As I am a slow reader, I figured I’d nosey my way into your feeds and inboxes with a post anyway. This is me, making an effort on keeping things ticking over. Anyway, it is 7:48am as I start writing this post. I am awake since 5am, courtesy of my kid, and I haven’t even made coffee yet. Such is my dedication to get this post out.

I was looking at Storygraph and I like how the TBR shelf there updates every time you land back on Homepage, when on Goodreads is a static list you hardly ever take another look at. Let’s be honest, it is so.

So, I thought, every time I feel like doing these little briefs to let you all know I am still alive, I’ll showcase 4 of the titles Storygraph is showcasing at the moment of posting as part of my TBR in addition to my ‘currently reading’…

Currently reading

I am currently reading Storytellers by Bjørn Larssen – it is a Historical Fiction Mystery based in Iceland in the 1900s.

46225363In March 1920 Icelandic days are short and cold, but the nights are long. For most, on those nights, funny, sad, and dramatic stories are told around the fire. But there is nothing dramatic about Gunnar, a hermit blacksmith who barely manages to make ends meet. He knows nobody will remember his existence – they already don’t. All he wants is peace, the company of his animals, and a steady supply of his medication. Sometimes he wonders what it would feel like to have a story of his own. He’s about to find out.

Sigurd – a man with a plan, a broken ankle, and shocking amounts of money – won’t talk about himself, but is happy to tell a story that just might get Gunnar killed. The blacksmith’s other “friends” are just as eager to write him into stories of their own – from Brynhildur who wants to fix Gunnar, then marry him, his doctor who is on the precipice of calling for an intervention, The Conservative Women of Iceland who want to rehabilitate Gunnar’s “heathen ways” – even that wicked elf has plans for the blacksmith.

As his defenses begin to crumble, Gunnar decides that perhaps his life is due for a change – on his own terms. But can he avoid the endings others have in mind for him, and forge his own?

I am 18% into the title and I am really enjoying the writing, the atmosphere and the mystery that’s slowly unfolding in front of me. Very intrigued, indeed, I am.

Storygraph TBR 10.06.2023

Other than Mark Lawrence, I have not read anything by the other authors. Dark Tide is a short, 35-page horror story, if anyone is looking for a quicky.

I know Dean Koontz is a big name, though. Unless, someone tells me otherwise, I think I will remove Dean Koontz off my TBR.

Likewise, Touch of Iron looks like a book that I would have enjoyed immensely about 5-6 years ago, not so much presently.

Out of those 4 though, Blood of an Exile looks rather grim and a good contender…

Have you read any of these books, or other books by these authors? 🙂 Also, if you’re on Storygraph, drop me your username in the comments, I’ll come and find you!