I have seven books planned to read in August.
Reading for NetGalley-
Falling in a Sea of Stars (Green Rider #8) by Kristen Britain
After Sacoridia’s victory over Second Empire, Karigan G’ladheon’s
life as a Green Rider should have settled into an ordinary routine. But
her father’s abrupt departure to rescue Laren Mapstone, leader of the
Green Riders and the woman he loves, from the far distant land of Varos,
has left Clan G’ladheon’s business in disarray and Karigan’s hands
full.
Even as Karigan tries to sort out the clan’s mess, a
darker, more perilous crisis casts its shadows over her: Mornhavon the
Black has reawakened. Moreover, he has freed two undead wraiths from
their imprisoning tombs to hunt Karigan down and bring her to him in
Blackveil Forest.
In a deadly confrontation with one of the
wraiths amid the frivolity of the Harvest Ball, Karigan is left
vulnerable to the intrigues of another old adversary she thought
destroyed long ago. Haunted by the unceasing rhythm of the dance, she
falls endlessly through the frigid dark of the heavens, and even
Westrion, god of death, cannot save her.
King Zachary, bereft
and hopeless, keeps vigil for her safe return. If they are not reunited,
her loss may destroy him—and any chance Sacoridia has of overcoming
Mornhavon’s dark designs.
The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White
In this gripping World War II historical
about the power of words, two people form an unlikely friendship amid
the Nazi occupation in Paris and fight to preserve the truth that
enemies of freedom long to destroy.
Paris, 1940. Ever
since the Nazi Party began burning books, German writers exiled for
their opinions or heritage have been taking up residence in Paris. There
they opened a library meant to celebrate the freedom of ideas and
gathered every book on the banned list . . . and even incognito versions
of the forbidden books that were smuggled back into Germany.
For
the last six years, Corinne Bastien has been reading those books and
making that library a second home. But when the German army takes
possession of Paris, she loses access to the library and all the secrets
she’d hidden there. Secrets the Allies will need if they have any hope
of liberating the city she calls home.
Christian Bauer may be
German, but he never wanted anything to do with the Nazi Party—he is a
professor, one who’s done his best to protect his family as well as the
books that were a threat to Nazi ideals. But when Goebbels sends him to
Paris to handle the “relocation” of France’s libraries, he’s forced into
an army uniform and given a rank he doesn’t want. In Paris, he tries to
protect whoever and whatever he can from the madness of the Party and
preserve the ideas that Germans will need again when that madness is
over, and maybe find a lost piece of his heart.
Reading at Fantasy Buddy Reads-
Cold Iron Task (The Unorthodox Chronicles #3) by James J. Butcher
Grimsby, a junior Auditor in the magical
Department of Unorthodox Affairs, finds himself on the other side of the
law in this spellbinding urban fantasy.
Grimshaw Griswald
Grimsby may have one case under his belt, but he’s still a novice
Auditor in Boston’s Department of Unorthodox Affairs. And he’s already
made mistakes.
Desperate to repair his fraying friendships, he
doesn’t ask too many questions when a mysterious patron offers him the
chance to join a heist of an otherworldly vault—and in the process find
answers that could make things right.
Complications arise when
Grimsby learns that his partner, Mayflower, is keeping secrets about his
past. Between facing new demons, old horrors, and monsters—both Usual
and Unorthodox—Grimsby soon realizes nothing is how it appears and that
not asking enough questions just might be his downfall.
Reading with the Mystery Book Club-
A Dead Draw (Tracy Crosswhite #11) by Robert Dugoni
A killer fueled by revenge. A detective
haunted by the past. They are headed for a high-stakes showdown in this
bone-chilling new Tracy Crosswhite novel by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.
Detective
Tracy Crosswhite isn’t one to lose her cool. Until her interrogation of
the taunting and malicious Erik Schmidt, a suspect in two cold case
killings. Schmidt also has unnerving ties to the monster who murdered
Tracy’s sister, stirring memories of the crime that shaped Tracy’s life.
After a critical mistake during a shooting exercise, Tracy breaks.
Haunted
by nightmares and flashbacks, Tracy heads to her hometown of Cedar
Grove to refocus. Just a peaceful getaway with her husband, her
daughter, and their nanny at their weekend house. But Tracy’s sleepless
nights are only beginning. A legal glitch has allowed Schmidt to go
free. And Tracy has every reason to fear that he’s followed her.
Forced
into a twisted game of cat and mouse, Tracy must draw on all her
training, wits, and strength to defeat a master criminal before he takes
away everyone Tracy loves.
The Hidden Girl (Agent Tori Hunter #3) by Roger Stelljes
The lights of her parents’ cabin just visible
through the woods, the girl carefully curls up amongst the reeds, her
knees pulled tight to her chest. Terrified, the only sound she makes is
the pounding of her heart, but she hears the stranger searching… if she
keeps silent, will she be safe?
When Agent Tori Hunter is
urgently called to the murder scene of Dan and Heidi Newman, she finds
their throats slit, and Dan tied up: forced to watch his wife lose her
life. Tori’s first thought is for their seventeen-year-old daughter Cara
who is nowhere to be found. Will this popular young girl be the next
victim?
A broken bracelet is the one clue left at the scene, but
the team are running in circles until Tori finally tracks down Cara
hiding in the woods. Sobbing, the devastated girl says all she remembers
is a flash of a man’s face as she was chased through the forest…
Desperate
to find the monster behind this crime, Tori pieces together the broken
chain: and it leads her to an elderly lady living alone nearby. When the
woman won’t speak to police, Tori senses that although it means
breaking all the rules, introducing Cara will show this lonely soul
what’s at stake. And once inside her house, Cara gasps when she sees a
framed photo on display. It’s the man who chased her…
But then
another local couple is murdered in their isolated home, another husband
forced to watch his worst nightmare unfold. As more couples lose their
lives, can Tori keep Cara, her one witness, safe from this vicious
killer? And can she track him down before more innocent families are
torn apart?
Reading for my book club-
The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat #1) by Harry Harrison
In the vastness of space, the crimes just get bigger and Slippery Jim diGriz, the Stainless Steel Rat, is the biggest criminal of them all. He can con humans, aliens and any number of robots time after time. Jim is so slippery that all the inter-galactic cops can do is make him one of their own
Pick it for Me book-
When the Day Comes (Timeless #1) by Gabrielle Meyer
Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live
one life in 1774 colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age
New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the
other without any time passing. She has one conscious mind but two very
different lives and bodies.
In colonial Williamsburg, Libby is a
public printer for the House of Burgesses and the Royal Governor, trying
to provide for her family and support the Patriot cause. The man she
loves, Henry Montgomery, has his own secrets. As the revolution draws
near, both their lives--and any hope of love--are put in jeopardy.
Libby's
life in 1914 New York is filled with wealth, drawing room
conversations, and bachelors. But the only work she cares about--women's
suffrage--is discouraged, and her mother is intent on marrying her off
to an undesirable English marquess. The growing talk of war in Europe
further complicates matters and forces her to make sacrifices she never
imagined.
On her twenty-first birthday, Libby must choose one
path and forfeit the other forever--but how can she possibly choose when
she has so much to lose in each life?
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