What Are You Reading? June 2009-Mar 2010 Showing 901-950 of 1,072

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Jan wrote: "I decided to wait on the Rennie Airth book and read Barry Maitland's All My Enemies A Brock and Kolla Mystery in the Kolla and Brock series. This is an excellent series if you haven..."

Hi Jan, I am pretty sure The Marx Sisters is the first in the series. I read it some time ago for my in person book group and as I recall we all liked it very much. Thanks for reminding me to look for more in the series.

[Kathy]

I'm finishing up the year with some cozy mysteries in the Hamish Macbeth series by M.C. Beaton. I just finished Death of a Dustman and have started Death of a Celebrity today.

[Kathy]

Debbie wrote: "Just started reading The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detectiveby Kate Summerscale. "

I have wondered about this one. Let us know what you think of it, Debbie.

[Yassemin]

Just finished Postmortem. Now starting Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain..merely for completion of the series really..the first one I remember being okay but not better than that..

[MaryEdith]

I've just finished reading Talking about Detective Fiction by P.D.James. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves English (esp. cozy) mysteries. It's a quick run through the genre by one of my all time favorite writers.

[Chris]

Just finished Snow Blind and it was brilliant. Moving on to Broken Skin by Stuart MacBride now.

[Patrik]

Just started Dead Zone by Stephen King.

[Becky]

I've just started The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie, which is witty and sarcastic and crimey. It's very good so far. 5 pages in and I was cracking up laughing. :D

[Kellyyyylynne]

Getting ready to start Full Tilt. I read the first book in the series and it was ok so now I am on to the second one. Good thing there are only 5, I am not much of a romance reader but now that I started I need to keep going. I would love to blame it on OCD but I think it has more to do with finishing what I start. Oh well as least these are quick reads and hopefully they will surprise me!

[Chris]

Becky- The Gun Seller is a great book. I forgot I even read it till you mentioned it, then all memories came flooding back. You will love it!

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

I just started This Night's Foul Work by Fred Vargas. It is not the first book in the series so I am not sure if I am missing some backstory among the members of the Serious Crime Squad or if that will be revealed as the book goes on but still very interesting. Quite an unusual cast of characters.

[Jan C]

Donna

I just started L'Homme Aux Cercles Bleus aka The Chalk Circle Man also by Vargas. I don't think it is first either.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Jan wrote: "Donna

I just started L'Homme Aux Cercles Bleus aka The Chalk Circle Man also by Vargas. I don't think it is first either."

I did a little research and I think The Chalk Circle Man is the first in the original French series but they were translated into English out of order. Please let me know how you like it.

[Dorie]

I'm almost through The Hidden Man by Davis Ellis which I've enjoyed. It's a legal thriller which is the start of a new series.

[Kathy]

I'm lost in the land of Hamish Macbeth. I am still reading these cozy little mysteries by M.C. Beaton and can't seem to stop. I guess I've become ensconced in the Scottish Highlands and can't escape. I only have a few more to go though.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Kathy wrote: "I'm lost in the land of Hamish Macbeth. I am still reading these cozy little mysteries by M.C. Beaton and can't seem to stop. I guess I've become ensconced in the Scottish Highlands and can't esc..."

Kathy, have you ever seen the BBC Scotland series with Robert Carlyle as Hamish? It's wonderful.

[Dorie]

I've started Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander, a historical mystery. I'm surprised I'd never heard of this author before. Found him by browsing through a bookstore.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Hi Dorie, I read Blind Justice some time ago and I did enjoy it.

[Jan C]

I, too, read Blind Justice some time ago. I am now up to his Person or Persons Unknown. I;ve been reading these in order.

[Ananth]

Finished reading "While The Light Lasts" by Agatha Christie. It is a collection of 9 short stories which contains few of her earlier works as well as few non detective stories.
I also learnt from this book that Agatha Christie wrote six novels under the Pseudonym of "Mary Westmacott".These are non detective fictions.
Agatha Christie's own favorite was "Absent in the Spring" which she described in her autobiography as "the one book that has satisfied me completely....wrote the book in three days flat.It was written with integrity,with sincerity,it was written as I meant to write it, and that is the proudest joy an author can have."

Strange as it seems, probably her own astounding success with detective stories prevented her from exploring other areas and going by the short stories she would have been no less successful in other genre as well.

[Kathy]

Donna wrote: "Kathy wrote: "I'm lost in the land of Hamish Macbeth. I am still reading these cozy little mysteries by M.C. Beaton and can't seem to stop. I guess I've become ensconced in the Scottish Highlands..."

No, I haven't, but now that I know about it, I will definitely check into it. Thanks, Donna. Robert Carlyle should make an great Hamish.

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading The Odessa File.

[Patrik]

I just started the A Kiss of Shadows (Meredith Gentry, #1).

[Barbara]

I'm reading Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich.

[Kathy]

I just started The Help.

[Carol/Bonadie]

I just started Under the Dome by Stephen King, audio, and Divine Misdemeanors (Meredith Gentry #8).

[Milam]

Elmore Leonard's short "Fire in the Hole" from his When the Women Come Out to Dance collection. I find myself rereading Mr. L a lot. This time it was for anticipation, an FX series coming in March based on the story.

Even better the fourth read around.

[Dorie]

I'm reading The Silent Hour by Michael Koryta.

[Chris]

I am reading Scared To Live by Stephen Booth and thoroughly enjoying it so far. I have now read a few of his books and enjoyed every one. I see there are two Chris's on the site....I am the one without an avatar!!!

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading Underground.

[Barbara]

I'm listening to the audio of With No One as Witness by Elizabeth George.

[Rhonda]

Val McDermid - A Darker Domain. I love her work.

[Kathy]

Just finished The Help and loved it! I have now started Sena Jeter Naslund's Four Spirits: A Novel in keeping with the civil rights in the 60's theme.

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading Shroud For A Nightingale by P.D. James.

[Heidi]

I too am reading a vintage P.D. James novel-- Unnatural Causes... but it's driving me batty with de ja vu... I'm trudging on despite the feeling that I've read it already... she's such a great writer, I'm not sure I'll mind reading it a second time!

[Lobstergirl]

I often get that feeling with her. She has at least 3 books set in private hospitals/medical wards/psychiatric clinics (she worked as an administrator for the NHS) and they're starting to blend together.

[Dorie]

I'm reading the second in the Sir John Fielding series by Bruce Alexander, Murder in Grub Street.

[[deleted user]]

Back from the not-quite-dead! Had a run of bum books and so decided to read C is for Corpse to get my confidence up!

Brilliant fun as usual... the body is soon to be found; I am happy as a clam at high tide...

[Lisa]

In the middle of re-reading Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout. Love Archie Goodwin.

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (the first Inspector Morse).

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

I finally finished Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery. I have mixed feelings about it. I ended up giving it 3 stars but would have given it 2.5 if that was an option.

Just started A Beautiful Place to Die and so far much better. Interesting setting in 1950s South Africa.

[Paula]

I am reading Nightshade by Susan Wittig Albert.

[Heidi]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (the first Inspector Morse)."

I read that a month or two ago... really loved it... he's a thinking man's detective...

[[deleted user]]

Donna wrote "Just started A Beautiful Place to Die and so far much better. Interesting setting in 1950s South Africa.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did Donna. I gave it 5 stars and it was one of my very favourite books that I read last year.

[Lobstergirl]

Heidi wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (the first Inspector Morse)."

I read that a month or two ago... really loved it... he's a thinking man's detectiv..."

Actually I didn't like it that much. Maybe because it dates to 1975 and it felt really sexist.

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading The Draining Lake.

[[deleted user]]

My bookring of The Spellman Files just arrived, so I'll be reading that next. Can't wait!

[Dorie]

I'm starting The First Rule by the awesome Robert Crais. I've missed Elvis and Joe.

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney.

[Esther]

Heidi wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (the first Inspector Morse)."

I read that a month or two ago... really loved it... he's a thinking man's detectiv..."

Haven't you seen the TV adaptation. We were big fans. particularly because I used to live near Oxford