The Simpletons Book Blog

1. I am looking for a book by Laurell K. Hamilton. I just read the third book in the Anita Blake series and I can’t figure out which one comes next! I would recommend The Lunatic Café by Laurell K. Hamilton. The reason is that it is book 4 in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. I would also be willing to offer the patron if the y would like a printed list of the series for the future, but I would leave it open to them to say yes or no. 2. What have I read recently? Well, I just finished this great book by Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer. I really liked the way it was written, you know, the way she used language. I wouldn't mind something a bit faster paced though. I would recommend The Gentleman Poet by Kathryn Johnson. This book is a fast-paced story that has a similar writing style specified in NoveList. It’s also a plot-driven story, compelling like the other story they have read. 3. I like reading books set in different countries. I just read one set in China, could you...

Author: Freida McFadden Title: Never Lie Genre: Thriller Publication Date: September 19, 2022 Number of Pages: 336 Pages Geographical Setting: Rural house, in New York State Time Period: Current time period, 21 st century Series (If applicable): N/A Plot Summary:  A young woman, Tricia, and her husband, Ethan, are going to a house outside of Manhattan to check it out and see if they want to purchase it. They arrive in a blizzard and are stuck due to all the snow build-up. This leads them to figure out what they plan to do while they wait for the blizzard to stop and for someone to clear out the snow. With no cell phone reception and no wifi, Tricia starts looking for something to do, and this starts us on our journey to figuring out what happened in this house that used to be owned by the renowned Dr. Adrienne Hale and leads us down a path that we least expected. With this, we learn of a secret room with cassette tapes, and a story that unfolds that we could never expect to take u...

For me, reading has always been something that I enjoyed. I have always loved traveling to other worlds and experiencing that world with the characters as they traveled their path. Although I have loved reading, I am someone who reads extremely slowly. I was also one of the students who had to do remedial reading programs through my school to catch up to my peers' reading levels, although that never stopped me from enjoying such. I have more recently been reading mostly in the form of audiobooks since they tend to be faster listening to the books than reading the physical pages, but I will always enjoy reading the physical pages as well. The favorites that I love to read involve fantasy and romance a lot. They are my go-to genre of choice, and experiencing life through those lenses has always made me so happy. I also tend to read mainly from the young adult section, so hopping into the adult section is a little weird for me, but not completely off course. I have more recently branc...