What Fiction are you reading this week, Apr. 18, 2021?
Pull up a seat and a book.
Still reading The Grammarians. It's pretty good; just a tale about American life. But I'm missing my mysteries so I just picked up Crooked River by Preston & Child, #19 in the Agent Pendergast series. "Racing to uncover the mystery of several severed feet found floating in the Gulf of Mexico, Agent Pendergast is faced with the most inexplicable challenge of his career." Sounds great and can't wait to get started on it tomorrow.
It's getting to be really difficult to find anything from my list available in free audible books. But, I did find Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig, an original urban fantasy novel, the first in a series. Horror, dark, grim and bloody. Not for the faint of heart. Suitable for while I work in the kitchen. I only just started it yesterday and I suspect it will be quite interesting, and unusual.
So, what's interesting on your reading list this week?
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He gets lots of 5 star reviews, and awards. He also co-wrote the last Jack Ryan thrillers with Tom Clancy, then continued the Jack Ryan character and the Tom Clancy universe following Clancy's death. 
Now reading Cat Striking Back inthe series. 
A few of Jana DeLeon's Miss Fortune series coming up, too.
Also, "Hope Jever Dies," another reread. Someone had posted about this two book series featuring Barack & Joe. 
They really trigger the imagation.
Sadly, my library only has Cat Shining Bright & Cat Chase the Moon in hard copy. Not nearly as convenient.
This is a series I'm considering purchasing as there are a few I've not been able to read in ecopy, and because I just love it.
I wouldn't personally purchase the Miss Fortune series. They're ok - but not outstanding, imho. 
My library actually has this. Better yet, it has this title along with Surfeit of Lampreys and Colour Scheme all in one book. I will definitely have to pick that one up.
Look at you, all out and about. We're not allowed yet. 
and highly recommend.
I got a free download on Julia Claiborne Johnson's Be Frank With Me. and am enchanted with this author and her unique characters. It would make a wonderful movie.
From amazon.com:
Reclusive literary legend M. M. “Mimi” Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, she’s flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. The prickly Mimi reluctantly complies—with a few stipulations: No Ivy-Leaguers or English majors. Must drive, cook, tidy. Computer whiz. Good with kids. Quiet, discreet, sane.
When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she’s put to work right away—as a full-time companion to Frank, the writer’s eccentric nine-year-old, a boy with the wit of Noel Coward, the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star, and very little in common with his fellow fourth-graders.
As she slowly gets to know Frank, Alice becomes consumed with finding out who Frank’s father is, how his gorgeous “piano teacher and itinerant male role model” Xander fits into the Banning family equation—and whether Mimi will ever finish that book.
Full of heart and countless “only-in-Hollywood” moments, Be Frank with Me is a captivating and unconventional story of an unusual mother and son, and the intrepid young woman who finds herself irresistibly pulled into their unforgettable world.
Many thanks for the weekly thread.
I just put a hold on the ebook version of Frank!
Ty! 
You might recall that I absolutely loved The Last Odyssey by James Rollins. He then had a book of his short stories published called Unrestricted Access and I decided I really wanted to get that one. I like to have books of short stories around to read when I have to wait for something, like appointments. So, I was searching the used book places and thought I had found it. For a couple of bucks. Only when it came I was like “WTF?” It IS Unrestricted Access but it’s by someone named James Robbins and it was also published last year. Buyers beware! Isn’t it illegal to publish with someone else’s title in the same year? Well, it should be. 
I don’t know, it might turn out to be a good book anyway, but I have my doubts. So, I’m still looking for the right book. 
