Rehab Reading

I've been quiet around here because I went in for knee-replacement surgery on January 15. The recovery is very painful and sitting at the computer is particularly uncomfortable. I'm certainly not getting any new writing done yet.

The upside is that all I'm really capable of doing is reading and sleeping, and watching the occasional movie. And that means I get to read almost ALL THE TIME. For a woman like me with a way-too-busy normal life this is a huge treat. 

When I was recuperating from my back surgery two years ago, I did the same. I wrote a review on this blog of each book I read. I'm already behind schedule, but I hope to catch up, at least for the books that I really loved.

So far I have read the following novels:

• Wrath of Shiva and Last Call for Justice by Susan Oleksiw
• Deadly Offer by Vicki Doudera
• Retirement Homes are Murder by Mike Befeler
• Purgatory Chasm by Steve Ulfelder
• Lie Down With the Devil by Linda Barnes
• A Plain Death by Amanda Flower
• Shadows of A Down East Summer by Lea Wait
• Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams

I got halfway through a novel on my Kindle by an author new to me until I realized I just didn't like the story and the writing enough to finish it. So many books on my list and so little time!

Short stories and novellas include the following:

• The Monday Night Needlework and Murder Guild by Kathleen Valentine
• "The Rising of the Moon" and "Dead Letters" by Sheila Connolly

I'm even reading some non-fiction:

• The Orchard, a memoir of Ipswich by Adele Crockett Robertson
• What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

So stay tuned for reviews!