I went straight to the two historical fiction options as that's a genre I like. Imagine how old I felt when I discovered they're set in the 1950s and 1960s! That's not historical, that's my lifetime! It was only yesterday ..... wasn't it?!

 

LOL! I hear ya!

 

I'm just now picking out what I'll get - at least there are a couple of things that look interesting to me - the one (short story) w/ a math prof & the one w/ 'time travel/alt-history' vibe.
I'm not interested in more 50s-60s rehash right now, no need to remind me of what I do/don't remember from that time.

 

New Books up for February. Looks like you can pick 1. BUT you can also get the 'bonus short read', at least in the US.

Here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

And here's the UK List

FWIW, there's one on the UK list (The Lamplighter's Bookshop) that appeals to me, so I'll wishlist it. It'll probably show up in KU come March.

 

New Books up for March. Again it's choose one and get a bonus short read.

Here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

And here's the UK List

 

Thanks, Ann.

I feel like I should make a comment when you've gone to the trouble to post the reminder but, to be honest, I'm running out of ways to say "nothing appeals to me this month".

Also, thinking about it, being able to get them on KU anyway sort of makes the whole thing irrelevant to me.

 

Thank you for noticing, anyway.

I'm the same ... nothing really appeals. And, as you say, they'll all be in KU next month anyway -- and my TBR list for KU is already sooooo long!

 

.... my TBR list for KU is already sooooo long!

The problem with long TBR lists is I can never decide whether to read another one in a series I'm working my way through (and I read a LOT of series!) or binge read all the remaining books in a series, or for a change start yet another series, or read a stand-alone.

A first world problem to be sure. I just wish I could make up my mind about a strategy.

 

I hear ya! I almost never binge read a series. I've done that in the past, and find I kinda get burned out after half dozen or so.

I also have to keep track of the time period -- because I don't want to read books from 2 series set in, say, the 1920s back to back, because it takes my brain longer to separate the characters. So I have to jump around in series and time.

 

I hear ya! I almost never binge read a series. I've done that in the past, and find I kinda get burned out after half dozen or so.
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I call that 'clump-reading', when I do maybe 3-5 books in a series before moving to another series-clump for a while.

 

US link returns page not found

 

New Books up for April. Again it's choose one and get a bonus short read.

Here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

And here's the UK List


Once again, for me: 9 choices and nothing appeals.
(p.s. I checked the links and both seem to be working today)

 

For whatever reasons, I too find little on these monthly lists interesting. And, can get most on KU anyway. A series read usually loses me after three or four as well. Most series today seem too much formula and not enough creativity after a few books - how many times can the hero get shot in the shoulder, beaten up on a street corner, in a dark alley, or tied up in a basement or a closet, and then escape in the nick of time.

 

Thanks for the link, Ann.

And, once again, it's a 'no thanks' from me. Who the heck decides on which books make these lists? (Someone who enjoys being severely depressed judging by most of them!).

 

New Books up for May. Again it's choose one and get a bonus short read.

Here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

And here's the UK List


One this month is listed as "amateur sleuth" which may mean cozy mystery, so I'll take a look at that one.

 

Thanks Ann.

I checked out that "amateur sleuth" one but it doesn't appeal. I thought maybe the historical one, but that's not my cup of tea either. Also it looks like it's the start of a series and that I don't need!

 

Thanks Ann.

I checked out that "amateur sleuth" one but it doesn't appeal. I thought maybe the historical one, but that's not my cup of tea either. Also it looks like it's the start of a series and that I don't need!

LOL! Agreed .... the last thing I need is a new series to follow!

 

New Books up for June. Again it's choose one and get a bonus short read.

Here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

And here's the UK List

Lots of 'thrillers', also 'book club' and 'womens' fiction -- what even is that? There's an historical that appears to be generational as well. The historical fantasy is a maybe. AND there is a new genre this month: sexy romance.

Honestly, though, I've so much to read already, I'll probably skip this month .... again!

 

Honestly, though, I've so much to read already, I'll probably skip this month .... again!

This is how I usually feel. There might be a couple I'd give a go if I had nothing else lined up but as it is, if I got one of these, I don't know that I'd ever get around to reading it, so why bother?

 

July books are up .... this month pick 2 of 10. Nothing appeals. Even the one labeled as "mystery" is described in its write up as "psychological suspense" so I'll be passing this month. Again.

Here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

And here's the UK List

 

July books are up .... this month pick 2 of 10. Nothing appeals. Even the one labeled as "mystery" is described in its write up as "psychological suspense" so I'll be passing this month. Again.

Here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

I went for the Arlington Hall book (job sounds like something I'd like to read about, I've enjoyed WWII code-breaker-people books in years past, not so sure about the romance-angle). Also took the short story - seems like something I'd enjoy but not as a long-read.
I'm definitely not into suspense, thriller, horror, psycho, or other awful-stuff, not after reading the daily news.

I can't remember the last FR book I got!

 

August books are up .... this month pick 1 of 9. There's also a "bonus short read" so I guess it's really 2 of 9.

And, once again, nothing appeals.

Here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

And here's the UK List

 

Thanks for the link and yes, I'm inclined to agree - as usual, even for free nothing leaps out.

 

And, ya know, there are SO MANY decent mystery series in KU ... which is where all these first reads books end up. My theory is they don't offer those as first reads 'cause they sell (or get borrowed) so well anyway. Maybe what they're trying to do with this program is get some attention for stuff that otherwise wouldn't move.

 

September books are up .... this month pick 1 of 9. As has been the case, 1 of the 9 is a 'bonus short read' so, really, you can pick it and one other.

I grabbed the Magical Realism title, A House Between Sea and Sky. Read the write up and it sort of appealed.

ALSO, I should report that I had picked up a book from July (actually got it right at the end of the month) called The Women of Arlington Hall. I started reading it a few days ago and I'm liking it. Good KU choice for those who like Historical Fiction. This is set in the late 40s/early 50s and the place is Arlington, VA (where I currently live). I gather there was a code breaking facility here where they did work on cracking Russian codes.

Anyway, here's the US Link: Amazon First Reads

And here's the UK List Same titles except one less, for some reason.

 

Thanks for the link, I can't believe it's that time again. It's true what they say about time seeming to move faster and faster the older you get!

That's an interesting choice you've made for this month, I'm not sure if it would be my cup of tea. I'm giving it a miss again this month.

 

I'm not sure either, but something appealed. And, if I don't like it, at least it was free.