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[Leena]

the Shadow..has been on my tbr forever so, this time it's finally going into.my read shelf

[Leena]

book of Cold Cases has started off very promisingly...fingers crossed.
I'm started worrying that all this reading is making me very demanding... so I'm.being very ungenerous with my ratings. getting disillusioned too..

the perils of reading too much.sigh!!

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Leena wrote: "welcome back bookworm. which library were you gnawing into??"

Thanks! None, unfortunately. Have moved into a different city (Hyd), since my 'work from home' has ended, so was trying to setup all basic necessities at my new place.

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Leena wrote: "book of Cold Cases has started off very promisingly...fingers crossed.
I'm started worrying that all this reading is making me very demanding... so I'm.being very ungenerous with my ratings. getti..."

The blurb is really promising. Looking forward to your review.

Yeah agreed. The more you read the less enamored you are.

[Leena]

hey, I'm going to be in hyd from 13th to 21st. my mom and brother live there.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

it's been a while since I last visited this thread. But I was not reading anything, slowly coming out of it. here is what I read in last month.

Firekeeper's Daughter - I thought this was a ya fantasy because of that cover but it was a crime/thriller and a good one at that. A cohesive story with some good characters.

Lessons In Chemistry - Fantastic book. I loved the characters and story. Struggles of a strong woman who was a scientist and also a single mother in early 1960s in US. Highly recommended. This reminds me of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, both are different in everything but both books deals with woman with strong characters.

The Reader - Mediocre.

Gods of Jade and Shadow - For me it was good in parts. Hence 3 stars.

We Need to Talk about Kevin - One have to read it to experience the brilliance or disgust, depends on the reader. I find it absolutely enthralling.

Currently reading No Show and Sweetness of Water, both are good so far.

[Austin]

Bookworm wrote: "Leena wrote: "welcome back bookworm. which library were you gnawing into??"

Thanks! None, unfortunately. Have moved into a different city (Hyd), since my 'work from home' has ended, so was trying ..."

Wow. I also live in Hyderabad. Been living here since Sep. 2016.

[Austin]

Leena wrote: "hey, I'm going to be in hyd from 13th to 21st. my mom and brother live there."

Another Hyderabad. Hmm

[Austin]

Read these last month :-

1. The Palace of Illusions - 4 stars
2. Anthem - 3 stars
3. Strong Medicine - 2 stars

[Leena]

I finished the following
The Book of Cold Cases
4.5 🌟
The Hunting Party
2.5🌟 - predictable nd boring Disappointed.

Now reading The Detective's 8 lb, 10 oz Surprise part of my monthly challenge.

Also on cards
1. Say Nothing
2. Shadow of the Wind.

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "it's been a while since I last visited this thread. But I was not reading anything, slowly coming out of it. here is what I read in last month.

Firekeeper's Daughter - I thought this was a ya fant..."

So many recs!! Noted.

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Austin wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "Leena wrote: "welcome back bookworm. which library were you gnawing into??"

Thanks! None, unfortunately. Have moved into a different city (Hyd), since my 'work from home' has ende..."

Kudos to you for bracing the summers here. Too dry for me.

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Leena wrote: "I finished the following
The Book of Cold Cases
4.5 🌟
The Hunting Party
2.5🌟 - predictable nd boring Disappointed.

Now reading [book:The Detective's 8 lb, 10 oz S..."

Good to know that the book of cold cases fared well! I'll get on with it once the challenges are completed. Hopefully next month.

[Austin]

Bookworm wrote: "Austin wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "Leena wrote: "welcome back bookworm. which library were you gnawing into??"

Thanks! None, unfortunately. Have moved into a different city (Hyd), since my 'work from..."

Haha. The summers here are torture. Suffered the summers of 2017, 18, 19, and 20. 2021 was a surprisingly mild summer. This year I moved to a new house surrounded by trees. So I am not feeling the heat this year despite the max. temperature hovering around 38-41 degrees.

[Leena]

Im bracing the heat in Mumbai, tgats where i live. Ill be visiting Hyd after a decade - ive no clue on wgat yo expect. Im looking forward to meeting all my brothers and just chill in hyd😂.

[Leena]

@BW - Cold Cases is really fast paced and for me its the heroine-shea such an intelligent brave girl. Its a very female strong book.

[Nathan]

Currently reading
City of the Dead Horror.
Brian Keene is my new favorite horror author!

Fevered Star Epic Fantasy

The Corpse Flower Noir/Mystery/Thriller

[Austin]

Leena wrote: "Im bracing the heat in Mumbai, tgats where i live. Ill be visiting Hyd after a decade - ive no clue on wgat yo expect. Im looking forward to meeting all my brothers and just chill in hyd😂."

Summer is almost over in Hyderabad. Came early and about to finish early this year.

[Gurdeesh]

Im reading Origin by Dan Brown. I've read almost all books by Dan Brown.

[Nathan]

@Leena: Finished The Book of Cold Cases, it was good. Just did not expect the ending part, was bit of a letdown. Spooky though, some parts predictable, rest was just awesome.
Thanks for the suggestion here~

[Venu]

Reading Educated by Tara Westover . Interesting read

[Leena]

Nathan I'm glad u liked it. Infact the ending has been the Bone of contention amongst the naysayers.

I've just finished reading a great legal thriller called
THE Game of Proof by Tim Vicary. The heroine is superb - mother of 2 even before 20 goes on to become a legal counsel by late 30s
Highly recommended.

[Leena]

I've also finished The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose. It's OK. 3 to 3.25 🌟. Well told without any loose ends. My issue was I couldn't like anyone in the book.

[Leena]

Next up The Overnight Guest
The Paris Apartment
Razorblade Tears

[Nick906]

Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples: Episodes from Indian History

[Austin]

I am currently reading We'll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

appearing here after a long absence. Read a quite a lot but I guess I was in one of those moods when I was anti-social. here are some of the titles that I really liked

The Picture of Dorian Gray - picture really shows the ugliness of human nature.
Am I Normal Yet? - Holly Bourne is fantastic in talking about issues that one shy talking about.
Gerald's Game - King succeeded in giving me nightmares.
The Mountains Sing - All I have ever read about Vietnam war is mostly from American PoV. My first time reading about the war through a Vietnamese. it was mesmerizing.
Honeybee - One of the better LGBTQ book.
The Blue Castle - It deserves its classic status.

Currently in various stages of Great Expectation, Legendborn, Hell Followed With Us. And starting Red, White & Royal Blue, a BR with Bookworm.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Leena wrote: "Next up The Overnight Guest
The Paris Apartment
Razorblade Tears"

how did you like Razorblade Tears?

[Prosenjit]

Just finished a thriller by an Indian author- "The Mahabharata Secret"- 3/5.

Racing through "Erak's Ransom"- the seventh book in the YA/Fantasy series "The Ranger's Apprentice"- would recommend the series till now to any fans of Artemis Fowl/or Rick Riordan's books!! Planning to read all 20+ books in the extended series :-)

Starting on Sir Alex Ferguson's autobiography today!

[Nathan]

Finished Reading the The Butterfly Garden
This by far is the most beautifully horrifying creepy max book I have read!~
I stretched it for a week to enjoy the creepiness part~!

Suggestion: It's clearly not for the faint hearted.
It's very creepy.

[GEETASHREE]

Finished reading Ruby Roy And The Murder At The Falls. Halfway through Mystery Of Dark Hill School.

[Prosenjit]

Just stumbled upon Orwell's "Animal Farm" today in a pile of books donated for a school that is currently sitting at my home. Been decades since I read that classic :-)

[Savita]

Prosenjit wrote: "Just stumbled upon Orwell's "Animal Farm" today in a pile of books donated for a school that is currently sitting at my home. Been decades since I read that classic :-)"

I , too , read this book a long time back . It's a lovely classic - a satire on human society ! I may be nominting it for the September BOTM . It'll be lovely if it wins through !

[Austin]

I am currently reading The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Finished Write My Name Across the Sky today. I found it to be mediocre. Currently reading Kaikeyi and Great Expectation.

[Prosenjit]

I am reading "Gently Falls the Bakula" by Sudha Murthy (Love her writing!!) and Clive Cussler's classic adventure starring Dirk Pitt- "Raise the Titanic"

[Prosenjit]

Savita wrote: "Prosenjit wrote: "Just stumbled upon Orwell's "Animal Farm" today in a pile of books donated for a school that is currently sitting at my home. Been decades since I read that classic :-)"

I , too..."

This was a short and interesting read after all these years!

[Austin]

I am currently reading The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

[Austin]

And also The Wanderer by Kahlil Gibran

[GEETASHREE]

Reading The Holiday by T. N. Ligan

[Prosenjit]

Don't judge me...but I also started reading "Half Girlfriend" by Chetan Bhagat :-)

[Nick906]

Prosenjit wrote: "Don't judge me...but I also started reading "Half Girlfriend" by Chetan Bhagat :-)"
We are gonna judge you!! :)

[Nick906]

I am reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything".

[Monika]

I started with "Flowers for Algernon"

[Srikar]

I am currently reading "Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy"

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Monika wrote: "I started with "Flowers for Algernon""

Loved it.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Currently reading Kaikeyi

[Austin]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "Currently reading Kaikeyi"

Wow. One of the very few popular books that interested me from 2022. Generally, most recent popular books don't interest me.

[Austin]

Prosenjit wrote: "Don't judge me...but I also started reading "Half Girlfriend" by Chetan Bhagat :-)"

Hahaha. Nothing wrong in reading his books. I have his 2 States: The Story of My Marriage on my TBR. Never read any of his books so far.

[Prosenjit]

Austin wrote: "Prosenjit wrote: "Don't judge me...but I also started reading "Half Girlfriend" by Chetan Bhagat :-)"

Hahaha. Nothing wrong in reading his books. I have his [book:2 States: The Story of My Marriag..."

Actually, i have interviewed a lot of college students and they have told me that reading CB got them into reading!! And 2 states is a really good book!!