June Reading Wrap-Up

 

Photo: Camille Styles

The month of June has brought very hot, humid weather for us.  Because of that, there has not been a lot of animal activity.  However, the dragonflies are out and so are the wasps!  We had a birthday celebration for our oldest son and have also been spending time preparing a rental property for a new tenant.  I have enjoyed a couple of trips to the library.  It feels so good to wander the aisles again!

This month I read 9 books.  Here's the breakdown:

Fiction: 1

Cozy Mystery: 3

Mystery: 2

Non-fiction: 1

Classic: 1

Children's Literature: 1

Fiction: 

Trial and Error by Robert Whitlow - Buddy Smith has been searching for his daughter for 17 years.  After giving birth to their daughter, his girlfriend left town taking the baby with her. Since that time Buddy has become a lawyer with a soft spot for cases involving missing children. When a member of the local girls softball team goes missing, Buddy is asked to help locate her.

Cozy Mystery:

Peach Clobbered (Georgie B&B #1) by Anna Gerard - Nina Fleet has purchased a charming house in the quaint town of Cymbeline.  She intends to use it as a Bed & Breakfast.  However, she has been harassed by a man claiming the home belongs to him and was left to him by a relative.  To further complicate matters, a man has been stabbed in an alley close by.  

Pint of No Return (Shake Shop #1) by Dana Mentink - When Trinidad Jones' husband divorced her, he left her his Hot Dog Shop.  Trinidad decides to remodel it and open it as a Shake Shop.  The problem is, Trinidad's ex-husband had other wives and he also left them businesses in the same town.  While this is awkward, Trinidad does her best to get to know other people in town.  One of the people she meets is the man who owns the popcorn shop next door.  Unfortunately, just days before her shop opens, she finds the man dead in his shop.  Now she must figure out who would want him dead. 

A Deadly Judgment (Murder, She Wrote #6) by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain - Jessica travels to Boston to serve as a Jury Consultant.  The man on trial has been accused of killing his brother.  He claims to be innocent and his lawyer believes him.  He has an alibi for the time of the murder, however, before they can select the jury, the alibi is killed.  As the case becomes more complicated, Jessica feels she is in over her head. 

Mystery:

A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell #1) by Ashley Weaver - Ellie and her Uncle Mick make their living by cracking safes.  They are good at what they do, but one night they get caught.  They fear they will be sent to jail.  Instead, they are asked to help the government in the war effort.  The government needs someone very skilled at cracking safes to help them recover sensitive weapons plans.  Ellie doesn't like the idea of working for the government, but it sounds more appealing than going to jail.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot has retired to a quiet town.  However, when a local man is murdered, a family member convinces him to investigate.  The man was stabbed in his study while several people were in the house.  Everybody is hiding something and Poirot has to use his little gray cells to sort it out.

Non-fiction:

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnuson - Margareta Magnusson has death cleaned more than once.  Not for herself, but after a loved one has passed away.  She describes it like this, "For me it means going through all my belongings and deciding how to get rid of the things I do not want anymore. "  This can be done at any point in your life, but the older you get, the harder it becomes.  

Classic:

The Iliad by Homer - The epic story of war between the Trojans and the Achaeans, involving gods and men. 

Children's Literature:

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are sent to the country to live with the professor during the London air raids.  While there, Lucy discovers a door to the land of Narnia through a wardrobe. I have read this many times and it never fails to be a good story.

That's it for this month.  I hope you have had a June full of wonderful reads!

~ Gretchen

I am linking up with The Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight.