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I'm a little behind -- maybe I should have shot for 25 instead :-)1.
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Have you read Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Kate Atkinson)? I loved it and was wondering if One Good Turn was as good?
Thanks!
Melissa
One Good Turn was pretty good -- I read Case Histories first, and I *really* liked that one. I would say I didn't like One Good Turn as much as Case Histories, though.
Tom wrote: "One Good Turn was pretty good -- I read Case Histories first, and I *really* liked that one. I would say I didn't like One Good Turn as much as Case Histories, though.
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Good to know! I'll start with Case Histories first.
Thanks for your help!
I guess when I continue to update my original post with the books I've read, it doesn't push my post to the top. So I'll start with separate entries now:18.
The Shotgun Rule A Novel (I love Charlie Huston books, but this one was probably my least favorite so far.)
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The Devil's Gentleman Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Centurya good account about a famous turn-of-the-century trial that I didn't know much about.)
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A Pale Horse An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery(It started out great, but got so muddled down in the middle that I just didn't care who killed who)
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The Indian Bride(a decent mystery, but so many unanswered questions at the end. Not very satisfying)
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The Tenderness of Wolves A Novel (a great mystery, set in Canada in 1867 - I really liked it, although I felt cold the whole time)
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Half the Blood of Brooklyn (I love the Joe Pitt vampire books - fast-paced, good characters, great action)
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Black Order (as always, a good thriller from Rollins - lots of action, intriguing characters, with a lot of science thrown in)
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The Terror(What a fantastic book! Long, but very good. A perfect combination of historical novel and supernatural thriller)
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The Telephone Gambit Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret (a pretty good historical read about how the telephone was *really* invented)
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Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work Stories(I'm not a big fan of short stories, but I like when they are connected - the connections in this collection are not quite strong enough for me)
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Good thriller/mystery set in Sweden - I guess I'm reading a lot of Northern European mysteries lately)
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The Ministry of Special Cases (a decently good book about "los desaparecidos" during Argentina's Dirty War)
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