{Sunday Post} — Bellevue, Swift Vengeance, and Forty Times a Killer!

What Am I Reading? 

I'm currently recovering from a nasty cold, which has really put a damper on my reading. Instead of getting into Defense Protocol, which I mentioned last week, I've picked up Forty Times a Killer! by William J. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. This paperback reprint from 2014 was released on December 24th. With the holiday chaos, I figured my local Walmart might not have the book in stock right away, so I pre-ordered it on Amazon alongside another Western. However, the shipping date kept getting pushed back to late January, which is just ridiculous. To my surprise, Walmart did receive the book, so I grabbed it there and canceled my Amazon order.

I've only read a few pages of Forty Times a Killer!, but since I'm likely to be snowed in for a few days, I should finally have time to dive into it.

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What's in the Mailbox?

What’s going on with Amazon? You can’t seem to keep a simple paperback reprint in stock, yet you had no trouble sending out a "new" paperback release with the same publication date. The other Western I ordered is The First Mountain Man: Preacher's Strike by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone (written by a ghostwriter). The shipping was slow, but at least I received it in the end.

Putnam sent me an ARC of Robin Cook's Bellevue. Wait a second, can I even call this an ARC? The book came out in early December, and I’m only just now getting my copy.

What's New on the Bookshelf?

I stumbled upon a bunch of "new" free books at my local library. I couldn’t resist grabbing Swift Vengeance by T. Jefferson Parker and Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard.

I also made another trip to the thrift store and picked up a handful of paperbacks: three Louis L'Amour Westerns—The Broken Gun, Milo Talon, and Tucker—as well as Dana Fuller Ross's Wagon West: The Frontier Trilogy (which includes Westward!, Expedition!, and Outpost!). I found The Cabinet of Curiosities by Preston & Child and Star Wars: The Last Command by Timothy Zahn, too.

The monthly Star Trek eBook sale, which has recently been lacking, surprised me this January with over twenty titles on sale for just $1.99 (up from 99 cents). I added a bunch to my Kindle: Klingon Empire: A Burning House by Keith R. A. DeCandido, S.C.E.: Blackout by Phaedra M. Weldon, S.C.E.: The Cleanup by Robert T. Jeschonek, S.C.E.: Honor by Kevin Killiany, TNG: Slings and Arrows: That Sleep of Death by Terri Osborne, New Frontier: Martyr by Peter David, TOS: The Shocks of Adversity by William Leisner, DS9: Objection: Bajor by John Peel, DS9: Betrayal by Lois Tilton, DS9: Warpath by David Mack, TNG: Fortune's Light by Michael Jan Friedman, Enterprise: The Good That Men Do by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin, and Mirror Universe: Obsidian Alliances by Keith R. A. DeCandido, Peter David, and Sarah Shaw.

Additionally, I’ve added Outlaw Kingdom by Matt Braun, Black Hills Blood Hunt by William J. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, and The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier to my Kindle library.