It's our final Friday Book Club for 2020! What reads are you loving this week, and which ones did you enjoy the most this year?
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"About Your Father" by Peggy Rowe. Non-fiction, short stories by the mother of Mike Rowe, best known in the United States as the host of Dirty Jobs. What a wonderful read for a difficult time of year. Kind of like little bites of Christmas cookies but without the calories.
Not sure I'm reading much new. I did start "Extreme Ownership" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, which resulted in me switching to working on this kids book I'm writing, and getting several hours worth of work done on it! (and an hour writing an email with thoughts about my life to friends). ...Which resulted in me not going to be until 4 am, and not falling asleep till around 5! Oops! But hey, I'd gotten a lot of work done, and I'd been wanting to do some work on at least one of the book ideas I've got going for a few weeks now, so... all good. (well, maybe not the waking up about 10:30 part, but... it all worked out. Even if it did take me about an hour to make a new brownie recipe, even with mom's help, due to my brain working at a snail's pace, and I had to go back to the recipe every few seconds 'cause I'd forgotten what I'd just read!)
Enjoyed Veronica Scott's Jamokan (Sectors New Allies #13). Nice to see one of the characters introduced in the first book finally get a story.
My favorites this year were (alphabetically by author, then by release date): Starbreaker by Amanda Bouchet May 2020 (Endeavor # 2) Decrypted by Lindsay Buroker Feb 2013 (Forgotten Ages # 2) Trancehack by Sonya Clark Oct 2013 (Magic Born #1) Firewall by Sonya Clark Dec 2014 (Magic Born #3) Undercover by Rebecca Crowley Sept 2019 (London Phoenix # 2) Forever Strong by Piper J Drake Jan 2020 (True Heroes # 6) A Treason of Truths by Ada Harper Oct 2018 (Quillian Empire # 2) Homecoming for the Cowboy by Nicole Helm May 2019 (Bad Boys of Last Stand # 1) Christmas for the Deputy by Nicole Helm Oct 2019 (Bad Boys of Last Stand # 2) Backcountry Escape by Nicole Helm May 2020 (Badlands Cops # 3) The Fate of the Tala by Jeffe Kennedy Feb 2020 (The Uncharted Realms # 5) The Fiery Crown by Jeffe Kennedy June 2020 (Forgotten Empires # 2) The Lost Princess Returns by Jeffe Kennedy June 2020 (The Uncharted Realms # 6) The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz Jan 2020 (Fogg Lake # 1) Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik May 2020 (Consortium Rebellion # 3) The Queen’s Triumph by Jessie Mihalik Dec 2020 (Rogue Queen #3) Bait n' Witch by Abigail Owen Jan 2017 (Legendary Consultants # 3) The Blood King by Abigail Owen Sept 2020 (Inferno Rising # 2) Song of Blood & Stone by Leslye Penelope May 2018 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 1) Song of Blood & Stone [expanded version] by Leslye Penelope July 2019 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 1.1) Breath of Dust & Dawn * by Leslye Penelope Jan 2019 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 1.5) Hush of Storm & Sorrow * by Leslye Penelope Mar 2020 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 2.5) Cry of Metal & Bone by Leslye Penelope Aug 2020 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 3) Echoes of Ash & Tears * by Leslye Penelope Nov 2020 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 3.5) Close Up by Amanda Quick May 2020 (Burning Cove # 4) Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha July 2020 (Mercenary Librarians # 1) Honeymoon for the Alpha * by Veronica Scott Feb 2020 (Sectors New Allies # 11.5) Love Hard by Nalini Singh Mar 2020 (Hard Play # 3) Alpha Night by Nalini Singh June 2020 (Psy/Changeling Trinity # 4) Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh Dec 2020 (Guild Hunter # 13) Here We Go by Shannon Stacey Jan 2020 (Burke Siblings # 2) Their Christmas Baby Contract by Shannon Stacey Nov 2020 (Blackberry Bay # 2) The Beast of Blackmoor * by Milla Vane Dec 2014 (A Gathering of Dragons # 0.5) A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane Feb 2020 (A Gathering of Dragons # 1) A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane July 2020 (A Gathering of Dragons # 2)
Court of Midnight and Deception 3 book series by K.M. Shea A half human half fae who was raised as a human, is chosen by the night mares to be queen of the Night Court. Quirky main character and great secondary characters. The court is broke, the fae are losing magic and lands and no one knows how to fix things. Different, engaging and I cannot wait for book 3.
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"About Your Father" by Peggy Rowe. Non-fiction, short stories by the mother of Mike Rowe, best known in the United States as the host of Dirty Jobs. What a wonderful read for a difficult time of year. Kind of like little bites of Christmas cookies but without the calories.
Not sure I'm reading much new. I did start "Extreme Ownership" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, which resulted in me switching to working on this kids book I'm writing, and getting several hours worth of work done on it! (and an hour writing an email with thoughts about my life to friends). ...Which resulted in me not going to be until 4 am, and not falling asleep till around 5! Oops! But hey, I'd gotten a lot of work done, and I'd been wanting to do some work on at least one of the book ideas I've got going for a few weeks now, so... all good. (well, maybe not the waking up about 10:30 part, but... it all worked out. Even if it did take me about an hour to make a new brownie recipe, even with mom's help, due to my brain working at a snail's pace, and I had to go back to the recipe every few seconds 'cause I'd forgotten what I'd just read!)
Enjoyed Veronica Scott's Jamokan (Sectors New Allies #13). Nice to see one of the characters introduced in the first book finally get a story.
My favorites this year were (alphabetically by author, then by release date):
Starbreaker by Amanda Bouchet May 2020 (Endeavor # 2)
Decrypted by Lindsay Buroker Feb 2013 (Forgotten Ages # 2)
Trancehack by Sonya Clark Oct 2013 (Magic Born #1)
Firewall by Sonya Clark Dec 2014 (Magic Born #3)
Undercover by Rebecca Crowley Sept 2019 (London Phoenix # 2)
Forever Strong by Piper J Drake Jan 2020 (True Heroes # 6)
A Treason of Truths by Ada Harper Oct 2018 (Quillian Empire # 2)
Homecoming for the Cowboy by Nicole Helm May 2019 (Bad Boys of Last Stand # 1)
Christmas for the Deputy by Nicole Helm Oct 2019 (Bad Boys of Last Stand # 2)
Backcountry Escape by Nicole Helm May 2020 (Badlands Cops # 3)
The Fate of the Tala by Jeffe Kennedy Feb 2020 (The Uncharted Realms # 5)
The Fiery Crown by Jeffe Kennedy June 2020 (Forgotten Empires # 2)
The Lost Princess Returns by Jeffe Kennedy June 2020 (The Uncharted Realms # 6)
The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz Jan 2020 (Fogg Lake # 1)
Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik May 2020 (Consortium Rebellion # 3)
The Queen’s Triumph by Jessie Mihalik Dec 2020 (Rogue Queen #3)
Bait n' Witch by Abigail Owen Jan 2017 (Legendary Consultants # 3)
The Blood King by Abigail Owen Sept 2020 (Inferno Rising # 2)
Song of Blood & Stone by Leslye Penelope May 2018 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 1)
Song of Blood & Stone [expanded version] by Leslye Penelope July 2019 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 1.1)
Breath of Dust & Dawn * by Leslye Penelope Jan 2019 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 1.5)
Hush of Storm & Sorrow * by Leslye Penelope Mar 2020 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 2.5)
Cry of Metal & Bone by Leslye Penelope Aug 2020 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 3)
Echoes of Ash & Tears * by Leslye Penelope Nov 2020 (Earthsinger Chronicles # 3.5)
Close Up by Amanda Quick May 2020 (Burning Cove # 4)
Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha July 2020 (Mercenary Librarians # 1)
Honeymoon for the Alpha * by Veronica Scott Feb 2020 (Sectors New Allies # 11.5)
Love Hard by Nalini Singh Mar 2020 (Hard Play # 3)
Alpha Night by Nalini Singh June 2020 (Psy/Changeling Trinity # 4)
Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh Dec 2020 (Guild Hunter # 13)
Here We Go by Shannon Stacey Jan 2020 (Burke Siblings # 2)
Their Christmas Baby Contract by Shannon Stacey Nov 2020 (Blackberry Bay # 2)
The Beast of Blackmoor * by Milla Vane Dec 2014 (A Gathering of Dragons # 0.5)
A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane Feb 2020 (A Gathering of Dragons # 1)
A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane July 2020 (A Gathering of Dragons # 2)
* indicates novella
Court of Midnight and Deception 3 book series by K.M. Shea A half human half fae who was raised as a human, is chosen by the night mares to be queen of the Night Court. Quirky main character and great secondary characters. The court is broke, the fae are losing magic and lands and no one knows how to fix things. Different, engaging and I cannot wait for book 3.
@ library addict 🎉 Wow! You're amazing 🙌
I'm biased ~ 💞 Out of 384 books I read, reread, & loved in 2020~ I end up with the one & only Archangel's Storm 💖
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