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The audiobook was narrated by Dick Hill, who has a voice that sounds very similar to Sam Donaldson in This felt very retro to me, and I admit that I often found myself thinking of the narrator’s voice rather Child has been writing Jack Reacher novels since 1997, so whether you're committed to the series or you only dabble in suspense, mystery, or crime fiction, you've probably gotten Jack Reacher's number by #mysterysuspense, #series, #threestarbookreview

The details of everyday life are fantastic, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and this book reminded me of The Mists of I was at the beginning of the second book in a different series (A Court of Thorns and Roses) and was Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love? The Lost Queen is currently in development for a television series, which is great news, unless it delays

Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had series. As Good As Dead is the final book in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, a series I've loved, and I've been delaying reading this third and final installment due to my willful denial that the series is ending For my full review (and links to my reviews of the other books in this series), check out As Good As

Trapped in the eerie space station with three grumpy, unwilling teachers trying to prepare her for the For my review of the first book in this series, Gideon the Ninth, check out this link. The third book in the series, Nona the Ninth, was published in 2022, with the fourth book, Alecto the

correlating relationship to Andy and Jen's, and Avi and Jane's bickering, hectic, haggard states seem to serve I listened to Good Material as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the resolution of the mystery coming, and I was the audiobook version of this book--the first I've read in Castillo's thirteen-book Kate Burkholder series I wondered if it was fair of me to first dive into the story so late in the series, but in an illuminating Brutal violence is at the heart of the mystery--and there's enough bashing people over the head that But Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the mystery's resolution coming, and I was

stories by a favorite author; a vulnerable celebrity memoir; the latest loooong installment in a favorite mystery series; and a cozy fantasy story--and love letter to coffee. #7) by Robert Galbraith In what's possibly my favorite book yet of the seven in the Cormoran Strike series In the newest doorstop of a series installment (960 pages; the audiobook is 34 hours and 14 minutes), book 6. 06 Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree The first in the Legends & Lattes series

an immensely readable book rich in period detail, great dialogue, and satisfying elements of love, mystery oddly unresolved at the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second book in Donati's Waverly Place series Donati has also written a series of four books in her Wilderness series, which sounds like an epic romantic

I've been putting Marie Lu series (Legend, The Young Elites, and Warcross) into my son's hands for years

the world make up Haig's personal set of reminders to his future self about taking heart, and they serve British Baking Show, hosts a Netflix cooking show, Time to Eat, and this is the companion book to that series multiple other cookbooks, the memoir Finding My Voice, and a trilogy of novels in her Amir Sisters series your life, in case you find yourself in the middle of an English Murder Village straight from a quaint mystery series.

(I mentioned the author's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series, and I adored her Six of Crows duology even more.) her inconvenient romantic feelings for Nikolai (and vice versa) and begins to come to terms with the mysterious and the King of Crows duology discussed here, which is expected to be the end of the interconnected series The Shadow and Bone Netflix series offers intermingled Grishaverse characters and storylines, and a second

In the first book in Alex White's Starmetal Symphony space opera series, Gus is a jazz pianist whose My obsession with the irresistible dry humor, grudging and undying loyalty, and love for the series The The robots and the imminent demise of the human race that they seem perched to enact serve as a catalyst I really enjoyed Alex White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series That first book in that space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist setup, and

is the Crown Prince of Japan; Damnation Spring, Ash Davidson's dark and beautifully written literary mystery set in the Pacific Northwest; and Good Girl, Bad Blood, Holly Jackson's sequel to the young adult mystery In Holly Jackson's sequel to the wonderful young adult mystery A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Pip has much) the mystery of the Andie Bell and Sal Singh case. Holly Jackson's third book in this series, As Good as Dead, is coming out next month, and I can't wait

When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material The next book in this series is Pretty Rude for a Girl. Elliott is also the author of the Owl Diaries series and over twenty picture books.

This book was a little darker than the previous two in the series. And the mysterious deaths of people connected to Ellingham Academy aren't over. I felt like this book was a little darker than the previous two in the series. Have you read this series? #series, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense, #threestarbookreview

editorialization about class and race, and futuristic advancements in this first book in the Skyhunter series mesmerizing cover for Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in the Skyhunter series A mysterious prisoner from the front arrives who could be friend or foe, and our main protagonist Talin Then I remembered that this was the first in a series and that the story would continue past the final Lu, a former artist in the video game industry, has written the Legends, Young Elites, and Warcross series

life-and-death repercussions for a young author; the final book in Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief series the attention of a nearby diner, who mistakenly interprets what's happening and leaves Finlay with a mysterious by Megan Whalen Turner The Return of the Thief is the sixth and final book in Turner's Queen's Thief series (which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series). The series was published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces the charismatic

And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well. I was so happy to realize this is the first in a planned series. Sign me up for every bit of this!

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series includes The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet; A Closed and Common Orbit; Record of a Spaceborn Few; The Galaxy, and the Ground Within; and a series prequel, A Good Heretic She's also the author of a A Psalm for the Wild-Built (the first in the Monk & Robot series) and its

In A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first of five books in Maas's series of the same name, young Feyre (in the audiobook this is pronounced very emphatically as "FAY-ruh") and her spotty success with hunting I've been told that the series strengthens over time, so I plan to take a breather and then read the next in the series, A Court of Mist and Fury.

Finishing School series, Etiquette & Espionage ; I'm listening to An Unexpected Peril , the sixth book in Deanna Raybourn's great Veronica Speedwell series; and I'm reading We Don't Talk about Carol , Kristen This is the first in the four-book young adult steampunk series Finishing School. I loved the first book in Gail Carriger's five-book (plus a prequel short) Parasol Protectorate series (There are currently nine books in the series, with a tenth scheduled for publication in 2026.)

The second installment in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series is satisfying and comfortable, as In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic In book two of the series, Breen Siobhan Kelly is coming into her own. I posted that I was reading this, a fellow reader reminded me that the third and final book in the series

The author plans to write more books in The Lillys series.

I read this young adult mystery in a day, it was so good. I loved Pippa and Ravi, and I'll definitely read the three other books planned for the series. writing her college application essays, but she is doggedly determined to get to the bottom of this mystery I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read as well I'll definitely read the sequel, Good Girl, Bad Girl (and the two additional books planned for the series

, several people asked if I'd read Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series. Dragons are very much a side note in this book, alternately soaring in the sky and carrying Keegan to But if The Dragon Heart Legacy series remains a cozy, convenient, wine- and romance-focused story with I'm in for the second book in this series, fall 2021's The Becoming, but I thought that the series was

I'll definitely read the next in this series. realizations--as well as the resolutions and the fantastic setup for the next middle-grade book in the series Story Thieves is the first in a five-book series by James Riley. Riley is also the author of the Half Upon a Time and Revenge of Magic series.

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother In Rebecca Serle's One Italian Summer, Katy is reeling after the death of her beloved mother, who was I enjoyed how Serle played with time to allow a young woman to know her mother at her same age. Rebecca Serle is also the author of In Five Years, The Dinner List, and When You Were Mine.

There's a brief, sexy, rooooomantic discovery-encounter that's in keeping with the rest of the book's The second in Mahurin's Serpent & Dove series is Blood & Honey, with the third book, Gods & Monsters,

frenemies; and the gloriously dramatic young adult debut from Shelby Mahurin (with a second in the series 01 A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which powerful than any of her classmates realize--fears she might accidentally take him out before she can master Holly Black The Queen of Nothing is the final book in Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series).

The first in Alex White's Salvagers space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers series I'm in love with the title of the second book in this series, A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy.

Namesake was fantastic, and I wish more books were coming in this series. I adored the first book in the series, Fable, in which the title character relied heavily on her survival I love Young's tone and the characters she's created in this series. I wish there were a third book in this series coming from Young.

This second book in Naomi Novik's Scholomance series builds on book one's dark humor, dangerous forces Novik's Scholomance series is set at a magical school with two routes out for its students: a grueling realize, which is just how El wanted it--feared she might accidentally take out Orion before she could master slow down and savor Novik's irresistible Scholomance world while reading The Last Graduate, and I'm so very glad there will be a third book in this series.

I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I very much want to read. He also wrote a very different book, The Girl in Green, about a British journalist and an American private #nordic, #heartwarming, #series, #fourstarbookreview

detail and thrills and chills of Viking-era Norway held so much promise, I'll give the next book in the series I gave this first book in the series three stars, which for me meant it had promise but didn't knock chills of the story held so much promise, and the next two books show positive reader reviews, this series #nordic, #Vikings, #series, #fantasyscifi

In this fourth installment of her Murderbot series, Wells provides another short (176 pages) book in (For one thing, the shows and serials were trying to communicate accurately with the viewer. little lighter on delightful Murderbot introspection than the previous books, but I'm all in on this series Have you read this or others in the Murderbot series? Are you as taken with this series as I am? #robots, #series, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview

of a famous Jane's story) are published, so there will be no impatient waiting for the others in the series an oddball fantasy element in which the life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

My very favorite books from December! When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material Lincoln Highway, click here. 05 Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith I'm all in for the Cormoran Strike series In the fifth installment of the mystery series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious

There are two other books in Turner's Sarah Agnes Prine series that I haven't yet read, but they look very promising. #historicalfiction, #Western, #series, #threestarbookreview

The Queen of Nothing is the final book in Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series). twisted humor, various satisfying endings (including regarding Jude and Cardan) that did justice to the series

I adored the first book in the series, Fable, in which the title character relied heavily on her survival

Webb provides multiple mysteriously missing persons, mixed motivations, naive characters who might be And a very minor issue: the "Hey, pretty girl" greeting from the recently met grown-man male detective I also loved Falco's back story and his mysterious contact Cross, and I'd love to see more of both of If you like mysteries, you might also want to look at the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries

in a series from a favorite author. Maggie has long leaned on rereading her favorite fantasy series for comfort and security. She eagerly awaits the final book in the series, and by now she feels like she personally knows the characters is a slow-burn mystery in which Tana French serves up deep character development; a prominent, brooding But he can't seem to find peace and quiet; in this third novel in French's series, the community reels

Rachel Hartman is also the author of the Seraphina series. The second book in the Tess of the Road series, In the Serpent's Wake, was published last month.

A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which is set at a magical school with classmates realize, which is just how El wants it--fears she might accidentally take him out before she can master El is grumbly and abrupt, not looking for friends-nor making very many--as she speaks plainly and bristles However, I am ALL IN on the series: El, Orion, the burgeoning alliances, and the twisty turns Novik has The Last Graduate, the second book in this series, is slated for publication in June 2021.

I knew immediately that I would definitely read the next in the series. of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) and The Lost Man, which I mentioned in my Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries

This is the second in Schwab's first series for adults, Villains. I very much enjoyed Schwab's young adult Shades of Magic series; the first title is A Darker Shade of As of August 2020, there's no publication date for a third in the Villains series. #fantasyscifi, #series, #threestarbookreview

The Books I'm Reading Now Library audiobook alert: I'm listening to the twisty mystery First Lie Wins Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. Ibrahim are septuagenarians feeling let down after the thrills, danger, and success of their first solved mystery For my review of the first book in this series, The Thursday Murder Club , please check click this link

(I mentioned her Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series twentysomething Krishan has moved home to live with his mother and grandmother in the city of Colombo, Sri He begins the long journey to the war-torn area of northern Sri Lanka to pay tribute to Rani, and he's

I very much enjoyed harking back to the childhoods of the Fetch, Row Finn, and Jonathan Tear to better I already miss my favorite characters from the series. read this ending to the trilogy before delving into the prequel because I'd read the others in the series

I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel--the first in a series--from Gail Carriger Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series takes place in Victorian London, and the immensely appealing Carriger has written five Parasol Protectorate series books and a short prequel, so if you're up for This book was part of the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #LGBTQ, #series, #fourstarbookreview