Wow! It's been about a month since my last post here, so lots of books between then and now. I did finish Fire and Blood by George RR Martin. It is true it is not written like the Game of Thrones books but I thought it was interesting. I can see where some sections listing people's names might read like the phone book -- but overall I was not unhappy.
Just finished the latest Cormoran Strike book by Robert Galbraith -- better known as JK Rowling. These are "adult" books set in modern London. Strike is a private detective who lost part of his leg in a war injury in Afghanistan. This was book 4, I think Rowling plans on a total of about 10 books in the series.
Also just finished (as in last night), What the Dead Leave Behind by Rosemary Simpson. Mystery set in New York just after the Civil War and the start of a new series.
Previous to that was The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams. Non-fiction about fossils and a bunch of related stuff... had a lot to think about. Also did another non-fiction, The Personality Brokers by Merve Emry about the creators of the Myers-Briggs personality assessment.
Let's see... also finished the latest Mercy Thompson book by Patricia Briggs, Silence Fallen. Before there was the Twilight series there were other werewolves and (non sparkling) vampires in Washington State, eastern Washington. This book however mostly takes place in Europe. I've enjoyed the series and the related Alpha and Omega books more than some of the author's other works.
I'm working my way through the Elm Creek Quilt books and enjoying them quite a bit. Finished the Runaway Quilt, book 4 in the series if I'm remembering correctly.
Had to pull up my library history, one book I quite enjoyed was another modern fantasy, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances by Ruth Emmie Lang. It is a debut novel but I will watch for more from this author.