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Hi everyone. I’ve recently joined but have been largely silent because I tend to spend more time behind my keyboard than in front of a good book. I have so little time to read that I’ve become super selective when choosing what I spend my non-existent reading time on that I now have book selection paralysis and can’t settle on anything at all. Anyway, hopefully, following your recommendations I’ll find a cure.
Adam wrote: "Hi everyone. I’ve recently joined but have been largely silent because I tend to spend more time behind my keyboard than in front of a good book. I have so little time to read that I’ve become supe..."Welcome Adam. We’ll hopefully get you over your reading slump. What sort of stories interest you when you do read?
Hi, everyone! I'm an avid mystery, thriller, suspense reader. I adore that feeling of not knowing when the next twist will appear--or what it will reveal! I live in northern New Mexico with my family and a Great Pyrenees pup named Ash.
Jenny wrote: "Welcome Alex" Thanks! So glad to be here.
hi tammie i love to read books and i am in usa
Welcome Tammie. Glad to see you joined us.
Welcome Alexa & Tammie!I’m with you Alexa - just love twists that you don’t see coming. Must be super hot where you live these days. Hope you enjoy the heat or can easily find a cool corner to hide out in 😉
Hello everyone. I'm new to goodreads, new to writing and was fairly new to this genre until a few years ago when I began my book and had to research it extensively. I've been hooked ever since... particularly classic detective fiction.
Welcome!!My favorites in classic detective fiction are the Roderick Alleyn series by Ngaio Marsh, Tommy and Tuppence by Agatha Christie, and Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers
Hello all. I’m new to goodreads. I absolutely love this app as I am getting reacquainted with classics that I haven’t read for......a few years..... I have always been a fan of any book that gets me so engrossed in it that I forget what’s happening around me! I can’t wait for some of the discussions. I’ve been reading them and I can’t wait to finish the July picks. I think I am becoming a new fan of the classic Dorothy L Sayers just researching her books and trying to find them. The hunt is on!
Kirsten wrote: "Welcome!!My favorites in classic detective fiction are the Roderick Alleyn series by Ngaio Marsh, Tommy and Tuppence by Agatha Christie, and Lord Peter Wimsey by [a..."
Thanks, I am writing those down! Sadly I had to (prepare to wince) skim a lot of great detective stories because if I stopped to read them all, I never would have gotten through my research. So now I have this huge reading list :)
Hi all! I'm Evalyne, 23 years old and I'm living in the Netherlands!
Currently working as a store employee and finishing my law degree.
Recently I've been realizing how much time I spend staring at a screen and how much I loved to read before, so I've started picking up books rather than bingewatching Netflix.
I've received Into the Water a few days ago and I ordered The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle to read with you guys! I'm excited to read them and get my English going again.
I'm also currently reading One of Us is Lying as well but it's a bit more YA-minded.
Evalyne wrote: "Hi all! I'm Evalyne, 23 years old and I'm living in the Netherlands!
Currently working as a store employee and finishing my law degree.
Recently I've been realizing how much time I spend staring..."
Welcome Evalyne! Hope you enjoy our group. Looking forward to reading The Seven deaths as well 😊
Hello, I'm Susan, I live in the USA and fairly new to Goodreads (I joined late 2017) but I'm truly enjoying it! I'm reading many more books, due to feedback from lots of great readers, and while I read many genres, a new favorite for me this year is the whole thriller/mystery/crime genre. Below are several such books that I really enjoyed the last few months:
Their Lost Daughters
Naked in Death
Still Life
Sometimes I Lie: A Novel
The Broken Girls
The Outsider: A Novel
After Anna
I look forward to reading more of these with you :)
Welcome, Evalyne, Susan, Robert and Donna to the group!
Welcome Susan!You have an interesting list. I also enjoyed the Louise Penny, but haven’t heard of the Jackman/Evans series. It sounds terrific, thanks for the recommendation. Another one added to my overflowing list.
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Thank you Jenny & Icewineanne! I do hope you will enjoy the Jackman & Evans, I believe Joy Ellis is a relatively new British writer and the setting in the Lincolnshire Fens is apparently one she uses in all her novels. I found it a very creative police procedural with a very distinct voice (partly due to the unique setting & the narration by Richard Armitage, an amazing actor/reader).
I really liked Inspector Gamache too & plan to read more of his series when I get time- my TBR list overflows as well!
Hello,I'm sixty-nine, a retired London police detective who worked with and alongside the Intelligence gathering services of the UK. I once was arrested for attempted murder whilst in that role.
I write murder-mystery novels based around what I know and what I've learned from my father who was in The War Department. As I was a kind of espionage operative I like writing intriguing spy stories.
Daniel wrote: "Hello,I'm sixty-nine, a retired London police detective who worked with and alongside the Intelligence gathering services of the UK. I once was arrested for attempted murder whilst in that role.
..."
Greetings Daniel. Wow, your life sounds much more interesting than fiction! Did you ever consider writing a memoir instead?
Best of luck with your book.
Susan wrote: "Hello, I'm Susan, I live in the USA and fairly new to Goodreads (I joined late 2017) but I'm truly enjoying it! I'm reading many more books, due to feedback from lots of great readers, and while I ..."Hi Susan. I read Their Lost Daughters. It was a pretty good read! I'll have to check out the others. Other than the JD Robb. I never got into her books, as her or Nora Roberts. I know, I'm in the minority!
Hi all...I've been a member for a while but haven't really participated. I'm determined to be more active in the group, and if I can figure out how these monthly book readings go, I plan to get involved in that. I'm Alicia Dean, and I live in Edmond, Oklahoma. I LOVE Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense. Police procedurals are my favorites. I look forward to getting to know all of you and trying out the monthly reads. Thanks to the hard-working moderators!!
Sorry, i don't know where to ask this. How can I see what next months books are going to be? Since I'm already reading a book and none of the July options excited me, and we're halfway through the month, I thought I'd jump in on the next round, but I can't find the books that were chosen. thanks!!
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Sorry for the delay, I'm trying to get back into a routine after our vacation. I just posted the books for August. On the group's homepage just under banner and description, you'll find the current books on the right.
Upcoming books on the left.
We have a number of them in the que, so click on the link for "More Upcoming Books" and it will take you to our To Read bookshelf.
Once there click on the column entitled "date started." That will filter the books with the upcoming books at the top. Look at the "date started" and "date finished" to find the August books. We also have listed the last few books for our Focus on the Author (Agatha Christie) series listed there as well.
If these instructions are not clear, feel free to send me a message and I'll try to clarify.
Just joined the group today and looking forward to being a part of the community here. I'm a 37 year old from the Chicago area, married for a little over 5 years and have a son that turns 2 in a few weeks.
I used to read quite a lot when I was in school, but admittedly, after I graduated high school I got a bit lazy and became far more interested in sitting behind a keyboard on the internet than picking up a book to read (still a daily struggle, tbh!).
For the last 20 years I have probably only read about 2-3 books a year, but when 2018 started I made a New Year's resolution to read more, not only for myself because I enjoyed it so much when I was younger, but also I wanted to set an example for my son as he gets older, so that hopefully he will grow up wanting to read as well. The goal I set for myself this year was 20 books. I have already read 17 this year, so I should be able to surpass 20 this year relatively easily. I'm sure 20 books in a year is probably nothing compared to what a lot of members here read, but it's a huge step for me. I've also started reading a lot more non-fiction this year, so that's something I'm pretty proud of as well.
In addition to reading, I'm also a huge music addict and a huge college football (Alabama Crimson Tide) fan. If anybody wants to send me a friend request and/or recommend me a book I might like, that'd be great. Thanks!
David wrote: "Just joined the group today and looking forward to being a part of the community here. I'm a 37 year old from the Chicago area, married for a little over 5 years and have a son that turns 2 in a ..."
Welcome David,
Hey 20 books is amazing for someone who used to read 2-3/yr!
What type of music & which authors/series do you enjoy?
Icewineanne wrote: "Welcome David,Hey 20 books is amazing for someone who used to read 2-3/yr!
What type of music & which authors/series do you enjoy?"
My favorite music came from the 60s and 70s. I listen to a lot of current music but most of it is definitely inspired from 60s and 70s music. Garage rock, blues rock, and I think I love soul music most of all. Classic acts like Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin, but current soul artists like St. Paul & the Broken Bones and Eli "Paperboy" Reed as well.
As for authors and book series, it's tough to say. I mostly look for books that seem interesting to me rather than seeking out particular authors but I have enjoyed authors like Dean Koontz, Steven King and Harlan Coben. I like science fiction, mystery/thrillers, horror, and I'm trying to read more classics and non-fiction this year as well. So far this year I have really enjoyed the first three books in the Middle Falls Time Travel series by Shawn Inmon, and I also really liked 'The Fourth Monkey' by J.D. Barker.
Hi, I'm Marina from Central Italy. I'm 36 and work as a freelance technical translator (no books, just manuals and stuff like that). I love several genres, and am open to give almost anything a try. Mysteries started off my love for reading. I used to read a lot of classic books for children as a young kid, but I became a real reader around age 10, when our teacher asked us to bring a favorite book to school and swap them among us. I can't remember what book I got, but it was a mystery. I read a lot of Agatha Christie, Cornell Wooolrich, Edgar Wallace, Anne Perry etc. as a teen, then went on a mystery/thriller hiatus for some years and I've started reading this genre again some years ago, as an adult. My current favorite mystery author is probably Andrea Camilleri.
Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "Hi, I'm Marina from Central Italy. I'm 36 and work as a freelance technical translator (no books, just manuals and stuff like that). I love several genres, and am open to give almost anything a try..."A warm welcome to you Marina 😊
Alicia wrote: "Susan wrote: "Hello, I'm Susan, I live in the USA and fairly new to Goodreads (I joined late 2017) but I'm truly enjoying it! I'm reading many more books, due to feedback from lots of great readers..."Hi Alicia, sorry I missed your response but I'm glad you enjoyed Their Lost Daughters! I felt it was unique & grew more interesting as it went along (which doesn't always happen ;) I can't decide if JD Robb is necessarily one of my "favorite" authors (especially as I read lots of genres), but to me her books practically read themselves! She makes it look easy.... I hope you're enjoying everything!
Welcome Amber,You’ll find lots of new authors & terrific members to interact with here. We look forward to getting to know you.
Cheers 🐥
Hi, I am a relatively new member—joined when a Goodreads member reviewed my very recent mystery novel The Bone Field. There are now 3 nice Goodreads reviews and more on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Bone-Field-Iro...So, with humility, I hope The Bone Field will catch on with Goodreads members in this group.
Cheers, Kris
Good morning, afternoon or evening, wherever you may be.I'm Jim, a 55-year-old married man from New Jersey, USA. A customer service representative who loves to read, travel, listen to music and sit in front of the keyboard exploring the Internet, I've been on Goodreads since 2009. I read both fiction and nonfiction and average about 40 books read a year. I like classics, history, biography, travel books, westerns, and I'm getting back into mysteries after a long time away from them.
My mother actually got me into mysteries about 20 years ago when she asked me to get Sue Grafton (1940-2017) books from the library. The first one I checked out was an omnibus, Three Complete Novels: A is for Alibi / B is for Burglar / C is for Corpse. I read them after my mom did and was hooked; I've read up to R is for Ricochet.
This year the 35 books I've read have been mostly nonfiction, the last being a biography, Bill Graham Presents; however, on my last trip to the library, I pulled from a shelf The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List by Shelley Mosley, and used it to pick my next reads. Due September 14, 2018, the five books I checked out on August 24, 2018 include: Murder at the Vicarage (1930) and The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920 or 1921) both by Agatha Christie (1890-1976); Fer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout (1886-1975); and two nonfiction books. I'm currently reading Murder at the Vicarage because I'm a bit weird and like to read books in alphabetical order by author and title as well as due date.
Jim
Jim wrote: "Good morning, afternoon or evening, wherever you may be.I'm Jim, a 55-year-old married man from New Jersey, USA. A customer service representative who loves to read, travel, listen to music and s..."
Glad you’re part of the group Jim! Although i read it a long time ago, I remember really enjoying The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
You have an interesting reading pattern. Does it help with remembering which books you’ve read in a series?
Hello, lover of wine from frozen grapes! (Icewineanne)I think my reading pattern does help with series, and in keeping track of what I've read and not read, but not if I want to read them chronologically by publication date. I have an omnibus of the first two Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout (1886-1975), Fer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened Men, which are already in alphabetical order by title, but read one nonfiction and am currently reading another ahead of it.
Jim wrote: "Hello, lover of wine from frozen grapes! (Icewineanne)I think my reading pattern does help with series, and in keeping track of what I've read and not read, but not if I want to read them chronol..."
Stout has quite the long list of books Jim. I’ve read many in the past, but never in any particular order, And now i have no idea which ones i read (should have used your system - too late now - Hah!)
Happy reading Jim!
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