The Lying ManBook four in the Kat Ballantyne series and I’m going to be honest, it’s my favorite so far. Not only does Maslen tackle the classic locked-door mystery but the story approaches complex waters of vigilante justice, assault and the challenge of what is right legally and what is right morally.
The Silent WifeOkay, it’s official, I’m a fan of Andy Maslen. Three books deep in the first series of his that I’ve read and I can call it official. Not only because I’ve enjoyed three books but because my reading book four is already in progress. While there are things I wish were slightly different in the style or character arcs I’m enjoying the ride.
The Unseen SisterBook two of the year completed for me and book two in this series. Have I already gone off the rails of my planned reading for this year? Not completely (I’m still reading my planned, physically owned books in the evenings, after all.) Am I glad I decided to read book one, The Seventh Girl, and then dive into The Unseen Sister? Absolutely.
The Seventh GirlA new author and a new series for me is always going to be a tense read – not tense in terms of excitement (which this book did have) but tense in “is this worth my time?”
Turns out, Andy Maslen has a new fan. For now anyway.
Well, not much has changed in the last few years. I continue to read, continue to swear I’m going to post more here, even draft a few reviews. And then – I never hit publish.
Most of the time work is so all consuming (usually at least a 10 hour work day) so I could lay the blame there. With Monday through Friday spoken for, how am I expected to do anything on the weekends except the stuff that doesn’t happen during the week? The usual adult responsibilities – groceries, laundry, cleaning, family obligations.
Here’s the catch, though. Like all book lovers I know I’m not the only one who uses what little time they do have to actually read. But, it seems, reading is all I have made much time for, not leaving space to write reviews, write my own novels or do much else for joy.
So here I am, yet again, typing an apologetic post for this blog that Katie and I came up with years ago, that she’s the only one who seems to actually commit time to.
How am I going to fix it and what started the shame spiral?
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