Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Nevermore: Sunset Beach, Touch, The Familiar

 

Nevermore 7-9-24

 


Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews

Reluctantly accepting a job with her father's law firm, Drue finds herself investigating the possibility of corruption within the office after a suspicious death at a nearby resort.

A very light and easy read but too formulaic and predictable.    – VC     2 stars

 


Touch: a Novel by Olaf Olafsson

When he receives a message from a lover from the 60s who disappeared, restaurant owner Kristofer is pulled toward finding an answer to the mystery of her sudden departure, compelling him to travel to London and Japan just as the virus threatens to shut everything down.

Poetic and emotional – beautifully written with well-developed characters.    –NH    5 stars

 


The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

During the Spanish Golden Age, Luzia Cotado, gifted with magic, garners the attention of the disgraced secretary to Spain's king, plunging her into a world where the lines between magic, science, and fraud blur—and where she must enlist the help of an embittered immortal familiar whose deadly secrets could destroy them both.

Filled with intrigue and magic, I really liked it.   –MH   4 stars

 

Other Books Mentioned

The Woman with a Purple Heart: Based on True Events by Diane Hanks

Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf

A Walk for Sunshine: A 2,160-mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail by Jeff Alt

Sula by Toni Morrison

Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories by Ron Rash

Blackberries, Blackberries by Crystal Wilkinson

The Lego Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination by Jens Andersen

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-To-Face With the Idea of an Afterlife  by Sebastian Junger

Secret Appalachian Highlands: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Robert Sorrell

Burning Bright: Stories by Ron Rash

Signs & Wonders by Phillip Gulley

In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove by Carol Spindel

A Romantic Education by Patricia Hampl Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories by Ron Rash

Paws to Remember by Sofie Kelly

James by Percival L. Everett

 

New Books

Making Native American hunting, fighting, and survival  tools   : A Fully Illustrated Guide to Creating Arrowheads, Axes, and Other Early American Implements by Monte Burch

 Sociopath: a memoir by Patric Gagne

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