Starting/joining in with buddy reads Showing 151-200 of 1,317

[Sandy]

I'll join in as well, at least sporadically. I have attempted to read all Christie in order but get easily side tracked.

[Susan]

So, actually, all we are going to do next year is read? I'm fine with that.

[Judy]

This is exciting - as Susan says, we did consider Poirot, and I was very torn between him and Alleyn. Now hopefully some of us will be able to enjoy them both. :)

[Jill]

I will read along if I can still find the books. Read these such a long time ago, but hopefully they are here somewhere

[Marcus]

I’ll try. Problem is: I fell short in Mrs Marple challenge.

[Carolien]

I may join in occasionally especially for the early ones. That said, I've committed myself to 12 books of translated crime fiction next year as a challenge in a different group. If anybody would like to join me for buddy reads on any of these, please let me know. Will only start this list in 2018.

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

[Susan]

Carolien wrote: "I may join in occasionally especially for the early ones. That said, I've committed myself to 12 books of translated crime fiction next year as a challenge in a different group. If anybody would li..."

I refuse to be tempted, Carolien, tempting as they undoubtedly are. I refuse to look - oh well, maybe I'll have a peek later...

[Robin]

I've just read some of these so would love to dip in and out. Unfortunately, I somehow seem to have list The Mysterious Affair at Styles so shall have to get that before the buddy read begins.

[Susan]

It was free on kindle, so check that first Robin.

[Robin]

thank you.

[Robin]

Just finished it, thank you for telling me about the kindle version. I'm ready to talk about it when anyone else is. In the meantime I'll post a review.

[Susan]

It was Jessica who suggested Poirot, so I didn't want to tread on toes, although I am happy to open threads. If we want to read Poirot as a monthly buddy read, I am very happy to organise it, but I will need to check series order, etc. Are we doing the volumes of short stories, or do we want to stick to novels, for example? If Jessica would like to take over here, she is welcome?

[Susan]

It has been decided by the moderator's that, if Jessica wishes to open threads for her Poirot challenge on group, that is great and she can happily ask members to read along. However, as we have had a LOT of extra Buddy Reads lately and we have three books in January - our main read, our first Ngaio Marsh book and a buddy read with Green for Danger, that we will not set up the Poirot as a challenge.

This is party as we have a lot of books already and partly as different series can have various alternative reading orders (as we know to our cost now!) and we obviously do not wish to interfere with how Jessica runs her personal challenge. I hope that is fine with members. Again, it is absolutely fine if Jessica posts her challenge on the group and members are obviously welcome to join in with that. Indeed, I may do so myself, if it happens :)

[Susan]

Just as a reminder, our upcoming group Buddy Reads are:

Jan/Feb: Green for Danger: Christianna Brand
Feb/March: The Documents in the Case: Dorothy L. Sayers
March/April: The Beast Must Die: Nicholas Blake

We did have a suggestion a while back for An Expert in Murder (currently 98p on kindle on Amazon UK. Would anyone like to add that to the list?)

[Judy]

Thanks, Susan, I will have a think re buddy reads! Just a reminder that we do have an 'Individual Challenges' section and all members are also welcome to post details of challenges they are undertaking there.

[Jill]

I am still interested in reading An Expert in Murder as a buddy read. Especially as Mystery Mile was winner of group read

[Susan]

An Expert in Murder did very well in a previous vote; I think this last one became a two horse race.

[Roman Clodia]

Jill wrote: "I am still interested in reading An Expert in Murder as a buddy read."

Me, too. I love that series and the way each book is quite varied in tone (the latest weaves in MR James, and the 1970s Cambridge rapist). Expert is perhaps the most typical 'Golden Age' - I read it in a hurry as I started the series with book 2 and would love to re-read.

[Susan]

Ok, consider it added, Jill and Roman Clodia.

Jan/Feb: Green for Danger: Christianna Brand
Feb/March: The Documents in the Case: Dorothy L. Sayers
March/April: The Beast Must Die: Nicholas Blake
April/May: An Expert in Murder: Nicola Upson

[Judy]

Me too! I've been meaning to read the Nicola Upson book and have it on my Kindle, so I will definitely be in for that one!

[Susan]

It will make a change to read something written now and set in the GA time. It's nice that we read so many original books and authors, but there are a lot of good, modern series, set in those times too.

[Frances]

Glad we're doing the Upson-I gave it a second look during the vote and thought it looked really interesting.

[Susan]

Yes, I think so too, Frances. Although I am also glad we are reading Mystery Mile :)

[D.L.]

Hi there. I would like to discuss No Wind of Blame with someone, anyone really. I wasn't in the group when the read was done (last month, I think) and I'd like to start the series from the beginning. Are there any takers? lol

[Frances]

HI Daph-you could always post some comments on the recent discussion at
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

as the people who read it recently would probably still be interested in discussing.

[Judy]

Daph, yes it would be fine to post to the existing threads about this book. As Frances says, those of us who have recently read it would be interested to chime in and discuss it further - and if anyone else is inspired to read it too that's great.

[D.L.]

^^ Good idea! I'll do that :)

[Judy]

I've now ordered a second-hand paperback of Green for Danger by Christianna Brand, so will be ready to join in with the buddy read.

[Sandy]

I posted this in another thread: There is a newer Green for Danger: The Official Anthology of the Crime Writers' Association that confused me as the author / editor is Martin Edwards who is involved in many reprints. The newer book is a collection of stories.

[Susan]

Thanks, Sandy.

Judy, I started to watch the film version of "Green for Danger," which, so far, is quite similar to the book.

https://www.criterion.com/films/815-g...

Alastair Sim is Inspector Cockrill. It was filmed in 1946, so not long after the novel was written.

[Susan]

Watched, "Green for Danger," this afternoon. Won't give spoilers but 2 characters were missing, including one of the suspects (including the person I thought was the murderer when I first read this!). However, generally this kept pretty well to the plot and was a fairly charming film. Alastair Sim was wonderful, as always and Sally Gray was beautiful as Nurse Linley.

[Jessica-sim]

Hi there! I am sorry to have disappeared and left you all with a cliffhanger... work got in the way. But now it's all over and a new year is ahead.

I will go and open a buddy read, unofficial, informal and completely free to join at any time by anyone who wishes to read some Poirot. I'll go by the reading order as posted by agathachristie.com and read one book per month (http://s3.amazonaws.com/agatha-christ...)

[Judy]

Hi Jessica! Good to hear from you and glad to hear work is not getting in the way any more - it has a habit of doing that, I find!

Thanks for opening up the Poirot thread. :)

[Tania]

Thanks for setting this up Jessica.

I shall probably pop in from time to time, I read a few of the older ones fairly recently, but wasn't strict on reading order and read the ones I could easily get hold of so I can fill in some gaps.

[Robin]

I'd like to join, I've just read several Poirots, including the first several published.

[Susan]

I have downloaded virtually all of the Merrily Watkins books as they have appeared at 99p each, but I have read none of them.... I have read other books by Phil Rickman and loved them, but I keep stalling when I think I should try Merrily... Carolien has bravely accepted the challenge to read the first later in the year. Rickman's books are long, but the ones I have read are very good. If anyone else is interested, I was thinking of starting this a little later in the year - around March?

The Wine of Angels The Wine of Angels is the first in the series:

THE FIRST INSTALMENT IN THE INCREDIBLE MERRILY WATKINS SERIES

Merrily Watkins: late thirties, single mum, parish priest. Cosy? I don't think so...

The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parish - or a huge and haunted vicarage. Nor had she wanted to walk into a dispute over a controversial play about a seventeenth-century clergyman accused of witchcraft... a story that certain long-established families would rather remained obscure.

But this is Ledwardine, steeped in cider and secrets...

A paradise of cobbled streets and timber-framed houses. And also - as Merrily Watkins and her teenage daughter, Jane, discover - a village where horrific murder is a tradition that spans centuries.

If anyone is interested in joining in, please let me know.

[Judy]

I've already posted about this in the 'what mysteries are you reading' thread, but will mention it here too. Would anybody like to join a few of us in a buddy read of one of the Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout?

We haven't decided on a title yet, but may go for Over My Dead Body, Where There's a Will or Black Orchids.

[ShanDizzy]

"Confound it, Archie" Absolutely, Judy! Count me in for reading Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe.

Also, I've started Green For Danger, and so far it reads like a romantic triangle soap opera. I hope it gets better and the mystery can begin. I'll definitely stick with it, though.

[Sandy]

This is probably the most appropriate thread to 'discuss' a buddy read of Nero Wolfe so hopefully all those interested will post here.

My next read is Over My Dead Body and I have the next two on request from the library so could start any of those in the next month. I also have enough other reading (don't we all?) to wait for anyone else who needs to catch up.

I gather that most of the Nero Wolfe's are not necessary to read in order but I still try to go in sequence. And I've heard that new characters get introduced.

[Leslie]

Sandy wrote: "This is probably the most appropriate thread to 'discuss' a buddy read of Nero Wolfe so hopefully all those interested will post here.

My next read is Over My Dead Body and I have th..."

I posted this over in the Rex Stout thread, but I am currently about halfway through Over My Dead Body so if that is chosen it will be fresh in my memory. Otherwise either Where There's a Will or Black Orchids would be good.

[Judy]

Yes, let's decide about the buddy read in this thread - thanks, Sandy and Leslie, Is anyone else up for joining in?

[Judy]

I've just checked on availability of the books and looks as if it would be easier for me to get hold of Over My Dead Body or Black Orchids - Where There's a Will might be hard to get hold of as it is expensive on Kindle or in paperback (in the UK).

Does anyone have a preference over which one to read/when to start? Should we go for Black Orchids in 2 or 3 months to give people time to get the book/catch up with the series?

[ShanDizzy]

Judy wrote: "I've just checked on availability of the books and looks as if it would be easier for me to get hold of Over My Dead Body or Black Orchids - Where There's a Will might be hard to get hold of as it ..."

Judy, Where There's a Will is at my local library but I also have the audiobook of Black Orchids. I'm unable to get Over My Dead Body. I hope we pick Black Orchids though. I'll keep a BOLO to see which we choose to read and when. Thanks

[Leslie]

Black Orchids in 6-8 weeks would be great for me!

[Judy]

Thanks everyone, sounds like Black Orchids is the one to go for. Would mid March be OK for all those joining in?

[ShanDizzy]

Judy wrote: "Thanks everyone, sounds like Black Orchids is the one to go for. Would mid March be OK for all those joining in?"

Mid March works for me. Thank you

[Patrick]

I would join that read in mid-March, absolutely.

[Sandy]

I'm in, bringing black orchids, for mid-March

[Susan]

Jan/Feb: Green for Danger: Christianna Brand
Feb/March: The Documents in the Case: Dorothy L. Sayers
March/April: The Beast Must Die: Nicholas Blake
March/April: Black Orchids: Rex Stout
April/May: An Expert in Murder: Nicola Upson

Above is an updated buddy read list. Don't forget that Green for Danger opens this weekend.

Lots of good reading ahead!

[Judy]

Thank you for adding Black Orchids to the buddy reads list, Susan!

I also can't wait to discuss Green for Danger.