Reading Thread/Goals for 2026

[MGMmjl]

6/32 - Endangered by C. J. Box

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"She was gone. Joe Pickett had good reason to dislike Dallas Cates, even if he was a rodeo champion, and now he has even more—Joe’s eighteen-year-old ward, April, has run off with him.

And then comes even worse news: The body of a girl has been found in a ditch along the highway—alive, but just barely, the victim of blunt force trauma. It is April, and the doctors aren’t sure if she’ll recover. Cates denies having anything to do with it—says she ran away from him, too—and there’s evidence that points to another man. But Joe knows in his gut who’s responsible. What he doesn’t know is the kind of danger he’s about to encounter. Cates is bad enough, but Cates’s family is like none Joe has ever met before.

Joe’s going to find out the truth, even if it kills him. But this time, it just might."

This is book #15 in the Joe Pickett series. I'm glad I picked the series back up this year. This was another great entry.

 

[bobbiwoz]

14/70. “Remain” by Nicholas Sparks with M. Night Shyamalan, a Supernatural Love story. Not my usual read, but I dd enjoy it. 4/5

 

[OKW8297]

4. Kissing the Sky by Lisa Patton this was a kindle first read choice this month. It is about Woodstock told in a dual timeline about a 20 year old girl rebelling against her ultra conservative father. It is an outstanding read.

 

[CGB]

I don't normally post in this thread, but I feel the need to express my feelings to folks who might understand.

I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns today by Khaled Hosseini and I'm just.... broke.

My goodness, what an incredible heart-breaking story.

 

[melk]

I don't normally post in this thread, but I feel the need to express my feelings to folks who might understand.

I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns today by Khaled Hosseini and I'm just.... broke.

My goodness, what an incredible heart-breaking story.

I remember reading that many years ago when it came out. Admittedly it’s hard for me to remember the plot now but I remember at the time thinking it was even better than The Kite Runner, also by the same author.