Festive Reading

“A new challenge is near.” (fortune cookie saying)

Here’s how I celebrated during my much-needed break from writing over these last few weeks. I read. For fun!

Sometimes I like measuring my vacations by the number of books I’ve read. It gives me an indication of how much lovely time I spent between the pages of a book. Also, it fuels that inner competitive streak in me. (In elementary school, I once won a reading contest hands-down–and got handsomely rewarded with a gift card to a local bookstore.)

Books I read while on break:

• The Moonshine Shack Murder by Diane Kelly (ARC; June 2021)
• The Tiger Mom’s Tale by Lyn Liao Butler (ARC; July 2021)
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (ARC; May 2021)
• Scot Free by Catriona McPherson
• Landfalls by Naomi J. Williams
• The Missing Sister by Elle Marr
• Murder from Scratch by Leslie Karst

Have you read any of the above titles? What have you been reading lately?