Where Is Your Bookmark? (09/27/2016)

I just started a new book, A Black Sail by Rich Zahradnik (which made my top ten list today), but since I prepped this post over the weekend in case I didn't have time after work and Girl Scouts to spend on it Monday night, I decided to feature the book I finished this weekend instead. As a result, I thought I would tempt you with a little from The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman, the second in her series featuring Irene, a librarian spy. I am not including a synopsis because it contains spoilers from the first book (although the cover will take you to the Goodreads page for the book). If you enjoy high action urban fantasy full of magic, dragons, and the fae, you may enjoy this series.

Every Tuesday Diane from Bibliophile By the Sea First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where participants share the first paragraph (or a few) of a book they are reading or thinking about reading soon. It is also where I share my first impressions about the book I am sharing.

It was a pity about the poison in her wine-glass, Irene reflected. The underground room was hot, and a glass of chilled wine would have been refreshing. 

Every Tuesday, Jenn from Books And A Beat hosts Teaser Tuesdays at which time participants grab their current read, open to a random page, and share two (2 or more) "teaser" sentences from that page while avoiding any spoilers.

Teaser from 29% of The Masked City:

"We're just going to take you for a little walk. There's a gentleman as wants you to stay out of his affairs for a few days. You behave yourself, keep quiet, and nothing bad's going to happen to you."

Irene mentally cringed at the dialogue, lifted straight from Plots Involving Heroines Too Stupid to Live, Unless Saved by the Hero.  She must have looked unconvinced, as the man's eyes narrowed. "You don't want us to do this the hard way, duckie," he snarled. 

"No," she said, attempting helpless meekness. "I'll behave . . . Please don't hurt me."

What do you think? Would you keep reading?  

What are you reading at the moment?  Is it anything you would recommend?

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely ladies at Broke and Bookish.

This week's  Top Ten Tuesday is the Books On My Fall TBR Reading List. I am terrible at following a reading list, but here are some of the books I am most anxious to get to this  fall. I sure plan to give it my best try!

1.

A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles #1) by Amanda Bouchet ~ Although not a big fan of abduction romance stories, this one has me setting that aside. The promise of magic and adventure, possibly dragons, Greek mythology . . . Too promising to pass up.

2.

Curse of the Gargoyle (Gargoyle Guardian Chronicles #2) by Rebecca Chastain ~ I was quite smitten with the first novella in this series and have been meaning to start on the second installment (I have a copy of the third too). The series features a gargoyle healer still learning just what she's capable of.

3.

No Witness But the Moon by Suzanne Chazin ~ A stand off between a police officer and an undocumented immigrant ends badly. Devastated by the outcome, the police officer digs a little deeper and finds a connection between the dead immigrant and his mother's unsolved murder. Someone doesn't want him to uncover the truth. I'm already intrigued.

4.

A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi ~ A novel by an author I can see becoming a fast favorite. An Afghan woman accused of murdering her husband finds herself in prison, surrounded by women imprisoned for breaking one or another social rule. Goodreads describes this novel as "A moving look at the lives of modern Afghan women, The House with No Windows is astonishing, frightening, and triumphant."

5.

The Strivers' Row Spy by Jason Overstreet ~ A debut novel set during the 1920's Harlem Renaissance featuring the first African-American FBI Agent, Sidney Temple. The entire premise of this novel intrigues me and I am looking forward to reading it.

6.

The Book Club Murders by Leslie Nagel ~ Doesn't this book just scream, "FALL!" Cozies always seem to for me. I'm not sure why. The title alone made me stand up and take notice of this one. I can't wait to dive in.

In a charming cozy mystery series debut, Leslie Nagel’s irrepressible small-town heroine finds that her fellow mystery book club members may be taking their Agatha Christie a bit too literally—and murder a bit too lightly. [An excerpt from Goodreads]

7.

A Change of Heart by Dev Sonali ~ If the cover hadn't drawn me in, the premise certainly has me curious. His wife murdered after uncovering an illegal organ harvesting ring two years before, Nic lands a job on a cruise ship where he meets a woman claiming to have his wife's heart.

8.

Lady Cop Makes Trouble (Kopp Sisters #2) by Amy Stewart ~ The Kopp sisters won me over in the first installment of Amy Stewart's series based on the real life Constance Kopp, one of the first female sheriff's deputy in the U.S. I am looking forward to seeing what the sisters get up to next in this second book of the series.

9.

Snowfall on Haven Point (Haven Point #5) by RaeAnne Thayne ~ I discovered RaeAnne Thayne last year and feel in love with her books. Snowfall on Haven Point features a widow and mother and an injured down on the world sheriff. Add in a blizzard at Christmas time and you have a cozy winter romance.

10.

A Black Sail (Coleridge Taylor Mystery #3) by Rich Zahradnik ~ Coleridge Taylor is my favorite journalist, and I am very eager to see what he is up to in the third book in the series. Set in 1976 during the U.S. Bicentennial, Taylor's nose for news leads him straight into trouble yet again: Murder, drugs and a possible gang war between the Italian mafia and a Chinese tong. 

Have you read or want to read any of these? What books are you looking forward to reading this fall season?

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