Saturday, April 13, 2024

Reading Stacks - Annotations of Next Books to Read


Last updated 10/5/24

Love Elixer of Augusta Stern  - Audible Credit  (9:40)
         Hist Fict - 80 year old retires to Florida - also set in 1920 when she was very young.... 

Deep Into the Dark - 5 bucks with a credit - Audible library (9:00)
        LA Mystery - female detective - Book 1 of 4

Heir - Audible Credit - YA Fantasy (17:46)
     With a 4.49 GR rating, this looks ultra-good and is new, the first of a duology.

Bright Side - Audible library (13:20) $7.94
     2014, 4.30 GR rating, looks good.

Girl One: Murder (#1 Maya Gray FBI) Audible library (6:08)  $7,94
      12 cold cases, one serial killer, and a supposedly brilliant FBI agent that figures it all out 

The Monarchs of Winghaven (6:54) Mid Grades Audible library  $5.18
     A girl finds a secret and abandoned vacant lot in the middle of the suburbs where she is able to discover and enjoy nature.

Blood Sisters (9:48) Audible library - Audible CREDIT
     A Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the disappearance of two women, one of them her sister.

Dead-Eyed Drifter (#3 Karen Pantelli) Scott William Carter (13:52) Audible library  $10.10 (3/for sale)

A Lovely Lie  (8:18) Audible library  $10.10 (3/for sale)
       Two girls, when seniors in high school, shared a deadly secret.  This apparently takes place years later.

The Frozen River A Novel - Hist Fict (12:37 left) Audible library   $10.10 (3/for sale)
     1789 Maine, Kennebec River

The Gathering: A Novel - fantasy (8:35 left)
      Alaskan vampires

Young Rich Widows (8:45)  
     4 Mafia widows lives after the airplane crash of their husbands

A Girl From Nowhere (12:24) Kindle Unlimited
     "Life in the wasteland is a constant struggle.  No one knows it better than Taimin.  Crippled, and with only hi indomitable aunt to protect him, Taimin must learn to survive in a world schorched by two suns and frequented by raiders...."

Trust No One #1 Devlin & Falco (12:46)  Kindle Unlimited
     "It's the worst possible time for Det. Kerrii Devlin to be involved in an all-consuming double-homicide case.  She's locked in a bitter struggle with her ex-husband and teenage daughter, and her reckless new partner is anything by trustworthy...."

The Hike (10:28)
     "Burned-out, Liz plans a vacation with her three best friends, persuading them to spend four night camping in the stunning mountains of Norway.  But as they stride farther from civilization, it become clear that the women are not the only ones looking to lose themselves in the mountains..."

Throwaway Jane: A Karen Pantelli Novel (Scott William Carter) (10:13)
     "Former FBI agent Karen Pantelli lives by a simple philosophy, never, ever care.  Three years after a tragic mistake ends her once-stellar career, she drifts from one dead-end job to another, quickly moving on when she finds herself getting too attached.  A new city.  A new life..."

Homecoming - Kate Morton (17:38)
     "Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959.  At the end of a scorching hot day, a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery.  A police investigation is called, and the small town of Tambilla become embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia..."

Parting the Veil (12:49)
     "When Eliza Sullivan inherits an estate from a recently deceased aunt, she leaves behind a grievous and guild-ridden past in New Orleans for rural England and a fresh start.  Eliza arrives at her new home and finds herself falling for the mysterious lord of Havenwood, Malcolm Winfield..."

The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier (9:51)
     Underground Railroad

Fall from Grace - Tim Weaver (15:18)
     "When Leonard Franks and his wife, Ellie, leave London for their dream retirement in the seclusion of Dartmoor, everything seems perfect.  But then their new life is shattered..."

The Singing Trees:: A Novel (14:33)  2021 - 4.23
     "A young artist forges a path of self-discover in an enriching novel about forgibing the past and embracing second chances...Maine, 1969.  AFter losing her parents in a car accident, aspiring artist Analisa Mancuso lives with ther grandmother and their large Italian family in the stifling factory town of Payton Mills.....(I think she moves to Portland)"

The Victory Garden - Rhys Bowen (10:19)
     "As the Great War continues to take its toll, 21-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to congtribute to the war effort.  She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with thim and accepts his proposal of marriage..."

Light Chaser (5ish hours - started already, but just a bit)
     "Amahle is a Light Chaser - one of a number of explorers who travel the universe alone (except for their onboard II), trading trinkets for life stories.  But when she listens to the stories, she hears the same voice talking directly to her from different time and on different worlds..."

The Lying Club (10:38)
      "At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, Natalie, an office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day...."

Origami Man - FitzSimmons (9:45) Kindle Unlimited
     "Former Marine, brilliant hacker, and wanted fugitive Gibson Vaughn is off the grid in the Caymans.  Until the ice-cold assassin Tinsley draws him out of the shadows.  Complying with the man who murdered his father and left Gibson for dead?  In the war against terror, never say never..."

KIDS
The Monarchs of Winghaven (see above)

A Royal Conundrum (#1 The Misfits) (6:02)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (1:57)

The Lost Library (4:12)

Royal Conundrum (6:02)

Puppets of Spelhorst (1:39)

All the Small Wonderful Things (4:49)

The Midnight Children (9:39)

The Birchbark House (5:26)

The Beatryce Prophecy (4:16)

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