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Best this month was definitely Wed Wabbit, with thanks to rachelmanija, for pointing me at it. I liked both the Westover and Bradbury memoirs but didn't love them.

A Novella Collection, Courtney Milan (title both accurate and completely unhelpful).
Lord of Scoundrels, Loretta Chase.
The Crown of Success, A.L.O.E (re-read).
Whiteout, Thaw, Heatwave, Changing Colors, Elyse Springer (the Seasons of Love series).
The Rúin, Dervla McTiernan.
Firefighter Griffin, Zoe Chant.
For the Good of the School, Doris Pocock.
Educated, Tara Westover.
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Kate Bradbury.
Trailer Trash, Marie Sexton.
Wed Wabbit, Lissa Evans.
Shotgun, Marie Sexton.
How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliantly Speaking, Viv Groskop.
Viscount Vagabond, Loretta Chase.
A Deeper Blue, S.E. Harmon.
Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Dana Simpson.
Becoming, Michelle Obama.
Dogfight, Hot Air, Donovan Bixley.
Roped In, LA Witt.
The Plague and I, Betty MacDonald.
Catch Me When You Fall, Eileen Merriman.

( Reviews under cut. )

So. I have moved cities (again), and am now in one that is slightly warmer and definitely more tectonically stable. All my books are currently still in boxes, and may be there for a bit while I work out what to do about shelving (behind heat pump and external painting in the list of important big house things, unfortunately). The dog is adapting to his new environment and has completely recovered from the surgery he ended up having the week before we both moved (removal of his anal glands, very glamorous). Hmm. Somehow, this does not automatically lead into a discussion of book reviews.

I am miles behind on these anyway. Here, have an assortment of brief and possibly not all that tactful reviews that will hopefully represent some of my recent reading:

( Suzanne Brockmann, Dark of Night. )

( Erin Dionne, The total tragedy of a girl named Hamlet. )

( Marie Sexton, Blind Space. )

( Lisa Henry, The Island. )

The last two reviews have also appeared on GoodReads, if they look familiar, as I finally gave into badgering (you know who you are) and signed up there. I’m not entirely convinced that the site works for me (I hate rating books, so I don't, and I’m also really lazy about logging them, so it’s also way behind), but if you want to know who I am there, just ask.