3. The Enemy (Reacher #8)

By Lee Child (400 pp ebook)

I wrote a Reacher/Tracker fan fic that I still haven't finished. I read a book for each character thinking I would finish it but I still haven't.

(I'm dealing with some life stuff that takes up a lot of my cognitive energy. Creative stuff or self-care is sketchy at the moment.)

I loved this book. It was a fun, page-turning read and easy to read on the bus. This one is set in 1990 and Reacher is a military cop investigating a murder. I loved Lieutenant Summer and many of the side characters. There's a scene with his brother and dying mother in Paris. Really good.

2. The Correspondent

By Virginia Evans (281 pp)

This was a gift from Hannah the former librarian and it was excellent! There was a time when I was current on best selling books and authors and who was coming out with what when and who was winning awards. No longer. Other than Fated Mates who give me my romance fix, and anything that shows up in the New Yorker, I am woefully out of it. This was a wonderful surprise.

It's told through letters and the main character is a woman in her 70s who is dealing with some stuff that one might deal with at that late stage of life. It's funny and sad and a very satisfying read.

1. The Bone King and the Starling

by Elizabeth Stephens (247 pp)

I bought the Fated Mated holiday gift box (I can't find the actual link) but it was 9 or 10 books for $125 or something like that. I have a problem and I can't stop buying books. Seriously, it's really bad. But I am helping the economy!

This book is something else. It's a viking romance and it is very, very spicy. There is a spicy scene in the beginning that must be 30 pages. After reading this book my newly formed Bookclub titled our group chat: No Orifice Left Behind. It is also very brutal and violent. Take the content warnings seriously.

I still enjoyed it (?) I did. I liked the way the Bone King took care of our poor little Starling who was really trod upon when he stormed her village. And I liked the way she stood up for herself.