I keep a list of all the books I might want to read and add to it as the year goes on. As each month comes along I create a list on my blog for others and for me to keep track of as
the months go by.
I don’t buy all these books–since I already have way too many books to read and some of the new books are expensive. I’m trying to stick to a budget.
I hope people reading my post may find some new books to read. I also hope these people will point me toward books I missed.
January 1
Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet
Series: Endeavor #1
Published by Sourcebook Casablanca
Genre: Science Fiction Romance
416 pages
Synopsis: Captain Tess Bailey and her crew of Robin Hood-like thieves are desperate and on the run. Pursued by a vicious military general who wants them dead or alive, Tess has to decide if she can trust Shade Ganavan, a tall, dark and arrogant stranger with ambiguous motivations.
Shade Ganavan had oodles of arrogance, oodles of charm, and oodles of something that made me want to kick him in the nuts.
The Hanging Psalm by Chris Nickson
Series: Simon Westow Mystery #1
Published by Severn House Publishers
Genre: Historical Mystery (Leeds, 1820)
224 pages
Synopsis: Thief-taker Simon Westow knows all about lost property. A boy from the workhouse, he now has a comfortable business finding and returning his clients’ stolen possessions. But when John Milner, a successful Leeds businessman, seeks out Simon’s services to find his kidnapped daughter, Hannah, it’s clear he faces a challenge like no other.
Accompanied by his enigmatic and capable young assistant, Jane, Simon takes to the dark, shadowy streets of Leeds for information – streets he knows like the back of his hand. But his enquiries lead Simon and Jane into great danger. Could the answers lie in Simon’s own past, and an old enemy seeking revenge?
January 8
The Wicked King by Holly Black
Series: The Folk of the Air #2
Published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Genre: YA Fantasy
336 pages
Synopsis: You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.
The first lesson is to make yourself strong.
Dark Streets, Cold Suburbs by Aimee Hix
Series: Willa Pennington, P.I. #2
Published by Midnight Ink
Genre: Mystery
312 pages
Synopsis: People move to the suburbs for a better life–nice houses, good schools, safe communities. But there’s no place you can go that’s completely safe from danger. Willa Pennington knows this all too well after her first PI case almost got her killed. Helping her old mentor review a decades-old cold case seems much safer. Then she reaches out to a teenager in trouble, and suddenly a new case rips into Willa’s life in a way she could never have predicted. It seems menace is always lying in wait behind someone’s door. Especially on the dark streets of the cold suburbs.
January 15
Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Series: None
Published by Page Street Kids
Genre: YA Fantasy, Retelling
400 pages
Synopsis: Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart after her father leaves for the city and mysteriously disappears. Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a strange talking wolf—the same creature who attacked her as a child. The wolf presents Echo with an offer: for her to come and live with him for a year. But there is more to the wolf than Echo realizes.
January 29
Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
Series: Unknown
Published by Mira Books
Genre: Science Fiction, Time Travel
336 pages
Synopsis: To save his daughter, he’ll go anywhere—and any-when…
Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in I.T., trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter, Miranda. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career…as a time-traveling secret agent from 2142.
Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, despite the increasing blackouts and memory loss affecting his time-traveler’s brain. Until one afternoon, his “rescue” team arrives—eighteen years too late.
Grand Slam Murders by R.J. Lee
Series: A Bridge to Death Mystery #1
Published by Kensington
Genre: Mystery
304 pages
Synopsis: When the four wealthy widows who make up the venerable Rosalie Bridge Club never get up from their card table, this quiet Mississippi town has its first quadruple homicide. Who put cyanide in their sugar bowl? An aspiring member and kibitzer with the exclusive club, Wendy takes a personal interest in finding justice for the ladies.
She also has a professional motivation. A frustrated society columnist for the Rosalie Citizen, she’s ready to deal herself a better hand as an investigative reporter. This could be her big break. Plus, she has a card or two up her sleeve: her sometimes boyfriend is a detective and her dad is the local chief of police.
What books are you excited about this month?
