In August we had family visiting so reading ended up taking a back seat for a couple of weeks while we prepared for and enjoyed their visit. As a result, I didn't get to one of the books I had planned to read this month, Falling in a Sea of Stars (Green Rider #8) by Kristen Britain, and I didn't start my Pick it for me book until today. Since Green Rider is one of my favorite series, I want to be able to give it my full attention, so I plan to read it in September, but I have more family coming to visit in September. That means I could end up waiting until October to read it. One other thing that happened this month is that I decided to read the second book in the Elements of Cadence duology by Rebecca Ross, A Fire Endless, before I picked up the Green Rider book. I've decided to be more spontaneous with my reading and read more of what I feel like in the moment. That's part of the fun of reading to me. I don't mind having a few scheduled reads but my reading life had become too structured and it wasn't as fun.
Here are the books I read this month-
Cold Iron Task (The Unorthodox Chronicles #3) by James J. Butcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Content: Strong Language
By the end this was my favorite of the three books in the series but the first half was rough. I got really tired of Grimsby feeling guilty about things that weren't his fault, just like in the last book. I was wanting him to grow as a character and that happened in this book. I still think he's rather weak as a main character, and this series is still not a favorite, but I'm willing to see where it goes.
The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat #1) by Harry Harrison
Review to come.
A Dead Draw (Tracy Crosswhite #11) by Robert Dugoni
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Strong Language
This was not one of my favorites in the series. I liked the autistic girl, Lydia, and I thought she was portrayed well. Things probably went a little too easy for her with getting jobs and such, but I could ignore that. Tracy did some really stupid things in this one. Going off on her own, not communicating with Dan about certain things, and not telling the nanny what was going on and to stay inside was unbelievable. This stuff made me knock a half star off my rating. I also agree with my friend Iain who pointed out that this book is structured differently than the others in the series. It felt more like a thriller than a mystery.
The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White
Review to come.
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) by Matt Dinniman
I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for this but...
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy, Litrpg
Content: Nothing I remember in the part I read
This was free on KU so I decided against my better judgement to try it since so many people love it. I already knew litrpg was not for me, but I thought maybe this one was different, maybe it was better. So many people love this, it has to be, right? Nope. I couldn't even finish this. Litrpg is still not for me, and I can say for sure that I'm done giving this genre a chance.
The Hidden Girl (Agent Tori Hunter #3) by Roger Stelljes
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Strong Language, Three very gruesome murders and rapes that are not fully described but enough to be disturbing.
I thought this one was ok, but not great. I'm hoping the next book is lighter on the SA type stuff. I skipped some of the details in those three scenes. In this one, Tori irritated me with her immature behavior and I can't blame Braddock for seeing some red flags there, especially because of his son. Braddock continues to be my favorite character in this series. A few times I got details mixed up with the Tracy Crosswhite series because they're so similar in some ways. I think it's mostly because I read them a couple of weeks apart.
A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence #2) by Rebecca Ross
4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: Several love scenes that were mildly descriptive between married couples.
This was a wonderful conclusion to the duology. I took my time reading this one over a couple of weeks and thoroughly enjoyed it.
When the Day Comes (Timeless #1) by Gabrielle Meyer
I just started this, so no rating yet.
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