I can see just with a quick look at this list that the kids and I went to McKay’s, our local used bookstore, in July of 2024. There are certain authors whose books I always gravitate to when we go there. That’s because the place is huge and it gives me anxiety to just wander around looking for things.
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
This was a book club read and was certainly one of the more memorable books I read last year. It’s told from various points of view, as books so often seem to be these days. The museum is a sort of freak show run by the father of the main character, who was born with webbed fingers and has consequently been trained since her earliest days to swim long distances and hold her breath underwater so she can pretend to be a mermaid. Meanwhile, the boy whose path will eventually cross hers is navigating his own difficult relationship with and estrangement from his father, a Russian Jewish immigrant.
The Night Fire by Michael Connelly
It’s another Harry Bosch book. You know I love them.
Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
This is just delightful. Imagine what would happen if Jane Austen time traveled to the present day and fell in love. Imagine her surprise at the modern world! Imagine her shock at seeing her books in the library!
Don’t Go by Lisa Scottoline
This is a murder mystery and family drama about a man who loses his wife to a murder and his child to family who believe he is not fit to care for her.
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Piccoult
A woman learns she and her father have been living a lie when he is arrested for having kidnapped her from her custodial mother when she was a small child.
Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline
This is one of Scottoline’s legal thrillers, starring my favorite, Mary DiNunzio.
Suspect by Scott Turow
This was a fun return to Kindle County, with a cameo by Sandy Stern from Presumed Innocent, here the grandfather of the main character.
The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice
I told you I started buying her books! This is another enjoyable blend of mystery, love, and murder, that manages to be somehow wholesome!
Would you look at that? Eight books for the second month in a row, and not a single Kindle book among them.
