2016 Book Reports (Issue #4)

This is my view, most mornings, from the kitchen table, where I like to sit with my coffee and my laptop and do this fun thing we call writing. When it's warm enough I open the windows a crack and enjoy the birdsong (and occasionally the dogbark). I have a study, but right now the place is in desperate need of some general housekeeping, i.e., there is stuff everywhere that needs to be sorted, organized, and either put or thrown away. One of these days I may get up the gumption to do just that. For now, I'm sitting at the kitchen table, enjoying the view, and posting my 2016 "A list".

Title	Author	Series (if applicable)
A Discovery of Witches	Deborah Harkness	All Souls Trilogy (#1)
Shadow of Night	Deborah Harkness	All Souls Trilogy (#2)
Dead and Buried	Leighann Dobbs	Blackmoore Sisters Mysteries (#2)
Dead Tide	Leighann Dobbs	Blackmoore Sisters Mysteries (#3)
Buried Secrets	Leighann Dobbs	Blackmoore Sisters Mysteries (#4)
Deadly Intentions	Leighann Dobbs	Blackmoore Sisters Mysteries (#5)
A Grave Mistake	Leighann Dobbs	Blackmoore Sisters Mysteries (#6)
Spell Found	Leighann Dobbs	Blackmoore Sisters Mysteries (#7)
The Gauguin Connection	Estelle Ryan	Genevieve Lenard Mysteries (#1)
The Dante Connection	Estelle Ryan	Genevieve Lenard Mysteries (#2)
Lovestruck in London	Rachel Schurig	Lovestruck Series (#1)
Thirty-Two Going on Spinster	Becky Monson	Spinster Series (#1)
Thirty-Three Going on Girlfriend	Becky Monson	Spinster Series (#2)
Thirty-Four Going on Bride	Becky Monson	Spinster Series (#3)
Dragon Rose	Christine Pope	Tales of the Latter Kingdoms (#2)
The Best Is Yet to Come	Tamie Dearen	The Best Girls (Novella-Prequel)
Her Best Match	Tamie Dearen	The Best Girls (#1)
Best Foot Forward	Tamie Dearen	The Best Girls (#4)
On the Rocks	Kim Law	Turtle Island Novels (#3)
An Aria of Omens	Patrice Greenwood	Wisteria Tearoom Mysteries (#3)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	JK Rowling
Reinventing Mona	Jennifer Coburn

I'm currently reading The Book of Life, the third and final book of the All Souls Trilogy, and loving it just as much as the first two. As you can see, I definitely loved the Blackmoore Sisters stories--as a matter of fact, I binge-read them on Kindle in something like three days. Entertaining stuff.

The Genevieve Lenard mysteries were unique and well-written, and the Spinster series was just as cute as can be. Still in my Kindle library are books #2 and #3 in the Best Girls series, a nice bunch of romances featuring a nice bunch of colorful characters.

Unlike my otherwise HP-loving offspring, I enjoyed reading The Cursed Child, not because it was Harry Potter but because it was so different and yet so much like the original series. JK Rowling is an amazing writer, no question.

Next post I'll share the four absolute best books I read last year. In the meantime, read a book. It's good for you.