Books read in May 2022

Continuing my progress from April, I thought I’d talk about the books read in May 2022.  A good variety I think this month.  Some are better than others for sure! 

So I’ll be doing a number of links in this post.  Some will be to reviews, others to amazon affiliate links.  Just trying to make it easy to you to find your next read. 🙂 

Physical Books

The Dragon Prince – I like Melanie Rawn, and this book, I’m really hoping I can find another!  I love the world and the viewpoint of the main protagonist.   Dragons, kings, deserts, division in society, people making their own way occasionally against the grain.  Well written.

Skander and the Unicorn Thief.   I got stuck at Costco waiting forever for a prescription to be filled so I did what I always do when waiting… started to read.  I got hooked and ended up buying it!  🙂   It’s a middle school read and says it’s about unicorns… but these aren’t any unicorns I’ve heard of before.  A Facebook acquaintance pointed out they are actually alicorns… which explains why they didn’t seem like typical unicorns!   But good characters, lots of action, and an interesting twist.  A middle school read.

Gentle and Lowly – still slowly making my way through this step into the heart of Christ. Absolutely recommend.

More than My Scars – a good book that I reviewed that left me feeling like there’s got to be more to the story.   About a young lady who got badly burned, and how she developed her faith throughout her healing process. 

Along the Rio Grande – a romance set back in 1899 in San Marcial, New Mexico.  A family needing to learn a new way of living.  Life is a bit of a challenge, and it was great to see growth and the love of the Lord blossom.    The first in a series of two.  

An Encounter: Easter – this is the third in the series and the first one of the series in which I came across a roadblock in recommending.  I have a hard time when people force an idea into a scripture passage that doesn’t belong there. This happened once too often. 

The graphic novel Lowriders to the rescue, has a decent environmental theme, but the style wasn’t my cup of tea. 

On Kindle

Dream of Empty Crowns – GAH… I felt compelled to get the second book just to learn more of the story. The first book ended in such an odd spot… usually a series will stop a book in a logical spot.  This book didn’t do that!  I suspect they’ll force me to buy a third book too.. which I might depending on how much it costs.  🙂

And the second book The Trials of Boy Kings, which surprisingly I enjoyed more than the first book.  This series is definitely growing on me.  I happen to like middle school/young adult literature though.   Such an interesting concept of electing a 13 year to be your leader with good advisors in the background.  And seeing how other systems operate (evils of communism, how kings can be bad rulers as well as good, and letting people govern themselves however they want). 

OH!   I should probably mention where I find some of my kindle books.  I’m part of a list called book bubs.  This is a list (and you can choose what books you’d like sent to you) where they send you books for free or cheap.  I’ve never seen a book over $4.99 and some of the books are pretty good.  Others.. well you know, not all books are great!

I’ve just started one called Bond of a Dragon: Zahara’s gift, which overall is pretty good, but some characterization is poorly done.   It is the first in a series of four books so I may be making additional purchases…..  It’s so far about a young man whose uncle was killed in front of him and he’s running away to rescue people taken captive (including his cousins).   Along the way, he befriends a young dragon, Zahara.  And that’s about as far as I’ve gotten. 

On Audible

High Noon – an interesting look at the life of a hostage negotiator.  The problems with being a woman in a man’s world and how that impacts life.   A Nora Roberts book, so you know there’s going to be a romance involved, and you may want to fast forward through the love-making parts.  I listened to this one as part of the Audible App. 

I continue to work my way through Women in White Coats.  It’s a drier read, more of a history, so I do not listen to it all the time.   But it is fascinating to hear the history and grasp the dedication of those early women doctors. 

Redemptor is part of the Raybearer series.  It’s an interesting blend of African drums, mythology and fantasy.   This would not be a read for everyone I think.  I just found the world and culture building so very interesting and figuring out the connections between the different parties. 

How About You?

Have you read any interesting books lately?   What type of books draw your interest?  Share with me your books read in May 2022.