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Productive weekend is productive: I’m now over 30% complete with book three’s rough draft, I’m getting things finalized for some con appearances, and getting some financials sorted out. (Taxes reminded me that I needed to do this sooner rather than wade through trouble later.)
However, I did acquire some new books and my stack has grown (both virtually and IRL.) So as I have done before, I figured I’d fill you all in on my recent bookquisitions:
Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: A Memoir of a Barefoot Doctor in Vietnam
by: Marjorie Pivar & Quang Van Nguyen
My friend Steve recommend this to me, and since he was the guy who recommended I pick up Cormac Mccarthy’s Blood Meridian last year—now my 2nd favorite book of all time—I am chomping at the bit to dive into this as well. The pitch for it sounded very fascinating, part memoir and part magical realism set in Vietnam during the French and American war. Excited to get into this one.
The Flight of the Silvers
by Daniel Price
My friend Ben pointed this one out to me. The pitch for this sounds fascinating. It’s part science fiction, part end of the world, and part esoteric afterlife story. It’s set in what sounds like a cool and unique world and got bonus points for having such a rad cover.
The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
This has been on my to-read list forever. I love history and try to read a lot of it. I hear nothing but good things about Larson’s treatment of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and the murders committed by Dr. Henry H. Holmes. Glad to finally have a chance to read it.
Half Bad by Sally Green
I try to mix YA into my pile, and I have heard good reviews about Green’s urban fantasy YA Half Bad, I wasn’t sure if it’d be my cup of tea but it’s damn fine book trailer helped seal the deal.
I’m always looking for new books. Currently I am hunting for some recommendations on romance novels, and as always, I’m looking for recommended indie titles. If you have a book recommendation for me please leave a comment! Don’t want to leave a comment? Shoot me an email: hello@kmalexander.com and let me know what you think I should add to the stack.
K. M. Alexander 
Perhaps you´ll like “The Fade” by Chris Wooding? :) (Not romantic though!)
A subterranean world of vast caverns, underground seas, crystalline forests. A civilisation born of darkness, in darkness, protected by shadows. A city of merchants, whose eyes have turned upward to the surface, where the lethal light of day beats down on their world. A conspiracy so vast that it will swallow them all . . .
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Oh that does sound like something I’d be interested in. Definitely going to add it to the list. Thanks!
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You´re welcome!
Just want to add, that I read “The Stars were right” and I absolutely loved it! :) And I look very much forward to reading your next book!
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