Oliver Moss

* Murderbot Diaries #2- According to Goodreads, I went from ahead of schedule to read 30 books this year to just on schedule. So, I am speedrunning to get back ahead. I realized that a lot of the Murderbot books are short and since most of the series is on my TBR list, I can power through those and then tackle something a bit more crunchy.

I have the fully dramatized audiobook versions, but it looks like all but the most recent of the single performer books are free with Audible membership. This is cool if anyone wants to get caught up in prep for the show, but a pain for me because the audible app sucks and when I search for my purchased copy it pulls up the free version and asks me if I want to add it to my library.

Anyway, I am on the third book already. The second book was good, but not nearly as compelling as the first. That's to be expected. The first was great and I kinda liked treating it like a stand alone. But, I'd like to read more Martha Wells and also be caught up before the TV show comes out. Also, it's a solid chunk of my TBR list so if I get caught up I will feel very accomplished.

* The Mystery Of The Blue Train by Agatha Christie - I'd heard it referred to as as one of her better books somewhere, probably a video on And Then There Were None. It was okay. It was a bit odd in how some very, very minor characters got some resolution and epilogue but the more main ones didn't. Maybe there is something sad and pointed about that, or maybe it's a bit wonkily written. Christie wrote a LOT of books. Some were amazing and some just weren't. I tend judge all her books by The Crooked House, which is unfair because I think it's her best.

* The Necromancer's War - The Necromancer of Beacon Hill series is wrapping up with a trilogy. This is the first book of that trilogy and both this book and the final book have the POV of the first/main couple. That is one of the things I really like about Sheena Jolie's writing. I am also looking forward to them getting a chance to start fresh with a new and/or stand alone books after this. I enjoyed it, but I really hope the final two books are a bit longer because there are a lot of characters with complicated dynamics between them and I'd like to see a bit more of some.

* Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead - I rarely grab the books Amazon offers to me for free for having a Prime membership. I used to grab them, but then they clutter up my kindle and I don't know which books I wanted and which I nabbed for being free. It's part of why I was trying to get my ebooks and TBR list organized a few months back. But, it was a mystery and very well reviewed so I nabbed it. I do want to find mystery writers I like besides Christie. It was well written so I got a fair bit into it easily. But, I didn't care about the characters or the story. I finished it just to finish it. I thought I'd get something out of seeing how the mystery plot turned out, but eh.