Week one is gone., and so far I have enjoyed several engaging books...all by authors new to me:
- The Seaside Cafe by Rochelle Alers (Lowcountry Boil)
- Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green (LifeVerse)
- A Margin for Murder by Lauren Elliot (A Charming Bookish Cozy Mystery and Friends and Fiction Reading Challenge)
- A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella (Mom Advice Book Club)
As, also, noted, all these were for online book clubs; all are titles I might not have read otherwise. Looking to be pushed...gently...outside your current reading boundaries? Find a book club, one that sits near your boundary so that you may be encouarged to take journeys with various authors.
The first three are parts of series, with A Margin for Murder being #8 (or so) in the series. Of course, I found myself wishing I had read the previous books, but the author shares enough details that this one can stand alone. Now, I am hooked...need the next read to read!
A theme amongst many of my books so far this year has been bookstores or book clubs, and two of these fell within that topic (2 and 3). Books just pull me...I just cannot resist them. But...I am doing a better job resisting purchasing hard copies, as all of the above were ebooks...but not so much resisting that kept several from arriving in the mail to me this month! Of course!
Only one was written by a man, which I see is now a trend, as I do tend to mainly read books by female authors. I suppose I even have a bias against male authors, as I continually marvel at the author's actual insight to the female psyche. Humorous, uh?! Of course, why not, as women continually dive into the male persona, creating insightful characters all the time. Silly me!
All in all, a great start to a successful reading month...at this rate, I may look forward to reading at least eight more this month, as I am being intentional this year about reading more. So far, staying true to that goal in this area of my life. Go, me!
