What Are You Reading? June 2009-Mar 2010 Showing 951-1,000 of 1,072

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I read In the Last Analysis last year, and enjoyed it.

So much smoking!

[Patrik]

Still reading The Eight well it's not Umberto Eco but it's great :-)

[Ananth]

Just finished reading A Moving Finger by Agatha Christie. As usual it did not disappoint.And plenty of humour too. In some places the book reminded me of Wodehouse.

I have decided to take a break from Mystery novels for some time and move on to Biographies. Surprisingly got hold of a book titled "The Book". It literally is a biography of a book from papyrus scrolls to ebooks. Looks exciting.

Sad to be missing this group for a while. Will be back as soon as I again start with mystery novels.

[Kathy]

I just finished Four Spirits: A Novel by Sena Jeter Naslund and again was amazed at Naslund's gift at making historical fiction teach us so much. I think I am going to start The 13th Hour: A Thriller today, a mystery/crime thriller read.

[Lobstergirl]

Esther wrote: "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..."

I don't think I've seen them, although I have seen most of the Inspector Lewis episodes, and I really like them. I would definitely be interested in watching the Morse episodes.

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading The White Lioness by Henning Mankell. So far, quite good.

[[deleted user]]

Just starting Spellman Files... I love it already. Very amusing.

The bookrings always arrive in twos and threes, so I have The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane waiting for me too. They might be too similar to read together, but I will try...

[Bob]

Been reading Ransom X by I.B. Holder. He's my new favorite. I'm still obsessed with Doyle, but that's so last century.

[Bob]

Been reading Ransom X by I.B. Holder. He's my new favorite. I'm still obsessed with Doyle, but that's so last century.I.B. HolderRansom X

[Jeane]

Kathy wrote: "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 wonde..."

I didn't like it too much. It kept repeating and repeating and after a while she could have ksut finished the book but wrote anothe rpart of the same length.

[Jeane]

Ananth wrote: "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 ..."

I read Absent in the spring. It is completely different to her other stories but i liked it.

[Jeane]

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

That story is soooo good! When I visited Oxford I went to the street that was mentioned in the story...

[Jeane]

Esther wrote: "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..."

Esther, I re and re and resaw all the episodes.Even now i don't mind rewatching them:-)))

[Jeane]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm reading The White Lioness by Henning Mankell. So far, quite good."

Lobstergirl, another great story you are reading!

[Charlotte (Buried in Books)]

I'm currently reading The 6th Target by James Patterson and one of his co-authors. It's handy to read at work during lunch because of the short chapters. But I have a serious urge to slap Boxer.

Why can't anyone write a strong female character who isn't completely hopeless at relationships?

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm reading For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George. "

That was my first Elizabeth George, and one of my favorites.

[Jan C]

Susanna wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm reading For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George. "

That was my first Elizabeth George, and one of my favorites."

I think it was the first one I read, too. Then I started to read them in order.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Same here.

[Esther]

Jeane wrote: ".....Esther, I re and re and resaw all the episodes.Even now i don't mind rewatching them:-))) "
Because we knew Oxford so well my parents used to have fun catching inconsistencies. Due to problems of logistics and closing down busy streets in chase scenes they would often have the actors running/driving from one picturesque street into another when in reality the two streets were miles away from one another :0)

[Jeane]

I love it when you know the place and streets of where the story takes place!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Started a Kathy Reichs (Cross Bones) last night.

[[deleted user]]

I think I'm starting The Coroner's Lunch, unless something else catches me first. :)

[Ann]

Just finished Dan Browns 'Lost symbol'...this one seemed to be a bit overwhelmed with explanations...I was happy I read it but would only recommend it to those avid Dan Brown readers...started Khaled Hosseini's 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' about three hours ago...delicious novel so far

'Where the Sun Sets' read it for free @ www.authorannmarie.com

[[deleted user]]

Finished the Spellmans... very amusing, but it could have been a little shorter. Continuing Deliverance Dane. Good, but not great, but I'm still in the early stages... will change genres and start I, Claudius

[Dorie]

Right now I'm reading A Trace of Smoke set in Berlin 1931.

[Joyce]

Just finished Cassandra Clark's The Red Velvet Turnshoe which I enjoyed and would recommend to readers of historical mysteries.

[Joyce]

Just finished Cassandra Clark's The Red Velvet Turnshoe which I would recommend to readers of Historical Mystery stories.

[Kellyyyylynne]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Just got started but it is good so far. I have heard great things about it so I am looking forward to really getting into it.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Finished A Beautiful Place to Die and really enjoyed it. A good mystery but also a very interesting setting in South Africa just as the aparthied laws came into force in the early 1950s.

For a change of pace I have started Odd Thomas and I am really enjoying it. Not my usual type of mystery but so far very good.

[[deleted user]]

Pontalba wrote "I think I'm starting The Coroner's Lunch, unless something else catches me first. :)"

Don't let anything else catch you first. The Coroner's Lunch is wonderful - funny, clever, evocative of a different place and time, great characters...It was one of my top ten reads of last year.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Bernadette wrote: "Pontalba wrote "I think I'm starting The Coroner's Lunch, unless something else catches me first. :)"

Don't let anything else catch you first. The Coroner's Lunch is wonderful - funny, clever, e..."

I agree. Dr. Siri Paiboun is terrific.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I thought Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was excellent.

[Dorie]

Currently reading Faces of the Gone: A Crime Novel. The main protagonist is a newspaper reporter.

I'm glad to hear good things about 'The Coroner's Lunch', as it is on my TBR shelf.

[Jan C]

I just finished I Shall Not Want. I really enjoy that series.

And have just started the second Louise Penny book, A Fatal Grace: A Three Pines Mystery. I really enjoyed Still Life.

[Lobstergirl]

Reading Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century by Hal Higdon.

[Dorie]

Jan wrote: "I just finished I Shall Not Want. I really enjoy that series.

And have just started the second Louise Penny book, A Fatal Grace: A Three Pines Mystery. I really enjo..."

Jan, I read all Penny's books within about a month. I loved that whole series.

[Jan C]

I read Still Life and was so taken with it that I ran right out the next day and picked up three more.

So many mysteries are light and fluffy or terribly dark and violent. This hit a happy medium. Very thoughtful. Interesting characters.

First thoughtful mystery series I have found since the early Barry Maitland.

[[deleted user]]

Bernadette wrote: "Pontalba wrote "I think I'm starting The Coroner's Lunch, unless something else catches me first. :)"

Don't let anything else catch you first. The Coroner's Lunch is wonderful - funny, clever, e..."

I'm reading it right now, about half way through, I love it. :)

[Paula]

I am currently reading Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell.

[Dorie]

I'm in the middle of Dean Koontz's Prodigal Son, the first of his Frankenstein series. I'm almost halfway through and it's very good. Makes me wish I had more time to read.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

The snow troubles continue here in Washington so between shoveling stints I have had time to get in some reading. I finished Odd Thomas which was terrific, then I read a lovely book A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson. If you like Alexander McCall Smith you will like this one.

Last night I started In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming. It is the first in the Clare Fergusson series.

[Jan C]

Donna wrote: "The snow troubles continue here in Washington so between shoveling stints I have had time to get in some reading. I finished Odd Thomas which was terrific, then I read a lovely book [b..."

I really enjoy the [author:Julia Spencer-Fleming|33986] books. I've read all of them so far. I am anxiously awaiting the new one due, I think, in April.

[Dorie]

I finished Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son: A Novel and thought it was really great. I've now started Thereby Hangs a Tail: A Chet and Bernie Mystery. I'm happy to be hanging out with Chet again.

[Susan]

Finally reading Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane!!! Very quick read. Like the story.

[[deleted user]]

I was finally disappointed by The Coroner's Lunch, it never lived up to it's promise as far as I am concerned. The author relied too much on supernatural happenings and happenstance to solve the crime IMO, thereby losing the oomph of the chase.

I'm more than halfway through Company of Liars by Karen Maitland, and I doubt it'll disappoint. Good characters, mysterious goings on, along with a fascinating piece of history.

[Larry]

Just finished the "Prey" series by Standford, now reading his new series of Virgil Flowers. Hoping Lee Child and Connolley will come out with new books.

[Paula]

I finished Nightshade. It was not my favorite China Balyes book. In fact I didn't like it at all. I am continuing with Bone by Bone.

[Sakura]

I am currently reading Nothing to Lose by Lee Child. Has anyone read this book??

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Recently started The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and I am really enjoying it. Interesting quirky characters and a good mystery too.