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What are you currently reading (or just finished)?
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Mar 30, 2024 04:37AM
I'm reading 1st James Patterson's 1st to Die. My father enjoys this author, and now I know why. So far, Patterson writes in short paragraphs that makes the action move quicker. Looking forward as to how the three women find the killer!
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Just finished Anita De Monte Laughs Last By Xochitl GonzalezCurrently reading Set This House On Fire By William Styron
Hi! I am currently reading “The Bazaar Of Bad Dreams” by Stephen King… It is an excellent book so far…
I just finished "Beyond the Known: Unlocking the Universe" by Manju Sha. and I continue the book series "Revelation Space." He is trying to tell readers something new, a concept in space exploration.
Currently trying to get through that classic, Moby Dick, as there's a new theatre production of it. However, it's killing me along with the poor whales.
Reading both Hawley Smart's "The Great Tontine" a complex Victorian era novel about a peculiar lottery and Gladys Mitchell's "Watson's Choice," one of her "Mrs. Bradley" mysteries. This one involves a wealthy man who gives a Sherlock Holmes-themed house party. Enjoying both so far.
Reading Eric Ambler’s The Mask of Dimitrios. While the writing is good, and the story has good pace it is dated. Should be finished this week.
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Just finished, after just over a year, Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History'. Sorry Donna, but I found it about as rivetting as watching paint drying, which is why the reading has taken so long. The initial premise of the story is a good one and could have made for an excellent novella. However, to my mind there was far too much unnecessary padding with the whole thing just going on and on. An excellent aeroplane book.
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Previously read
The Last Thing She Ever Did by [Gregg Olsen]
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Half way through Amor Towles A Gentleman in Moscow. I don’t think I have enjoyed a book more in the last 20 years.
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a zombie novel by Jonathan Maberry, Dead of Night - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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and
An Afternoon Walk by Dorothy Eden - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Redemption Road by John Hart. The man can write!!You can read my review of the book on my profile page.
Donna
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