What I'm Reading: Goodreads Updates [second 2019 installment]

Today I have another installment of my catch up reviews; 9 to be exact. This post should serves as a reminder that I do periodic updates of all of the books I read for "fun" on Goodreads and then compile them here so that the titles are searchable on the blog too. See below for the authors and titles as well as my three words. Use the links [click on titles] to read the full review on Goodreads.

This should also tide you all over while I am on vacation beginning tomorrow 7/26 and not returning to until 8/5.

And beware, when I get back the August issue of Booklist will have just gone live, and it is the best issue of the year-- the spotlight on Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Not only do I have 3 reviews in that issue, but I have also helped with some of the supplemental coverage. So I will be in full on Speculative Fiction mode upon my return.

Stay out of trouble, read my reviews, use the blog backlist as a resource, and keep helping those patrons. I'll be back before you know it.

Audio

• The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar [novel of place, character centered, slightly askew]
• The Dreamers by Karen Walker Thompson [eerie, thought provoking, multiple povs]

Print

• Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield [novel of place, captivating, character centered]
• The Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss [Gothic, character centered, novel of place]
• We Cast A Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin [Dark Humor, Intense Satire, Thought Provoking]
• Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams [candid, compelling, strong first person]
• Clyde Fans, Book 1 by Seth [interesting frame, character centered, introspective]
• One for the Road by Wesley Southard [fast paced, strong narrative voice, creative monsters]
• Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell [weird, unsettling, captivating]