I have been very negligent in updating you on the books that I have been reading. The end of March and the first half of April was a busy time, but I managed to make my way through three novels. Here’s a quick update on what I’ve read and enjoyed.
#7: The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
I received this novel through the Book of the Month Club and it has been one of my favorite novels of the year so far. I cannot give it high enough praise! The story starts in rural west Texas (where I’m living these days) and progresses to the cotton fields of southern California in the height of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. In many ways, I think of it as a modern retelling of The Grapes of Wrath with female protagonists. Excellent novel that I did not want to put down!
#8: In Too Deep (Mary Connealy)
As the semester was winding down, I wanted to devote a few weeks of my reading to making more progress through My Library Shelf Project. This novel is the second volume of The Kincaid Brides series, a Christian romance series set in the wild west of Colorado. I found this volume much more entertaining than the first and did not feel as though it was quite as formulaic in its structure. I have one more book in the series on my shelf to read, so I’m hoping the writing continues to follow the upward trend. If you are looking for a quaint romance without the sultry sexiness on every page, this just might be the perfect book for you.
#9: The Concrete Blonde (Michael Connelly)
This is one of the hidden gems I have discovered on My Library Shelf. I am officially a fan of the Harry Bosch crime novels. This novel centers around the civil case resulting from Bosch’s killing of an unarmed suspect as he reached for his toupee hidden beneath his pillow. The event was alluded to in the earlier novels, so I was very happy to see the issue dealt with in greater detail and explained more fully in this novel. I began reading this novel just before bedtime and decided it was not a good nighttime choice. The story was too engaging and I simply did not want to wait to find out what happened next. I tore through this novel in just a few days and plan to pick up the next in the series tomorrow from the local library.
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