What a crazy, busy week but I’m excited the weekend is here. That means it’s getting closer to our vacation! In the meantime we’ll try to survive the Texas heat. I think this Saturday it’s supposed to cool down to 99 degrees. I think I need more Scandinavian fiction in my current reads to imagine cool days!

I actually did start a couple of new books this week even though I said I wanted to finish up some of my current reads but as much as I like my current reads, they are slow-moving. And, with me being so tired in the evenings I need some fiction that’s a bit more fast-paced. So I added two thrillers to my current reads.

Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman. From Publisher’s Weekly: Resist any temptation to bail after the creepy prologue—a sexual predator’s-eye-view of the woman he’s about to attack—because then you’ll miss one of the most memorable FBI agents since Clarice Starling as well as a killer debut thriller.

The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag. From the publisher’s blurb: Kovac had seen more dead bodies than he could count: Men, women, children; victims of shootings, stabbings, strangulations, beatings; fresh corpses and bodies that had been left for days in the trunks of cars in the dead of summer. But he had never seen anything quite like this . . .

I’ll keep you posted on how these go but so far both have started off with some thrilling introductions!

And, before I close this did you see the 50 Sci-fi/Fantasy Novels that everyone should read? I’ve read a few, very few, but I saw some on here that sounded really good and I’ll have to keep in mind for the Once Upon a Time Challenge. Anyway, check it out and tell me what you think.

Alright friends, have a wonderful weekend. My goal is to stay out of the heat as much as possible and read lots!

I wanted to participate in another  Top Ten Tuesday but almost didn’t with this week’s topic. This time around it is Top Ten Books I wish Could Have Had a Sequels. I read a lot of mystery series and one reason for their appeal to me is that I get to revisit with favorite characters so I don’t expect (or even want) my standalone fiction to have sequels but in the spirit of the list I started thinking of this and actually there are some novels where I do wonder what happened to the characters.

So here are 10 books that I wish had a sequel:

• Eleanor & Park – The book had a great ending but I just really loved these two and want to confirm what my gut feeling was.
• The Enchanted April –  I want to know if the characters carried the magic that they found in Italy once they returned home.
• The Unit – Will childless men and women in this dystopian future still be still be sequestered in their final years and contribute themselves to experiments?
• The Remains of the Day – What did Stevens do with the rest of his days?
• Loving Pedro Infante – I want to know if Tere and Irma still have a Pedro Infante fan club.
• High Fidelity – Would love to see what our protagonist thinks about today’s music.
• Tipping the Velvet – Just because who wouldn’t want to revisit a Sarah Waters character.
• The Bookshop – I always wondered and hoped that Florence did better for herself at the end of this book.
• Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man – I want to know if Daisy Fay made it big at the Miss America Pageant.
• Among Others – I want to see how Mori has grown up and if she continues to love books.

What do you think? Ok, and if there is a sequel to one of these do tell me! I may be out of the loop. Anyway, what are some books you’d like to see a sequel to?

Once again, thanks to The Broke and the Bookish for hosting the Ten Tuesday weekly meme.