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[Cody]

Decided to finally finish Maddaddam, by Margaret Atwood.

[Kandice]

Cody wrote: "Decided to finally finish Maddaddam, by Margaret Atwood."
That trilogy was so good!

[Cody]

@Kandice
I'm on the third book, managed to make it halfway through it a few months back, and never finished it... I think it's time :)

[Rhian]

finished girl missing by tess Gerritsen it was pretty poor for her

[Gavin]

Ken wrote: "Ugh Gavin! You are a much better man than me. Moby Dick IS my white whale! I tried twice to read that and failed."
Haha I'm actually quite liking it so far.

[Dave]

Just completed Steven King's Dark Tower series for the second time. Now I have picked back up where I had left off at book #20 of Richard Stark's Parker books.

[Aditya]

Finished The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly. An entertaining book from Connelly though I am surprised to see it won the Anthony Award for Best Novel (2009) as Connelly had written much better books which did not get the same critical attention. The main mystery is written expertly with sufficient number of late twists and more importantly a satisfying conclusion. It is interesting to see how Haller & Bosch earn each other's respect through the course of the book. However the book takes some time to get going and the early part is filled with unwanted subplots (one with Jack McEvoy or the one with Haller's new driver) that goes nowhere without which both the book and my rating would have been better. Rating - 3/5

[Erin]

[Kandice]

I just finished The Martian and am reading some old Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queens waiting for something to strike my fancy.
(still working through the DT audios)

[Cody]

Just started the second book in "The Expanse" series, Caliban's War.

[Georgina]

Reading: Six Years

[E.]

Kandice, there is now a sequel to Moore's A Dirty Job.
Secondhand Souls. I just got the audio version, really looking forward to it.
Halfway through Ready Player One audiobook and a couple others on kindle/iBook.

[Gavin]

Just started Hit Girl #1. Glad to be back into this series.

[Kandice]

E. wrote: "Kandice, there is now a sequel to Moore's A Dirty Job.
Secondhand Souls. I just got the audio version, really looking forward to it.
Halfway through [book:Ready Playe..."

I knew a sequel was coming, but not that it was out. Thanks! I'll definitely be getting it.

[Erin]

[Gavin]

Reading Kick-Ass 2

[Ron]

Just completed last night.

[Andrew✌️]

I've finished The Well of Ascension, second book of the Mistborn saga. A great series, with wonderful dialogues and well written action scenes. Now I'm reading A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.

[Jason]

Started reading last night. Very creepy read so far.

[Kandice]

I really want to read The Enchanted and seeing it all over is making me want to even more!

[Aditya]

Finished The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. A classic that lives up to the high praise it receives. I can see why Philip Marlowe is considered one one of the best protagonists of detective fiction. If you are tired of contemporary authors with workmanlike prose give this book a try. A must read for all fans of the genre and recommended to all readers who want to read a good mystery/thriller but don't know where to begin. Rating - 5/5

My Spoiler Free Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ron]

Kandice wrote: "I really want to read The Enchanted and seeing it all over is making me want to even more!"

Kandice, I was surprised by how much I liked it.

[Rhian]

I'm reading the swap by greg moriarty and so far enjoying it, won it in a giveaway

[Gavin]

After finishing the bloodbath that was Kick-Ass 2, I thought it'd be a good idea to walk into another one with Finders Keepers

[Kenneth]

Finished Valley of the Scarecrow by Gord Rollo. A homage to the 1980s slasher films with a few twists.

If you're interested, you can read my review here:

https://kenmckinley.wordpress.com

[Aditya]

Finished Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly. As someone who had read the Bosch series chronologically over a relatively short period of time it's obvious the quality has fallen markedly over the course of the last few books (starting from Bosch 10 - The Narrows) and this one is probably the worst so far. It is more of an action thriller than the regular police procedural that the Bosch books are known to be. The dialogue is bad, the plot over-reliant on coincidences and the book tonally inconsistent. There is a pivotal development in Bosch's personal life however so little emphasis is placed on it that I am not sure what Connelly wanted to achieve with it.

The action scenes and the pacing are its saving grace. The book is not outright bad just untiringly generic which is disappointing as Connelly was one of those rare prolific authors who in the past could be counted upon to maintain a certain consistency and standard. Rating - 3/5

[Travis]

I finished The Colorado Kid over the weekend. If I had never seen the TV show Haven I'm not sure I would have appreciated this book.

Now I'm a good way into rereading Koontz' The Funhouse. I read it close to 20 years ago so I'm interested to see if my 30something self enjoys it as much as my teenage self did.

[Kenneth]

Completed the short story, The Grief Frequency by Kealan Patrick Burke. A lot of emotion packed in only 30 pages.

Review at www.kenmckinley.wordpress.com

[Erin]

[Gavin]

Reading The Song of the Lark

[Kandice]

Erin wrote: ""

Terrific book!

[Cody]

Just picked up The Girl in the Spiders Web, even though I only read the first book, Dragon Tattoo lol but in my defence, I had to buy it while it was still 40% of at Chapters. Regular price $34 CDN for frig sakes!

[Aditya]

Kandice wrote: "Erin wrote: ""

Terrific book!"

I agree, it is one of Crichton's most overlooked and under-rated books.

[Erin]

Aditya wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Erin wrote: ""

Terrific book!"

I agree, it is one of Crichton's most overlooked and under-rated books."

I am really enjoying it so far. I saw the movie a long time ago but I had no idea it was based on one of his books.

[Kandice]

His books are just so...smart! He writes, no matter the subject, as if he has actually been there and done that.

Airframe is another of his underloved books in my opinion. My father-in-law worked for American Airlines for 40 years and says that book is spot on.

[Betsy]

Cody, I too just started ...Spider's Web.... and it too starts out slowly like Book One but, once again it there is a lot to setup before we really get into the story . I like this new guy's style and think that he is a good " replacement" for Larsson, do you?

[Betsy]

Cody, I too just started ...Spider's Web.... and it too starts out slowly like Book One but, once again it there is a lot to setup before we really get into the story . I like this new guy's style and think that he is a good " replacement" for Larsson, do you?

[Jeff]

Just started Laura Warholic or the Sexual Intellectual by Alexander Theroux. Like I needed to read another 800+ page Mega Novel!

[Cody]

@Betsy
Well I plan on reading The Girl Who Played with Fire, and then Hornet's Nest, before I read Spiders Web. I heard they can be read as stand-alone novels, but I wanna read them in order. I'm glad the new guy did a good job with the characters though.

[Ron]

@Betsy and Cody
I would love to hear what you think of the books when complete (I also want to read Spider's Web).
Cody, I wouldn't say they are stand-alone, so read in order like you plan.

[Kandice]

I didn't find them to be stand alone either, but I read them in quick succession. Now I need to get to this one!

[Kenneth]

Finished a werewolf tale from new author Glenn Rolfe called Blood And Rain . I was really impressed. it was a fun read with good characters and lots of the red stuff.

Review at www.kenmckinley.wordpress.com

[Aditya]

Kandice wrote: "His books are just so...smart! He writes, no matter the subject, as if he has actually been there and done that.

Airframe is another of his underloved books in my opinion. My father-in..."

Agree about Airframe, for a guy who was never really considered a very skillful authors (different from successful ones) Crichton was able to pull off a variety of genres. I would also add Rising Sun to the list of under appreciated Crichtons. I hated his two adventure stories, the ones completely without any sci-fi - Eaters of The Dead & Pirate Latitudes.

[Kandice]

Rising Sun is one of my favorite novels. It addresses prejudice in such a skillful and understated way.

Pirate Latitudes was finished by another author after his death and I felt you could tell which parts he had not actually written. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Aditya]

I read it a long time back, so really don't remember if the writing took a nosedive in a particular portion of the book. As far as I knew it was his last completed script & Micro was co-authored by some other writer after his death, which is why I never bothered with it. So that's a nice tidbit of info you provide that it was probably finished by someone else which would explain the low quality.

[Kenneth]

Finished the excellent, excellent Burden Kansas by Alan Ryker. My first Ryker read and I love his writing style. Great characters and realistic storytelling.


Review at www.kenmckinley.wordpress.com

[Erin]

[Gavin]

Reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

[Nick]

Littlechick_bunny wrote: "Im Reading Under The Dome
And Artemis Fowl
The Ragwitch
And The Shadow Girl.[bookcover:The Shadow Girl..."

Okay... the Ragwitch sounds good. I'll give it a try if I ever make it through A Discovery of Witches, which takes forever to get going.

[Aditya]

Finished Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe's world-weary cynicism blends well with Chandler's hard-boiled prose with there being more than one line that brought a smirk to my face. The writing throughout the book is vivid and sharp. The story however might not withstand nitpicking, the red herrings take up too many pages and the plot hinges on a particularly far-fetched co-incidence. It's not as good as The Big Sleep but still worth a read. Rating - 4/5.