A couple of books came off my hold list much sooner than I expected. For fans of Leif Enger, I think this latest book (I Cheerfully Refuse) is actually my favorite so far. I set in an not-to-distant dystopian future and like most of his writings deals with the mundane world with magical flourishes... I think it is about grief and love and change -- and life on the water
The next book on is a long one -- 32 hours or so in audio format. A continuation of the family in the Wilderness Books by Sara Donati. This time (The Sweet Blue Distance, so after the Wilderness and Gilded Hour books) we are starting shortly before the civil war and heading in the (now) Old West in Santa Fe. I really like these author and characters and always want to know "what's next". I'd describe them as the line between Historical Fiction and Historical Romance, just slightly on the Fiction side but with love stories written in.
I stopped midway in To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paoline. He also wrote the Eragon (Young Adult Fantasy) series, but this is more adult and set in space. Another long one, again 32-ish hours. The writing was fine, the story was fine but I just didn't feel a connection with the characters. I will probably go back to it during another books on hold gap but didn't want to turn back these two new books.