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[Vicky]

I finished The White Road by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. This is #28 in an historical fiction series. I'm pleasantly surprised that her 450-550 page books go faster than many 250-300 page books.

I am reading The Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz. I'm not enjoying this as much as her others. I don't know if the novelty wore off or it is because it is difficult to follow a great writer. Anyone have an opinion?

[Kathy]

Two books. The Confessor and The Chestermarke Instinct. Also The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

[Dorie]

I really love historical mysteries, and found one that also has a touch of the supernatural to it. So far I'm impressed with Thieftaker and will probably be picking up the next book in this new series.

[❂ Murder by Death]

Kathy wrote: "Two books. The Confessor and The Chestermarke Instinct. Also The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements"

I really enjoyed the Disappearing Spoon - if you like it, he wrote another called
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code that I liked even more.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Finished The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan, and am now reading Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories by Truman Capote for a classics group read. Started it this morning and am about halfway through.

[Jennifer]

Jeanie wrote: "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 r..."

She's off my reading list because her writing is bad. That's the end of it -- for me, anyway.

[Linda]

I read Honor of a Hunter and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'd forgotten how much romantic suspense I used to read!

[Leslie]

@Heather - I read that Capote book last December - excellent! Now I want to read his In Cold Blood!

I just finished a good Scandinavian police procedural, Arctic Chill.

[Melodie]

Leslie wrote: "@Heather - I read that Capote book last December - excellent! Now I want to read his In Cold Blood!

I just finished a good Scandinavian police procedural, Arctic Chill."

Read IN COLD BLOOD years ago. Good book.

[Mystereity Reviews]

Jennifer wrote:
She's off my reading list because her writing is bad. That's the end of it -- for me, anyway. ..."

I quit reading Anne Perry because for some reason all of her books (that I read anyway) all had some kind of pedophilia subplot. Once is mildly startling; more than that it's either lack of creativity or a sick fetish. Either way, I''ll pass.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Leslie and Melodie: I've read In Cold Blood a couple times, and seen the movie a few times as well. I recently saw the movie Capote, about the writing of ICB -- excellent film, I can see why Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for an Oscar. It made me even more interested in reading Breakfast at Tiffany's, as the two were his last books published, and BaT was refrenced in the movie.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Leslie wrote: "I just finished a good Scandinavian police procedural, Arctic Chill."

I entered the GR giveaway for that one, but did not win. It sounded good.

[Catie]

I will read any book that piques my interest. I've read and enjoyed horror, crime noir, dystopian, suspense, thriller, urban fantasy, and traditional mystery. Authors I enjoy are Lisa Gardner, TW Brown, Blake Crouch, Les Edgerton, Piper Bayard, Patti Larsen, Kim Harrison....and too many more to list. The truth is, I just like to read.

I tend not to read too much romance, and I avoid erotica all together...not because I'm a prude but because I'd rather be doing it than reading about other people doing it. ;-)

[Karen M]

I'm just starting The Why of Things. Not an author I'm familiar with but the theme sounds interesting. Family has a tragic loss and a year later something similar comes into their lives again.

[Mystereity Reviews]

I read a lot of British police procedurals, one my favorite series is the Scott Cullen mysteries by Ed James. It takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland and is available on Kindle and in paperback. The first book is Ghost In The Machine

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Finished Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories last night. Loved the novella. It was interesting to note the changes made in the movie, particularly the ending. This volume also contained three short stories. One of them, "A Christmas Memory," I had read previously in another anthology. "House of Flowers" and "A Diamond Guitar" were new to me. Liked the former more than the latter, though the ending leaves you thinking, "That's it?"

[Leslie]

Tee wrote: "I read a lot of British police procedurals, one my favorite series is the Scott Cullen mysteries by Ed James. It takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland and is available on Kindle and in paperback. Th..."

Oh, good - I just picked up the first one as a free Kindle book :)

@Heather, glad to hear about the movie as it is on my watch list :)

[Mystereity Reviews]

Hope you like it!

[Leigh]

Lately I've been on a re-reading kick. I'm in the first draft of a project, which means I shouldn't read much new--I get too distracted and want to read all night instead of working. So I've been re-re-reading Harry Potter, and Julian May's Saga of the Pliocene and Milieu Trilogy. Plus comics. I can always read comics.

[Jeanine]

Gone Girl has been on my TBR list since it came out. Starting it this morning.

[Melodie]

Almost done with . Love the Alex McKnight books! And started last night. Don't know how I got so far behind on this series!

[Heidi]

Jeanine wrote: "Gone Girl has been on my TBR list since it came out. Starting it this morning."

Hold on tight you're in for a ride!

[Jeanine]

Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "Jeanine wrote: "Gone Girl has been on my TBR list since it came out. Starting it this morning."

Hold on tight you're in for a ride!"

So I've heard! We'll see how it goes....

[Heidi]

I was seriously emotionally exhausted after that one Jeanie.

[Leslie]

@Heather L - I had the same feeling about "House of Flowers" and "Diamond Guitar", although they both have beautiful prose...

I am (still) reading Les Miserables, but I also just finished A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny. I am enjoying this Canadian series.

[Barb]

I'm reading on my Kindle and on my Nook, and listening to . I'm enjoying Even Money and Olga, not so sure about Alice just yet.

[Karen M]

The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories

Wanted to read something different so decided short stories was next.

[Leslie]

Barb wrote: "I reading on my Kindle and on my Nook, and listening to . I'm enjoying Even Money ..."

I love Dick Francis books...

[Leslie]

Karen M wrote: "The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories

Wanted to read something different so decided short stories was next..."

I am trying to read more short stories this year, so would be interested in hearing how you like it.

I recently read a collection of mystery short stories that were written by Isaac Asimov called
Asimov's Mysteries. I liked them but I am a science nerd - not sure that they would have general appeal.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Am just starting Arabella by Georgette Heyer, a classic Regency romance, which is a quarterly group read for a romance group here at GR.

[Karen M]

Leslie wrote: "Karen M wrote: "The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories

Wanted to read something different so decided short stories was next..."

I am trying to read more short stories this year, so ..."

These stories are very up and down. Some are funny, some very good, some so so. The nice thing is they are short stories so some are just a few minutes read up to the longest so far is about 15 minutes and I don't begrudge ten minutes or less on the so so ones because they are so short anyway. On the whole it's a good read so far and it was a free download from Amazon. Try Eudora Welty for short stories or John O'Hara and especially try Ray Bradbury.

[Lorraine]

I just started The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times, on which the PBS series was based. Loved the part in Chapter 2 when young Jenny Lee comes to Nonnatus House for the first time and the older nun bring her in and feeds her all the cake. This is a three book series, and I have them all so it should be a fun (and moving) read.

[Mystereity Reviews]

Karen M wrote: "The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories

Wanted to read something different so decided short stories was next.

I just started The Feng Shui Detective It's several short stories in one book, very entertaining

[MaryJo]

Lorraine wrote: "I just started The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times, on which the PBS series was based. Loved the part in Chapter 2 when young Jenny Lee comes to Nonnatus House for the first time a..."

I'm going to have to add this one to my list. after many years as an ob nurse....

[Dorie]

I've started by Ben Winters, which is the second book of a planned trilogy. The first book was described as a pre-apocalyptic police procedural. I really enjoyed The Last Policeman and am loving this one.

[Barb]

Leslie wrote: "I love Dick Francis books... "

I haven't read all of them, but I've read quite and few and enjoyed them all. I don't know that I would ever have read *any if it weren't for my mom's urging me to try them :) He was one of the her favorite authors -- along with (I believe) Mary Stewart -- and she kept pestering me to "just read ONE of his books!," until I finally did ... and had to admit to her that she was right LOL

[Leslie]

Heather L wrote: " Am just starting Arabella by Georgette Heyer, a classic Regency romance, which is a quarterly group read for a romance group here at GR."

:) Georgette Heyer is one of my all-time favorite authors! Arabella is a fun one so I hope you enjoy it!

@Barb - I have that kind of book relationship with my mom too! One thing I like about Dick Francis is that although all his books have horses in them somehow, there is an amazing variety. They never descend into formula...

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Barb: Though I had seen his books around, I probably never would have got round to reading Dick Francis if he hadn't been a group Featured Author in May 2011. I've liked the few I've read so far.

Leslie: I'm just about midway through Arabella, and I am enjoying it. Was hoping to get a bit further along today, but didn't have much time to read. Took it with me to Concert on the Square, but had to bury it for a good 30-45 minutes when it began to rain (which felt good until about ten minutes after it stopped and the extreme humidity returned). Normally I would read during the music, but tonight was all Elton John and it's a bit difficult to read and sing at the same time. *G*

[Barb]

Leslie wrote: "One thing I like about Dick Francis is that although all his books have horses in them somehow, there is an amazing variety. They never descend into formula."

I know a few authors who could take lessons from Dick Francis, if he were still with us :)


Heather L wrote: "Normally I would read during the music, but tonight was all Elton John and it's a bit difficult to read and sing at the same time. *G* "

LOL Yes, it would be :)

[Leslie]

Heather, the concert sounds fun, even if it was humid! I have been sticking to the A/C and avoiding the outside but I might have been tempted by that music ;)

Barb, I agree!

[Sylvia]

When I'm not reading cozies, I read whatever strikes my fancy! Most often that means fantasy and science fiction. I just finished HEARTLESS, the first of the Tales of Goldstone Wood, by Anne Elisabeth Stengl. If you like fantasy, my full review is at blog.
http://www.sylviaanash.com/blog/2013/...

[Beth]

I've passed the halfway point in An Echo in the Bone, and I'm really enjoying it, as I have all the other books in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon!

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I read more mysteries than anything, but right now I'm reading The Sekhmet Bed The protagonist is a young girl who is the Great Royal Wife of the pharaoh in ancient Egypt. (She's 13 at the beginning, but she's 15 several chapters into the book where I'm reading no.) It's the first book in a series, but since the series is called The She-King, I'm thinking the others will follow her life instead of going into following generations. (Very good reading.)

[Leslie]

I just finished Les Misérables, which I would recommend reading in an abridged version. The main story is excellent but there are many long (like 15 chapters long!) digressions which I found dull.

Also finished a Swedish police procedural mystery which I found disappointing, The Inspector and Silence by Håkan Nesser.

I am about to start Cat's Eye. I am not a huge Atwood fan, but am still hoping that I will find one of her books that I will like!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Leslie: The concert was fun, even with the heat and humidity. I read the unabridged Les Mis years ago. The only section I had trouble getting through was the Battle of Waterloo.

Finished Arabella last night and loved it. Will definitely be pulling other books I have by this author out of Mount TBR soon.

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When I'm not reading a cozy, I usually gravitate towards YA fiction. I am currently reading Amy and Roger's Epic Detour which is great so far although it makes me hungry for junk food.

[Jennifer]

Just finished The Dilemma and Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV , and started The Last Queen and Damage . Trying to finish I Heart Paris, a bit of fluff I started in April and have yet to finish. I keep getting caught up in these 700-page Vincenzi tomes, and as a result I'm about 17 books behind on my goal for the year.....

[Leslie]

@Heather - so glad that you liked Arabella! In terms of Les Mis, I found the section about the history of the convent & the one about slang worse than the one about Waterloo!

[Heidi]

Cathy wrote: "When I'm not reading a cozy, I usually gravitate towards YA fiction. I am currently reading Amy and Roger's Epic Detour which is great so far although it makes me hungry for junk food."

I love YA books and enjoyed Amy & Roger. Have you read Anna & The French Kiss?

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Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "Cathy wrote: "When I'm not reading a cozy, I usually gravitate towards YA fiction. I am currently reading Amy and Roger's Epic Detour which is great so far although it makes me hungry for junk food..."

Heidi, I have not read Anna & the French Kiss yet but will keep it in mind to read later. I am going to pick up another Morgan Matson book Second Chance Summer and will give that a go.