February 2026 reads

The Way to a Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean

Ice in the Blood by Kevin Wignall

Still reading The Ninefold Key by Rebecca Brandewyne and plan to start reading Aliens Attack by Dave Housley

Just finished Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely by Sarah McCoy.
I am having a lot of deep breaths after finishing this. I am overwhelmed but I think I really loved it.

Finished Checked Out by Abby Matthews.
Started The Snake, the Crocodile, & the Dog by Elizabeth Peters. My local library has challenges and one is to re-read book I liked. Still reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan and I think it will be a long time reading. Interesting.

>4 mnleona: Been a while since I hung out with Amelia Peabody!

Started reading Teatime Trouble by Meredith Curtis a Christian Cozy Mystery that takes place in 1987 Virginia.

Just finished A Spy's Life by Henry Porter, about spies and war crimes. Another pulp thriller free on Kindle.

Just started The Dreamland Express, a delightful children's book written and illustrated by H R Millar in 1927; my copy is a 1989 reprint. It's been on my railway bookshelf for many years and I've finally got round to looking at it. First impressions are good!

Also just started re-reading The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien. It's my all time favourite fiction work. I first read it in 1972, and I've re-read it regularly since then; annually for the last two or three decades. It never fails to captivate and enthral me. We've just left Tom Bombadil!

>8 John5918: I won a set of the books on my local library challenge.

Finished Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs.

FinishedThe Railroad in the American Landscape: 1850-1950 An interesting discussion of the presence of a new technology and the ways artists (painters and photographers) incorporated it in their work.

Currently reading Seduction by M.J.Rose

Reading Mur, the Kitty Knight by Igor Shnayder I won from LT. It is a children's book. The illustrations are beautiful by Roman Dubina.

Thoroughly enjoying The Unicorn Hunters: A Novel, a new fantasy by Katherine Arden that I got from Netgalley as an ARC.

Currently reading the 5th book of a Domestic Bliss mystery series. It takes place in Colorado and the main characters are interior designers Fatal Feng Shui by Leslie Caine

Having finished my annual re-read of Lord of the Rings I'm now embarking on a re-read of Terry Prattchett's Raising Steam, a good chance to combine my enjoyment of his Discworld series with my passion for steam railways!