Miraz Jordan

Yay, my favourite author, Kristine Rusch, has early copies of her next books on Kickstarter 📚:

Boss, main character of Diving Universe … finally! returns in Thieves.

Squishy sent out teams to destroy something the Empire calls stealth tech.

Two excellent books for US$10!

Somehow I’ve never read any works by New Zealand crime writer

Dame Ngaio Marsh (1895 – 1982) … known as one of the “Queens of Crime”… primarily for her character Inspector Roderick Alleyn, gentleman detective who works for the Metropolitan Police (London).

Rectifying… 📚

This year I’ve read and pretty much enjoyed the Nichelle Clarke Crime Thrillers, books 1 to 6, by Lyndee Walker. 📚 They had their moments though and I took a few breaks during reading. Each story was different but they felt a little ‘samey’. The shoes annoyed me heaps.

Next step on the Kindle: find the books I have read and remove from the device. Then finish or remove the books I’ve read only part of. Then start the unstarted books. Some are worthy books I theoretically want to read, but maybe I don’t really… 📚

Seems I bought Kindle ☛ Barbara Marr Mysteries Boxed Set back in January 2015 for $0.95, read part and stopped. Picked it up again, read a bit more, and have now deleted it. Not that interesting, not funny. Clearly just not to my taste. 📚

Hmmm, Love Notes: A Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione Mystery by Penny Mickelbury just wasn’t very good. Biggest flaw was lack of ‘breaks’ between two character stories. Long sentences too packed with ‘stuff’. Worthy notions poorly expressed. I won’t buy more by this author. 📚

Another excellent (re)read of a Cari Hunter book: A Quiet Death (Dark Peak Book 3). 📚 Very difficult subject matter: sex trafficking, but well-handled. Now I want to buy more by this author, but first I’d better read other books I already own but haven’t yet started. 📚

Another excellent (re)read: Cold to the Touch by Cari Hunter. 📚📚

how can she investigate a crime when no one cares about the victim? And how can she stop a killer who has no identity, no motive, and no conscience?

Turns out I really like this author.

Perspective matters so much.

Scared to Death had passages describing a female victim from the male captor’s perspective, including his sexual arousal. Very disturbing. Yuk!

No Good Reason had a female captive escaping, told from her point of view. That was empowering. 📚

No Good Reason (The Dark Peak Series Book 1) by Cari Hunter was a darn good mystery story. As it was apparently the first time I read it. I was surpised when my Kindle told me I’d already read it, but I did recall bits and pieces as I went along. Excellent read — both times. 📚

The Kindle book ‘Lethal Suds (Abigail Kinsman Mysteries Book 1)’ has taught me that every author needs someone to take a look at their book before publishing. Dumb characters, fairly dumb investigation process. Bored now. I ended up returning it and getting my $1 back. 📚

Last week I read The Crossing Places: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 1. I was ambivalent about it as I read, but really didn’t get on with the ending. I very much disliked the several creepy characters. I won’t be buying more of this series. 📚

Hmmm, Scared to Death was a book I read to the end, but I’m not sure I’ll buy any others in the series. The murder mystery was fine, but some moderately graphic scenes of torture and terror of a young woman from the bad-guy’s point of view, aren’t something I like to read. 📚

I need to be careful what I read in the hours before bed. Scared to Death (Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery series Book 1) is a thriller with too many (for my taste) overly detailed descriptions of terror and torture of a young woman. I found a nice Cozy for night reading. 📚

I read Bullets and Beads (A Miss Fortune Mystery Book 17) by Jana DeLeon. 📚

Can Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie manage to evade the killers long enough to figure out why Dwight has returned from the dead?

Another very enjoyable read in the series, and a bit different too…

Miss Fortune Mysteries by Jana DeLeon. This series remains fresh and humorous, even though there are now 17 novels. CIA assassin in hiding, Fortune Redding, always manages to get in the middle of trouble in a tiny Louisiana town called Sinful.

Book recommendations challenge. 📚

I have a final Book recommendations challenge item coming tomorrow. 📚 But here’s a bonus author recommendation: Micro.Blog’s very own Cheri Baker, @Cheri .

Currently reading and enjoying: The Case of the Floating Funeral. 👍

Who Killed Morgan Picklewick?

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. One thing every single human being alive has in common: we’re growing older. This book explores some of the many many harmful misconceptions about age and why they’re so harmful.

Book recommendations challenge. 📚

Numbers and the Making of Us: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures. We can count up to 3 innately, but beyond that it’s all fuzzy. Some cultures use other Bases, like Base 27. Some cultures just don’t count up at all. Fascinating.

Book recommendations challenge. 📚

Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal by Joe Kissell

harness the power of the Unix underpinnings of macOS! … become comfortable working on the command line in Terminal … provides numerous “recipes” for performing useful tasks.

Book recommendations challenge. 📚

The Retrieval Artist Series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Mystery and Sci-Fi all wrapped up in space with a superb cast. One of my all-time favourite authors. Intelligent, well-written, so readable.

Book recommendations challenge. 📚

The Renegat by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Sci-Fi. One of my all-time favourite authors, this particular novel is brilliant.

A ship of misfits and screw-ups sent on an impossible mission. All alone in deep space.

Book recommendations challenge. 📚

Book recommendations challenge. 📚

I’m being totally self-indulgent and hopping in a time machine. From 2006: WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide, 1st edition by Maria Langer and Miraz Jordan. So out-of-date now as to be essentially useless. 😒 Back then it was very useful.

I haven’t read these books yet, but am downloading a few: 13 Legally Free Digital Queer Books for Your Quarantine Needs. 📚 Maybe there’s something that’ll interest you?

Buying — it’s a bargain! The Mysterious Women StoryBundle

Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch: … favorite female authors together into this StoryBundle. All of us write about crime, but we do it in different ways.

I’m going to have a pile of reading! 📚