September Books:

 Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax by: Philip E. Ginsburg

Non-fiction: Mystery, True Crime, E-book

This book goes over the murder(s) and attempted murders by Audrey Marie Hilley, a women who poisoned her husband to death, almost killed her daughter, and while on the run made various fake identities, including one where she faked her death and came back as her "twin."  

Happy Hour Murder (Daley Buzz Mysteries #27) by: Meredith Potts

Fiction: Mystery, Short Story, E-book

Police work is a family tradition in this story, so when a man get murdered during happy hour the married couple that are the town's detectives need to solve it. 

A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression by: Jane Ziegelman, Andrew Coe

Non-fiction: History, Cooking, 305 pages

This book is an overview of the programs and methods used in the USA to help people eat during the Great Depression.

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by: Rebecca Hall, Illustrated by: Hugo Martinez 

Non-Fiction, History, Graphic Novel, Biography, Memoir, 208 pages

This book is an interesting combination of the story of the author trying to learn more about the role of women in slave revolts, as well as what she did find out, and things that we may never know for sure, but might have reasonably been what happened.  It deals a lot with the way that history is written effects people today as well as ones connection to the past.

The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic Was Lost by: Daniel Allen Butler 

Non-fiction: History, E-book

This is the story of the Titanic told largely in the actions of the captains of the 2 ships closest to it on the night it sank.  One captain risked his own crew (but took all reasonable precautions possible) to help save the passengers and crew of the sinking ship. One lied, destroyed evidence and  threatened his crew to first avoid helping and then to avoid the truth of his actions coming out.  

Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life by: Caleb Wilde

Non-Fiction: Memoir, Religion 213 pages

Stories from the funeral industry, the life of a small town family business,  and life and death; some are happy, some sad, some funny, some many things at once.   

August Books:

Murder in Ancient China by: Robert van Gulik

Fiction: Mystery, Short Story, History, E-book

A poet is murdered, and frogs help to solve the case.

The Little Book of Pandemics by: Peter Moore

Non-fiction: Science, 144 pages

A collection of information on major things that caused or can cause pandemics.

Bobo by: Richard Schiver

Fiction: Short Story, Horror, Paranormal?, E-book

This short story needed to be less short. With the moving back and forth in time, and starting in the middle of the action, I'm not sure if the main character went insane, already was, was dreaming, a doll came to life or something else.  Also this story should have all sorts of trigger warnings. 

The Assassin's Doctor by: Robert K. Summers

Non-Fiction: History, Science, Biography, E-book

This book has basically everything about the life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, the doctor who helped John Wilkes Booth after he killed Lincoln.  It even includes things he wrote for school and his personal letters to friends and family.  While he wasn't in on the murder plan, he was in on the kidnapping one, and knew who he was helping when he was helping him. (Although didn't know about the murder at the time.) And so lied at his trial. Also a total racist jerk. And this book is soooooo long, it says the e-book is 614 pages long be it seems longer and took me months to finish. 

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula by: Loren D. Estleman

Fiction: Mystery, Classic, 224 pages

What would happen if Sherlock Holmes was part of the story of Dracula?  Sure he couldn't be in parts of the story we read, but he could also be solving the mystery in parts that got left out.  At least that's what this story is.

A Teacher of Strange Things- Who Jesus Was, What He Taught, and Why People Still Follow Him by: Cy Kellett

Non-fiction: Religion, 239 pages

**** I was given this book for free from the author.****

Now that I got the legal notice out of the way, I will say that this book was written to be a intro to Christianity book for people that are curious about Jesus.  And I think it does do that, but having read it as not the intended audience, there were things in it that were new ideas for me. (Which was a pleasant surprise.)