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[Kirsten]

Just finished reading Imperfect Strangers by David M. Staniforth

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

[Kirsten]

Just finished reading The State Counsellor: Further Adventures of Fandorin by Boris Akunin

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[Kim]

I enjoy reading all kinds of books, from cozy mysteries to thrillers to hard core mysteries. I also like romance, contemporaries, and some fantasy. I just finished a re-read of Joanne Flukes's Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder because the Hallmark movie is coming out in May. Before that I finished very old Tami Hoag book called Mismatch. As you can see, I am all over the place with my reading!

[Melodie]

Carla wrote: "I am reading as a book and on my tablet. Back to cozies after those two."

I liked THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. It was a group read on the mystery/thriller board I'm on a couple of months back. Good book. Would never have read it otherwise.

[Melodie]

Melissa wrote: "Just starting The Young Elites ."

As much as I loved her Legend Trilogy, that's how much I hated this book! Hope you like it more than I did!

[Melodie]

Kim wrote: "I enjoy reading all kinds of books, from cozy mysteries to thrillers to hard core mysteries. I also like romance, contemporaries, and some fantasy. I just finished a re-read of Joanne Flukes's [b..."

Plan on watching the movie on Hallmark, but from all I've read about it so far, it's pretty much nothing like the book. Starting with the fact that the gal, whose name escapes me at the moment, who's playing Hannah looks absolutely NOTHING like Hannah's supposed to look!

[Melissa]

Melodie wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Just starting The Young Elites ."

As much as I loved her Legend Trilogy, that's how much I hated this book! Hope you like it mo..."

I am halfway through and liking it so far, but I haven't read the Legend books.

[Kim]

Melodie wrote: "Kim wrote: "I enjoy reading all kinds of books, from cozy mysteries to thrillers to hard core mysteries. I also like romance, contemporaries, and some fantasy. I just finished a re-read of Joanne..."

Yeah I've heard the movie is nothing like the books as well, which is why I want to watch it. The books get worse with each one written. Alison Sweeney is playing Hannah and I really like her, so I want to see how she portrays her.

[Lynn]

Kirsten wrote: "Just finished reading The State Counsellor: Further Adventures of Fandorin by Boris Akunin

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I'm so glad someone else reads this series. Erast is one of my favorite characters ever. I went wild when I found the ones that were not published in the US in bookstores here in Australia. I finished The State Counsellor last November and have The Coronation coming up on my TBR pile.

[Kirsten]

Just finished reading Atonement by Ian McEwan

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[Kirsten]

Lynn - So hard to find! Why are these NOT on Kindle?? I need to get a copy of The Coronation!

I discovered this series quite by accident. I normally went to the Kent branch of the King County Library System, but that day I went to the Des Moines branch instead and found Murder on the Leviathan. After I read that one, there was no going back!

[Lynn]

Kirsten wrote: "Lynn - So hard to find! Why are these NOT on Kindle?? I need to get a copy of The Coronation!"

I found The Winter Queen not long after it was published in the US, but it's been hard to find the rest of them. I really wonder why the series was not continued in the US. The versions of The State Counsellor, The Coronation, He Lover of Death, She Lover of Death, and The Diamond Chariot I finally found were UK editions and weren't easy to find here. I had to go to small independent bookshops. I know they are horribly hard to find in the US.

I've seen them for sale on some Australian bookstore sites as ebooks, though not as Kindle ebooks. I can send you links to those if you'd like to try that route.

[Kirsten]

Lynn wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Lynn - So hard to find! Why are these NOT on Kindle?? I need to get a copy of The Coronation!"

I found The Winter Queen not long after it was published in the US, but it's been har..."

I got The State Counsellor by going to betterworldbooks.com.

[Jean]

I admire your tenacity. Hope the read is worth the hunt!

[Kirsten]

Just finished listening to Firestorm by Nevada Barr, an Anna Pigeon mystery.

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[Melissa]

Just starting The Wicked Will Rise .

[Lynn]

I'm reading A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver for the book that came out the year you were born task on the 2015 Ultimate Reading Challenge. It's a re-read for me, but I'm looking forward to it as it's been a while.

[Kirsten]

I've been reading Middlemarch by George Eliot

[Leslie]

Kirsten wrote: "I've been reading Middlemarch by George Eliot"

I had mixed feelings about that book -- parts I thought very good but Dorothea seemed unreasonable to me. Hope you have a better time with it.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

In between cozies this week I read a rom-suspense that fit one of the criteria for the Ultimate Challenge -- Claiming His Family by Ann Voss Peterson. Not only set locally, but written by a local author.

[Kirsten]

I started reading The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins yesterday.

[Starr]

I read "Girl on a Train." I didn't care for the main female character. I think the author was trying to make you feel sorry for her but I found her to be a little on the pathetic side. I did give the book 4 stars though because the surprise ending was good. I hope you enjoy it Kristen.

[Melodie]

Starr wrote: "I read "Girl on a Train." I didn't care for the main female character. I think the author was trying to make your feel sorry for her but I found her to be a little on the pathetic side. I did give ..."

I hated every single character in the book, but still kept reading. To me, that's the sign of a pretty good writer when they can keep you turning the pages and the characters have no redeeming qualities!

[Melissa]

Right now, I'm reading Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII. It's an intriguing book with lots of drama.

[Karen M]

I'm reading a post-apocalyptic book, The Country of Ice Cream Star.

[Melissa]

Ramla Zareen wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Just starting Twenties Girl ."

Sophie Kinsella is my favourite author for Contemporary Romantic Comedy ...and Twenties Girl is one o..."

I loved this one! I think it is probably my favorite one of her books!

[Bridget's Quiet Corner]

Melissa wrote: "Just starting The Wicked Will Rise ."

I just bought Dorothy Must Die and got the audible book as well. I bope to get to it soon and like it. Id love to see what happens throughout the series.

[Kirsten]

Just finished reading The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. Incredible!!

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

[Kirsten]

Started reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas this morning.

Just finished reading The Boat of A Million Years by Poul Anderson.

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[Susan]

Ramla Zareen wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Just starting Twenties Girl ."

Sophie Kinsella is my favourite author for Contemporary Romantic Comedy ...and Twenties Girl is one o..."

I enjoy Sophie Kinsella also. I've read many of her books.

[Susan]

I just finished reading The Swan Thieves. I left a review. It was a good mystery. I started Still Alice. A person I love dearly has Alzheimer's. She was diagnosed in her 50s. It is very unfair. I felt I needed to read this novel.

[Rachel Anne]

I'm reading Smuggler's Moon .

[Melissa]

Just startingBetrayal .

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

I know some people will say I'm late to the party, but I am currently reading Naked in Death by JD Robb (it's my "book set in the future"). I like her Nora Roberts books, but not sure how I feel about this one yet -- I'm about halfway through it at the moment.

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

The first three/four "In death" are more a classic romance, the following are more mystery.

[Melodie]

Heather L wrote: "I know some people will say I'm late to the party, but I am currently reading Naked in Death by JD Robb (it's my "book set in the future"). I like her Nora Roberts books, but not sure..."

I like the In Death books for the most part. They're pretty formulaic, but I like them a lot more than most of the books she writes as Nora Roberts. Guess I'm not really a romance fan.

[Karen]

Lately when I've been hitting e-freebies of the non-cozy genre, most of which I can get through in an hour or two, when I break from cozies. I read a couple of books by Lawrence Block, too.

[❂ Murder by Death]

I've just finished reading The Semi-Attached Couple and highly recommend it for the Austen fans out there (it's not a pastiche, it just has a similar tone and wit).

[Carla]

I am going to be starting later tonight

[Lisa Ks Book Reviews]

I'm always reading a cozy!

[CherD]

I enjoy reading such a variety of books. Usually I have 3 books going at a time, all different genres. Once I finish one type of book (ie fantasy for example), my next book will be a good murder mystery/thriller. But I always have a cozy going :)

[Kirsten]

Heather L wrote: "I know some people will say I'm late to the party, but I am currently reading Naked in Death by JD Robb (it's my "book set in the future"). I like her Nora Roberts books, but not sure..."

I absolutely LOVE the In Death series. There's a great and fun J.D. Robb group on Good Reads. I personally think that the romance of Eve and Roarke is her best couple. I've never seen the same level of passion in any other couple that NR wrote.

[Kirsten]

Marisa wrote: "The first three/four "In death" are more a classic romance, the following are more mystery."

In Death are more than just a mystery or romance, they can even be considered as police procedurals. I love the detail she uses to create her world.

Also, the progression and evolution of the characters in her series is one of the reasons I love this series.

[Kirsten]

Just finished listening to A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley

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

[Bonnie]

I just started Dead Heat

I always love her books and feel comfortable with the characters. This one will include horses along with the regular cast of werewolves, witches, and fae.

[Leslie]

Kirsten wrote: "Heather L wrote: "I know some people will say I'm late to the party, but I am currently reading Naked in Death by JD Robb (it's my "book set in the future"). I like her Nora Roberts b..."

I really liked these books at the beginning but after about #21 I stopped reading them. They just started to be too formulaic for me...

[Kirsten]

Leslie wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Heather L wrote: "I know some people will say I'm late to the party, but I am currently reading Naked in Death by JD Robb (it's my "book set in the future"). I like he..."

I can't. I just love Eve & Roarke. I did notice them getting a little formulaic, but she's ramped back up. I noticed them getting really good after #32, Treachery in Death.

I especially love the audiobooks. Susan Ericksen is incredible at performing (so much more than narration!) these books. I am working at getting a complete collection of the audiobooks via Audible.com

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Wow, looks like there are a lot of "In Death" fans in this group. I probably shouldn't be surprised. A friend has the next three in ebook, so I may give them a try eventually.

Read The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough yesterday -- every bit as good as Marisa said it would be, and it was a really fast read as well. Plus, it fit four different challenges: Spring, Monthly Mini, World Trip and Ultimate. Gotta love that! ☺

Am about to start The Sound of Glass by Karen White, a book I won through the GR giveaways.

[Melodie]

Bonnie wrote: "I just started Dead Heat

I always love her books and feel comfortable with the characters. This one will include horses along with the regular cast of..."

Good book! Finished it earlier this month!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Melodie wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "I just started Dead Heat

Good book! Finished it earlier this month!"


What Melodie said. ☺