V. V., Plots and Counterplots was good fun if you like lurid tales of murder and revenge. I'm definitely interested in reading more of the stuff Alcott published anonymously/pseudonymously. And it does have a bit of detecting in it, although I wouldn't call it a detective story.

I suppose Wilkie Collins is next but Victories Greater Than Death and The Galaxy and the Ground Within are out, so that'll have to wait

I saw a meme (I guess it was) the other day. Over stills from the appropriate movies, it was along the lines of:

Harry Potter fans: I want to go to Hogwarts
Narnia fans: I want to go to Narnia
Hunger Game fans: no thanks, I'm good

Three romance novels written by Stacey Abrams (under the name Selena Montgomery) are being reissued. Story here.

That is so cool, Todd. I had no idea. Sending the link to my romance reading sister and niece.

I finished Courtney Milan's "When the Devil Comes Courting" ... what a journey it was. Parts of it are absolutely heartbreaking, other parts utter joy. sigh ... and how long will it be for the next one?

Fugitive Telemetry: Murderbot + murder mystery, is it my birthday? Love.

I ended up listening to most of Murderbot in the last week or so (my initial plan from ages ago to listen to all of it bit by bit while I did chores did not work out mainly because I kept finding that the chores distracted me too much from the story, so I have been listening on my breaks recently and I have to say there is something very satisfying about listening to Murderbot talk about watching media while it does whatever tasks in between doing my tasks) and I kinda wish I had known that Fugitive Telemetry takes place before Network Effect. Not that that is a problem, exactly, but next time (and I'm pretty sure there will be a next time before too long) I will try chronological order

Now, of course, I just want to curl up and watch Sanctuary Moon.

I'm reading this thriller by Alyssa Cole, and it's good, but the back says "Rear Window meets Get Out" and I just feel like that is too much information! Like, I don't think the plot is exactly Get Out, but I'm pretty sure now I know what it is, which is the part that's supposed to be suspenseful, you know?

Oh, I hate when blurbs do that!

I signed up for a "one book a week" club at work to see if external pressure would help me start reading actual books again, and it seems to be working. I made it through Fugitive Telemetry and Boyfriend Material and enjoyed them both. Then I read Bonds of Brass because the author supposedly was inspired by Finn/Poe. Perhaps I would have enjoyed the book more if I had gone into it without expectations, but I didn't get any Finn/Poe feels from it and felt misled. I probably should have read Renay's review first.

Perhaps I would have enjoyed the book more if I had gone into it without expectations, but I didn't get any Finn/Poe feels from it and felt misled.

BOOOOO. That's disappointing.

I have Boyfriend Material on my Kindle. I'll get to it...at some point.