Goodness! I read 12 books in March. I think I have read 12 books two times before since I started keeping track again. (When I was a child I averaged a book a day!)
In Any Lifetime by Marc Guggenheim
It’s a time travel book, which is fun. Or maybe it’s more like a parallel universe thing. Or both. But I don’t really respect the premise, which is that this one guy MUST find the one universe in which his wife did not die. I know death is a tragedy to those left behind. But what makes him so special that he will risk everything, and do some pretty bad things, actually, just so he does not have to suffer like everyone else does? The book was interesting, but it made it hard for me to root for him.
The Shire Cookbook by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel
This was from my wish list and I received it as a Christmas gift. The author does Tolkien proud by presenting this cookbook not as something she made up but as something she found. Many of the dishes definitely evoke the right feel, and I hope to make some of them.
The Dark Hour by Michael Connelly
I love all this guy’s books. Enough said at this point.
Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman
Same comment here. Also, we must have gone to McKay’s this month.
The Break by Katie Sise
The protagonist–a mom who seems to have post-partum depression maybe–does not know what is going on. Neither do we, and so we kind of figure it out together. Suffice it to say that nothing is as it seems.
Pike Island by Tony Wirt
The Bad Thing that happened when he was a teenager is coming back to haunt him now that he is an adults. And it just might derail a promising political career. How far will he go to keep that from happening?
Therapy by Jonathan Kellerman
See above. Love this guy and his characters.
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
I thought this was really, really good and it made me hope that the author plans to tell the stories of some of the other characters. It is hard, though, to see Haymitch then knowing already what he becomes. On the other hand, cameos from other characters we’ve met before are fun, and it’s interesting to see the evolution of the games. (Also, I read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, but I don’t know when and it is not written down anywhere. If I ever figure that out I will add it to the appropriate month.)
Intrusion by Mary McCluskey
This was the super-creepy tale of an old school friend who turns up and insinuates herself into every aspect of the life of the main character, who is struggling to go on after the death of her only child. What is the “friend” up to?
Find Me by Anne Frasier
This is the first in a series of two (so far?). which introduce Reni and Daniel as a crime-solving duo. Reni’s dad was a serial killer who offers to lead detectives to the graves of his victims if she will come along. Traumatized by her past, in which her father used her to lure his victims into playing what he told her was a game, Reni is conflicted about agreeing,
Tell Me by Anne Frasier
This one delves info Daniel’s past, with Reni determined to find out what happened to the mother who some say abandoned him but who Daniel believes was a victim of Reni’s serial killer father.
Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jordan
This is set in East Tennessee, which made me like it right away, and it’s a true story that reads like fiction. Carolyn’s mom has always helped her dad run his family medical practice, a storefront affair run along old-fashioned lines that is the only source of health care in their small town. When her mom falls ill, Carolyn comes for an extended visit to be the receptionist/assistant/office manager, leaving her high-powered, prestigious, lucrative legal career in
D.C. to do so.
Twelve books! Can she do it again? I am thinking not.
