What Are You Reading Today? -(v2.0)

[KarenB]

Erin suggest I add The Aosawa Murders here for consideration for our next Group read.
That sounds interesting, especially your further comment on another thread about how the book is divided up. I don't believe we've ever discussed a book a section at a time like that.

[Dayna]

I would read it. Here is a Goodreads link to the book. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Sara]

I have been reading lots of sci-fi and fantasy recently as I want to escape from anything smacking like "real" reality. I did finish "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas for my book group. It was good. I sat down and read the whole book in about 3.5 hours. Very relevant to today. Next month, my group is reading "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles. Another great book! The audio is excellent.

[Laura]

I am reading book 2 & 3 of the Ice Blue Lord and Lady Hetheridge series by Emma Jameson that we read earlier this year. I'm really enjoying that series and thanks to whoever picked it out for the book club. I also have my mom hooked on it.

[Sabrina]

Laura wrote: "I am reading book 2 & 3 of the Ice Blue Lord and Lady Hetheridge series by Emma Jameson that we read earlier this year. I'm really enjoying that series and thanks to whoever picked it out for the b..."

So happy to hear, Laura! And you're welcome. Emma Jameson is one of my top favorite authors. I'll read anything she writes.

[Mary]

There was a 99-cent deal on book 4 recently. ;-)
I just finished Nicholas Meyer's
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols: Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.
Featuring fake news, people believing what they want to believe,
and much adventure.

[Megan]

I feel you on not wanting to read about the real world right now, Sara! I'm currently reading The Engines of God, but even in the future in space there are still politics!

[Jennifer]

Hey Everyone - I know Sabrina does a great job of letting us know what coming a few weeks before the next month, but I also wanted to give a head's up that I will be leading the conversation on Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White for February. It's longer than our normal reads so I wanted to give some more time for anyone who wants to join our discussion

thanks and have a great day. Take care/stay safe

[Lenore]

Jennifer wrote: "Hey Everyone - I know Sabrina does a great job of letting us know what coming a few weeks before the next month, but I also wanted to give a head's up that I will be leading the conversation on Wil..."

I read The Woman in White years ago and, although I vaguely recall enjoying it, I am slightly embarrassed to say that I remember nothing other than the name of Count Fosco. So I am listening to it now, a little less than 1/3 of the way through, and I am absolutely enthralled. So far, I think it's a brilliant selection!

[Mary]

Lenore wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Hey Everyone - I know Sabrina does a great job of letting us know what coming a few weeks before the next month, but I also wanted to give a head's up that I will be leading the co..."

There was a MASTERPIECE DRAMA production which was also good.

[Erin]

Has anyone here read the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn? I watched the Netflix show earlier this month and immediately added the audiobook to my library holds.

[Diane]

Erin wrote: "Has anyone here read the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn? I watched the Netflix show earlier this month and immediately added the audiobook to my library holds."
I read the entire series a while back and enjoyed it very much. I don’t get Netflix, so I haven’t seen the adaptation.

[KarenB]

Has anyone here read the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn?

I did. It's fun and engaging but very light, not a lot of substance there. Like reading dessert.

[Gillian]

Call the Midwife—the book the series is based on.

[Laura]

I just read "Desert Noir" and "Desert Wives" by Betty Webb. They are set in Arizona. They are similar to the Kate Shugak books by Dana Stabenow. They feature a female Ex-Cop Private Investigator and the landscape is part of the story.

[Lisa]

Does anyone here enjoy Roman mysteries? I'm listening Vita Brevis by Ruth Downie right now. (Thank goodness for always-available downloads when the library is in a 2-week covid shutdown)

[Diane]

Lisa wrote: "Does anyone here enjoy Roman mysteries? I'm listening Vita Brevis by Ruth Downie right now. (Thank goodness for always-available downloads when the library is in a 2-week covid shutdown)"
Lindsey Davis series.

[Megan]

I'm excited to talk about Woman in White next month - thanks for the heads up, Jennifer!

I'm currently reading Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which is awesome. The local library did Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You as a community read, and I enjoyed it, but since I'm a history and data person I wanted more detail, so the original is pretty much perfect.

[Frannie]

Kathy wrote: "I am trying to read as many books for Bouchercon as I can. I just finished The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James and loved this ghost story. Tonight I am starting A Lack of Temperance by ..."

I'm new here and wondering if you could tell me what Bouchercon is? The St. James book you mentioned sounds right up my alley!

[Lenore]

Franny wrote: "I'm new here and wondering if you could tell me what Bouchercon is?..."

This should answer your question: https://www.bouchercon2021.com/

[Sabrina]

Hi all,

A quick note to say that there's a Goodreads Giveaway for Castle Shade!
Click here to enter.

[Diane]

Franny wrote: "Kathy wrote: "I am trying to read as many books for Bouchercon as I can. I just finished The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James and loved this ghost story. Tonight I am starting A Lack of ..."

Boucher on is a wonderful mystery convention where fans can mingle and meet mystery authors. There are panels where authors talk about various aspects of mysteries and writing mysteries. There are dinners and other meet ups. And, of course, there are books!

[Paula]

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman - interesting narrative style with a compelling plot . . .

[Lenore]

Paula wrote: "The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman - interesting narrative style with a compelling plot . . ."

That got a great review and is on my TBR list. But right now, having finished Dracula for our next group read, I am moving on to the August read, The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova

[Sara]

I am listening to 'A Hanging at Dawn" by Charles Todd. It's part of the Bess Crawford series. This predates the first book in the series, taking place when the family was in India and a (very) young Simon Brandon comes into their lives.

[Diane]

Retreading Black Out by Connie Willis as we will be reading All Clear for our book group, and I want to refresh my memory on the events leading up to All Clear.

[Sara]

Anyone reading/listening to anything good? I'm about halfway through listening to Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart. It's set in 1700's China during the Manchu Dynasty.

[Dina]

Sara wrote: "Anyone reading/listening to anything good? I'm about halfway through listening to Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart. It's set in 1700's China during the Manchu Dynasty."
I love those books. Wish she would write more.

[Mary]

I just read LITTLE THIEVES . . . YA fantasy but good social commentary and well written.

[Lenore]

I'm listening to a book Mary Russell would love: Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife, by journalist Ariel Sabar. It's an investigation of how a respected Harvard Divinity School professor was led to accept a forged papyrus as a genuine Gnostic gospel fragment apparently because it seemed to say what she and some others would like to believe. There's a lot here about how successful con artists succeed in conning, about the importance of provenance in judging the genuineness of archeological items, and about disputes, positions, and prominence in the world of Christian theology. It won a National Book Critics Circle Award (his second), and was nominated for the Edgar Award for best true-crime book of 2020. (I should tweet a recommendation to Mary Russell's Twitter site.)

[Diane]

I starting the second book in Sharon Shinn’s Elemental Blessings series, Royal Airs.

[Sara]

I LOVE that series! Sharon Shinn is such a good author. Have you read her Twelve Houses series? That's good, too.

Diane wrote: "I starting the second book in Sharon Shinn’s Elemental Blessings series, Royal Airs."

[Dina]

I am reading Hidden Agenda: How the Duke of Windsor Betrayed the Allies by Martin Allen. Fascinating.

[Dena]

I just picked up 2 books (from our library) "Cokie: A life well lived" by her husband, Steve Roberts and "Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket." Now I have to get off the computer & start reading!

[Diane]

Sara wrote: "I LOVE that series! Sharon Shinn is such a good author. Have you read her Twelve Houses series? That's good, too.

Diane wrote: "I starting the second book in Sharon Shinn’s Elemental Blessings ser..."
Yes, I finished the Twelve Houses and started the Elemental Blessings series.

[Diane]

Finished Royal Airs and am starting Jeweled Fire, the third book in Sharon Shinn’s Elemental Blessings series.