Tag: Book Dump

More from my unmanageable stack of books!  Here’s some of the books that are on my To Be Read (TBR) pile:

• When Beauty Tamed the Beast – Eloisa James.  I’m a sucker for a couple things in my choice of books: Snappy book titles and plays on fairy tales.  And yes, sometimes if there’s a bodice ripping or some smut involved, I’m even more enamored.
• This one is a classic mystery – The House at Satan’s Elbow – first published in 1965 by John Dickson Carr.  I chose this one to be a TBR for a few reasons … first off, the cover.  I love the classic minimalism of books from the 60s and 70s.  Secondly – the title.  Zing!  Third – a classic mystery.  To be a successful writer, one must study the craft.
• Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris – Again, a plethora of things going for this one … a snappy title and be still my heart!  This is book #12 in a series.  Twelve is a nice, bingeworthy number of books.
• Nick Cave.  I just talked about Mr. Cave’s music and tragedy the other day.  And the Ass Saw the Angel is his only novel.  Looking forward to acquiring a copy of this.

What’s on your TBR list?

Have an unmanageable stack of books to eventually read?  So do I!  But that’s OK – we’re in this together.  Here’s some of the books that are on my To Be Read (TBR) pile:

• Apparently I need some Christina Henry in my life.  The book pictured above Lost Boy, comes out in July 2017.
• Sandra Block … apparently I need to discover this author as well. Here’s a case where I was drawn in by the strength of cover design alone.
• Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. Block’s books may have the cover, but the title of Sarah Hepola’s memoir is witty, poignant, and utterly compelling.
• Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.  This pick was added due to the millions of good things I’ve heard about Ng and another engaging title.

What’s on your TBR list?

Have an unmanageable stack of books to eventually read?  So do I!  But that’s OK – we’re in this together.  Here’s some of the books that are on my To Be Read (TBR) pile:

• Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life – Sally Bedell Smith My love for the Royal Family is akin to my love for the Romanovs or the Kennedys – a voyeuristic itch that I need to scratch on occasion.
• Wendy Corsi Staub (Hooray!  A series – the book Bone White is #3 in the Mundy’s Landing series.)
• Pope Joan – Donna Woolfolk Cross
• Picture #4 is a two-fer featuring Midwest authors … Death on a Starry Night (by Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden) and Wolf’s Mouth (by John Smolens)

What’s on your TBR list?