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IX. Currently Reading?
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What are you currently reading (or just finished)?
And another short read:Falling Down by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review catchup (reading quite a few horror books for Halloween):The Ritual by Adam L. G. Nevill - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
First two books in the Harvesting series by Melanie Karsak - The Harvesting and Midway - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
100 Days in Deadland by Rachel Aukes - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and Stephen King's It - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Currently reading Bikinis in Paradise by Kathi Daley, which is book 3 in the TJ Jensen Mystery series. if you like short cozy mystery reads, this would be a good one. Minor typos and character/timeline mixups but doesn't detract from the overall story
Big catchup on reviews:read the rest of the Boy in the Iron Box series by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan:
Book 3 The Hunted reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 4 - Risen - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 5 - Siege - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 6 - Encounter - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ryan Casey - Pandemic Z: The First Night: A Post Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The House of the Witch by Clare Marchant - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fairy Tale by Stephen King - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another catchup. Read a few more books in Stephen King's Dark Tower series:Book 4 - Wizard and Glass - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 4.5 - The Wind Through the Keyhole - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 5 - Wolves of the Calla - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 6 - Song of Susannah - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Plus three by Dean Koontz -
Phantoms - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Bad Weather Friend - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Forest of Lost Souls - reviewed -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and a couple by different authors:
Agatha Christie's - Hallowe'en Party - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and a romantic suspense from the 1970s by Winston Graham - Woman in the Mirror - reviewed -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Not keen on this one - The Last Guest House by Caroline Mitchellhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first CenturyMostly for research while editing, but man do I love the premise and the content. Also, for those music nerds out there, may I present this safe option that delivers:
Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It
Latest reads - Anne McCaffrey Pern series - Dragonsdawn - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and The Drift by C.J. Tudor - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ready or Not by Cara Bastone and I'm struggling to finish it 😭 Just can't seem to enjoy this book but alas, I have reading goal to finish and it's one of the chosen books :(
Just realised I don't seem to have posted any of my reviews since mid November:Three by Anna Willett -
Unwelcome Guests - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and Lost to the Lake - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
plus first in her Cold Case series The Woman Behind Her- reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Murder In Maastricht by Graham Brack - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Michael Connolly - The Black Echo - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Two by Louise Douglas:
The Summer of Lies - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Secret of Villa Alba - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
two by Debra Castaneda:
The Spore Queen - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
A Dark and Rising Tide - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Christmas Murder by Mary Grand - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Third Girl by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and a re-read of Circe by Madeline Miller, opinion unchanged and enjoyed it just as much this time around - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read two more:The Nine Lives of Kit Marlowe by Jay Margrave - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Family Man by Anna Willett - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Last reads of 2024:Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Killer’s Christmas List by Chris Frost - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
First of 2025 as I finished it today:The Room in the Attic by Louise Douglas - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin. A NetGalley arc. This one will come out around April 29th.
Just finished Sweet Child of Mine by Holly Winter, good book following the life of a young woman who discovers that she was abused as a child and her mind had hidden it for years.
Catchup:Love and Loyalty: The story of Jane Austen’s secret love affair by Jan Margrave - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Legacy of Foulstone Manor by J C Briggs - reviewed -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hill of Secrets by Galina Vromen - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and finally the last volume in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, The Dark Tower - reviewed -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of 'A Tale of Two Cities'. ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...’ begins Charles Dickens’ thrilling novel set in England and France during the turbulent years of the French Revolution.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Roommates to Lovers by Vamsi Gaajam - a clean romance that I believe you’ll find both heartwarming and delightful.eBook Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRBKSSQW
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone. The story of Michelangelo. It’s a 30-hour Audible listen but I like it.
My recent reads:Thirteen Steps Down by Ruth Rendell - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne and Dave King - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan -reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Agent Seventeen: A Novel by John Brownlow, awesome book. If you are into thrillers it's worth checking out! Also check out Two If By Sea by Richard McCann another great thriller!
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The Shining by Stephen King - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The first three in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King:
The Gunslinger - reviewed -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Drawing of the Three - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Waste Lands - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and also read Under the Breaking Sky: The Complete Apocalyptic Horror Series by Nick Clausen - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...