Here are a few things that Ive mostly finished. More or less.
Finding Nouf - excellent mystery based in Saudi Arabia. Good for folks who don't care for violent scenes (Donna Leon is also good for that lack, I understand) or any gore. And for the one star reviewer who apparently missed this part: the author married a Saudi and lived there for several years.
Dreamdark: Silksinger - very enjoyable so far and well written. If you've got a teen or pre-teen who likes fantasy/faeries, this is the series for them. Although they are standalones, the 1st book in the series is already available in trade paper.
If I Stay - devastating but wonderful book that I can't discuss the details of, but it's heartbreaking. If you've recently had a death in the family, don't read it...or maybe do, it might be cathartic. There is a child death, however.
Selected Works Of TS Spivet - I've just started reading this and it's excellent. Priced as an adult hardcover at $27.99, though...which is a shame, because it deserves wide readership.
Not Becoming My Mother - a (very) brief little book about how little we know our parents, and how to accept the unwitting gifts they give us. Interesting, but I'd wait for the paperback.
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities - fabulous! And I don't just say that because one of the illustrator's is local. Fascinating book that'll have you looking twice at your house plants, never mind the ones we have in our gardens.
Oro out.
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