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[L.G.]

Just finished this one . Read it as research for a project I'm working on. I understand why it's so acclaimed. 6 star book if there was such a thing...

[Lyka]

Just finished You Don't Have to Say You Love Me last night.

I'm currently on the first chapter of Breathe

[Samantha]

Just finished The Miniaturist - loved it. It was a gift, which I love, being given something I haven't thought to read. Highly recommend. Am in the midst of Cutting for Stone - very good.

[Victoria]

I just finished The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich---excellent book by one of my latest favorite authors. Now I'm reading Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. It's okay so far. Hope it picks up or offers something original or profound eventually.

[Tanya]

I am currently working my way through the Greywalker series by Kat Richardson. It started off kind of clumsy, but now I'm hooked.

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I've become a little bit obsessed with The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help.

Read the book last week, now listening to the audiobook.

[Lance]

Just finished Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid , Jessica Alexander's engaging, enlightening tell-all memoir of her years trying to do good in some of the most benighted places on Earth. A fast read with lots of colorful detail, it answers the question "selfless saints or intrusive busybodies?" with a resounding "yes." Four strong stars.

Read the full review here.

[Lance]

Just finished Girl With a Pearl Earring , Tracy Chevalier's imagining of how Johannes Vermeer's famous painting of the same name came to be. Her persuasive 1660s milieu and relatable heroine are somewhat undone by supporting characters who never really develop beyond type. Four stars.

Read the full review here.

[Veena]

Reading 'Americana'

[Lyka]

Currently reading Until Alex by J. Nathan

[Davida]

I recently finished reading The Last Word by Hanif Kureishi - my review is here http://drchazan.blogspot.com/2015/07/...

I also read Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick and my review of that is here http://drchazan.blogspot.co.il/2015/0...

[Lance]

Just finished False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes . It's a relatively painless introduction to the world of art fraud and forgery, led by a highly experienced and articulate guide. It's much more like listening to stories at a cocktail party than being in the field or the lab, and you'll learn more about the author and less about detecting forgeries than you strictly need to. Still, it's not a bad way to get started. Fourish stars.

Read the full review here.



Now reading Whiskey Tango Foxtrot .

[Susan]

Finished and . Now starting .

[Teresa]

Reading

[Theresa]

Finished William Bradshaw and a Faint Hope and have started "Spiritwood" by G.J. Wise.
Will be reading next.

[J.]

In a non-fiction cycle:
Plunder and Deceit, by Mark Levin. Makes a case that certain programs enjoyed by the current and retiring generation could bankrupt the younger generation. I've read several books written by political commentators, a lot are ghosted, but Levin writes quite well.

Pre-Raphaelite Twilight, Helen Rossetti Angeli - Published in the early 1950s, its about Charles Augustus Howell, notorious Victorian era "fixer" (the basis for the Sherlockian character Charles Augustus Milverton). A bit disjointed, but some interesting anecdotes about the era.

Fiction: Mansfield Park, Jane Austen - Re-reading again. May be Austen's most unjustly underappreciated novel.

[Susan]

Starting . Great character development.

[Kylie]

I am currently reading Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella. I am absolutely in love with it. People have recommended Kinsella for a long time and I never took them up on it. So glad I finally did!

[Susan]

Just finished Eleanor & Park. It was a well-written teen romance.

Now starting A Darker Shade of Magic.

[Bonnye Reed]

I received this wonderful read as a Goodreads Giveaway from W.W. Norton &Co and Margaret Eby on August 25. Thank you so much for sharing your work with me!

South Toward Home is a delight. I thoroughly enjoyed the visits to the heart of southern literature and the homes and/or neighborhoods of some of my favorite authors. Thank you Margaret Eby for bringing back to us these memories, these insights in the lives of William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Harper Lee, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Conner, Harry Crews and John Kennedy Toole.

This is a book I will keep, to share with my family and read again.

[Donna]

I am currently reading NO COUNTRY by Kalyan Ray. It is such a wonderful novel. Hard to put down. It is going to be one I will read again and again; a favorite.

[Lenita]

I just finished Will of Fate: Dual Court Kiss I by Samantha Britt. It was pretty good. I'm looking forward to reading more by her.

[Samantha]

Lenita wrote: "I just finished Will of Fate: Dual Court Kiss I by Samantha Britt. It was pretty good. I'm looking forward to reading more by her."

So glad you liked it, Lenita! :) -Samantha
Will of Fate: Dual Court Kiss I

[Megan]

I just finished Carrie Patel's Cities and Thrones, which was the sequel to The Buried Life. I thought it was a great continuation of book one and I hope there's a book three in the works!

[Sandy]

Funny book, kind of a cross between Dave Barry & PJ O'Rourke

[Paul]

Just finished reading ‘The Day of the Jackal' and wrote a review/piece about it...

“Half a million dollars is the price,” says the blonde Englishman being hired to assassinate French President Charles De Gaulle. “Considering you expect to get France itself, you esteem your country very cheap,” he adds noting the shock at his fee…

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bonnye Reed]

I recently finished Murders, Scoundrels and Ragamuffins by Richard Sullivan. I received an author signed copy of this fine novel on August 31 from Richard Sullivan and Montgomery Ewing Publishings as a Goodreads Giveaway. Thank you so much for allowing me to read your work!

Athough this is the third of three First Ward novels, Murderers, Scoundrels and Ragamuffins is completely stand alone. There is just enough back story to make it impossible to ignore the first two First Ward novels once this one is finished. I have already added them to my Amazon Wish List. This is a facinating story and a solid peek into daily life, politics and police procedures at the turn of the 20th century in Buffalo, NY. The cast includes Richard Sullivan's ancestors, actual persons from history, and the odd figments of Sullivan's very active imagination. It is a story you will not be able to put aside until you reach the end.

The families - the Sullivans, the Murphys, even the Conners are real - you might know any one of them by a different name. The sights and sounds of Buffalo, NY in the first decade of the twentieth century are shared fully. The good, the bad are right there for us to see. Before the end of the second chapter you will be grateful that we live in the twenty-first century. And before the fourth chaper, you will be very glad that Richard Sullivan dug into his family history and discovered all of this great information.

[Susan]

Just finished A Darker Shade of Magic. It was loaded with good vs. evil, magic, and a touch of humor.

Now starting The Witch's Boy.

[Trang]

Just Finished reading SAGA ! :D check it out our review : https://bookidote.wordpress.com/2015/...

[Bonnye Reed]

I am currently reading Now I Know, by Janet Duncan. So far, it is really good!

[Mizz]

Just finished Happy Pants Cafe romantic and funny!

[Mariel]

Christmas on Mimosa Lane by Anna DeStafano

[LaughingLeopardPress]

I just started reading a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. I'm so excited! I've only read one original Sherlock story before and the writing is just excellent and so intelligent.

[J.J.]

Reading the 56 short stories was my summer to-do thing a few summers ago. It got me into watching movies, downloading podcasts, listening to old radio shows. Holmes can lead to an obsession.

[Sandy]

Just finished "This Thing of Darkness" (4th in the Fiona Griffiths series) by Harry Bingham. Didn't put it down for 2 days til I was done & I can't remember the last time that happened. Bloody brilliant!

[Theresa]

I finished and will be starting after I finish getting book 2 of my own series ready. :)

[Susan]

I finished . It was all right, but not as good as I'd hoped.

Now starting . It's really fun so far.

[Jim]

Cain at Gettysburg by Ralph Peters - Published in 2012 by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.
Gave it a 5-star rating and posted a review.

[Alice]

Recently finished Wolf Hall. My Review

I'm reading Oscar Wilde's De Profundis.

[J.]

Just finished Daphne du Maurier's "My Cousin Rachel". I had read that there's going to be a remake (there was a previous film and a Masterpiece Theatre series). Very compelling, with just enough ambiguity in the story to provoke a lot of discussion. It would be a great read for a book club.

[Cheryl]

Just finished a cute book called The Lost Twin, and started Up From the Grave. Also have The Wishing Spell and Chase Tinker and the House of Destiny on the go.

[Susan]

Just finished the Victorian horror The Scream of Angels. A great Halloween read.

Now starting A Hidden Fire.

[Susan]

Cheryl wrote: "Just finished a cute book called The Lost Twin, and started Up From the Grave. Also have The Wishing Spell and [book:Chase Tinker and the House of De..."

Cheryl, I look forward to hearing what you think of The Wishing Spell. I have been considering reading this book but the reviews seem so mixed. :P

[Pam]

Finished The Hounds of the Morrigan and
The Amber Spyglass .

Now on Red Moon and Black Mountain: The End of the House of Kendreth and The Long Secret

[Bonnye Reed]

Reading My Name is Mary Sutter. Special novel recommended to me by my Sister Rebecca. Am at that point where cooking, eating, sleeping don't seem all that important just now....

[Susan]

Just finished up A Hidden Fire. It was an entertaining vampire read.

Now starting The Private School Murders.

[Daniel]

Just finished Devil Said Bang by Richard Kadrey.

[Susan]

Just starting . The writing is great so far.

[Wendi]

Work of Fate: Dual Court Kiss II
It's excellent!

[Pam]

Finished the second volume in Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders series, The Mad Ship . Am enjoying this series a lot more than her initial Farseer Trilogy.