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[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I finished Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews. That was a fun read!
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Marianne]

Sally906 wrote: "Marianne wrote: "I wouldn't mind reading that one. I always enjoy seeing David Mitchell on QI"

And that is the 'voice' I hear when I'm reading it :)

Very dry humour but I am really enjoying it :)"

It's on order at the library, I've reserved it.

[B the BookAddict]

I finished Here be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman: set in 1183, medieval Wales and England, King John, his daughter Joanna (g-daughter of Eleanor of Aquitane) and her Welsh Prince husband, Llewelyn. Nobody tell medieval history as well as Penman does. 4.5★

[Mary]

Phrynne wrote: "I finished Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews. That was a fun read!
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I love Ilona Andrews. They just can't write fast enough for me!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mary wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I finished Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews. That was a fun read!
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I love Ilona Andrews. They ju..."

Luckily I still have lots of their books to read!

[Mary]

My daughter sent me some new books - both Yay and OMG how will I fit them into the challenges? Mind you, I've already started on them!

He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis
One in a MillionJill Shalvis
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
Yours for Christmas by Susan Mallery
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

Samantha Young is the only newbie to me.

[Susan]

I've just finished The White Guard. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

For something completely different, I've started re-reading But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous, and I'm also listening to Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us which is very interesting.

[Suzie]

I'm about halfway through Man Vs Child by Dominic Knight and am enjoying it. It's very dry humour also, which makes me think I would like the David Mitchell book.

[Carolyn]

Mary wrote: "My daughter sent me some new books - both Yay and OMG how will I fit them into the challenges? Mind you, I've already started on them!

He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis
[..."

Ooh lovely! I'm sure you'll fit them in somewhere :)

[Dale]

Have shelved The Daughters of Mars for the time being. Not that it is not well written , I am just not in the right frame of mind.Reading The Rest of Her Life.

[Sally906]

To try and break my reading meh's I addedd to new books to my currently reading pile last night:

A new 'at work' read and a new 'late at night fluffy' read

At work:
The Dirty Chef: From Big City Food Critic to Foodie Farmer by Matthew Evans - love his TV show Gourmet Farmer

Late night fluffy:
Resorting to Murder by K.J. Emrick - Cosy Mystery


They're both Aussy authors

[Sally906]

Mary wrote: "My daughter sent me some new books - both Yay and OMG how will I fit them into the challenges? Mind you, I've already started on them!

He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis
[..."

My daughter has given me the whole Shalvis collection - they look good. I think next year will be less review books (unless they are by a known author I love) and more digging into the wonderful books on my TBR pile!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sally906 wrote: "Mary wrote: "My daughter sent me some new books - both Yay and OMG how will I fit them into the challenges? Mind you, I've already started on them!

He's So Fine by ..."

We definitely need that sometimes don't we Sally!

[Sally]

I recently read a book of the most terrible beauty. It is called The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan. It deserves more than 5★s.

Here is my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

(This review and others can also be seen on my blog, The Power of Story, at feelthepowerofstory.wordpress.com.)

[B the BookAddict]

I've started A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel; based on the French Revolution.

[Mish]

I have just finished and reviewed Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler - outstanding novel 5 stars

Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ace]

Three more books added, thanks Sally, Bette and Mish :)

[B the BookAddict]

Reading A Place of Greater Safety. It may well be Aust in 2014 but I am deep in the French Revolution. The printing presses are running hot with anti-government newspapers and the Bastille has fallen. Danton, Robespieree and Desmoulins are conspiring for "Liberty". Louis and Antoinette have started to fear for their safety, Phillippe is waiting to step into Louis’s position, it’s stinking hot, bread prices have soared and the peasants are revolting, in more ways than one:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Bette BookAddict wrote: "Reading A Place of Greater Safety. It may well be Aust in 2014 but I am deep in the French Revolution. The printing presses are running hot with anti-government newspapers and the B..."

I haven't got round to that one yet. Have you read Fludd? It is so different from her usual work but I loved it.

[B the BookAddict]

No, I've only read her history stuff so far. Have added Fludd to my tbr, thanks:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished Sweet Water by Christina Baker Kline last night - 3★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and The Other Side by Chevy Stevens this morning - 3★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Andrea]

Bette BookAddict wrote: "Reading A Place of Greater Safety. It may well be Aust in 2014 but I am deep in the French Revolution. The printing presses are running hot with anti-government newspapers and the B..."

Is it as engaging as Wolf Hall Bette? So far that's the only Hilary Mantel (plus one short story from her new collection) that I've read, and I loved it. If she was able to hook me into the French Revolution I'd be very interested.

[Jo]

Bette you have whetted my appetite for your book. I have started reading Les miserables by Victor Hugo.

[Marianne]

enjoying The Mystery Of The Venus Island Fetish

[Kathryn]

I'm reading and enjoying Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. I know Janine read it last year and it was one of her top 5 reads of the year and I have to agree that it is drawing me in. It's a very easy read, which is nice as I've had some heavier, non-fiction reads of late, so this is a refreshing change.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kathryn wrote: "I'm reading and enjoying Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. I know Janine read it last year and it was one of her top 5 reads of the year and I have to agree that it is d..."

Sounds good Kathryn...I'll be interested in your thoughts:)

[Dale]

Currently reading . Love the cover and love this book. No wonder Brenda suggested i wold like it. Have her second one too. God bless the library.

[Marianne]

Dale wrote: "Currently reading . Love the cover and love this book. No wonder Brenda suggested i wold like it. Have her second one too. God bless the library."

Yes, Dale, saw you had started this and thought you would like it! I especially like the conversations he gives the trees....

[Carolyn]

I love all the descriptions of his cooking Dale. Always makes me want to go and bottle fruit even though I've never done that!

[Dale]

Ah, it was you Marianne,not Brenda , who told me I would love it. You were so right. Review will follow in a day or two.
Agree Carolyn, I suddenly got a hankering for stewed fruit and custard. Resisted as it would have meant leaving the book to go to the supermarket.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Dale wrote: "Ah, it was you Marianne,not Brenda , who told me I would love it. You were so right. Review will follow in a day or two.
Agree Carolyn, I suddenly got a hankering for stewed fruit and custard. Res..."

I haven't read this one yet - soon - but I've read Nest and loved it:)

[Neko]

Finished two books-


My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and


My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Reading-

[Sally906]

Laura wrote: "Finished two books-


My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and

[bookcover:Oishinbo, Volume 4 - Fish, Sushi and Sashi..."

Our oldest daughter is off to Japan next year. Last time they went they were just two. Now they will be travelling with a 5 year old and an 18 month old.

[Neko]

^ Ohh, that will be a different travel experience.

I really want to go there sometime..especially after all these mangas..I'm constantly hungry!

[Marianne]

Carolyn wrote: "I love all the descriptions of his cooking Dale. Always makes me want to go and bottle fruit even though I've never done that!"

yes me too

[Marianne]

Dale wrote: "Ah, it was you Marianne,not Brenda , who told me I would love it. You were so right. Review will follow in a day or two.
Agree Carolyn, I suddenly got a hankering for stewed fruit and custard. Res..."

I am sure you will enjoy Nest too

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Carolyn wrote: "I love all the descriptions of his cooking Dale. Always makes me want to go and bottle fruit even though I've never done that!"

It made me go out and get all the fruit for my Christmas cake, which has since been measured chopped and placed in in a large bowl to steep in brandy for a couple of weeks! :P

Btw, i am reading Nest now :)

[Neko]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I love all the descriptions of his cooking Dale. Always makes me want to go and bottle fruit even though I've never done that!"

It made me go out and get all the fruit for my Chris..."

Mmmmmmm..Yummy!! Brandied fruit just by itself is so good!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I am currently reading Jazz Baby by Aussie author Téa Cooper and really enjoying it!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I finished The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Erin]

For those that love a good suspense. I've just finished reading 'Last Chance to Die' by Noah Boyd.
Wow, move over Jack Reacher, here comes Steve Vail.
Forget life and death. This is a matter of international security. It's downright deadly.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Erin wrote: "For those that love a good suspense. I've just finished reading 'Last Chance to Die' by Noah Boyd.
Wow, move over Jack Reacher, here comes Steve Vail.
Forget life and death. This is a matter of i..."

Last Chance To Die by Noah Boyd sounds really good - thanks Erin!

[Dale]

Currently reading
which I won through a promotions in Good Reading magazine. First time I have ever won a book through Good Reading.

[B the BookAddict]

@Andrea I actually think it is better than Wolf Hall. It is more easy going on the reader, you are aware of which character is narrating at different times. And of course, for me, it's all new stuff as in Wolf Hall, I already knew what the outcome regarding Henry, Anne Boleyn and Cromwell. In In A Place Of Greater Safety, I do know what happens to Louis and Antoinette, but the main agitators Desmoulins, Robespierre and Danton were, till now, completely unknown to me.

[B the BookAddict]

Jo wrote: "Bette you have whetted my appetite for your book. I have started reading Les miserables by Victor Hugo."

You should give this one a try.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Dale wrote: "Currently reading
which I won through a promotions in Good Reading magazine. First time I have ever won a book through Good Reading."

That's a good book Dale:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished Jazz Baby by Téa Cooper 5★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ace]

Erin wrote: "For those that love a good suspense. I've just finished reading 'Last Chance to Die' by Noah Boyd.
Wow, move over Jack Reacher, here comes Steve Vail.
Forget life and death. This is a matter of i..."

Hi Erin, you've caught my interest there as I am a huge fan of Jack Reacher, but I've been looking online and I think the author (actually Paul Lindsay) has passed away back in 2011. Might be the last one in this series sadly..

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes that was sad to see wasn't it Ace...

[Jo]

Congrats Bette on winning a book from Good Reading. I have been trying for years but no luck.