Mr. Burke's Reading List

Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus (2008) [NO IMAGE -- AUDIO BOOK ONLY] (Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.) This title was suggested by the public library -- I forget if it was Brookly or NYPL. I was looking for another book to listen to while I was walking. I didn't realize that it was so old (or that, I just learned, it's part of a series). Once again, I listened to the first chapter twice just to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Interesting book about a secret world of Manhatta occupying the same space as Manhattan and filled with people, "Gods", from New York's past, including Lenape Indians. It's listed on Wikipedia as a children's novel, but it's about 272 pages long. I guess that's on par with early Harry Potter books though. I enjoyed it and plan on reading it in the new year

Yeti Left Home by Aaron Rosenberg (2023) (Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.) This was an ebook I purchased in a Kickstarter from eSpec Books , which also published my book In A Flash 2020 . As a supporter of this book, my name appears in a list in the closing pages. As silly as it sounds, many of these Kickstarter books go into the electronic TBR pile. I have a directory of them on my hard drive. Between my book club selections, holiday reading (whichever holiday) and older books already in my Kindle app, I sometimes go back and upload stories and books, usually starting with the shortest, looking for some quick reads. (This means I read more short stories, but then I read more authors, too.) Happily, Yeti Left Home is from this year, so I'm not too far behind with this one. First, side note, I told Danielle (Ackley M

Pumpkin Blend Paramour Bay #14 Kennedy Layne (2020) (Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.) This was a freebie from a BookBub mailing. I downloaded it and read it before Halloween, and then forgot about it. Not that it was forgettable (well, maybe a little), but I got behind in my blogging and didn't check my library for everything I'd read. On a side note, I already had book #15 in my Kindle library, which I apparently downloaded last year (or earlier), but haven't read yet. It's a Christmas mystery. There is very little chance that I will get to it by this Christmas as I have a couple of other things going already. This will be short, and hopefully the Christmas entry will be longer. It was a little difficult to get into because it's the 14th book, so the author is free to assume that the reader should be a

The Fox's Fire: And Other Fantastic Tales Danielle Ackley-McPhail (2021) (Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.) This is another eSpec Books book, of which I have many, thanks to a number of Kickstarters and lots of bonuses and freebies. Note: Danielle Ackley-McPhail was the editor of my collection, In A Flash 2020 , and one of the editors of Devilish & Divine , which contains three of my stories. And, finally, my name appears in the back of the book along with the names of other kickstarter contributors who helped make this book happen. I read this a couple of books ago, so forgive me if some thoughts have already fled. There are eight stories contained within: The Fox's Fire, The Promise of Death, The Devil in the Details, A Moment Out of Time, Forever and a Day, Crossroads and Curses, Mis En Plac