I am starting Revenge in Rubies by A.M. Stuart. Set in 1910 Singapore

Continuing with the Wrexford & Sloan series.  I started Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose.

Hello!  Still listening to The Count of Monte Cristo (the unabridged version), 26 hours of 52 total completed!  SUCH a tome but so, so, so good!  I was reading The Consequence of Anna, which I stumbled upon at Amazon.  They advertised "Pulitzer Prize Nominee!" "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture!"  I thought, "Hmm, cool.  Sounds interesting.  How come I've never heard of this book?"  I downloaded it.  I got about a chapter in, and I felt like something was off.  The language seemed a bit strange - both the use of a lot of arcane words and lots of Australian slang that felt forced.  I went and read the reviews (which I probably should've done before purchasing the book but sometimes I don't like to do that and potentially bias myself for or against the book), and lo and behold!  I wasn't the only one who found the book slightly off.  Many speculate that it was written by AI and some had done some on-line sleuthing.  No one found anything definitive, but it sure seems that way.  I have no idea how they can falsely advertise that the book is a Pulitizer Price nomiee when it is not.  The book claims to be based on a true story, but the on-line detectives weren't able to find anything to corroborate that.  Anyway, I thought I'd push on with it anyway, but the book just dragged.  After reading on it for 11 days, I was only 25% in and just lost interest.  So, I bailed.  I started reading A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier.  

I finished A Brazen Curiosity by Lynn Messina  a regency historical mystery.  It is a long series but just okay to me.  Kinda bland.

I also finished I Died for Beauty by Amanda Flower.  It is the Emily Dickinson series. Very good set in winter of 1857.  Lots of discussion of that horrible winter.

I started Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.  Obviously not HF, but a classic I felt I needed to read at some point.

Finished Frankenstein yesterday.  I enjoyed it!  I started Murder att he Merton Library by Andrea Penrose.  Almost caught up with this series.

Finished Frankenstein yesterday.  I enjoyed it!  I started Murder att he Merton Library by Andrea Penrose.  Almost caught up with this series.

Although this is nonfiction it was quite good Astor The Rise and Fall of An American Fortune by Anderson Cooper 

Well written and researched

Carolyn:  I really enjoyed Frankenstein, too.  Some classics make for awesome reading.  

Been a wild month.  DH had many issues with his heart but things seem a little better today.  Not much time for reading as I am spending extra time on the yard. 

Working on a couple of big reads though:  The Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas, fantasy, and The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch, which is HF I believe.  Both over 600 pages.  The librarian renewed them for me and the renewal was over so I called.  Said she was just going to check my books and renew any I was reading.  What a wonderful gesture.  There are some wonderful people in this chaotic world.