whiplash

This week, this summer, and this year, have given me a sense of whiplash. Politics has seemed even crazier than usual in this election year. I've had all sorts of personal stuff come up, some of it hard and some of it fantastic, none of it easy. I'm also coming up on my third book release this year - all my own fault, but still, a lot.

 

I turn to books when I need to relax and forget about the world for a bit. I read all over the map - nonfiction, fantasy, historical, and contemporary fiction among others. I thought I'd share some of my favorites from this year in case you are in your own whiplash year. Ten books I really enjoyed are below the image.

Children of Anguish and Anarchy, Tomi Adeyemi - the third book in this young adult fantasy series

 

No Secrets Remain, LynDee Walker - the last in a series of intense, female Texas Ranger mysteries

 

The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson, a smart "cli-fi" near post-apocalyptic novel

 

La Vie According to Rose, Lauren Parvizi,

a fun read about a woman who struggles to find herself - in Paris

 

Good for You, Camille Pagan - a fun book about a woman searching for what's next -on a lake

The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo - a young adult novel that is as much poetry as prose

 

How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr - a nonfiction book on the history of American imperialism

 

There's No Coming Back From This, Ann Garvin - another woman finding herself, this time an older protagonist in Hollywood

 

Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie - a highly entertaining classic

 

Tough Trail Home, Marie Watts, down on her luck and with her family falling apart, a woman returns to her Texas homestead

video trailer

I've moved up the release date for El Diablo to coincide with a BookBub featured deal for the first book in the series, Tequila Midnight. I'd love it if you'd preorder El Diablo if you're planning on buying it - it will help its ranking and help others find it.

 

Until then, there's the video trailer for the novel.

book recommendation 

Tequila Midnight and its sequel El Diablo fall into a category called "women's detective fiction." While Jessica Watts is an amateur sleuth (so far), the genre also includes private investigators and female police officers.

 

Buried Past is a first-in-series novel that features Margot Harris, a rookie detective "determined to stand against the violence that once shattered her own world."

 
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