesday at the park in Palo Alto.
Ebershoff, David - The 19th Wife, 2008 (3.63)
     Flipping back and forth between 1875 and the story of Brigham Young's wife, Ann Eliza and
     current day when a young man who had been thrown out of the fundamentalist sect  reenters to
     discover the truth behind his father's death.
Flora, Kat - Angel of Knowlton Park (Joe Burgess #2), 2008 (3.95)

      Myst, Portland, ME - Young Timmy Watts is found brutally stabbed yet carefully preserved in a 

      local park.

Green, John; Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson - Let It Snow, 3 Holiday Stories YA

Helgason, Hallgrimur - The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning, 2008 (3.26) 

     Hitman Tomislav Bokse, fleeing from his life as a NY hitman, finds himself on a plane to
     Reykjavik disguised as an American televangelist.
McGarrity, Michael - Dead or Alive (#12 of 13 Kevin Kerney)
Westerfeld, Scott - The Secret Hours (Midnighters #1) 2008 (2.81)
     Same author as Uglies series, time freezes at midnight for a few select people in this town...
Winskye, Paula F. - The Reverend Finds His Calling  (#1 Tony Wagner) 2008 (4.0)
     Seminary student begins summer employment in Evergreen national Park wondering if he's cut
     out for the ministry when a serial killer strikes.

2007 

French, Tana - In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1) 2007, 429 pgs. (3.74 - 188,073)

Gunn, Elizabeth - Cool in Tucson  (Sarah Burke #1) (3.35)
     Ambitious Tucson police detective Sarah Burke, newly divorced, takes on two cases at the same
 time - one of her missing niece.
Swain, James - Midnight Rambler (Jack Carpenter #1) 2007 (3.82)
     Have read #2 and liked it a lot....Murder in south Florida, cop
Van Booy, Simon - The Secret Lives of People in Love, 2007 (4.03 - 1,648)

     Short stories

2006
Joss, Morag - Half Broken Things, 2006 (3.57)
     Three reluctant, damaged loners, gather together in a secluded country house and build a tentative       life for themselves.
Roy, Jennifer - Yellow Star, 2006 (4.19)
     Free verse, Holocaust, written for middle grades
Suarez - Daemon (Daemon #1) 4.17 - 34,407
Webb, Betty - Desert Run (#4 Lena Jones, Scottsdale) 2006 (3.93)
     Just read it - it's next in line!

2005
Berg, Elizabeth - The Year of Pleasures, 2005 (3.68)
     Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin anew

Hellmann, Libby Fischer - A Shot To Die For (Ellie Foreman #4) 2005 (3.79) 

     (NOTE: Book #1 is avail on Kindle, but I believe this can be read without it) Returning from a
     life for themselves.
Patchett, Ann - Bel Canto, 2005 (3.92)

2004

Brennert - Molokai, A Novel, 4.16 - 88,988 ratings

Gischler, Victor - The Pistol Poets, 2004 (3.79) 

     A thrill-a-minute suspense novel of crime and academia, with hilarious results.

2003
Box,  C. J. - Winterkill (Joe Pickett #3)j4.18-8989
Talton, Jon - Camelback Falls (#2 David Mapstone, Phoenix), 2003 (3.81)

2002

Brooks, Geraldine - A Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, 323 pgs.

Walker, Mary Willis - All the Dead Lie Down (#3 but read now Molly Cate, Austin crime reporter) 

     2002 (3.8)  New information on the death of her father 20 years previously has come Molly's way, 

     and she reopens the investigation - and the rush of old wounds - with a vengeance.

     

2001

Coben - Only the Lucky, 2001

Harris, Joanne - Five Quarters of the Orange, 2001 (3.82)

     Framboise Simon returns to the small village in France where her mother is held responsible for a
     terrible tragedy during WWII.

1998
Nesbo, Jo - Cockroaches:  The Second Inspector Harry Hole Mystery

1997
Gaiman, Neil - Neverwhere (4.18 - 327,956)
Nesbo, Jo, - The Bat (Harry Hole #1) 1997 (3.57)
     Harry Hole is sent to Sydney to investigate the murder of Inger Holter, a young Norwegian girl,
     who was working in a bar.

1989
Kirstein, Rosemary - The Steerswoman, (#1 in series) 1989 (4.0)
       Fantasy?  Historical Fiction?  great ratings and sounds really interesting

1986
Kellerman - The Ritual Bath (Decker & Lazarus #1)

1985
Moore, Lorrie - Self-Help, 1985 (4.2)
     Nine SHORT STORIES

1937
Sharp, Margery - Under the Nutmeg Tree, 1937 (3.81)
     An almost homeless woman sets of to France to start her life anew.

SHORT STORIES
The Secret Lives of People in Love - Van Booy
Self Help - Moore

Mid Grades
Middle of Somewhere, The - Yoerg
One Step Too Far - Seskis
Rhyme Schemer - Holt CRF
Yellow Star - Roy HF
You Go First - Kelly, Erin Entrada - 284 pgs.

In CLOUD - Already read
Acevedo, Kristy - Consider (#1 Holo Series)
Addison, Katherine - The Goblin Emperor
Allan, Howard - Mayan Star (3)
Ames, Dan - A Hard Man to Forget: The Jack Reacher Files (Jack Reacher Files #1)
Anderson, John David - Posted 
Antani, Jay - The Leaving of Things, The
Armstrong - A Darkness Absolute (#2 Casey Duncan)
Bandani - Trail of Broken Wings
Barker, J. D. - The Fourth Monkey (#1 4MK)
Barr, Ellisa - Outage (Powerless Nation #1)
Battles, Brett -  Rewinder,  ALSO ON AUDIBLE
Bende, S. E. Perfekt Order
Bennett - The Anatomical Shape of a Heart, YA
Berendt - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Black, J. Carson - Cry Wolf (Laura Cardinal #4)
Black, J. Carson - Darkscope (standalone ghost/mystery-Bisbee)
Black, J. Carson - The Devil's Hour (Laura Cardinal Book 3)
Black, J. Carson - Flight 12 (Laura Cardinal SS)
Black, J. Carson - The Survivor's Club
Blackwell, Elizabeth - In the Shadow of Lakecrest
Blakely, Lauren - Part-Time Lover 
Blakemore, Megan Frazer - The Water Castle
Bracken, Alexandra - Passenger (Passenger #1)
Brant, Wendy - Zenn Diagram, 2017 YA
Brody, Jennifer - The Thirteenth Continuum
Bryndza, Robert - The Girl in the Ice (#1 DCI Erika Foster)
Bryndza, Robert - Nine Elms (#1 Kate marshall)
Bucchin, Hannah - Paintbrush
Burke, Alafair - Dead Connection (Ellie Hatcher #1), 2007 (3.73)
Buxbaum, Julie - Tell Me Three Things , 2016 YA
Cameron, Barbara - A Road Unknown, 2014 AmishFiction (3.5)
Cameron, Sharon - The Forgetting, 2016
Carter, Scott William - The Gray and Guilty Sea, ALSO ON AUDIBLE
Castillo, Linda - A Hidden Secret (Kate Burkholder SS - 6.5)
Castillo - In Dark Company (Burkholder Short Story#9.5) ) 69 pgs.
Castillo, Linda - Long Lost (Kate Burkholder SS - 4.5)
Castillo, Linda - Only the Lucky (#8.5 Kate Burkholder SS) 4
Chambers, Becky - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, 2015 SCI FI 5*
Clare, Cassandra - City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments #2)
Coffin, Bruce Robert - Among the Shadows (Det. Byron #1/Portland ME) 4.28
Collins, Suzanne - Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2)
Collins, Suzanne - The Hunger Games (Hunger Games #1)
Collins, Suzanne - Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3)
Connelly, Michael - A Darkness More than Night (Harry Bosch?)
Connor, Leslie - The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle,
Cornick, Nicola - The Phantom Tree, The (4) Time Travel
Crais, Robert - The Promise (Elvis, Joe & Scott, all three)
Crane, Rebekah - The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland (YA)
Crouch, Blake - Dark Matter (Ad SciFi) 5
Dahl, Julia - Run You Down (Rebekah Roberts @2)
Daniels, Robert - Once Shadows Fall (Sturgis & Kale #1)
Davies, Drew - Dear Lily  (2)
de Castrique, Mark - Blackman's Coffin (Sam Blackman #1)
Dolan-Leach, Caite - Dead Letters (3)
Doiron, Paul - Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, ME #2)
Doiron, Paul - Bear Trap (Mike Bowditch, ME #4.5)
Downs, Andrew - Mourning Gloria  (California FBI Agent Leah Hudson #1)
Dugoni, Robert - My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite #1)
Dyer, Madeline - Untamed (Untamed #1) (1)
Elliot, Kendra - A Merciful Death (Mercy Kilpatrick #1)
Elliot, Kendra - A Merciful Truth (#2 Mercy Kilpatrick)
Ellis, Seeking the Dead (Joe Plantagenet #1)
Ethington, Rebecca - Kiss of Fire (#1 Imdalind)
Fine, Sarah - Sanctum (Guards of the Shadowlands #1)
Flora, Kate - Playing God (Jod Burgess #1)
Forrest, Bella - A Shade of Vampire 2: A Shade of Blood
Forrest, Bella - A Shade of Vampire (#1)
Frasier, Anne - Stay Dead (Elise Sandberg #2) 2014 (4.11)
Gramt. Kimi Cunningham - Fallen Mountains, 2019 (3)
Green, John _ Turtles All the Way Down
Griffiths, Elly - The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway #2)
Guillory, Jasmine - The Wedding Date
Hamilton, Denise - Sugar Skull (Eve Diamond #2)  (Goodreads 3.56 - 226)  2004
Hand, Elizabeth - Generation Loss
Harper - Force of Nature (#2 Aaron Falk)
Hayman, James - The Chill of Night (McCabe & Savage)
Hayman, James - Darkness First (McCabe & Savage)
Hayman, James - A Fatal Obsession (#6 McCabe & Savage)
Hayman, James - The Girl in the Glass (McCabe & Hayman)
Hillerman, Anne - Spider Woman's Daughter
Hoang, Helen - The Kiss Quotient (5)
Holliday, Scott - Punishment, SciFiMystery (4)
Holt, K. A. - House Arrest Mid Grades CRF/Verse (5)
Holt, Kimberly Willis - Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel, MidGr CRF (5)
Honeyman, Gail - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (5)
Hunter, Elizabeth - INK: A Love Story on 7th and Main (3.5)
Hyldahl, Andi - Allusion   FUN YA Mystery  v

Indridason, Arnaldur - Jar City (Inspector Erlendur #3), 2000 (3.8)

Jacobs, Mara - Against the Odds (Anna Dawson's Vegas #1)
Jacobs, Nora - The Last Equation of Isaac Severy, 2018 (3.5)
Kang, Lydia - Toxic YA SciFi 2018 (2)
Khan, Hena - Amina's Voice (2017 Mid Grades)
King, Emily R. - The Hundredth Queen (Hundredth Queen #1) 2017
Kline, Christina Baker - Orphan Train: A Novel
Kress, Adrienne - Outcast 2013
Kuzneski, Chris - The Plantation   Audible, too
Lauren, Christina - The Unhoneymooners
Leveen, Tom - Till the Sun Breaks Down (Deviant Aeon Bk 1)
Leverone, Allan - Flight 12 A Kristin Cunningham Thriller
Lightbourne - The Kurdish Bike
Lockhart, E. - We Were Liars
Luzzatto, Kfir - The Evelyn Project
Marrs, John - The One, The (5)
Marsons, Angela - Evil Games
Marsons, Angela - Lost Girls (#3 DI Kim Stone)
Marsons, Angela - Silent Scream
Mass, Wendy - Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall
Maynard, Frances - The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr
Mayne, Andrew - Angel Killer (#1 Jessica Blackwood)
Mayne, Andrew - Looking Glass Audible, too
Mayne, Andrew - The Naturalist (#1)
Michaels, Alicia - Bellamy and the Brute
Miranda, Megan - The Perfect Stranger (3.5)
Mitchell - Truth and Lies (Have audio as well)
Monir, Alexandra, Suspicion
Murphy, Emily Bain - The Disappearances
Nickless, Barbara - Blood on the Tracks  ALSO ON AUDIBLE
North, Julian - Age of Order
Oelke - Nice Try, Jane Sinner  YA (435 pgs.)
Pavone, Chris - The Expats
Pinard, Margaret - Dulci's Legacy YA (author is a Litsy friend)
Price, Sarah - Fields of Corn (Amish Fiction) 2007
Prior, Hazel - Ellie and the Harpmaker AdCRF/Autism 2019
Pulley, D. M. - The Buried Book, The  Also on Audible
Raasch, Sara - Snow Like Ashes
Ragen, Naomi - Sotah Hasidic Judaism in Jerusalem (4)
Reintgen, Scott - Nyxia (4.5)
Riggs, Carol - The Lying Planet
Robinson, Steve - In the Blood (Genealogical #1)
Rossi - Under the Never Sky
Salerni, Kianne K. - The Eighth Day
Sandford, John - Rules of Prey (#1)
Schulman - Theory of Bastards (4.11) 

Schwab, Victoria - This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1)

Shaver, Theresa - Scorched: A Dry Earth Story (2)

Shea, Brian Christopher - Murder Board (#1 Michael Kelly/Boston detective) (3)

Simmons, Kristen - Article 5  (Goodreads
Simsion, Graeme - The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1)
Smith, Andrew - Grasshopper Jungle
Sten, Viveca - Still Waters Also on Audible
Sternbergh, Adam - The Blinds
Stradling, Rita - Colorless NetGalley 2017
Taylor, Laini - Daughter of Smoke & Bone (#1)
Thomas, Angie - The Hate U Give
Thompson, James - Snow Angels (Insp. Vaara #1)
Trasi, Amita - The Color of Our Sky, (4)
Valentino, Amanda & Silsbee - The Amanda Project Book 1 and Book 2
Vanderah - Where the Forest Meets the Stars (have audio as well)
VanDraanen, Wendelin - Wild Bird
Vikar, Adam - When Dimple Met Rishi (2017 YA)
Wallace, Michael - Crow Hollow, 2015 (3.65)
Ward, E. D. - Night Hunter (#1 Harry Circus) (2)
Ware, Ruth - The Death of Mrs. Westaway (2)
Webb, Betty - Desert Shadows (Lena Jones #3)
Webb, Wendy - Tale of Halcyon Crane
Wendig, Chuck - Zeroes, 2015 (3)
White, Loreth Anne - The Drowned Girls (Angie Pallorino #1)
Wiggs, Susan - Family Tree
Winger, Diane - Ellie Dwyer's Great Escape (3)
Wood, Fiona - Six Impossible Things
Yancey, Rick - The 5th Wave
Younge-Ullman, Danielle - Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined (4)
Zentner, Jeff - Serpent King, The
Ziboi, Ibi - American Street