Series, I remember the people but not the story. I guess ill have to reread all of them again.
I listened to a podcast called The Currently Reading Podcast about the Three Pines books by Louise Penny. So I suppose I'll have to reread that series too. There are 2 episodes of the podcast covering the first two books. The women are a little twee? But I agree with slot of their views.

You have enough to keep you busy for a while. The Maron series, alone, has 43 titles. Just half of her total output.

Rereading is tricky. I do have a problem reading several series books in a row.
I find I notice the outline after 2 books. That is annoying.

Working with the British Secret Service on an undercover mission, Maisie Dobbs is sent to Hitler's Germany in this thrilling tale of danger and intrigue.

(Gotta love that!)
A Matter of Life and Death, by Phillip Margolin. Not familiar with him, but plan on starting it later.

The master of the courtroom thriller returns with a classic mind-bending puzzle, as Attorney Robin Lockwood must face her most challenging case yet, with everything stacked against her client and death on the line.

by Amor Towles. Excited to dig in. Btw, love everything by Connelly. Started the Bosch series when we moved to LA 17 years ago. Great way to get familiar with the city. That and car chases on tv...

I've read most of the Bosch books but this was the first time I've had access to the first one. It's quite long and in-depth.

Towles' books are great, too. And long.

Nice, stripped down writing style that says a lot with few words.

"Provocative and fast-paced, a story of bloody retribution, heartfelt change - and maybe even redemption."

Lots if 5-star ratings.

One of the best books I've read this year.

Very popular.

Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual “Lost Friends” advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as newly freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold away.

...by Cixin Liu. No spoilers, I'm about 30 or 40 pages from the end. Afterward I'll read The Dark Forest, the second novel in the Three Body series.

We talked about this one last week. Good stuff.

posted this, but my wifi must have gotten disconnected, because my post is nowhere to be found. Either that or I imagined it! Anyway, I've only read a few pages, but I like Guthrie's style and look forward to this book.

Well, computers and such always have their quirks. Glad you were able to post again, sounds like an amazing book.

Thanks for the good wishes. I always have time to read; it's after I've gone to bed and should be sleeping.

Listening, on the other hand, gets more difficult when I have to run off every few minutes to deal with something in another room. Never a dull moment around here, I tells ya.

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babies at the recreation center where my sister & I do our daily walk. Mama is a sweetheart. I put her right in the crate, but we're having to trap the babies. So far, we have 3 of her kittens, but the last two are not cooperating. Pray that we will have success tonight. BTW, we trapped a BIG male siamese that (might be the Daddy cat) we had to release because we didn't have a place for him to go. He was not a "tame" cat.

I'm still reading Years of Rice and Salt? Not only is it a very long book, but it is a very deep one, delving into many topics that make you think--physics, chemistry, religion, philosophy (lots of that!), and various views on the (alternate) history being told. Reading too much of it at once makes my brain hurt, but it might be Kim Stanley Robinson's best book. I am totally loving it, but I am definitely going to need something pretty light when I am done with it. However, I'm going to be mulling it over for a long time and possibly going back to it later.

"Living in a book." I've done that. Thanks for sharing your experience with it.

I tried Three Ordinary Girls, which is about the Dutch Resistance. It really should be classified as non fiction; it's not quite dull but as a novel it could have been very engaging, possibly an all nighter.

Then I started The Archers Story which is fiction and a massive work. There are 12 books and I have the first 6 as a set. This is very interesting, being set during the Crusades (specifically the on e led by Richard The Lionheart who got on everybody's shit list due to his war crimes and abandonment of his troops only to be captured on his way to rescue his wife and sister.) It begins with evacuations from Christian forts before the Saracens massacre them. The characters are engaging and the events are intriguing but it could use a little punch to keep you up. So I am going to work on it one book at a time and have put it aside for a bit.

Hidden: An exciting novel of suspense (A Lost and Found Novel Book 1)

Yep all I need is a new Fern Michaels series, right?

So far, it has been just what I needed after my attempts at the two more arid books described above.

A page-turning new story from the bestselling author of No Way Out, perfect for fans of Nora Roberts and Danielle Steel! Meet a brother and sister who are drawn into a treacherous mystery through an antique with a dark past, as they race against time to help a single mother and take down a ruthless couple bent on taking control of their family’s legacy…

At first glance, few would guess that Luna and Cullen Bodman are siblings. Cullen is efficient and serious while his younger sister Luna is a free spirit. When the two launch their furniture restoration shop/café—an offshoot of the family’s longtime antique business—in an up-and-coming arts center, little do they know their unique talents may be their only defense against a dangerous betrayal.

When Luna gets a strange sense about a piece Cullen just acquired, the two find themselves uniting to solve a mystery that has far-reaching consequences—never knowing there are some who’ll stop at nothing to claim what they believe is theirs. No matter what, Luna and Cullen know they can rely on each other—and this time, their lives may depend on it…

Just getting into it but it's going to be a fun read.

Of COURSE I have replaced the Prime books I already cleaned out....I acquired another book by Erin Littiken, author of The Memory Keeper of Kiev. It will probably be my next read.

The brand new historical novel from Erin Litteken, bestselling author of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv, based on her family's heart-wrenching escape from war-torn Europe.
A story of the strength of the human spirit, the personal cost of conflict and how love can be found even in the darkest times.

Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost family during the Holodomor, loved ones in Stalin's purges, and war looms once more on the horizon.

These daughters of Ukraine will face devastation and loss as they fight to survive and protect the ones they love.

A gripping page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Nightingale and The Rose Code

If you have not read Memory Keeper of Kiev I can't recommend it enough!!! Novels of Ukraine are surfacing all over the place, and not just those written after the beginning of the current war. I am learning a lot about Ukraine's complex history!!

For finding so many terrific books for us to look forward to.

I finished the Lager Queen of Minnesota last week. It was a quick read and a fun palette cleanser after reading a serious book like Those Who Save Us.

I’m enjoying The Invention of Wings. It’s about a young woman who to her dismay is gifted with a slave by her parents for her birthday.

However, it may take me some time to finish it. We have to make a 3 day run to Gainesville next week. And I’m deep into a new project. I’m buying furniture for a reading nook out in our Florida Room/sunroom. Mostly glassed in. It overlooks our backyard with a small lake and old growth pines with low hanging branches. It’s great when it rains, watching a thick fog rolling in or enjoying hummingbirds at their feeders. The best thing is I can access it from our bedroom for the nights I can’t sleep. I’m really excited to have my own little area to relax, read and nap 💤.

Looking out over a lake and all.

And your book, too: "This exquisitely written novel is a triumph of storytelling that looks with unswerving eyes at a devastating wound in American history, through women whose struggles for liberation, empowerment, and expression will leave no reader unmoved."

by James Lee Burke.

Just started it.
I liked Burke's other novels, so figured this one has to be as good as or better than the others.

I’m reading it now and I wrote that I was “enjoying it.” It’s not a book to be enjoyed, a really poor choice of words. It’s a book to make one learn, feel, be humbled, but not to be enjoyed. However, just 50+ pages in, I’m engrossed.