Books Read in August 2012

Alderman, P.J.

- A Killing Tide 

Fiction.  Kaz returns to her hometown of Astoria, Oregon to find her brother accused of murder, and the whole town keeping secrets.

Arlington, Lucy

- Buried in a Book

Fiction.  1st in a series about an ex-journalist who wants to be a literary agent, her teenage son, who wants to raise goats, and her mother, who reads tarot cards, all living in a quaint little town with all sorts of interesting characters.

Blair, Annete

- Cloaked in Malice 

Fiction.  Maddy owns a vintage clothing store that comes complete with a drop dead handsome ghost.  She also has an FBI agent boyfriend who is slightly overprotective.  Maddy’s great talent?  She’s a psychometrist.  Someone who receives visions when touching clothing, in her case, vintage clothing, a talent that not only helps her solve mysteries, but also gets her into trouble.

Freethy, Barbara

- All She Ever Wanted

Fiction.  Standalone mystery set in California.  Four girls meet at college and become sorority sisters.  They’re best friends, but one of them ends up dead, and another is suspected of murder.

Galenorn, Yasmine

- Night Seeker

Fiction.  The battle between Cecily Waters and Myst continues, as she discovers her new powers and reconnects with her father, Wrath, King of the Rivers and Rushes.  Can she save Grieve from his bloodlust and connection with Myst, or will the effort cause him his life?  

Lavene, Joyce

-Wicked Weaves 

Fiction.  1st in the Renaissance Faire mystery series.  Jessie is working as an apprentice to a master basket maker, a Gullah woman with secrets.  Those secrets start coming out, and Jessie and the village bailiff, Chase, join forces to try and solve them.

Waiwaiole, Lono

- Wiley’s Lament 

Fiction.  Rather gritty tale of murder and revenge and a father’s love, full of up-close action.

Finished!

2,234/51,398/50,000

Oops, forgot to post that I finished the other day.  The challenge, but not the story.  I don't like it at all, so I doubt I'll ever finish it.  I'm looking forward to November's NaNo, just have to figure out which story to write, but at least I have some time to think about it.  In the meantime, I'm trying to get caught up on my reading goal.  I'm at 76 books now, but my goal is 150 by the end of the year.  Not sure I can make that if I'm taking another month and half off for writing.  I can't read and write at the same time.  If I read, I feel guilty for not writing.

But...I'm 3 for 3 wins for NaNo, so far, and I'm happy about that :)

Day 26 - So very close

6,578/49,164/50,000

Less than 1,000 left!  I might actually get more than 50k done this month.  The last two NaNo's, I barely got more than 50k, but I still have 5 days to write.

Day 25 - Break over

22,018/42,586/50,000

Finally!  I've had days of no writing and ended up about 8,800 words behind, but I finally got my act together and pushed through, so now I'm not only caught up, I'm over a day ahead of schedule!  Tired and needing sleep.

Day 12 - Going well

1,483/20,568/50,000

I didn't write much today, but I am on track and hope to write a little extra tomorrow, so I'm ahead.  No stress that way :)

Day 11 - Touching on the dark

3,900/19,085/50,000

It's going well.  I'm starting to barely touch on some dark stuff, but I'm not ready to dive right in yet.  Skirted a couple of issues that I might come back to later, but we'll see.

I think we've lost three cabinmates.  Two never showed up, and one only posted once or twice, but nothing in over a week.  It would be nice to have a full, active cabin like in June, but oh, well.

Haven't decided what to do for November.  I got stalled in Avienne pt 2, but I need to redo a lot for pt 1, and I won't have time until this month is over.  Who knows?  Maybe I'll end up writing something totally different in November, but I'd really like to get something finished, even if I don't plan on submitting it.  The piece I'm working on now will take a lot of editing, not just for technical issues, but for content, as well.

Day 9 - Caught up

6,960/15,185/50,000

I finally got caught up to where I need to be to finish on time.  This writing is flowing pretty easily, as I have tons of information to write about. I'm looking forward to getting back to Avienne pt 2 and to Chrysallis, but one thing at a time.