It’s Friday, friends, and you know what that means… let’s talk books!
I’m on deadline, but I am also at the beach (needed a change of scenery, and yes, I am still running away from home.) I’m doing oodles of writing, but also taking advantage of being near water, which is as good as taking a massive dose of brain vitamins for my creativity, to read for a couple of hours in the afternoon, as the weather allows, in a low-slung beach chair. The books I choose for this moment of chill are important, because I need to both be inspired but also not pulled too far from my own work.
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This weekend, I read three novels by Allison Brennan before the ebooks were whisked back by the library. The prior weekend I got to read Zero Days and it was fantastic.
The hubby and I were in Austin for a quick trip away. (I saw the bats too. Incredible.) The down time gave me the chance to finish Gregg Olsen's true crime novel If You Tell. I liked it but it was a heavy and intense read that required emotional breaks. It's funny because I feel like in a weird way, I'm copying you, but Ruth Ware's Zero Days is today's new book I'm starting, and it'd been on my list for two weeks.
Exactly. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on Zero Days. It'll be nice to have someone to talk books with as we moved to Dallas/Fort Worth area during covid, and I haven't found another book club that I can attend. (I had no idea how much driving I'd be doing out here for kid stuff. Texas really is bigger in all things.)
I'm reading Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torz. I'm about 70% into it and its very good. Interesting premise and well written. Another new to me author.
I very much enjoyed Zero Days!😊
This weekend, I read three novels by Allison Brennan before the ebooks were whisked back by the library. The prior weekend I got to read Zero Days and it was fantastic.
Allison is the GOAT
I discovered her earlier this year and think I've almost completed her catalog... I have to read something in between your novels.
The Bones of The Story by Carol Goodman.
Oh I love her!!!
Read that recently. Loved it and all her books!
I’m reading The Perfect Girl, Riley Seger’s “only one left” is up next. I finished Ruth’s “It Girl” a couple of weeks ago, would be a great movie!
Agreed. I love Oxford based stories too.
Me too!
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele
Wild Spaces by S.L. Coney
Shadow Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Another awesome and atmospheric list!!!
Alexandra Sokoloff’s series is SOO good!! Hope you love it!
The hubby and I were in Austin for a quick trip away. (I saw the bats too. Incredible.) The down time gave me the chance to finish Gregg Olsen's true crime novel If You Tell. I liked it but it was a heavy and intense read that required emotional breaks. It's funny because I feel like in a weird way, I'm copying you, but Ruth Ware's Zero Days is today's new book I'm starting, and it'd been on my list for two weeks.
Hey, that's what our Friday bookclub is for, right???
I adore Gregg. He was in Killer Year with me back in 2007 with his fiction debut. He's a superstar.
Killer Year! *heart hands*
Blast from the past....
So many amazing people all in one place! ❤️
Exactly. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on Zero Days. It'll be nice to have someone to talk books with as we moved to Dallas/Fort Worth area during covid, and I haven't found another book club that I can attend. (I had no idea how much driving I'd be doing out here for kid stuff. Texas really is bigger in all things.)
I am a huge fan of the gothic overtones in her books.
Yes, yes, and yes! And I adored Cabin 10.
I'm reading Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torz. I'm about 70% into it and its very good. Interesting premise and well written. Another new to me author.
Everyone keeps recommending this to me… I think I’ll go grab it. Thanks!