July reading;

Almost caught up, July was a month with a lot of books in it.  The weather was hot so I spent hours indoors reading;

A Place of Safety, by Emma Salisbury.  I love how ES writes.  The characters are just real, This is about a drive by shooting.  It's deeply disturbing, sometimes I don't like the main guy.  But he's a  detective and good at it.  5 stars cause it's a great read.

Did they Really do it; From Lizzie Borden to the 20th Hijacker by Fred Rosen.  I like that the book comes off as a conversation with the reader.  Not the best thing I've read this summer, but worth the time for sure. 3-ish stars

One Thousand White Women; the Journals of Mary Dodd by Jim Fergus.  Life among the native americans.  A very strange tale for sure. Pretty well written, the whole going native thing well handled.  4 stars.

A Little Too Broken by Brad Vance; another animal assistance type story.  Nicely written, dealing with mental and physical issues. 4 stars

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan.  Cozy and I really liked it.  About books and likeable (mostly) people.  4 stars

A Country Year: Living the Questions by Sue Hubbell  What's it like to live in the Country, it's all here and more.  A wonderful read.  5 stars (seriously good read)

Fun and Easy Ukulele Riffs by Andrew McCormick.  fun yes, not always easy.   4 stars

Requiem by Celina Grace;   5 stars.  Well written mystery.  Edgy

Stan and Ollie the roots of comedy by Simon Louvish a good biography of two of the greats of early cinematic comedy. Lots of info. 4 stars

Ice Blue by Emma Jameson;  sortof a reboot Peter Wimsey to the 21st century.  Good mysteries.  Well drawn characters.  People dealing with real situations.  Well written.  5 stars

Blue Murder by Emma Jameson.  See above.

Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy.Yes.  Talking cats.  I liked it.  Cozy.  4 stars

The Girl With No Name; The Incredible True Story of a Girl Raised by Monkeys by Marina Chapman.  Self explanatory, fascinatingly written.  4 stars

The Wonder by JD Beresford written in 1931.  Dealing with someone incredibly different from the norm. Scary stuff, dated prose, but wow good story.

Something Blue by Emma Jameson;  good mystery, I love the whole idea of these detectives. 5 stars