Tuesday, September 1, 2020

August Reading Wrap-Up

 

Birthday flowers

August has been a hot and dry month, which is typical.  I think it has been hotter and drier than average.  Our air conditioner went out, but thankfully it waited until the end of the latest hot spell.  We know several other people who also had their air conditioning go out, so I think maybe it was extra hot. The end of August brings my birthday for which I received those beautiful flowers.

I read 9 books in August.  Here's the breakdown:

Mystery/Cozy Mystery: 4
Romantic Suspense:  2
Historical Fiction: 2
Classic:  1

Mystery/Cozy Mystery:

Everly Swan hosts a wedding reception on the beach outside her restaurant.  The groom is found murdered.  I enjoyed this book more than the first one in the series.

Jessica is vacationing in the Caribbean at a resort owned by friends after turning in her latest manuscript.  Her friend turns up murdered on the beach.

First in a new series.  The new owner of a B&B hosts a week long event honoring author Josephine Tey.  During one of the events, a rare book dealer is found murdered.

Murder on St. Mark's Place (Gaslight Mystery #2) by Victoria Thompson
A midwife and a police officer solve the mystery of a murdered young girl.  Takes place in the early 1900's in New York City.  Review coming later this week.

Romantic Suspense:

A doctor, a former Navy SEAL and a hurricane come together for an edge-of-your-seat story.

Always Look Twice (Uncommon Justice #2) by Elizabeth Goddard
A forensic photographer is taking a break from her job when she inadvertently photographs a murder.  Review coming soon.

Historical Fiction:

Grace Abernathy sails from England to Canada in 1919 to visit her sister.  When she arrives, things are not as she expected.

Takes place in North Dakota, 1905.  Miriam Hastings has just lost her mother and returns to Blessing, North Dakota to continue her nurse's training at the hospital there.  

Classic:

I had never heard of this book until my son purchased a poster for his home depicting "Cannery Row by John Steinbeck".  It sounded intriguing.  Tells about some of the residents (fictitious) living on Cannery Row during the depression.  


I spotted this fawn in my front yard one afternoon trying to reach the crab apples on the branches.  Soon he gave up and started nibbling the sucker branches near the base of the tree.  Deer are abundant in our neighborhood most of the year.  

Hope you had a great reading month!






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