Month: July 2022

Stacking the Shelves (503)

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Stacking the Shelves

As I said in the intro paragraph for yesterday’s bloghop, I have the plague. So does Galen. It seems that our cautions and precautions work just fine in everyday life, but just didn’t stand up to being with approximately 14,000 of our friends and colleagues. I’m really glad I don’t even have to think about attending the midwinter conference, now known as LibLearnX. The Overachiever’s Book Club will meet over Zoom again and I’m much happier with that outcome.

I know this still looks like a pretty tall stack, but they are finally going down. While these all look fascinating, the one I’m anticipating the most is Blue Like Me by Aaron Philip Clark, the followup to last year’s compelling mystery, Under Color of Law.

affair of spies by ronald h balson
all dressed up by jilly gagnon
american roommate experiment by elena armas
blue like me by aaron philip clark
close up bvy sarah smith
cosmic kind of love by samantha young
eversion by alistair reynolds
guest house by robin morgan bentley
how high we go in the dark by sequoia nagamatsu audio
jackal by erin e adams
kingdoms of savannah by george dawes green
maisie dobbs a mysterious profile by jacqueline winspear
pharoni by colin dodds
season of love by helena greer
secret witness by victor methos
small town big magic by hazel beck
two lives of sara by catherine adel west
winter guest by wc ryan
witches of moonshyne manor by bianca marais
wrong place wrong time by gillian mcallister

For Review:
An Affair of Spies by Ronald H. Balson
All Dressed Up by Jilly Gagnon
The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
Blue Like Me (Trevor Finnegan #2) by Aaron Philip Clark
A Cosmic Kind of Love by Samantha Young
Eversion by Alistair Reynolds
The Guest House by Robin Morgan-Bentley
Jackal by Erin E. Adams
The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green
The Man Burned by Winter (Rooker Lindström #1) by Pete Zacharias
Pharoni by Colin Dodds
Season of Love by Helena Greer
The Secret Witness (Shepard & Gray #1) by Victor Methos
Small Town, Big Magic (Witchlore #1) by Hazel Beck
The Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West
The Winter Guest by W.C. Ryan
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gilliam McAllister

Purchased from Amazon/Audible:
The Close-Up (I Heart SF #1) by Sarah Smith
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (audio)
Maisie Dobbs: A Mysterious Profile by Jacqueline Winspear

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Sparkle Time Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris | Author : | Blog Hops> Giveaways> Sparkle Time Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Sparkle Time Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox!

As much as I love fireworks on the Fourth of July, it is not very sparkly here at chez Reading Reality at the moment. We came home from our conference on Monday and now we both have the plague – otherwise known as COVID-19. It’s our first time actually catching the thing after being immunized and boosted, but it’s starting to look a lot like the ALA Annual Conference this year just might have been a superspreader event in spite of the cautions that were taken. It’s kind of c’est la vie as long as we both remain vie.

But this bloghop is designed to spread a bit of socially distanced light and even cheer, as all of the participants are giving away something that will hopefully make someone’s holiday a bit brighter. Here at Reading Reality, it’s the usual bloghop prize, the winner’s choice of either a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in Books. This giveaway is open to all!

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For more sparkly prizes be sure to visit the other stop son this hop!

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