
Connect Five Friday is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. (The hashtag is #connect5books) This is a fun and creative way to think about my books and reading. Check out Kathyrn’s blog and link up your Friday Five!
The five book-related items need to connect in some way, but each person who participates can decide for themselves what the book subject and connection is. For example, you could write about five books read last year or five books you want to read. It could even be favorite bookstores or five movies made from books.
This week I’m talking about five books published in 2021 I’m looking forward to reading when they’re published. I know I’ll have many more books I’m excited to read in 2021. I just haven’t found out about them yet.
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A Stranger in Town
by Kelley Armstrong
Rockton #6
Publication date: Feb 2
I love this mystery series. It got me reading Kelley Armstrong again after a few years away from her books. And I’m loving the books she writes.

Wild Sign
by Patricia Briggs
Alpha and Omega #6
Publication date: Mar 16
Patricia Briggs is such a good author. I love the two intertwined urban fantasy series she’s writing–The Mercy Thompson series and the Alpha and Omega series. I really like the world and the fantasy creature Ms. Briggs creates.

Dial A for Aunties
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Publishing date: Apr 27
I love the cover! And this sounds like such a fun book. This debut book shows us Chinese-Indonesian culture which I’m so looking forward to, but I’m also reminded of my husband’s Mom and her two sisters. They called themselves the Dolly Sisters! And he has three sisters who call themselves the Sisters Moving Company when they come and help us all move.

Fugitive Telemetry
by Martha Wells
Murderbot #6
Publication date: Apr 27
I love this series. Murderbot is such a “human” character. I also enjoy the adventure in these science fiction stories.

Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
Publication date: May 4
I loved reading The Martian and Artemis. Those two books are science fiction, but very different from each other. Project Hail Mary sounds like it will be another different type of story. I like it when an author writes different kinds of books.
What books are you looking forward to in 2021?
I just started the Rockton series and am totally loving it. I hope to be all caught by the time her next one comes out. And Andy Weir is such a fun author; I’m excited to hear he has a new book coming out next year. 🙂
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The Rockton series is so good. I’m looking forward to how Andy Weir writes this book.
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Yes I want them too! Great choices!
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Thanks, Anne!
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I definitely want to read the new Andy Weir and I need to get going with Murderbot as I’ve only read book one! Great choices!
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Thanks, Heather! Both of those are at the top of my wish list!
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Its hard to believe we are looking at 2021 but there are books I am already eyeing up to. I loved The Martian and just didn’t get to Artemis but maybe I should and the 2021 has an intriguing title.
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It is hard to believe 2021 is almost here. (And in other ways it feels like 2020 just won’t end!)
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I’d like to read the Andy Weir book. I’m also looking forward to the next Jayne Ann Krentz, Deanna Raybourn, and Amanda Quick books (not on your list here, but they are on my mental list!)
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I do like Jayne Ann Krentz and Amanda Quick books. Though I don’t read too many of them anymore. I have lots of the paperback books which I also don’t read anymore so I’m working myself up to donate or try to sell them. 😦
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Such a tough decision, isn’t it? I’m in the same boat (with different authors), and not just with paperbacks. It used to be a point of pride to collect all the books by an author I loved, but that’s not feasible anymore: there are more authors I love and I’ve run out of places to put more bookshelves. So I need to purge. But it’s always hard to decide which to keep and which to let go of.
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I agree, Lark. I went through a period when I bought so many paperback and hardcover books, but I’ve gotten rid of at least 90% of those books over the last five years since I seldom read anything, but digital books these days. I do still have some nonfiction history books that are better as regular books, I think.
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Kelley Armstrong is high up on my TBR but I’ve never read any of her books! I don’t have many 2021 books on my TBR yet. For some reason I’ve really been enjoying classic mysteries and rereads.
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I think during stressful times we all pick up the books that comfort us, Katherine, and that’s important to realize so we can destress as needed.
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