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[Heidi]

❂ Jennifer wrote: "Finished Garden Spells. Loooooovvveeedd it! :)"

Yay!

[Linda]

I took a cozy break to read . It was poignant and beautifully written, with a feel-good ending. Loved it.

[Jennifer]

Finished The Queen's Vow: A Novel Of Isabella Of Castile and a good old fashioned trashy Hollywood bio-- Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud . Liked both but loved neither.

[Susan]

Kathy wrote: "Jeanie wrote: "Ever since I found out that Anne Perry and a friend murdered the friend's mother when they were in their late teens just to see what it felt like, she has been off my reading list. ..."

I am still in shock That I and so many others Didn't know...Having read her books as Well...

[MaryJo]

weighing in on Anne Perry.... the lady must be in her 70's now.... authors cannot but help put some of themselves into their stories, and I think Ms. Perry has had decades to be appalled at what she and her friend did, and go on with her life. the personality that comes through in the books is not jaded. I have really enjoyed most of the William Monk and Thomas/Charlotte Pitt books.

[Nicki]

Just finished the final Sookie Stackhouse. I was very pleased with the ending.

[Melodie]

Nicki wrote: "Just finished the final Sookie Stackhouse. I was very pleased with the ending."

I thought it was a good enough book, even though it didn't end the way I wanted it to. But then I had known for a long time that it wouldn't end the way I wanted it to!

[Nicki]

Melodie wrote: "Nicki wrote: "Just finished the final Sookie Stackhouse. I was very pleased with the ending."

I thought it was a good enough book, even though it didn't end the way I wanted it to. But then I had..."

This was the outcome I hoped for from book one - glad you're not one of the rabid fans who would tar and feather CH given the opportunity ;0)

[Leslie]

Just started a Swedish police procedural procefrom the 1960s, The Laughing Policeman.

[Melodie]

Nicki wrote: "Melodie wrote: "Nicki wrote: "Just finished the final Sookie Stackhouse. I was very pleased with the ending."

I thought it was a good enough book, even though it didn't end the way I wanted it to...."

I don't understand all the abuse people have dumped on her. It was her story to tell and no one forced anyone to read the books. I've been a fan of the books since I found the first one back in 2001, but I heard her speak years ago about where the books were going and knew then that the ending I had in my head wasn't the one I was going to get. Must say I haven't run across many who wanted the ending I knew was coming. You're the first!

[Liz]

Sometimes I'll read regular suspense books, like Women's Murder Club. I've also read a couple of Rizzoli and Isles books. I'll also read chick lit.

[Elaine]

Kathy wrote: "I like to read history. Especially English history from way, way back. I also like any European history and have recently become interested in Egyptian happenings in the past.

Actually I will ..."

If you're beginning to like Egyptian themes, I'm sure you've read Lauren Haney & Elizabeth Peters. You also might like The Eye of Horus by Carol Thurston.

[Elaine]

Andrea wrote: "I am readingbyJoyce Carol Oates, by W.B. Yeats, [bookcover:Foolsgold: Making Something from Nothing and Freeing Your Creative Process..."

Great reading list. I have new acquaintances ask, my friends know better, how a person can read more than one book at a time; don't you get mixed up? Well, no....

[Linda]

I just started by Harlen Coben. It's already promising to be a suspenseful read.

[Melodie]

Linda S. wrote: "I just started by Harlen Coben. It's already promising to be a suspenseful read."

Read this one a couple months ago. Coben's stand-alones have gotten way formulaic. The main character had lots of TSTL moments!

[Karen M]

Jeanie wrote: "Ever since I found out that Anne Perry and a friend murdered the friend's mother when they were in their late teens just to see what it felt like, she has been off my reading list. They knew that ..."

The movie Heavenly Creatures was about the horrible event. Movie was actually rather good but a bit bloody at one point.

[❂ Murder by Death]

Finished Moon Called last night. And the next two books are on order. :)

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

❂ Jennifer wrote: "Finished Moon Called last night. And the next two books are on order. :)"

Hehehe... Addictive, aren't they? :-d

[Melodie]

❂ Jennifer wrote: "Finished Moon Called last night. And the next two books are on order. :)"

Told you you needed to get crackin' on that series!! LOL

[Leslie]

I'm reading ,The Mark of Zorro which is so much fun!

[❂ Murder by Death]

Heather L wrote: "❂ Jennifer wrote: "Finished Moon Called last night. And the next two books are on order. :)"

Hehehe... Addictive, aren't they? :-d"

Melodie wrote: "❂ Jennifer wrote: "Finished Moon Called last night. And the next two books are on order. :)"

Told you you needed to get crackin' on that series!! LOL"

So true, so true. I did a bit of research, and it appears there will be 10 books in this series - in a perfect world, I'd string the first 7 out so that I never have to wait for another one to be published...

::snort:: like that's gonna happen....

[Sandra]

I just finished A Drinking Life: A Memoir by Pete Hamill It starts out in the 40s when Hamill was a little boy and being a man, at least in his neighborhood in Brooklyn, meant being able to drink.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Jennifer: Nice lady-like snort. :-D

[❂ Murder by Death]

;)

[Valerie]

Really enjoy the Inspector Brunetti series by Donna Leon. A modern detective series set in Venice. I'm in love with Brunetti and don't get me started on the food....

[Jennifer]

AAAAAAAARGH! All I have to say is thank the universe that Burke published another installment of his Robicheaux series before I read the one I just finished, The Glass Rainbow , because this one ended with a cliffhanger!

[Jean]

I devour everything I have time and eyesight for! Just finished Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. I admire his ability to see a hidden signal in every letter, icon, traffic sign, monument, but it was a long slough. Relaxing at the moment with Harlan Coben's The Innocent. Enjoying the plot twists.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Jennifer wrote: "AAAAAAAARGH! All I have to say is thank the universe that Burke published another installment of his Robicheaux series before I read the one I just finished, The Glass Rainbow,because this one ended with a cliffhanger!"

Oh, don't you hate that? I recently cursed Jeaniene Frost for the same reason.

[Jean]

But cliffhangers are great. . . at least most of the time. Though I'll never forget reading DuMarier's Rebecca years ago. When I got to the end, I couldn't believe it. Thought the final pages were missing from my edition. Now those "cliffhangers" are not pleasing. Not if you like a resolution--and that doesn't mean, necessarily, a happy-forever-after ending, but some kind of logical tying together of loose threads.

[Karen M]

I started The Homecoming, and The Finding, and of course I received an email from the library that Life of Pi, , was ready for pick up. Lots of reading!

[Melodie]

Finished and didn't like it as much as the 1st one Atkins wrote.

[MaryJo]

Jean wrote: "But cliffhangers are great. . . at least most of the time. Though I'll never forget reading DuMarier's Rebecca years ago. When I got to the end, I couldn't believe it. Thought the final pages we..."

your take on Rebecca is very interesting.... I wished the ending had been a little happier, but thought it was appropriate to the mood of the book.
but like yourself, I want some closure by the end, at least to the main theme of the story.

[Rhonda]

I'm reading the Heavy stuff, like Kay Hooper.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Re-reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum for another group -- nothing like getting to the book-of-the-month at the last minute, eh? :-D

I may have to follow it up by watching the movie again over the weekend, since it looks like rain for most of it -- again.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Finished The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as well as Messenger by Lois Lowry. The latter... I was eager to read this third installment of Lowry's "Giver" series but...the ending left me feeling quite unsettled. Now I don't know if I really want to read the last book, Son, or not. :-\

Have now begun a romance trilogy from last summer by Vicki Lewis Thompson, starting with Long Road Home (Sons of Chance #7).

[Jennifer]

Heather L wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "AAAAAAAARGH! All I have to say is thank the universe that Burke published another installment of his Robicheaux series before I read the one I just finished, The Glass Rainbow,bec..."

Jean wrote: "But cliffhangers are great. . . at least most of the time. Though I'll never forget reading DuMarier's Rebecca years ago. When I got to the end, I couldn't believe it. Thought the final pages we..."

MaryJo wrote: "Jean wrote: "But cliffhangers are great. . . at least most of the time. Though I'll never forget reading DuMarier's Rebecca years ago. When I got to the end, I couldn't believe it. Thought the f..."


Well, I started the next one, and since his NEXT next one doesn't come out for a bit, I hope he doesn't do it to me again!

The Rebecca discussion, for reasons I can't fathom, for some reason made me think of Gone with the Wind. I read it through the first time, and the last chapter depressed me so much that every time I've read it since, I stop one chapter before the end-- when she's heading home and before the roof caves in on her realization about Rhett. (Maybe it was the allusion to the last few pages that reminded me-- the value of knowing the ending can be subjective I suppose!!)

[MaryJo]

Jennifer wrote: "Heather L wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "AAAAAAAARGH! All I have to say is thank the universe that Burke published another installment of his Robicheaux series before I read the one I just finished, The..."

I guess the ending to Gone With the Wind was a little more realistic than we romantics wanted it to be!

[Mollie]

I just finished Touchstone by Laurie R. King. Not a cozy, but a kick-ass mystery.

[Linda]

I'm reading Hank Phillippi Ryan's The Other Woman. Suspenseful so far!

[Caitlin]

Reading series. Really good so far!

[Melissa]

I'm reading the Indiana Cousins trilogy by Wanda Brunstetter. It's Amish fiction.

[Vickie]

I enjoy all types of books, but most of my reads are a mystery of some kind. I also read psychological mysteries such as Ruth Rendell writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, police procedurals, and also some mystery/romance.

[Andrea]

Right now I am reading by A.S. Byatt, bySusan G. Wooldridge, andThe Collected PoemsofW.B. Yeats.

[Leslie]

I am reading The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, and Village Diary by Miss Read.
I haven't been reading too many cozies lately, but a lot of police procedurals. Just finished the first Inspector Morse book, Last Bus to Woodstock, and have Faceless Killers, the first Wallender book, waiting for me.

[Jeanine]

San Diego Noir edited by Maryelizabeth Hart. It's great.

[Melodie]

, 2nd in a trilogy.

[Karen M]

I'm reading the last book in the Law of the Lycans series, Betrayed: Days of the Rogue, and enjoying it. I do like werewolves.

I just started The Lobster Chronicles: Life On a Very Small Island, . Much as I love werewolves I'm ready for a change so on to non-fiction.

[Jean]

Welty is so subtle, so gifted--love her stories. And too bad Graham Green never won the Nobel. I would have loved it if he had. Oh well, the minds and critics of the time.

[Jean]

Oh a second comment. I have read A. S. Byatt's Possession and thoroughly enjoyed it--even though, even though, the ending of the Victorian romance was disapointing. At least for someone who, yes, I'll admit it, prefers happy endings. Too bad they're not sophisticated. They're not are they?

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Currently (re)reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne for a GR classics group.