Get to Know the Editor: What Do I Read for Fun? - 2024 Edition

It was a busy summer! Two full line edits and a developmental edit for novels, plus kids’ summer holidays, plus trying to battle the local wildlife over my backyard plants (bunnies and groundhogs and squirrels, oh my! Not to mention the raccoons and skunks …)

Well, the editorial letter was sent out Friday, the kids are back in school for their first day, and I’ll have at the weeds later on this morning. (As an aside, why don’t the animals eat the weeds? It’s always my best flowers and vegetables.)

As per my last book-reading post, I’ll qualify that the books listed here aren’t in any particular order. I still don’t keep a solid list, but these are the ones I remember, and/or found lying around in the bedside table drawer or the table at the end of the couch. I will say that I’ve been making a point of trying to read more books by new authors and indie authors. If any of my clients are reading this and don’t see their book on the list, it’s because I’m counting it as a business read, rather than spare time reading. I’ll do a separate post for business reads. Here’s what I’ve read purely for fun, in the last year or so:

• Anathem, by Neal Stephenson (again!)

• Master of Revels, by Nicole Galland

• Micah’s Honor, by Samantha Thomas

• Ben’s Gamble, by Samantha Thomas

• Rhett’s Promise, by Samantha Thomas

• Luke’s Truth, by Samantha Thomas (come on, I had to finish the series!)

• The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder, by C. L. Miller

• The Golden Spoon, by Jessa Maxwell

• Death and Croissants, by Ian Moore (why yes, I was on a cozy mystery kick for a while. Why do you ask?)

• The Green Witch, by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

• Botanical Curses and Poisons, by Fez Inkwright

• Folk Magic and Healing, by Fez Inkwright

• Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros

• Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros

• Don’t Kill the Drunken Sailor, by J. L. Henry

• The Lazarus Taxa, by Lindsey Kinsella

• Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett*

• A Very Sweary Dictionary, by Kia Thomas

• Hild, by Nicola Griffiths (again!)

• Inanna, by Emily H. Wilson

• Silk: A World History, by Aarathi Prasad

• Fairies, Elves and Goblins, by Rosalind Kerven

  Let me know if you’re curious about any of these and I can tell you what I liked about them.

  What have you read lately?

  * Who noticed that I didn’t have Men at Arms in the photo above? It was a library book, so it’s gone back. Support your local library!