Friday, July 16th, 2021
UPDATE: The winner is…Carol Cox!
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I don’t have a lot of time for reading. That is, reading for pleasure. I write, I edit-edit-edit other people’s books, but reading for pleasure? I have very limited time and usually reach for something I’ve already read that I KNOW I’ll enjoy.
However, I miss reading for pleasure, but I want to do so outside of my own genre. Maybe you can help. These are the kinds of books I’m considering reading. Give me a title in one of the genres you think I will love and you’ll be entered to win a $5 Amazon gift card!
- A quirky, funny, cozy mystery
- A small-town, funny romance
- A Sci-Fi adventure with romance or not
- A YA fantasy or paranormal story (no wolves or vampires)
- A police drama/thriller with a really menacing villain
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The long Home Road series
My Heart’s Home by Kris Michaels
Home to Stay by Maryann Jordan
Finding Home by Abbie Zanders
Home Again by Caitlyn O’Leary
Home Front by Cat Johnson
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A quirky, funny, cozy mystery – The Ladies Room by Carolyn Brown (that’s as close as I get to cozy mysteries)
A small-town, funny romance – The Fuzzy Love series by Tara Lain (not exactly small-town but it’s in a tight-knit community and the characters show up in all the books)
A Sci-Fi adventure with romance or not – The Starfighter Training Academy series by Grace Goodwin
A YA fantasy or paranormal story (no wolves or vampires) – Strange The Dreamer (if you really want a rabbit hole then start with Daughter of Smoke and Bones and read all of the books in publish date order)
A police drama/thriller with a really menacing villain – Anything from Karen Rose (some of her books give me nightmares)
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Otterly Irresistible by Erin Nicholas
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For the small-town, funny romance–anything by Erin Nicholas, although as Stacey suggests, Otterly Irresistible is the first in her newest series, and is a fantastic place to start
Sci-fi adventure–anything by Ann Aguirre. My daughter just finished the trilogy she cowrote with Rachel Caine. Or if you haven’t read it yet, I really loved her Dred Chronicles.
For the YA fantasy/paranormal–Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows might fit the bill? This duology and the followons are my daughter’s favorite books of all time 🙂
For the police drama/thriller–maybe Nalini Singh’s Quiet in Her Bones? Toni Anderson?
Hugs, and hope you find some new reads you love, Delilah!
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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COP TOWN by Karin Slaughter is just so brilliant. You must read this.
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If you don’t mind paranormal in your cozy mystery there is Witchless in Seattle series by Dakotas Cassidy.
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Quirky funny cozy – Stabbed in the Baklava by Tina Kashian
YA fantasy/paranormal – Tha Haunted Purse by Kimberly Baer
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If you like quirky, you should read Misty Simon. She does quirky so well!
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The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
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The Dragon Kin series by GA Aiken!!! Oh when I want to laugh and read drama and love it’s ALWAYS GA Aiken/Shelly Laurenston
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Taryn Quinn’s Crescent Cove series
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Heavenly Falls an anthology by bbb publishing
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Pint of no return by Dana Mentik