Only slightly late with this update. As usual, * denotes a new-to-me book. I am still reading a lot of my own stuff (and am not logging it all here), since the New Writing proceeds apace, and amazingly I cannot retain in my head all of the people and events populating my 4 novels and 16 novellas. Not while still remembering how to drive, dress, and occasionally eat.
50. Bricking It* by Nick Spalding. A very funny tale of a home renovation in which a brother and sister get their lives turned around by the unexpected bequest of a tattered English farmhouse. Even has a little romance (to say nothing of the cow). Definitely will return to this author.
51. Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career, by Carla Kelly. I made haste to snatch this up when it went on sale.
52. The Last Billable Hour, by Susan Wolfe. Just because I was about to read her long-awaited new one.
53. The Crossing Place* by Elly Griffiths. An English mystery featuring a gruff but alluring detective-inspector and an archaeologist specializing in bones. Very suspenseful conclusion; some issues with the protagonists, but would read more. The setting is stellar, especially considering the place in question is mostly fictitious.
54. Here is Where ...* by Andrew Carroll. Entertaining road trip through forgotten byways of American history. Definitely recommended.
55. Capture a Shadow* by Leigh Michaels. A not-very-good (sorry) contemporary romance in which an editor tries to track down a recalcitrant author.
56. Escape Velocity* by Susan Wolfe. Did I mention I've been waiting for another book by this author? Well I was. This is good. Buy it.
57. Discovered, by Alexandra Caluen, i.e. ME. Needed to refresh because I've finally started working on the third historical novel. I am still really proud of this book; I think it's solid.
58. Man Card* by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby. Frickin' hilarious (and filthy) with a more serious understory than its predecessor "Man Hands." Both recommended for fans of romantic comedy with sexytimes and vile language. :-)
59. The Importance of Being Wicked* by Victoria Alexander. Late-Victorian romance featuring an aristocratic hero whose house has burned down, and the female builder/architect in charge of the renovation. Not bad, but it really didn't pick up for me until more than halfway through.
60. Wanna Bet?* by Talia Hibbert. A very good erotic contemporary romance; the heroine is a troubled character who works on her issues (just in time), and the hero is one of the best I've read in years. I don't usually go for the full-on erotica but this one had such good reviews that I gave it a try, and am glad I did. Note, my personal definition of erotica is a story in which the central relationship advances almost entirely through sex scenes. The industry definition may vary.
Okay, so I'm a little impressed that I managed to read eleven books while writing approximately 50,000 words of my own stuff.
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