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[Pat]

I have just ordered thru Amazon the first 4 books of Melinda Leigh books on MP3. Melinda Leigh's books are more suspense than cozy.

[Sharon]

I just finished Hank Phillippi Ryan's Trust Me. She did a great job of making me wonder who was nuts but the twist at the end was believable. I'd recommend it to fans of the unreliable narrator mystery subgenre.

[L J]

Finishing some Georgette Heyer audio I have from Hoopla while I catch up on some fall house and yard work.
Arabella is often listed as one of Heyer's most popular books and I enjoyed listening to the audio but it's not exactly my cup of tea. I thought my tastes might have changed since I read it decades ago and many readers to love it. If you haven't tried Heyer and you enjoy Jane Austen this might be a good Heyer to try but for me I prefer the Heyer with a bit more adventure.

[L J]

Georgette Heyer The Corinthian. This is more my style of book. Young Penelope's solution to the problem of being urged to marry a cousin she doesn't care for: Cut off her hair, dress in a suit, and climb out her window using her bed sheets. The sheets are a bit short which is how she comes to meet The Corinthian. Richard is walking home from his club inebriated from celebrating the unwanted engagement his family is trying to force on him. He decides to help Pen. Thieves, Bow Street Runner, star-crossed lovers and more adventure and hilarity as the two inevitably and charmingly fall in love.
I enjoy Heyer's mysteries but her more adventurous outlandish Regencies delight me.

[L J]

Georgette Heyer Faro's Daughter is still one of my favorite Heyer books with a couple of my favorite characters. Deb has no intention of ensnaring Max's young cousin who is infatuated with her and on some level Max knows this but both Deb and Max enjoy the game of trying to best each other. This book is one of the most fun Regencies I've read. Nothing really serious going on. No spies. No thieves. Just fun. Well, there is sort of a kidnapping.

[L J]

Enjoyed listening to Georgette Heyer Sylvester: Or, The Wicked Uncle narrated by Nicholas Rowe. Some my favorite Heyer secondary characters are in this book. Sylvester's mother and Phoebe's best friend Tom Orde are great positive characters. Some other characters are very silly and Sylvester's nephew rivals the boy in The Ransom of Red Chief.

[Mark]

On audio this week, I finished:

City of Bones by Michael Connelly

[L J]

SaraKim wrote: "L J wrote: "Enjoyed listening to Georgette Heyer Sylvester: Or, The Wicked Uncle narrated by Nicholas Rowe....
Thank you for reminding me of Georgette Heyer! I need to revisit her books."

You're welcome. When I saw the unabridged audios on Hoopla I decided it was time for a re-read.
Just finished Venetia one of my all time favorite books and heroines - she has brains, commonsense and determination and for years I've quoted her line about drunks and their holding on to an idea.

[Barbara]

I'm listening to The Poet by Michael Connelly. So far, it's very good!

[Shala]

I am also reading two historical fiction books The Subway Girls and A Night Divided, as well as a YA I Remember You.

[Beth]

Just finished The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles. A Gothic tale set in the early 1960's. I expect more people will enjoy the outcome than I did. Will read non-fiction next month.

[Courtney]

I always have several books going at one time. Right now, I'm listening to . My current non-fiction book is . My oldest son and I are reading and . My youngest son and I are devouring all the Halloween picture books!

[Sharon]

Sharon wrote: "I'm reading a nonfiction about writing - it's a looooong book! "the making of a story" by Alice LaPlante. Doing it like I would a course - working the activities, trying what is she suggesting, etc.

[Alice]

Gary wrote: "Currently reading Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz."

Love the whole Camber series. One of my all time favorites

[Mark]

This week, I enjoyed

Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly

[C.]

Love my cowboy romances~

[Courtney]

Sharon wrote: "Sharon wrote: "I'm reading a nonfiction about writing - it's a looooong book! "the making of a story" by Alice LaPlante. Doing it like I would a course - working the activities, trying what is she ..."

That is how I approach many non-fiction books. I always have at least one non-fiction going and I keep a journal ready to highlight and mark up the text.

[Courtney]

I recently finished The Defiant Child, and now I'm starting The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out as my current non-fiction book.

[C.]

Had really filthy language from the get-go, so stopped reading!

[Beth]

I’m trying to wind down Non-fiction November with The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife. It’s really interesting so far and I did not know that a Yeoman of the Guard looks after the Tower ravens.

[Linda]

I am reading two books and they are:

- I am loving this book. I am reading this on my Kindle and it came from Amazon. I am on Chapter 26.

I love Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mystery Series. I have read A - W and now I am on X. After I get done reading X than I will just have Y to read. Than this Series will be completely finished. I am hoping to have this Series done within a few weeks.

Happy Reading :)

[C.]

My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia

[BLynne]

I just finished Harsh Gods by Michelle Belanger, which was a great read. I'm currently reading The Opposite of Loneliness by Maria Keegan and A Call of Nature by David Vahlberg.

[MadameZelda]

Reading my sister's ebook and listening to the audio from the library. Disgustingly rich it boggles my mind.

[Zermeena]

I just finished listening to Hecate J.B. Rockwell. Now I'm listening to In the Company of Others and reading Anne of Green Gables.

[Barbara]

I'm just starting the audible version of After Anna by Lisa Scottoline.

[Beth]

I’m reading Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave. It’s interesting as a novel set during the London Blitz, but to me it’s not as engaging as Dear Mrs. Bird. But I will finish it.

[MadameZelda]

I am reading a listening to by Jennifer Estep. Boring right now, but I am expecting to pick up.

[Alice]

I am reading by Janet Evanovich the series has run its course, but yet I am still reading it.
Not as good as the first few

[Melodie]

Alice wrote: "I am reading by Janet Evanovich the series has run its course, but yet I am still reading it.
Not as good as the first few"

That one was actually completely awful!! A friend gave me her copy of Look Alive Twenty-Five to read. I'll get it read next week so she can have it back. Would never have bothered with it otherwise.

[Alice]

Melodie wrote: "Alice wrote: "I am reading by Janet Evanovich the series has run its course, but yet I am still reading it.
Not as good as the first few"

That one was ac..."

I finished it. It was not as bad as I expected. I few laugh out loud moments. When Ms. Evanovich has to resort to zombies she needs to wrap up the series.

[L J]

Alice wrote: "Melodie wrote: "Alice wrote: "I am reading by Janet Evanovich the series has run its course, but yet I am still reading it.
Not as good as the first few"..."

Last Plum books I read "not as bad as I expected" is accurate description of my reaction. Read three Evanovich I didn't much like too close together. Read the Hawaii Plum book and was annoyed, a Wicked book which to me was more disturbing than funny, and the Fox and O'Hare with torture scenes and ending I didn't like. Haven't read and don't plan to read zombies.

[Kellene]

Reading The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash. Love his work, but it's usually a tough read. They are set in NC, so I usually know every location they are in.

[Jordan]

I just finished Still Me today and I'm also enjoying Unlearn: 101 Life Lessons Without the Bullshit which is a great book filled with bite size snippets of life lessons that make you think.

[Rebecca]

I'm taking a wee break from cozies for the next few weeks, and reading (and in some cases, re-reading) a LOT of Maeve Binchy books.

[MadameZelda]

I am reading Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews

[Zermeena]

I'm listening to The Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan. Narrated by Kate Reading. I love this series!

[Susan]

Re reading A Christmas Carol. A tradition for me.

[L J]

Susan wrote: "Re reading A Christmas Carol. A tradition for me."

A Christmas Carol is a tradition for me but I now sometimes do an audio version. I especially like hearing it read by male readers with English accents.

[Gary]

Alice wrote: "Gary wrote: "Currently reading Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz."

Love the whole Camber series. One of my all time favor..."

Finally got back to it. Things are getting grim.

[L J]

Gary wrote: "Alice wrote: "Gary wrote: "Currently reading Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz."
Love the whole Camber series. One of my...
Things are getting grim..."

This one is probably the most grim book in the series. Deryni and Camber books are favorites of mine but I tell friends I suggest them to they need to think of them as alternative history not high fantasy.

[Mark]

L J wrote: "Susan wrote: "Re reading A Christmas Carol. A tradition for me."

A Christmas Carol is a tradition for me but I now sometimes do an audio version. I especially like hearing it read by male readers ..."

My go to audio version is the recording of Patrick Stuart's one make show. So good.

[Gary]

L J wrote: "Gary wrote: "Alice wrote: "Gary wrote: "Currently reading Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz."
Love the whole Camber series..."

I view them as historical fantasy, although alternate history works as well. They are also likely the forerunners of grimdark fantasy. Camber is certainly a morally ambiguous character.
He thinks he is doing the right thing for his country, but the unintended consequences of his actions are fairly dire.

[Barb, Co-Moderator Challenge Expert]

For those of you Christmas Carol fans who also enjoy historical fiction, have any of you read Mr. Dickens and His Carol, by Samantha Silva? I listened to it last year around this time and enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to.

[L J]

Gary wrote: "I view them as historical fantasy, although alternate history works as well. They are also likely the forerunners of grimdark fantasy. Camber is certainly a morally ambiguous character..."

Historical fantasy works for me and I can certainly see them as forerunners of grimdark fantasy. I think most of what I read in fantasy falls into that as a broad category including mystery series like Dresden Files.

[L J]

Barb wrote: "For those of you Christmas Carol fans who also enjoy historical fiction, have any of you read Mr. Dickens and His Carol, by Samantha Silva? I listened to it last y..."

Thanks. I took a look at it and added audio to my holiday tbr list.

[Susan]

Barb wrote: "For those of you Christmas Carol fans who also enjoy historical fiction, have any of you read Mr. Dickens and His Carol, by Samantha Silva? I listened to it last y..."

Thanks I will look for this one.

[Mark]

I listened to the audio version of The First Rule by Robert Crais

[Nell]

I am reading 1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber. A good read for the holiday season and a chance to revisit characters from earlier in this series.

[Alice]

Historical mystery. Very good older series
by Edward Marston