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This week’s theme is: Throwback Freebie (Pick a TTT topic that has been previously done. Maybe you missed it, weren’t blogging then, or you’d like to update an old list you made.)

So for this week, I chose:

My Ten Most Recent Reads 

I’m going to go back from my very last read and then back to the tenth one I’ve read:

1. The Sentence is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

Great mystery, not clean for those who like clean readers, but also not full of sex or graphic violence. Just language.

2. The Women of Wynton’s by Donna Mumma

A very clean read with some flaws but entertaining overall. It’s a 1950s mystery with four points of view, which I didn’t think I’d like but got used to since the book mainly focused on the POV of one character.

3. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

I listened to this on Audible after wanting to read it for years and I’m not sure I would have enjoyed it as much if I had just read it. The narrator was great.

4. Lord Edgware Dies: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie

You don’t know how hard it is not to be an “e” after that g up there, for one. For two, this was a fun book even if I did have some issues with some elements of it. You can read my review of it here:

5. A Death At A Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly

I wanted this one to be better. It had a lot of potential and I know cozy mysteries have some really unrealistic elements to them but this one had some super silly aspects involving the medical facility capabilities of a small town clinic. I probably won’t try another one by this author, at least in this series. I did like the characters and her writing overall so I won’t say never, ever, but . . .

6. The Secret of Shadow Ranch: A Nancy Drew Mystery by Carolyn Keene

I’ve been making my way through Nancy Drew books and this one was more fun than the previous books I have read. This is one of the original books.

7. The Fast Lane by Sharon Peterson

This is a cute, clean romantic comedy. There are a couple spicy comments but no open-door sex, language or violence. This is the second book I’ve read by Sharon. She has three books out and I hope to read her second book soon.

8. The Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenaski

This was a quirky, middle-grade book about farming families in the early 1900s in Florida. It was a bit disturbing to me in places but also very interesting and the ending was heartwarming at least.

9. The Mysterious Affair At Styles: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie

Another good one by Agatha here.

10. Do the New You by Steven Furtick

Say what you will about mega church pastors but this book spun my thinking around and helped me put a lot of things in perspective and even calmed some of my anxieties. One area it helped with was making decisions. One part of the book talks about doing what the “new you” would do so make your decisions not on what you always do but what you want the new version of you to do.

For me that has worked with food, with how to market my books, with relationships, and with reactions to disappointment. I may have reacted one way in the past but if I want to improve who I am in the future, I am choosing to react differently or do something differently than how I would have.

That’s the last ten books I’ve read. What are some of your most recent reads? Share in the comments. I’d love to know!