I used to use Sir Terry's original of that very first line in the philosophy link as a tagline here, to wit...

Make a man a fire and it'll keep him warm all night, but light a man afire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

YOU GUYS.

First three chapters of The Heart of the Circle are available here: [link]

Go and read! (I'm so excited we'll be able to talk about it here).

So, I joined a Monthly Book Club group on FB, maybe to be more random about what I choose to read. I miss the F2F book clubs I have participated in previously. None of the June books were on my To Read list, so looking forward to seeing what happens.

The picks for June: Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney, Bed and Breakfast and Murder by Patti Larsen, Genesis Girl by Jennifer Bardsley, and The Ghost Writer by Alessandra Torre

First I need to finish The Bear and the Nightingale, which I just started.

I liked all three volumes of that trilogy! Vasya is my kind of heroine.

I'm only a couple chapters in, but it was a nice setup. Looking forward to seeing where it heads. Also, I prefer series because I can hang on to favored characters longer.

I *adore* the whole Bear and Nightingale trilogy.

Shir I will try to read that soon but the built in e-reader is not adapting well to my phone. It looks good! I admit to not knowing anything; are you the author?

Popping in to pimp a book. My friend Tom has written a YA mystery called Keep This to Yourself about Mac, a young, openly gay guy trying to solve the mystery of a serial killer who killed Mac's best friend as his last victim. [link]

Here's the blurb:

It's been a year since the Catalog Killer terrorized the sleepy seaside town of Camera Cove, killing four people before disappearing without a trace. Like everyone else in town, eighteen-year-old Mac Bell is trying to put that horrible summer behind him—easier said than done since Mac's best friend Connor was the murderer's final victim. But when he finds a cryptic message from Connor, he's drawn back into the search for the killer—who might not have been a random drifter after all. Now nobody—friends, neighbors, or even the sexy stranger with his own connection to the case—is beyond suspicion. Sensing that someone is following his every move, Mac struggles to come to terms with his true feelings towards Connor while scrambling to uncover the truth.

It was a really enjoyable read, that had just the right amount of suspense and twists to keep you going. And I did not figure out the ending...though I had inklings about parts of it. I was a bit worried that I wouldn't like it because I've been psyched to read it for a while. But I think it's a great summer read with a def. Lois Duncan vibe to it. So if you like YA and/or mysteries, check it out at better bookstores and libraries!

Shir I will try to read that soon

Yay!

are you the author?

Oh no. Really not. I am absolutely not an SFF writer. Not even a fanfic writer. The author is a friend and a really awesome person. Most of all, I'm excited about the opportunity to discuss original Israeli SFF writing here - so much of what I'm reading is local, and a lot of it is fantastic and I want to share it with the world. This is just a really good book and a great opportunity to do so.

I read an interesting memoir this month. [link]