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I like the John Madden books.

I finished The Book of Joe: About a Dog and His Man

Vincent Price (the actor) tells wonderful stories about his beloved dog Joe, as well as other animals he's known and loved. Well-written and funny with charming illustrations. 4 stars.
My complete review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...




This is my third CJ Box book. Having previously read Back of Beyond, and The Highway and really enjoying them, Badlands fell a little flat with me.
I don't particularly enjoy stories about drug/gang wars and so this was a negative for me from the start. I was looking forward to continuing the story of the hunt for 'the Lizard King', and in this respect the book starts off promisingly enough. But we are soon diverted into the drug war by a shift of location for Deputy Cassie Dewell to Grimstad, North Dakota, where Cassie has just been appointed Deputy Sherriff.
Grimstad was a nothing town until oil was discovered. Now it is growing too fast for its infrastructure and problems are beginning to surface. Drugs and prostitution abound. There is a least one 'bad' cop in the department whom Cassie has been tasked with uncovering. And there is a twelve year old paperboy who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and who picked up a package thrown out of an overturned car and took it home.
There are people looking for that package, bad people who will stop at nothing to recover it. And they certainly are not going to allow a twelve year old learning challenged boy to stand in their way.
I loved Kyle's character. He is a charming, determined boy with a bad life but big dreams, and is probably the highlight of this whole book.
This is not a bad book. It just didn't have the same sense of tension that I felt in the previous two.
Will I read the next book in this series? Definitely. This Lizard King thing has me hooked.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishers Australia for the ARC of Badlands in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.


https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I just started B is for Burglar on Sunday. I had read 'A' awhile back and remember liking it then came across B - D at the 25cent store. I enjoy these kinds of books sometimes.


https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I just started [book:B is ..."
There are also excellent audio versions that can usually be found at libraries.

Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm reading MC Beaton at the moment, I was really looking forward to it as not read her before, but I just can't seem to get into it.
Any views please?

Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm reading MC Beaton at the moment, ..."
Hi Mariah. Welcome to Goodreads! This is a great place for readers to discuss their favorite pastime.
I don't believe any GR group would presume to insist that readers finish every book they start. Obviously, not every book is going to live up to our expectations. The question that remains, though, is to what extend you choose to comment on a book you didn't finish. Is it appropriate to assign one star to a book that you didn't enjoy enough to finish or should you just not comment on it at all? Ultimately, the decision on how to handle such a situation is yours but common etiquette dictates that you shouldn't comment negatively on a book while withholding that you haven't finished it.
Mariah wrote: "Hi ... I'm new to Goodreads so apologies if this has been commented on before!
Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm reading MC Beaton at the moment, ..."
I read a lot of her stuff a long time ago and after a while, it all started to look the same to me so I quit reading her.
Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm reading MC Beaton at the moment, ..."
I read a lot of her stuff a long time ago and after a while, it all started to look the same to me so I quit reading her.

Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm reading MC Beaton at the moment, ..."
Hi Tom, thanks for your reply (and your Welcome!). I hope I would always "'fess up" if I didn't finish a book ... perhaps I can have the luxury of not finishing, so long as I explain why!

That would fall in the category of useful information which is always welcome.

Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm reading MC Beaton ..."
I'm wondering, Nancy, if where I went wrong was not starting at the beginning ... I jumped right in with "Something Borrowed, Someone Dead", which I think is number twenty-something in the series. I might have warmed to it a bit more if I'd been introduced to the characters at the start

Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm read..."
It might have been better to start at the beginning, but MC Beaton has a particular style that might not appeal to you. I've read a few of her books, both the Hamish MacBeth and the Agatha Raisins. I tend to read when I want something light and entertaining.

Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm reading MC Beaton at the moment, ..."
I read a lot and I'm a fast reader but I will admit that I haven't finished a book I wasn't enjoying since I was in college, which was WAY too many years ago.
I read for entertainment ... my entertainment ... and if a book is not entertaining me I have no hesitation in putting it aside and finding one that does. That said, I usually do not comment on the ones that I don't finish, unless there is a compelling reason for that other than my personal preferences, as what doesn't appeal to me may be fine for someone else.

Is there a "reader's etiquette" rule here about finishing books you've started? I'm reading MC Beaton ..."
Like your attitude.


I've gone by Jack London's advice - life is too short to waste time on a book you don't like. I usually try to make it to the first 50 or so pages. If I can't get it to by then - too bad. A recent example was The Phantom of the Opera. I thought it started out really slow. But it had really picked up and showed promise by the time I got to page 50. I wound up enjoying the book.



I had planned to read the series in order and Heaven's Prisoners would have been next but I had a hold request on for this book and it was available. It is only one of two books in Kindle format available at my library.



It was a quite gritty read, and while I usually enjoy that, I would've rated this one lower if it wasn't for one of the characters I simply wanted to slap around.
My 4* review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Currently reading The Girls



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


I enjoy the Arcady Renko series very much. All were very interesting.


Charlotte (Buried in Books) wrote: "I just get really restless sometimes and can't settle on anything to read. I always have lots on the go and get frustrated if nothing takes my fancy. Happens quite regularly. Hoping this plan will ..."
I have tons of books in my house, and I still have days where I can't find anything to read. Has that ever happened to you?
I have tons of books in my house, and I still have days where I can't find anything to read. Has that ever happened to you?
I'm slowly (on purpose) reading Despair by Nabokov. So far, at page 60, I'm loving it. So much in this book!

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More often than I'd like, especially when I have a long series of free downloads that end up DNFs for me. What I usually end up doing is going back and re-reading one or more of my old favorites, a bit like visiting an old friend. You know what they are going to say before they say it, but you still enjoy the visit.


I have tons of books in my house, and I still have days where I can't find anything to read. Has that ever happened to you?"
I have noticed it too, the more choices I have, the less I can make up my mind on what to read! I just want the newest as what I already have, I can always get to later lol
Yesterday I read The Front Seat Passenger

I had never read his books before and was quite happy with my choice.
already wrote a review too, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Oh yes Nancy, regardless of all the books in the house, I still have days when I just can't find anything I really want to read.
I wander from room to room flicking through things, but just can find the enthusiasm to read it. Frustrating.
Charlotte (Buried in Books) wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Charlotte (Buried in Books) wrote: "I just get really restless sometimes and can't settle on anything to read. I always have lots on the go and get frustrated if nothing takes my fanc..."
There has been more than one occasion when I made my husband pick a random book from my shelves for me because I felt like reading nothing. It is definitely frustrating.
There has been more than one occasion when I made my husband pick a random book from my shelves for me because I felt like reading nothing. It is definitely frustrating.
John wrote: "I have considered putting slips of paper with titles on them in a hat, and drawing one!"
been there, actually done that. Not titles, but genre (mystery, nonfiction, translated literature...)
been there, actually done that. Not titles, but genre (mystery, nonfiction, translated literature...)
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