desertvixen | Reading for 2018

Instead of doing a ridiculously long post at the end of the year, I'm doing monthly ones.

January Dead Tree Reading:

1. The Trojan War: Very Short Introduction by Eric H. Cline – A gift from my Secret Santa! Good little read, nothing new but an excellent collection on the subject.
2. Company Command: The Bottom Line by Meyer/Beatty – This is work-related, but it was pretty good. I’m now a 1SG, so my reading time is down a little.
3. Chewie and the Porgs by Shinick/Hsieh – Cute illustrated book focused on Chewie and porgs.
4. Home Alone by Hughes/Columbus/Smith – An illustrated retell of Home Alone. I’m not a huge fan of the movie, but it definitely took me back to childhood.

There were also 3 discards, so the dead tree pile went down to 197.

January Kindle Reading:

1. Amish Seeds of Change by Rachel Stoltzfus – This author does a lot of short sweet “modern Amish” with some character conflict. Short but free.

2. Courageous Faith by Rachel Stoltzfus – Part of a mini-series by the author, pretty decent.

3. Fraying at the Edge by Cindy Woodsmall – Second book in a trilogy by the author, who does a lot of Amish conflicting with the world around them. The main conflict is a switched-at-birth set of girls who now have to switch worlds. She does a good idea with one of the fathers, who is an atheist and kind of a jerk, but he’s not a jerk BECAUSE he is atheist. It’s the second book, so cliffhanger time.

4. Gathering the Threads by Cindy Woodsmall – This is the third book in the trilogy, and it definitely packs a punch, while dealing with characters gracefully and not casting anyone as just bad. Everyone grows and changes, although I was pretty sure it would end the way it did.

5. His Amish Baby by Samantha Bayarr – Amish arranged marriage story because the girl is pregnant (by his best friend). Interesting, keeping my eye out for the second book.

6. Murder at Bray Manor by Lee Strauss – Post-WWI cozy mystery in England (not first book in series). It was good but not a showstopper, and I had the end figured out.

7. My Heart Belongs in Silver City NV by Samantha Bayarr – So I have an attraction to books that take place in my home state. This was silly and fluffy, but it was free. Not much depth.

8. Poison in the Pen by Patricia Wentworth – This is sort of a take on Christie’s Moving Finger, but with Miss Silver instead of Miss Marple. I quite enjoyed it.

9. Prisoners (Wings of Fire Winglets) by Tui T. Sutherland – Novelette for the Wings of Fire series my daughter is really into.

10. Slight Mourning by Catherine Aird - Good English cozy mystery with fun characters.

11. The Amish Bachelor by Samantha Price – Good sweet first book in a series with several brothers who needs brides. I definitely want to read more.

12. The Amish Girl and Her Garden by Samnatha Bayarr – Follow up to a slightly darker Amish book from last year. It was okay.

13. The Baumgartners Plus One by Selena Kitt – Erotica title, very good. Threesomes and girl on girl, but there is an actual story, and that’s good too. I had read the book that comes after this one already, so I did know where it was going.

14. The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth – Excellent Miss Silver mystery where the alibi hinges on clocks. Good family drama and an end that serves justice.

15. The Greek Diet: Look and Feel like Greek Goddess by Maria Loi – Mediterranean diet book.

16. The Mermaid (Everland) by Caroline Lee – The fairytale Western town has a nice double twist on the Little Mermaid. Very enjoyable title.

17. The Prince's Pea (Everland) by Caroline Lee – Good inversion of the Princess and the Pea in a fairytale Western town.

18. Warner and Wife by Rex Stout – Early Rex Stout, light and entertaining.

However, I pretty much bought/acquired as many Kindle titles as I read, so no real progress.

DV