Another one of those weeks although a wet Sunday did make for some reading catchup, although last night's torrential downpour is probably going to mean some time lost to cleaning up (and washing up muddy dog footprints that are from one end of the house to the other now).
Parrot Heaven by Jessica Howland Kany (even caught up with reviewing this one)
A Spy in the Blood by Paul Warner (library ebook)
This Thursday temptations post is upcoming releases, or books that are out now.
As expected, last week was chaotic, with absolutely no updates posted, one ailing pig plus a now ailing cat, as well as the new cat who is ... overactive, and two elderly dogs who insist on not being quite right. Now we've got bird flu on our minds.
A Plot to Die for by Ardal O'Hanlan (listening)
The Picasso Ransom by A.T. Prewett (yes I know wasn't on any portent lists but it shouted at me - and was good fun!)
Whole household is still a minor chaos machine - with himself going to be away for 4 days at the end of this week putting a dent in any reading plans. But I persist ....
The Ledge by Christian White (FINALLY! and worth the wait I can tell you)
A Plot to Die for by Ardal O'Hanlan (listening)
Not such a great weekend reading wise - it was cold sure, but our new cat, Phryne, has been putting in a lot of hard work dragging dust bunnies and old toys out from all sorts of nooks and crevices which even I couldn't keep ignoring forever...
The Ledge by Christian White (reading)
A Plot to Die for by Ardal O'Hanlan (listening)
Dirty! by Taliyah Stone (snuck this one in because .. well I forgot it was here which was very annoying because I'd been looking forward to it!)
This temptations is upcoming releases, or books that are out now.
Managed to get some reading done again over another cold, and thank goodness! wet weekend.
Finished off:
Against Their Will by Karina Kilmore
Started on:
This temptations is upcoming releases, or books that are out now.
Managed to get some reading done - it was a cold weekend for a change so a curl up in the chair was much appreciated.
Finished off:
The Corrector, Kim Hunt (2026 Ngaio's)
What Rhymes with Murder by Penny Tangey
Started on:
This temptations is upcoming releases, or books that are out now.
I missed posting the last couple of Friday updates due to other unplanned commitments, and given we had a long weekend somewhere in there as well, there's been quite a bit of movement in this list.
This temptations is upcoming releases, one young adult, one that's a science fiction / mystery crossover.
I've heard from a few people now that some loser is out there sending partnership offers or some other garbage purporting to be from me, Karen Chisholm at a Gmail address.
It's not me needless to say, report the email address as a spammer / faker if you can otherwise delete and block.
This crud has been mentioned on Bluesky for a while now.
So many horrible people, so little joy in the world these days.
For a change, this time a random selection of favourite series reads - most local, one from Scandinavia.
This time the temptations are made up of soon to be, recently released and a few in the way off category.