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[Theweebarrell]

Just finished Games people play by Owen Mullen loved this book it had me gripped from beginning to end. Really well written and a great story line. If you haven't read any books by this author, do it now otherwise you will have missed out on a great talent.

Thanks to Owen Mullen for a digital copy for my honest review

[Rhian]

Really enjoyed the langoliers by Stephen King it was a nice change from the psychological thrillers I've been reading, started pop goes the weasel by m.j.alridge I really don't like the main character but hope its a decent crime story

[Jim]

I'm re-reading by Agatha Christie

[Marwan]

Jim wrote: "I'm re-reading by Agatha Christie"

One of my favorites.

[Zoe]

I am reading Antonia Fraser's Jemima Shore novel The Quiet Nun.... Interesting... So far

[Bill]

Miss M wrote: "Nancy wrote: "My sleep schedule is so messed up right now that I'm getting a lot of very late-night reading done:

Finished Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City -- I don..."

I was planning to get that Bryson for the missus for her birthday...

[Miss M]

Bill wrote: "Miss M wrote: "Nancy wrote: "My sleep schedule is so messed up right now that I'm getting a lot of very late-night reading done:

Finished [book:Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City|258..."

It's pretty entertaining, I hope she enjoys it! He adds in a lot of historical nuggets/background information which I really like.

[Jim]

Just finished reading by Agatha Christie

My Review

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting Moon Over Soho as an audiobook

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Jim wrote: "Just finished reading by Agatha Christie

My Review"

Hmmm -- I don't really see this one as a 'cozy' mystery. I think it's one of her most serious works, if not THE most serious. But that's me.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Halfway through Bunny Lake is Missing -- a lot of it is an 'in-her-head' sort of novel -- nothing like the old movie.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Miss M wrote: "Nancy wrote: "My sleep schedule is so messed up right now that I'm getting a lot of very late-night reading done:

Finished Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City -- I don..."

It's quite popular, but definitely worth the wait time.

[Janice]

Nancy wrote: "Jim wrote: "Just finished reading by Agatha Christie

My Review"

Hmmm -- I don't really see th..."

Nancy wrote: "Jim wrote: "Just finished reading by Agatha Christie

My Review"

Hmmm -- I don't really see th..."

Nancy...I've been a big fan of Agatha Christie for a long long time and never think of them as cozy mysteries, especially the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot ones. Jan :)

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I've seen a lot of arguments for/against classifying Christie as 'cozy'. I felt her Jane Marple books fit the current definition of 'cozy' but Poirot and books like Then There Were None did not. Does it really matter? They're good books. Far better than what passes as cozy these days,

Currently reading A Gathering of Shadows - dark paranormal/fantasy. And A Geek Girl's Guide to Arsenic that is a cozy.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Reacherfan wrote: "I've seen a lot of arguments for/against classifying Christie as 'cozy'. I felt her Jane Marple books fit the current definition of 'cozy' but Poirot and books like Then There Were None did not. Do..."

Actually, to me it does matter. If someone calls Murder on the Orient Express a cozy in a review, it gives the absolute wrong impression. It is one of her strongest, best works, focusing on the nature of justice, and should be recognized as such. To lump that one in with Jane Marple and her knitting needles is inaccurate.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I've finished Bunny Lake is Missing, which is pulp fiction with a subtext of social anxieties facing women and motherhood in the late 1950s. Quite good -- highly intelligent, good writing and literary references that help the author to get her main points across.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Janice wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Jim wrote: "Just finished reading by Agatha Christie


Hmmm -- I don't..."

Sorry, Janice, I must have missed your post. Marple to me is cozy, although way more intelligent than most cozy novels I've read.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Reacherfan wrote: "I've seen a lot of arguments for/against classifying Christie as 'cozy'. I felt her Jane Marple books fit the current definition of 'cozy' but Poirot and books like Then There We..."

To me, a cozy is a mystery where an amateur detective solves a crime, usually murder solely by questioning parties involved. A key element that separates the cozy from other crime fiction is that the detective never seems to be in any danger and the violence is limited to the murder, or murders, being solved. Nobody ever warns Miss Marple to clear off or risk having her knitting needles shoved up her arse.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Reacherfan wrote: "I've seen a lot of arguments for/against classifying Christie as 'cozy'. I felt her Jane Marple books fit the current definition of 'cozy' but Poirot and books like..."

Miss Marple has been in danger once or twice in her career.

[Kat]

just finished Dead Scared , looking forward to read Like This, For Ever , currently reading Misery by Stephen King

[Marwan]

Currently reading The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson

[Miss M]

Just finished A Savage Hunger, the latest in Claire McGowan's series. Very heavy on the melodrama in the investigators' personal lives, which isn't usually my cuppa tea but somehow I'm hooked on this one.

[Janeandjerry]

Currently reading

[Olivia "So many books--so little time.""]

Currently I'm reading Noir by K.W. Jeter. It's sci-fi set in a future Los Angeles but has a lot of thrillerish aspects. The protagonist is investigating a murder. Before that I read The Liar by Nora Roberts. It's about a widow who finds out her husband had kept a lot of secrets from her--secrets that are now causing her problems. I really liked it--four stars.

[Miss M]

Reading Temporary Perfections because after five long years there's finally a new Guido Guerrieri out/translated next month.

[SherryRose]

Cozied up with The Cereal Murders

[Maureen]

I'm reading by Paul Cleave OMG , this book is great so far !!

[Barbara]

Maureen wrote: "I'm reading by Paul Cleave OMG , this book is great so far !!"

I read this recently and thought it was pretty good.

[Barbara]

Sherry wrote: "Cozied up with The Cereal Murders"

I like this series.

[SherryRose]

Barbara wrote: "Sherry wrote: "Cozied up with The Cereal Murders"

I like this series."

I'm enjoying it. I like Goldie.

[Tom]

Maureen wrote: "I'm reading by Paul Cleave OMG , this book is great so far !!"

I thought it was hilarious. Love Joe.

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I enjoyed book 1 and 2 so much that I'm jumping right into book 3. I'm starting Whispers Under Ground as an audiobook. The narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is fantastic.

[Barbara]

I finished The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard. FYI: When it was first published this book was an Oprah's book club pick....which is not necessarily an endorsement It's also a movie.

The plot: Ben Cappadora, three-year-old son of Beth and Pat, vanishes from a hotel lobby. The Cappadoras (who have two other children) can hardly cope and the entire family suffers greatly. For me the book is too long and melodramatic. 3 stars.

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

[Esther]

Barbara wrote: "I finished The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard. FYI: When it was first published this book was an Oprah's book club pick....which is not necessarily an endorse..."

That is the film with Michelle Pfeiffer. I made the mistake of watching soon after it came out when my children were small. Just the trailer gave me a panic attack.
If I hadn't seen the film I would pass on the book as too stressful,.
From your review, Barbara, and having seen the film I would pass on it as being a bit run of the mill.

[Barbara]

Esther wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I finished The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard. FYI: When it was first published this book was an Oprah's book club pick....which is not necess..."

Esther, I think 'run of the mill' is a good description.

[Yuliya]

I'm reading right now Tana French "Broken Harbor", I so love her books, it so special atmosphere in this book, you can feel like you are present there too. Also, I start reading" N for the Noose" by Sue Grafton, it's my first book form this series. why N? just got in my hands from my building community exchange book shelves.
Just finished to listened third Robert Galbraith crime novel - "Career of evil", this series I reading one by one, like it very much.
Now, listening very strange book "Adam and Eve" by Sena Jeter Naslund, not even sure what to say about this book

[Jim]

Just finished reading by Michael Connelly

My Review

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting Why Mermaids Sing

[Faith]

I just finished the literary crime novel Dodgers by a new writer and I thought it was very good. My review is here:

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

[Zoe]

I know it's bad but am re-reading for what must be the 1000sth time the discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness I keep picking it up and falling in love with the story and characters all over again it's just so compelling

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Yesterday I found a quiet space and finally finished Man Tiger, by Eka Kurniawan, which begins with a grotesque crime then goes back in time to understand why it happened. It's less a crime novel than a novel about human nature, but it was really, really good.

Currently reading November Night Tales: Stories of the Supernatural; when I get home this weekend I'll be starting The Tenant, by Roland Topor, which was the basis for Polanski's movie of the same name.

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm jumping right into book 4.... I can't get enough Broken Homes as an audiobook.

[Ctgt]

Zoe wrote: "I know it's bad but am re-reading for what must be the 1000sth time the discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness I keep picking it up and falling in love with the story and characters all over agai..."

My wife does the same thing with that series.

[Tom]

I just finished Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington. It's a powerful coming-of-age tale that focuses on the relationship between two half brothers. My review is here.

[Barbara]

I finished Death of the Black-Haired Girl by Robert Stone. This is more literary novel than mystery. It's about Maud Stack, a college co-ed involved with a married professor. Maud writes a pro-choice article for the college newspaper......and all this has serious consequences. 2 stars for me.

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

[Rhian]

Finished pop goes the weasel by m.j.alridge now I'm wondering why are there so many female characters? Next up is I am pilgrim by Terry Hayes

[Barbara]

Rhian wrote: "Finished pop goes the weasel by m.j.alridge now I'm wondering why are there so many female characters? Next up is I am pilgrim by Terry Hayes"

I recently read I Am Pilgrim. Good book.

[Rhian]

I started it last night Barbara but fell asleep really soon so will restart it today but it definitely started with a bang

[Georgia]

Just finished and am into

[Jim]

I have started reading by Stephen E. Ambrose