August Wrap Up

The month of short reads. The month of not wanting to pick up anything long to commit to. If I wasn't personally buried at work, I feel like my nose was buried in the Lindsay Clancy trail.   Though I did stumble across a hilarious audiobook by Davis Mitchell that was so much fun. One of my favorite books of the year. He read the audiobook, made my co-workers listen to it because I didn't want to shut it off while they were working around me. 

Yeah, we'll see what September brings. I'm currently reading four books: two I'm thoroughly enjoying, one is fine; it's filling my quiet time at work, and the other is, I don't know. That it's a wait-and-see kind of book. Could be one that I thoroughly enjoy even though it's going to be horrible (the subject matter, that is), but have to DNF it because of said subject matter. Only time will tell.

Books Read: 7
BINGO Books: 1

Pages Read: 836

Hours Listened: 25 hours 27 minutes

I met my goal of three BINGOs! I finally snagged the Medieval square, which got me another BINGO and was a great read on top of that! I love when they make history funny because hundreds and thousands of years later...what the hell! I have some pretty easy squares up there that I should knock off by the end of the year. I might need to just pick a book from one of these areas this month and read it!

I don't know how I feel about this Eric LaRocca book. On the one hand, this narrator has my attention because he might be the root of all evil. Also, I can already tell there's something strange about this town. On the other hand, I saw the warning labels at the start of this book, and I don't know if I'll be able to finish it. Still, I'm giving it my full attention. So it didn't go on a trip with me because it kind of feels like it's gonna kill any good mood.

I am loving this Sherlock anthology I got from NetGalley! So far, there hasn't been a single story I haven't liked. This went on my trip with me because I've enjoyed these little pocket mysteries. 

I'm about two-thirds of the way finished with this one. It's been my work audiobook. It's been good; I've only had small issues with the book as a whole. And so far, I've only skipped one story inside of this. I remember the case; I was in college myself when it happened. So it's just sort of one of those things I don't want to listen to again. I feel like this case was ever for so long that I know it inside and out, so I just skipped and moved on to other things Preston had to talk about.

HAPPY READING!!

Waiting on Wednesday

 

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we haven't yet read. Generally, they are books that have yet to be released, but don't have to be. It is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous folks at Breaking the Spine.

In 1850, only one man stands between the living and the dead; only one man can uncover the secrets of the afterlife. His name? Ebenezer Scrooge.

An uncanny festive sequel to the classic novel, written in the tradition of Charles Dickens.

Perfect for fans of Laura Purcell and Kate Griffin.

Seven years have passed since the events of A Christmas Carol, seven years since the night Ebenezer Scrooge took to a life of philanthropy and kindness.

But there is another side to Scrooge. Those afflicted by spirits and hauntings know of him as a man who can help rid them of the unquiet dead. Alongside his trusted companion and old friend, Captain Ambrose, Scrooge faces off against malevolent poltergeists, and supernatural wickedness.

So when Louisa Fell invites him to investigate her family home on the coast of England, he is more than happy to oblige. But the mysteries at the Fell house are deep and terrifying, and the more Scrooge uncovers, the more he risks awakening the ghosts of his past, present, and of things yet to come.

HAPPY READING!!

New Release Tuesday

What starts as a missing person investigation morphs into something much darker when an FBI-agent-turned-Catholic-priest and a junior constable arrive on a remote Newfoundland island

This murder-mystery-turned-nail-biting-horror is perfect for fans of religious horror like The Possession of Alba Díaz and the cult-classic movie The Wicker Man.

An isolated town. A missing priest. An ancient, hungry darkness.

When Father Shane Ryan is summoned to a meeting with His Eminence Cardinal Jacobs, he’s confused. A recently ordained priest at a small Maryland parish, Father Ryan has no idea why His Eminence would want to meet him. When he arrives, the Cardinal opens by laying out Father Ryan’s past as an FBI analyst. It seems a priest has gone missing, and the case is…unusual.

Weeks ago, Constable Miriam Rideout from the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary fielded a frantic call from a priest on a remote Newfoundland island. He begged for help, but then the line went dead, and no one has since been reported missing. When permission to perform a wellness check is denied by her superiors, Miriam takes some vacation time and books a ticket on the ferry.

Thrown together with friendly but cagey locals, Miriam and Father Ryan soon learn that something about the island isn’t right. There’s a fishing port without boats, a town with no stores and no cars, and strange, bulbous purple wildflowers are growing everywhere. The two don’t trust each other, but they begin to learn that an alliance, however uneasy, is a necessity. Because something evil lurks beneath the island—something ancient, eternal, hungry—and neither it nor the uncanny islanders have any intention of letting these newcomers leave.

A growing sense of dread intensifies until it explodes in this pulse-pounding supernatural horror.

HAPPY READING!!