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[Maureen]

I just finished by Michael Connelly which was number 5 in the Harry Bosh series- now I just started by David Rosenfelt AND omg I'm loving this book so far !!

[Esther]

Just finished and started .

[Mary Beth]

Esther how did you like The knife of never letting go. Im just curious because I have the book.

[Esther]

Mary wrote: "Esther how did you like The knife of never letting go. Im just curious because I have the book."

Unfortunately I was disappointed. I loved and at first it seemed this book might have the same emotional punch but instead the story used tired tropes and cheap tricks to ramp up the suspense. Without giving away spoilers it is difficult to explain exactly what I mean but after a while it just got on my nerves.
And there is no satisfactory ending of course because it is part of a series. :(

[Barbara]

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

It sure does!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I totally spaced that my real-life book group meets Tuesday, so I started A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson. He's very funny.

[Bill]

I'm about to start a couple of new books; The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas and The Blue Lenses and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "I totally spaced that my real-life book group meets Tuesday, so I started A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson. He's very funny."

That was a fun book.

[Jan C]

Nancy wrote: "I totally spaced that my real-life book group meets Tuesday, so I started A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson. He's very funny."

I used to listen to it on my return trips from North Carolina to Chicago. He would be talking about where I was driving - North Carolina, Tennessee.

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting book # 16 Portrait in Death

[Mary Beth]

Esther wrote: "Mary wrote: "Esther how did you like The knife of never letting go. Im just curious because I have the book."

Unfortunately I was disappointed. I loved and at f..."

Ugh! I had a feeling that might be the case. Im happy I got a good deal on the book lol! I heard A Monster Calls was a good book.

[Esther]

Mary wrote: "Esther wrote: "Mary wrote: "Esther how did you like The knife of never letting go. Im just curious because I have the book."

To be honest most people seem to really like The Knife of Never Letting Go. I often find I am 'odd man out' though it tends to be more with literary fiction than genre fiction.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Just finished a good solid 4 star read - The Bone Orchard by Paul Doiron. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tom]

I just finished A Head Full of Ghosts. It had some good twists and left me scratching my head, not necessarily a bad thing. My review is here.

[Esther]

Bill wrote: "I'm about to start a couple of new books; The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas and The Blue Lenses and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier."

The Blue Lenses is really good though a little creepy.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Jan C wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I totally spaced that my real-life book group meets Tuesday, so I started A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson. He's very fu..."

Finished this book last night just before dinner -- I enjoyed it enough to buy his The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain right after turning the last page.

[Miss M]

Nancy wrote: "Jan C wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I totally spaced that my real-life book group meets Tuesday, so I started A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson..."

If you haven't already, you might want to read Notes from a Small Island first. You can read Little Dribbling on its own, but Notes gives you the background on his first coming to the UK (and staying), and Dribbling is a reflection/appreciation 20 years on.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Miss M wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Jan C wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I totally spaced that my real-life book group meets Tuesday, so I started A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, ..."

I read that some time ago along with In a Sunburned Country. This year I have some travel writing coming up, so I'll be reading his The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America.

[Bill]

Esther wrote: "Bill wrote: "I'm about to start a couple of new books; The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas and The Blue Lenses and Other Stories by Daphne du Ma..."</i>

I'm looking forward to cracking it open.

<i>Nancy wrote: "Miss M wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Jan C wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I totally spaced that my real-life book group meets Tuesday, so I started [book:A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachia..."</i>

I've just started Bryson's [book:One Summer: America 1927. Interesting so far.

[Mary Beth]

Just finished Criminal . Here is my review.

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

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Finished The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum. I first became aware of this book after streaming a past episode of American Experience one night when I couldn't sleep, and I discovered that there was a book.

[Barbara]

Nancy wrote: "Finished The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum. I first became aware of this book after streaming a past episode of..."

This looks interesting.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Barbara wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finished The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum. I first became aware of this book after streaming a p..."

It is. The American Experience episode is on Netflix, if you're interested.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/art...

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I just finished and

Now I love Leslie Langtry and I know her Marshmallow S'Mores Murder gets 5* on Amazon, but there were a LOT of timeline and character errors and major changes to make this plot work. This included a full term pregnancy that was discovered and giving birth all within an 8 week period. hummmmm Nope, not right on so many levels. And she had all kinds of subplots just hanging out there in space. I just felt annoyed. It read like a late draft, not a polished, well-edited book.

The Hitwoman and the Chubby Cherub was a good addition to the series.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "It is. The American Experience episode is on Netflix, if you're interested.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/art... ."

I think I've seen that one. It was excellent!

[Sean]

Thank you to NetGalley, the publishers and the author Ward Larsen for an ARC book.

The first thing I asked myself, was this my type of book, would I like a book about a aircraft investigator ! Well now I can tell you, yes this is my type of book, fast paced, tension filled, action packed and full of suspence.

Jammer Davis has spent most of his life investigating aircraft accidents. When a small regional jet disappears over the jungles of Colombia, it is a tragedy like dozens of others he has seen…but for one terrible detail—his young daughter, who was enroute to a semester abroad in South America, is listed on the passenger manifest.
A distraught Davis rushes to Bogotá and bulls his way into the inquiry. When the wreckage is located, it becomes clear the crash was unsurvivable. As the investigation gains momentum, the facts go astray. Two pilots had been shot before the crash, along with one passenger. The possibility of a hijacking looms large as the search begins to focus on two passengers who boarded the plane, yet their remains cannot be found.
Davis uncovers an even more sinister plot behind the entire disaster—one that goes to the highest levels of the United States government. But how could it possibly involve his daughter?

This is more that just a aircraft investigator story, so much more, an author that I recommend in fact I have bought Fly By Night another Jammer Davis story, as well as A Perfect Assassin.

This book builds to a great conclusion, gripping and full of twists and nasty characters.

A great read and a clear four star book for me.

[Barbara]

Nancy wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finished The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum.

It is. The American Experience episode is on Netflix, if you're interested.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/art...


Thanks Nancy.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tom wrote: "Nancy wrote: "It is. The American Experience episode is on Netflix, if you're interested.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/art... ."

I think I've seen that one. It was excellent!"

I wanted Larry to see it so we watched it again last night -- he's always amazed at all of the history he never learned in school.

[Barbara]

I finished Splinter the Silence by Val McDermid.

In this 9th book in the series DCI Carol Jordan is reunited with her best detectives to form a new Major Investigations Team. The MIT looks into the 'suicides' of several women who were mercilessly bullied online. Good book. 3.5 stars.

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

[Georgia]

Am reading The Burning Room good but am wondering if it is as good as the 11 other Connelly's I've read. You can see that I am a fan. Let you know when finished.

[Ian]

End Games in Bordeaux brings this excellent series, set in wartime France, to a close.

[Tim]

Just finished NYPD Red by James Patterson. Am now reading Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood. The former was pretty good. Am too early to rate the Marwood book.

[Jo]

Just finished "No One Knows" by J. T. Ellison. A fast page turner and probably one of the best thrillers I've ever read.

[Ann]

I'm half-way through by Karin Slaughter. It took me around 9 chapters to get into the story - but now I'm hooked.

[Theweebarrell]

Reading pretty girls by karin slaughter

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting Echo Park

[Barbara]

I finished Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke. In this addition to the series Hannah accidently kills a man with her truck, is involved with planning her mother's wedding, and bakes a ton of cookies. Too little 'mystery' and too many cookie recipes in this book.
3 stars.

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

[Rhian]

Had to finish I am pilgrim by Terry Hayes because it was keeping me awake at night all I can say is Immense

[Peter]

I got to hear Peter May talk about his latest book, Coffin Road, at Adelaide Writers Week and was intrigued by the bee story he told us was the inspiration for writing it. It's set on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. I enjoyed it so much I ended up reading his Lewis Trilogy: The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen. Can recommend them all as a good read.

[Belinda]

I just finished Gone Girl I loved it

[Mary Beth]

Ann wrote: "I'm half-way through by Karin Slaughter. It took me around 9 chapters to get into the story - but now I'm hooked."

Ann I felt the same way. I loved it when it got close to the ending.

[Mary Beth]

[Jim]

Just finished reading by Stephen E. Ambrose

My Review

[Jim]

Just started reading by Lee Child

[Bill]

Exploring true crime with my current book, Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Bill wrote: "Exploring true crime with my current book, Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French."

Very good book.

[Tom]

Nancy wrote: "Bill wrote: "Exploring true crime with my current book, Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French."..."

That does sound good.

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting Foxglove Summer as an audiobook

[Rebecca]

Although it is not a crime, mystery, or thriller, I just finished "The Monk" by Matthew Lewis and it was amazing. Currently reading "The Trials at Nuremberg" and going to be starting "Murder as a Fine Art" by David Morrell. Really looking forward to it!

[❆ Crystal ❆]

I'm starting Harry Bosch # 13 The Overlook