Reading List for July/August 2024
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It’s been a while since I submitted a reading list. To be honest, I haven’t been reading nearly enough, and my writing quality has declined as a result. I will be traveling quite a bit in mid-July, so I expect to be reading more. My goal is to read both fiction and nonfiction during my road trip from Leduc, Alberta, to Port Dover, Ontario.
The following is the list of books I want to read in July and August 2024. I will review a few of them in the future, so stick around to read those posts beginning in August.
Fiction:
Seeing Red by Sandra Brown. (“A thriller about tainted heroism and vengeance without mercy.”) Note that this book contains explicit sexual encounters and violence.
The Last Exchange by Charles Martin. (“One man seeks to answer the question: How far would you go—really—to save someone you love?”)
Shadows at Dusk by Elizabeth Goddard. (Missing in Alaska, Book 2)
Dark of Night by Colleen Coble. (An Annie Pederson novel)
Nonfiction:
Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers. (2nd ed.) by Scott Norton.
How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript by James N. Frey.
Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk, M.D.
That’s my tentative list, but hopefully, I will have time to read more! Do you have any great books you’d recommend for me to read? Let me know in the comments. I’m always looking for a great read, even outside my usual genre (romantic suspense/thriller). I’m contemplating writing a “romantasy” in the future—I have a few ideas percolating. If you have suggestions for story ideas, I’d love to hear them. I hope this list inspires you to read this summer.
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