What are You Reading Besides a Cozy? Showing 801-850 of 2,075

[Beth]

The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis. It’s set in the 1920s and the 1970s around an art school in Grand Central Station and one found drawing. I’m really enjoying the characters, especially the ones in the 1920s.

[Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review), Co-Moderator, Featured Series]

Currently reading about the 5:2 diet and looking at a 5:2 veggie recipe book!

[Mark]

One non-cozy this week:

The 19th Christmas by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[L J]

Wrangled Fate (Black Claw Ranch, #1) by Cecilia Lane
Paranormal Romantic Suspense. Tansey is a human searching for her missing brother who recently became a wolf shifter. Ethan's a bear shifter rancher. With interesting world, variety of characters, romance and suspense, this had the potential to be a world where I wanted to read every book but too much tragic past repetition interrupts suspense and romance. At about halfway I started skimming for dialogue and scenes that would actually move the story forward.
Others may love it and I would have liked it more when I was younger but now I can only take so much of tragic pasts.

[Meg]

I'm currently listening to The Flatmate. Enjoying it a lot.

[QNPoohBear]

I read (Net Galley) Dogs Don't Lie. It's listed as a cozy but it doesn't have the hallmarks of the typical cozy except for an amateur sleuth and cute animals. I really enjoyed it, especially the animals!

I also have e-arcs from NetGalley Miss Austen and The Jane Austen Society

[Mark]

Here's a middle grade fantasy novel I enjoyed in the last couple of weeks.

The Last Dragon by James Riley https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mark]

A non-cozy audio book this week.

The Lost World by Michael Cricton

[Katherine]

I find I like to read multiple books at once. Usually a cozy, a YA fiction (currently The Toll, Neal Shusterman is one of my favorite YA authors), and a Thriller/Non-cozy mystery (currently The Long Call).

[L J]

Way too far from cozy to suit me.
I said I'd read R.L. Naquin's Monster Haven books that were interspersed with the short stories I'd read and I did it. I did not enjoy it.
I gave these a fair shot: Monster in My Closet, Pooka in My Pantry, Fairies in My Fireplace. I have no idea why anyone would describe these as fun and yet most of the reviews talk about how fun they are. Main character Zoey is too old to be main character in dystopian teen series but has the kind of life that would fit there.
I found events with which I was uncomfortable as well as too much sad and tragic:
Book #1 after first description of (view spoiler)[Incubus rapes victims killing with forced orgasms victims include Zoey's new friend. Zoey's best friend almost dies. (hide spoiler)] I tried to skip those scenes.
Book #2 too many tragedies and losses (view spoiler)[ more death and Fennec fox introduced in first book is maimed - again people Zoey knows are killed including a new friend (hide spoiler)]
Book #3 why in the world does anyone think these are fun? More tragedy (view spoiler)[more deaths including Iris an important character in each book who finally has mate (hide spoiler)] This time I could see it coming, skipped ahead to confirm, then went back and read most of what I skipped.
I re-read the short stories I liked in series order but didn't enjoy them as much because now I see the darkness.

[Barbara]

Just finished a biography I got from NetGalley. It was surprisingly fresh and honest:

Full Circle: From Hollywood to Real Life and Back by Andrea Barber
my review

[Mark]

Thanks for sharing. As a fellow Full House/Fuller House fan, I was curious about it. I'll have to get it.

[Christine]

Murder at Cape Three Points by Kwai Quartey

[Alice]

I am reading by Heather Webber. I was convinnced I wouldn't like it but I can stop reading it. Well written

[Nell]

On the road, I read Little Fires Everywhere - very good storytelling.

[Mark]

A non-cozy Christmas mystery this week:

The Wolves of Christmas by Sandy Dengler

[Barbara]

I just finished listening to Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer, the first book in the William Warwick series. As with the Clifton Chronicles, this promises to be a terrific series.


I am also currently reading Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations by Tom Chaffin. It is a very interesting historical account.

[Nell]

I'm reading The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen.

[Barbara]

I just finished Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations by Tom Chaffin. My review is here.

[Alice]

by Colin Cotterill Book 15 in Dr Siri series. Excellent series start with book 1

[Mark]

I finished off the year with:

Legacy, the eighth Keeper of the Lost Cities book from Shannon Messenger. This is a fantastic middle grade fantasy series.

[Melodie]

Karen wrote: "I just finished Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost that I got from the library. Another terrific story!
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I LOVED the Kat & Bones books. Not so much the various spin-offs.

[Shala]

I started this week for my IRL book club.

[Christine]

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

[QNPoohBear]

Harbor for the Nightingale I love the Stranje House series. There's something so appealing about females as spies and action heroines in the restrictive 19th-century society. I love it when women save the world, in this case, trying to save the world from Napoleon.

[Gary]

My current non-cozy reads are:

The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner, book 1 in the Perry Mason series. I do not recall reading this when I was on my Mason reading binge in the 1970s and 80s. Reading on my Kindle.

A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan. Listening to my Audible copy.

[MadameZelda]

I am reading and listening to by K.F. Breene.

[L J]

Catching up with the Sinclair family books by J.S. Scott.

Immersion reading:
kindle Enamored
and
audible Enamored

My favorite so far in the Accidental Millionaires series. I'm going to make myself wait a week before I read this again or at least I'm going to try to wait that long.

Now, the burning question is.... When do the Montgomery brothers get their HEAs and is there going to be action adventure theme to their books? Their military backgrounds, mining business, and treasure hunting hobby seem made to order for intrigue.

[Cindy]

I am reading Crave by J R Ward as well as two different cozy mystery series and just finished The Warded Man and Caught Dead Handed. ; ;

[Christine]

Your Artist’s Brain by Carl Purcell

[Mark]

Got two non-cozies this week:

The Silent Second by Adam Walker Phillips https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

"P" is for Peril by Sue Grafton https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kirsten]

I've been reading A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

[beachbum bookworm]

Getting ready to start "The wives" by Tarryn Fisher.

[Leona]

Exploring an Alien Culture by J B Hove

[Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review), Co-Moderator, Featured Series]

Just about to start Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by B.J. Fogg

[Mark]

I went back and enjoyed a middle grade mystery over the weekend.

The Downtown Desperadoes by Sigmund Brouwer https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This series is fantastic for all ages with some intricantly plotted mysteries. If you have a child or grandchild, I highly recommend this series. Or for you if you want to read a great mystery.

[MadameZelda]

I am reading

[Cindy]

I am reading

[Gwendolyn]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Tell us what else you're reading"
I'm actually not reading a cozy at the moment. I am currently reading two very different works. "The Word is Murder," by Anthony Horowitz, which, is still a mystery, but, contains a few details more than your typical cozy, and, a historical, nonfiction book, "Island of the Lost," by Joan Druett.

[Mark]

Joan Druett has written a few historical cozies that I've read. Still got one or two left in that series.

[L J]

With the local library undergoing remodel I have been making heavy use of my 3 month Kindle Unlimited membership.
Have list of cozies to read on KU and wow after trying a couple of books and a bit of a third in the Taken by a Trillionaire multiple author series I am ready for a break. The series story arc is too grim and thrillerish for my tastes. Traditionalist secret society members' duty is to kill royals and their family members, including children, as punishment for anything the society views as violation of traditions. Anyone could be a secret member so danger is constant. I like romantic suspense but this is too much.

[MadameZelda]

I am reading by Elizabeth Hunter

[Nell]

I've started reading The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith. It's well-written just as you'd expect from J.K. Rowling. I'll be on a cross-country flight later today, I'm counting on this tome to keep me entertained.

[Alice]

Last night I started The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellows. It is quite entertaining. I was looking for new to me author to read.

[beachbum bookworm]

finished Leah Remini's book troublemaker...check out review
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini










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Hope everyday is a great reading day!

[L J]

Trouble Comes in Threes - M.A. Church - 3+***

M/M/M shifter romance with some suspense/mystery and violence
I was going to read this last year for library challenge to read book with characters different from reader. I'm not cat, not shifter, not male. I wasn't able to get it then but read it when it became available to me and I'm glad I did.
It was fun that the cat shifters in this behave like domestic cats when in their cat forms even though they retained human intelligence. Interesting that they choose to fight in cat form despite their relatively small size. The world is complex and secondary characters are interesting, some likable, some not. I tend to skim sex scenes especially longer ones so I did quite a bit of skimming. In spite of that the book seemed long. I think it was because some points seemed repetitive to me. Interesting secondary characters from this are featured in later books in the Fur, Fangs, and Felines series. I'm interested in world story arc developments indicated by blurbs for future books but hesitant to try them since page counts show they are longer than this first one.

[Gretchen]

I'm reading The Bromance Book Club. It's very entertaining. I recommend it for people who enjoy romance books.

[L J]

Golden in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen narrator.
I enjoy the character development in these and the slightly futuristic police procedural plot. It make sense that Peabody especially continues to grow into her position as she is one of the younger characters. Nice to catch up on the lives of the familiar police personnel and other regulars in the cast either by appearance or mention.

[MadameZelda]

I am reading . It's a PNR/UF book.

[L J]

Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost
Looking forward to next book, Night Rebel #3 Wicked All Night.