Summer read #18 Crewel

By Gennifer Albin
Hardback
357 pages
Library book

Spinsters control the world - like the mythological fates.

I'm left wondering about many things -
Partly, the craft/art side of it all

Summer read #17 Daughter of the Siren Queen

Summer read #16 The Night Bus

By Janice Law
Hardback
349 pages

Library book

Adult realistic fiction.

A little mystery, a little psychological thriller, a little gaslighting.

Cath runs away from home, gets sick, is mugged, and loses her memory. Her sister-in-law retrieves her, but her family is super weird and crazy.

It didn't end up exactly the way to thought it would, although this ending is close to one of the resolutions I considered.

A compelling read.

Summer read #15 My Plain Jane

By Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Hardback
447 pages
Owlcrate exclusive

A humorous, funny, paranormal take on Jane Eyre.
The protagonist, Jane, who sees ghosts, leaves the terrible orphanage to become governess for Mr. Rochester's little girl. Her best friend, a ghost, goes with her. Her other best friend, Charlotte Bronte, follows soon after.
Jane Eyre's experiences fuel Bronte's writing.
Also, there is some romance. And a bunch of fun allusions. And ghosts.
It was amusing, and a good read.

It switches point of view for different chapters, which is sometimes really annoying to me, but I didn't find troublesome or distracting here.

I'm looking forward to the author event this evening! Finished reading just in time!

Summer read #14 The End of Oz

By Danielle Paige
Hardback
277 pages + B&N exclusive epilogue

Book 4
This book splits point of view for the first time, alternating between Amy and Dorothy.
I didn't like it at first, but I'm not sure how the story could have been done as well without it.
I LOVED the epilogue.
A good series, but I'm not going to go hunt down the supplemental stories.

Summer read #13 Yellow Brick War

By Danielle Paige
Hardback
270 pages

Book 3 in the series. Again, plot twisty and weird.

Summer read #12 The Wicked Will Rise

By Danielle Paige
Paperback
293 pages

Book 2.
Lots of weird and confusing plot twists.