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[Kaye]

I'm reading The Jeeves Collection by P.G. Wodehouse. So much fun!!

[Mary]

I love Jeeves -- and the books on CD are excellent.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Robin: Well, I've stuck with it, mostly because I really want to know what happened in the first case, and how (if!) it is connected to the second case. Did not get any reading done Saturday as I was out all day, but did make progress yesterday. Only 100 pages from the end!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Well, I finished In the Woods last night. The book starts out slow, but by page 100 I was drawn in, wanting to know how/if the two cases were related, and how/if they would be resolved. Below is what I posted in the mystery/thriller group discussion on the book.

(view spoiler)[Like many here, I hated the ending of this book, felt dep[ressed and dissatisfied.

It wasn't only the main character (the narrator, Rob) I disliked at the end, but Cassie and Sam as well. I think my problems with Sam and Cassie are that, while Rob stays true to character--he's messed up and becomes even more messed up--I didn't feel the other two did. Granted there was a lot of stuff going on that tested their strength of character, but still... You wanted Sam to stay true to character, despite orders, and confront the uncle.

And Cassie...she knows Rob better than anyone and essentially turns on him in the end. Completely shutting him out of her life and throwing him to the wolves didn't seem like something she would do. It made her look like a real bitch in the end. They all blame him for the way Rosalind's arrest goes south, but she's equally to blame. They all are. As the captain put it, they all looked at those medical files, and none of them caught her actual birth date.

Also, if Cassie had shared her suspicions about Rosalind with her partner and the rest of the team, you have to believe the outcome would have been different. Whether Rob believed her or not, the doubt would have at least been planted in his mind, and maybe he might have been less susceptable to Rosalind's tricks.

I was also disappointed that the 1984 disappearance of Rob's friends was never resolved. The author leads us along the entire book, giving us glimpses of his returning memories, and then...nothing! We never find out what actually happened, and that made me feel cheated. (hide spoiler)]

Feeling in the mood for something steamy and quick after this, so have picked up the new romance by Vicki Lewis Thompson, [book:Should've Been a Cowboy|10059880]. So far, so good!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

I'm reading Magic Slays and enjoying it thoroughly. I'm going to read the story in Hexed after this.

[Melodie]

Currently reading and . MISERY BAY has started out great! Has been several years since the last Alex McKnight book, so was really looking forward to this one!

[Robin]

Heather L wrote: "Robin: Well, I've stuck with it, mostly because I really want to know what happened in the first case, and how (if!) it is connected to the second case. Did not get any reading done Saturday as I w..."

I was curious too about the related cases, but not enough to keep reading. From your review, it sounds like maybe you could have gone either way.

[Heidi]

Marisa wrote: "I'm reading Magic Slays and enjoying it thoroughly. I'm going to read the story in Hexed after this."

Can't wait to read Magic Slays.

[Cindy]

Non-fiction, absolutely. Love history (currently into Civil War) and science/medicine (. Mysteries are my "relaxing" reads ... so definitely prefer true cozies to the thriller genre.

[Cindy]

OK ... too much wine! Emperor of All Maladies ... sorry for the HTML snafu.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

ROFL at Cindy. *grin*

Robin: From the discussion in the other group, it seems peoples' opinions on In the Woods are fairly split. A lot of people loved it, while others of us liked it up until the end. Don't know if I will read anything else by her.

[Kaye]

Currently reading Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax and it's excellent.

[Ellen]

Still and maybe forever reading

But I'd probably make more progress if I wasn't always stopping to squeeze in another cozy!

[Donna]

I finished today. It was quite different from what I usually read, but I liked it. Lots of food talk amongst the angst and drama, and yummy-sounding recipes at the end of the book.

[adlin]

Reading and am thus far enjoying this sequel of sorts to

[[deleted user]]

I started last night. I'm really enjoying it...Great human interest & behind the scenes stories from past Triple Crown races.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Finished Should've Been a Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson Friday night and loved it. Now reading The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" by C.S. Lewis and almost done with it. I could swear I read this one back in fifth grade, but nothing past the first chapter has been familiar. Hmm...

[Robin]

I just started , one of Westlake's Dortmunder capers.

[Jean]

I found that I love Louise Erdrich's books. I just started . She writes fiction about the Ojibwa Indians.

[Marja]

Robin wrote: "I just started , one of Westlake's Dortmunder capers."

I love the Dortmunder series. Westlake did a wonderful job with those books.

[Robin]

Marja wrote: "I love the Dortmunder series. Westlake did a wonderful job with those books."

I agree, Marja! He's one of my influences and I hope to write a caper novel soon.

[Marja]

LOL Good for you. Dormunder makes me smile. When you get your caper book published, please let me know.

[Robin]

Marja wrote: "LOL Good for you. Dormunder makes me smile. When you get your caper book published, please let me know."

Will do! I'm working on the third book in my clean, humorous Popppy Markham: Culinary Cop mystery series, then I'll start my caper. I have a really great idea and hope I can do it justice.

[Marja]

You'll do fine. Half the battle is just the desire to do it justice because that will make you think things through before committing them to paper (or computer). A culinary cop series sounds intriguing, too. Do you have a website?

[Robin]

Thanks, Marja. A caper novel will be a departure from my usual cozy mystery experience, but I think it'll be fun.

Website: http://robinallentx.blogspot.com/

Book: If You Can't Stand the Heat

[Marja]

In a way, I think a caper story is a cozy simply because they're so often fun. Good luck with it!

[Shay]

by Paullina Simons. I don't normally like books with this level of "romance" in them, but I guess this book is one of the exceptions.

[Robin]

Yes, I love the anything-goes nature of capers, all the highs and lows, all the reversals of fortune. This Dortmunder one I'm reading now keeps going off in all kinds of directions.

[Erin L]

I'm reading right now. It's about a group of photographers at the end of apartheid in S. Africa. It's some tough reading, but it's very well written.

[alicia]

I have started and am really loving it. A nice cozy chic lit book. I enjoy all the characters and needed something light and fast paced after the thriller i just read.

[Robin]

I'm reading another Dortmunder book, Drowned Hopes. A former cellmate wants Dortmunder to help him retrieve $700K buried in a coffin at the bottom of a reservoir.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Started Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night. Trying to finish the series before the last movie comes out.

[Donna]

Heather L wrote: "Started Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night. Trying to finish the series before the last movie comes out."

I love that series. I don't have time to re-read all of them before the movie comes out, but maybe I'll start afterwards.

[Karen M]

Heather L wrote: "Started Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night. Trying to finish the series before the last movie comes out."

I just finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I re-read the first five and now I still have the last one. I'm almost reluctant to start it. Guess I just hate to see the end of a series.

[Heidi]

Karen wrote: "Heather L wrote: "Started Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night. Trying to finish the series before the last movie comes out."

I just finished [book:Harry Potter and the ..."

I love Harry! Especially on audiobook.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

I've spent most of the weekend on HP/Phoenix, a first read for me. 500 pages down, 370 more to go. Man, this is a long book! I'm glad book six is shorter. Don't know if I'll be able to finish it today, but am sure going to try! Er, if I ever get offline, that is. ;)

[Ariel]

I just finished Secret of the White Rose. It is a historical police procedural. I thought it was quite good.

[Melodie]

Started over the weekend. So far, so good.

[Marja]

I just finished Murder on the Interstate by Jean Henry Mead. I don't know that you'd call it a cozy, but there was lots of action and it was very entertaining.

I also recently read Frank, Incense and Muriel by Anne K. Albert. Pretty funny stuff, and I really enjoyed it.

[Donna]

I'm almost finished reading by Nancy Moser. It's good, but I think I liked , which I also read recently, better.

[Brittany]

Melodie wrote: "Started over the weekend. So far, so good."

This book is very good! I loved pretty much everything about it. You will want more by the end of it.

[Melodie]

Brittany wrote: "Melodie wrote: "Started over the weekend. So far, so good."

This book is very good! I loved pretty much everything about it. You will want more by the end of it."

I haven't gotten very far yet since showed up on Monday and I read it instead. What I've read so far is pretty good!

[Caroline]

I'm really enjoying (book I bought at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts gift shop). I had a double major Russian language and political science with a minor in Soviet Studies (keep in mind, this was back in the 70's) and I've always been interested in these. The book describes the work of the jeweler and his workshop as well as some of the Russian history along the way. Even has a list (at the end) of all the eggs, when they were made/presented and current whereabouts. Fascinating but sad that a couple of them are "whereabouts unknown." VMFA is doing a special exhibit 2 July through Oct this year "Faberge Revealed" and will have lots of stuff on show so I can't wait to go back. : )

[Brittany]

Melodie wrote: "Brittany wrote: "Melodie wrote: "Started over the weekend. So far, so good."

This book is very good! I loved pretty much everything about it. You will want more b..."

I know what you mean about getting sidetracked. Happens to me all the time :)

[alicia]

I am now reading so far it is strange. Not sure what is going on but I can't stop reading it.

[Kaye]

Caroline wrote: "I'm really enjoying (book I bought at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts gift shop). I had a d..."

Now this sounds really interesting!!

[Beth]

I'm almost done with Those Who Save Us , which I'm reading for my book club discussion group. It's a very powerful book, though rough in spots, as wartime can be. It's two interwoven stories of a German mother during WWII and her daughter in the 1990s. The author interviewed Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's movie, Schindler's List, so she knows the subject well. I highly recommend the book.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Started Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince yesterday afternoon and nearly got to the halfway point last night. Don't think I will get nearly as much read today, as I am going on a guided Arboretum walk for a couple hours this afternoon, and there's an Hercule Poirot mystery on PBS tonight.

[Jennifer]

I seem to be reading books five and six at a time lately. The current crop:
Murder Most Royal
The Quilter's Homecoming
Act of Treason
The Shop on Blossom Street
Divine Inspiration

[Brittany]

Jennifer wrote: "I seem to be reading books five and six at a time lately. The current crop:
Murder Most Royal
The Quilter's Homecoming [bookcover:The Q..."
Wow! You do way more than I do. Usually I'm doing 3 at a time; usually an actual book, an ebook, and an audiobook. Way to go you though!