2020 Q3 Books!

First quarter book list here. Second quarter here. Unlike the second quarter when I didn't read much, I was basically reading all the time in the third quarter because I was trying to escape from the dark reality of 2020.

7/1: The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai (library ebook) 

7/4: The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz (library ebook): After Stieg Larsson's death, there were some legal debates about his estate, including the rights to the Millennium series.  Lagercrantz has written several additional books in the series; this is the first one he wrote. It was supremely disappointing. Not enough Lisbeth.  Too much NSA wrangling. 

7/5: Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland (library)

7/6: Saga Volume Two by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples (library)

7/10: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (library)

7/11: Followers by Megan Angelo (library ebook)

7/15: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (library)

7/17: Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb (library)

7/19: Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh (library ebook): Excellent first novel in a paranormal romance series. Huge thumbs up from me. Put the next book in the series on hold.

7/20: Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper (library)

7/20: Saga Volume Three by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples (library)

7/20: Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas (library ebook)

7/23: Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir by Tui T. Sutherland (library)

7/25: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (library)

7/26: Sourdough by Robin Sloan (library ebook): I did not enjoy the quirkiness of this book. The writing itself was fine, but the plot bordered on ridiculous.

7/29: Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh (library ebook): This book was the exact same plot as the first book. What a strange thing to do in your sophomore book.

8/1: Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb (library)

8/4: Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson (library): Book club book.  Okay. Rumor has it that it would be better to listen to the audiobook than read it.

8/4: Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts (library ebook):  It was one of the "skip the line" books on the Libby app and I got it because I was nostalgic for old skool Roberts and I got this magically mystical nonsense with too many stereotypical fantasy characters (seer, warlock, mermaid, teleporter, she-wolf, and an immortal warrior).  No, thanks. If you want a magical story from Roberts, check out the Donovan Legacy books instead.

8/5: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (library ebook)

8/6: Wings of Fire: The Hidden Kingdom by Tui T. Sutherland (library)

8/8: Rendezvous by Amanda Quick (library)

8/8: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (library ebook)

8/9: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole (library ebook): A freed slave spies for the Union by acting as a slave when she falls in love with another spy, who happens to be a white man.  I get that the author was trying to show us another side of a black woman's experience, but I just can't  help but think that I would never fall in love with someone who my first thought about was that they were going to rape me.

8/11: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (library ebook)

8/15: Cibola Burn by S. A. Corey (library)

8/20: The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb (library ebook)

8/22: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (library ebook)

8/23: Saga Volume Four by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples (library)

8/24: Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret by Tui T. Sutherland (library)

8/24: Dark Lover by J. R. Ward (library ebook)

8/24: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (library)

8/25: Pumpkinheads written by Rainbow Rowell and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks (library): Very cute book about two teenagers who are having their last night at a Halloween-themed park where they have worked.  The illustrations are fun and it's a fun plot.  

8/27: Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland (library)

8/27: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (library ebook): It's a utopian romance novel if the 2016 election had been won by a woman and a relationship between gay men was publicly embraced.  It was sweet, but a bit too sweet for 2020.

8/30:  Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey (library)

8/31 Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (library): Published in 2000, Mr. Perfect is a time capsule of flip phones and meeting people at airport gates.  A fine book, especially if you like exposition dumps and love at first sight

9/1: Lover Eternal by J. R. Ward (library ebook): This book is kind of terrible, what with its weak heroine who sleeps with the hero just hours after he seeks out a stranger for ex, not to mention the dumb names the author comes up with, but here I am trying to juggle my library list to see if I can somehow put the next book on my hold list. I'm not even going to try to defend my reading choices anymore.

9/4: Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell (library):  Medical examiner attempts to solve a series of murders.  I wanted it to be like Sue Grafton's alphabet series, but Kay Scarpetta is no Kinsey Millhone.

9/4: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (library)

9/5: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean (library)

9/5: Alex by Sawyer Bennet (library ebook): Contemporary romance novel about an addiction counselor and her hot NHL boyfriend.  Perfectly fine.

9/15: Babylon's Ashes by James S. A. Corey (library)

9/17: Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb (library ebook)

9/18: Saga Volume Five by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples (library)

9/18: An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (library)

9/20: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins (library)

9/22: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (library)

9//26: Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler (library)

9/27: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews (library ebook): I am not the reader for this violent urban fantasy novel.  

9/28: Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb (library)

9/30: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward (library ebook):  Yes, these books are kind of terrible and inconsistent. Yes, I will keep reading more books in the series.

Total: 50 books