SusieQOH

I liked Daisy Jones and the Six but didn't finish the movie. Just didn't get into it.
I just finished Cher Part 1. What a ride! I really enjoyed it. She's certainly unique. Fun book. Looking forward to Part 2.
I do not like romance novels. Why not? I love romance!

Jshep

Frieda McFadden is one of my favorite authors. The librarian here told me her books are flying off the shelves.

julybaby8

The river knows your name and the girls in the stilt house by Kelly Mustian.

Iceblossom

I am in one of my gluts of everything coming off hold at once!

I was able to put The Girls in the Stilt House on my to be read list. The other wasn't available as audio for me.

I just finished my first Frieda McFadden book -- The Tenant. I thought it was a pretty well done and interesting thriller, but I had the basic complaint that I didn't really like anybody and didn't really care about who killed who or why... At the same time, it was a good read (other than that). Not quite the same, I don't mind books from various points of view, but sometimes (especially as a woman) I'm wondering where I am in the book. Sometimes (mostly) it doesn't bother me but sometimes nit-picks at my brain a bit.

I enjoyed Mike Campbell's autobiography, Heartbreaker, read by himself. Mike is probably better known as Tom Petty's lead guitarist. Tom and the Heartbreakers were a big part of my teen/20s, I was an American Girl and was able to see the band several times.

Sometimes my books come as themes... I enjoyed When the Tides Held the Moon. It its a point of view not necessarily my own and sadly, the audio book didn't come with a pdf of illustrations, but I was drawn into the character and story.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...-held-the-moon

Continuing the theme, just off hold now is A Letter to the Luminous Deep, another underwater fantasy.

Also just off hold (not to theme) is The Tree Collectors by Amy Stewart. Amy has a couple of A-Z?? type books and also the Miss Kopp books which I enjoy greatly as light reads.

Iceblossom

The new releases and holds have been coming at a rapid clip. The Stilt House and Hattie McDonald books are still on hold. The latest Elm Creek quilting book by Jennifer Chiavarini should be coming in a week or so. I have a few more new releases I am looking forward to.

I just finished the latest Preston/Child book, Badlands, Nora Kelly series . She is part of the Pendergast universe and there is an oblique reference to him. I always enjoy their books but I do rather miss the Special Agent.

Also the newest Michael Connolly book, Nightshade. Still in California but no Bosch tie-in (yet anyway). Or if one of the legal characters is a repeat I missed it. Was ok, I didn't really get drawn into the character and it was sort of weird hearing a different narrator. But it often takes a book or two for a set of characters to mesh.

Also fresh from the new releases, the latest Jonathon Maberry Joe Ledger book, Burn to Shine. Joe Ledger is sort of like Jack Reacher/special ops books with zombies, more preventing the world take over than the post-apocalyptic Walking Dead. The author has a series that I would recommend to Stephen King fans, or at least the Talisman type store. The Pine Deep Trilogy, starting with Ghost Road Blues. This latest Joe Ledger book has a lot of cross over/takes part in Pine Deep but they are different styles of books.

I do have Never Flinch by Stephen King on hold. In the horror sort of them, I just finished and rather enjoyed Something I Keep Upstairs by J.D. Barker, who I guess has been part of the James Patterson umbrella. Anyone have any recommendations of his(??/J.D.) books?

The Tree Collectors turned out to be what I would call a A-Z book.

Iceblossom

Ok, I'm on one of my every thing coming off of hold at once book gluts.

I liked The Queen of Sugar Hill, novelization of Hattie McDonald's life, recommended earlier in this thread. I know it is controversial but I have my reasons for Gone with the Wind being the great American Novel and the movie for one of the best adaptations ever (despite major changes from the book). It is a romance, not a history...

Stilt House also recommended earlier is still on my list.

As always, I enjoyed the latest installment of the Joe Ledger books. Lots of characters brought back from the history. Also just finished Kagen the Damned, also by Maberry, a more traditional sort of fantasy. Was not as fully enthralled as some of his other books (like the Pine Deep series I mentioned last time) but will finish the series.

I finished the The World's Fair Quilt by Jennifer Chiavareni. I enjoyed the reboot of the Elm Creek series, this one not as much as the last one but still nice to see what those characters are up to.

Also current with the Laurie R. King Mary Russell/Mrs. Sherlock books. Knave of Diamonds was set up differently than most of the books. There were a couple of books mid-series that were not so favorite and I stopped reading them for a time but the last 5 or so were better for me.

For new authors, I had two books that I enjoyed. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson, a girl is just living her life on a rural farm when a stranger in a PT Cruiser comes by and says he is her older half-brother who is on a journey to find their dad and their other half siblings.

The other was The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbinson. A just turned 30 actress gets the chance to see what the life road not taken could bring... Basically a body switching mystery but all in current times. I enjoyed the "active female voice". For another body switching series, I like Kelley Armstrong, just finished Death at a Highland Wedding, book 4 of Rip through Time series.

I am continuing with the Fred the Vampire Accountant series, and yay! Book 3 of the Assistant to the Villain series is being released. All sorts of books coming off hold in the next couple of months. I didn't mention the Patricia Briggs latest Alpha and Omega book, or her upcoming Mercedes Thompson book. Both of those series (along with Fred the Vampire) are considered urban fantasy, but the Alpha and Omega books are awfully close to paranormal romance...

Finally, in a short story collection by the Mystery Writers Association, I came across Hap and Leonard, who appealed to me much as the Chet and Bernie books in style. Sadly while my library has TONS in ebook form, there are less available to me on audio. However, I am going to check out the tv series --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hap_an...ard_(TV_series)

JENNR8R

My bookclub just read News of the World by Paulette Jiles. It's a little different in that it's a western. Everyone loved the book. Tom Hanks starred in a movie version of the book that I was able to watch on a DVD library loan. It was excellent too.

SusieQOH

I need to shout out one of my favorite writers- Rick Bragg. He writes non-fiction about the Southern experience. I have every single book he's written. I'm as far from Southern as you can get (NY native) but his words touch my soul. He's fabulous.

beckyboo1

I am in a terrible reading slump. Have started 3 books lately that I decided not to finish. Do you all ever have that issue?

SusieQOH

That happens to me, too. Sometimes it's the books themselves and I wonder how they got published but sometimes it's just me!