Thank you for joining me here! I hope you enjoy this series and I’d love to hear from you about what you are reading these days.
Book #1:
Joyland by Stephen King (Length: 224 pages) This is a special “Hard Case” novel in a mystery series which features several different mystery authors. This particular novel is set in 1973 in the small North Carolina town of Heaven’s Bay, where a small amusement park named Joyland operates each summer. A college student Devin Jones gets his first job there and discovers that one of the horror house rides was the site of where a young woman was murdered years earlier. This is part mystery, part coming of age, and I absolutely love this novel! This is Stephen King at his best . . . there’s no gore here, just a deftly drawn mystery with memorable characters, great dialogue and a propulsive plot. Five stars from me!
Book #2:
Blue Hawaiian by Carla Luna (Length: 300 pages). This is a rom-com set in Hawaii, featuring the trope of two former lovers being thrown together because both are a part of a wedding party. The dialogue is a bit cheesy here but the reason to read this one is because it’s a virtual tour through Maui . . . lots of destinations are mentioned (such as the Road to Hana) as well as fun details such as the tropical foods, so it’s a cute, mindless vacation read. I won’t remember it in a few months but that’s okay. It IS the first of a “Blackwood Cellars” trilogy so if that interests you, pick this one up.
Lora Terrill 