Finished Tripwire by Lee Child. This is the third book in his popular Jack Reacher series, about a tough-as-nails, ex-military policeman who wanders around the country. In this one, Reacher is digging swimming pools in Key West when a private detective comes to town looking for him. Soon after, the detective is murdered, so Reacher backtraces his steps to see →

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Finished The Red Heart of Jade by Marjorie M. Liu. This is the third book her popular Dirk & Steele paranormal romance series. Warning: There be spoilers ahead. This one’s about psychic Dean Campbell, a D&S operative who’s chasing a vicious killer in Taipei. At one of the victim’s homes, he finds a picture of Mirabelle Lee, the girl he →

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Finished Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas. Warning: there be spoilers ahead. This is a contemporary about Liberty Jones, a teenager growing up in rural Texas. Liberty is desperately in love with Hardy Cates, an older boy who lives in the same trailer park. Hardy feels the same way, but keeps Liberty at arm’s length because he has no intention of staying →

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Since July is creeping up on us, I’d thought I’d do a post about the books I’ve read so far this year (which is halfway gone again!). Number of books I’ve read this year: 29. Not too bad, considering I’ve also written (and rewritten) two books in the same time frame. And yes, Virginia, I have a day job too. I’m →

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Finished Resolution by Robert B. Parker. I was looking for a quick read and spotted this one at the library. Plus, the setting intriguied me, since Parker leaves Spenser and his other Boston characters behind in this western. Yep, it’s a western. And I do love me some westerns. 😎 Tough guy Everett Hitch hires on as a lookout at a saloon →

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