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[Christine]

I finished my 29th book

[Aaron]

finally finished Fall of Giants.

[Robert]

I am reading "Soul of an Octopus" and "The House of Mirth" for two book clubs and are about as far apart in subject and writing style as there can be. Both are really cool, excellent reads and I highly recommend them.

Stay safe, and God bless

Bob Drews
www.vertupublishing.com
www.authorsden.com

[Christine]

I finished my 30th book

[Christine]

I finished my 31st book

[Pam]

Kayleen wrote: "Pam wrote: "Catchup on a few reviews:

Two by Agatha Christie -

At Bertram's Hotel - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A Pocket full of Rye..."

Haven't heard of that podcast - thanks!

[Pam]

Finished a couple:

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4645329803
and
Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405974073

[Christine]

I finished my 32nd book

[Tamara]

I read The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow.
A 700-page tome, the product of a decade's worth of extensive research on new evidence in anthropology and archaeology. The authors debunk many of the conventional narratives about human history and the assumptions on which they are based. It is long, unwieldy, intellectually stimulating, and absolutely fascinating.

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

[Alice]

Recently finished The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri. Had mixed feelings.

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

[Christine]

I finished my 33rd book

[Christine]

I finished my 34th book

[Pam]

Read and reviewed Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405974127

[A.W.]

Just finished Lethal White by R. Galbraith (JK Rowling). It's 4 in a series of 5 I highly recommend. The novels are long, though, so be in the mood for that, but the writing is excellent.

[Christine]

I finished my 35th book

[T.A.]

I just finished A Man Who Would Be King: The Duke of Buckingham and Richard III

Read my 5-star review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Lester]

Just finished and rated The Snow Walker Farley Mowat

[Nourhanesreadings]

i just started “ for the wolf” and i’m loving it

[Sylvia]

A.W. wrote: "Just finished Lethal White by R. Galbraith (JK Rowling). It's 4 in a series of 5 I highly recommend. The novels are long, though, so be in the mood for that, but the writing is excellent." i really liked casual vacancy and the detective series on TV though didnt read those - she is a great writer - can really tell a story. might look more of galbraith up then

[Inamullah]

Door to Wisdom

[Christine]

I finished my 36th book

[Christine]

I finished my 37th book

[Pam]

Finally finished Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405975126

[Christine]

I finished my 38th book

[Pam]

Read Promised Lands by Jane Rogers - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4686912472

[The Editorial]

Finished reading 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'. Pretty good story written by the first-hand account of Harriet Jacobs.
Check out my blog: https://theeditorial15.wixsite.com/my...

[J.]

I just finished "Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Heka", by David Marcum. I am a fan (and author of) Sherlockian pastiches and I enjoyed this one. Quite complex, as what seems like the discovery of a relatively trivial object snowballs into a grand conspiracy.
I picked up a pair of psychological suspense novels from the library, didn't check them out before I got home. Unfortunately, both of them were written in the present tense, which seems to be all the thing in the genre, but which I find unreadable. So I took them back.

[Pam]

Read Lynda La Plante's Good Friday and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4697678185

[Catherine]

I'm reading The Stalker by Alex Gray. Set in Glasgow it's about a killer who stalks his victims before killing them. His latest chosen victim has just written a children's book and he follows her all around Scotland on her book tour, even though he knows she is married to the police superintendant who is leading the case into the murders. Half way through and it's very absorbing.

[Christine]

I finished my 39th book

[Cheryl]

Just Finished Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

[Cecelia]

As the author of the "Val and Roddy DeVere Gilded Series" set in the Gilded Age, I cast an eagle eye on historical fiction to see how others handle their chosen eras. I award maximum stars to
THE ELEPHANT OF BELFAST, by S. Kirk Walsh
Set in WWII Northern Ireland, a young woman zookeeper, Hettie Quin, struggles to protect her elephant, Violet, when Nazi bombs threaten, all the while coping with the young men who mean her good--and ill. The reader is rewarded on every page of this novel that I could not put down!
Cecelia Tichi

[Patricia]

Becoming Mrs. Lewis, about a third of the way. Lovely so far, if sometimes the detail is too much. Extra love because I'm an author reading an author about an author - always a fascination for me. Chapters start with excerpts from Mrs. Gresham's poetry, which is a plus. We'll see where it goes!

[Pam]

Read another in the Jane Tennison series by Lynda La Plante, which I enjoyed more than the previous one - Murder Mile - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4697678360

[sonya]

I finished the reign of Osiris today

[Gisela]

Am reading Doc by Mary Doria Russell.
Since I was born in Europe, unfortunately, I knew very little about Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, plus, in 1993, I also missed the movie "Tombstone" because at the time, I was thrilled to mommy a toddler and a newborn more or less 24/7.

Right now, I am working on a translation and needed some "background flavor." - - - - Mary D. Russell's book is a riot. I am almost finished w/part 1.

[Robert]

I'm reading "Bel Canto" by Ann Pritchett and "A Long Petal of the Sea" by Isabel Allende, both for book clubs and both good reads.

Stay safe, and God bless.

Bob Drews
www.vertupublishing.com
www.robert-drews.com
www.authorsden.com

[Lois]

I've just started "There There" by Tommy Orange, a Literati Book Club selection by Susan Orlean. Novel based on experiences of an urban Native American.

[John]

Starting StarGods: Star Carrier Book 9. Enjoyed the previous 8 so hoping this one is good as well.

[Teresa]

Does my own manuscript for Death Space count? lol. "Write what you love because you have to read it like a million times."

[Christine]

I finished my 40th book

[Frank]

I finished Vendetta by Richard Gambino (not "V" for Vendetta but the vendetta against the Italians in 1891 when 11 were lynched for the death of the chief of police. A tragic framing of innocent men that led to the formation of the US Navy and mended the wounds of the Civil War). Currently reading Agustinal de Aragon by Gail Meath, one of my favorite authors on Goodreads.

[Cecelia]

Very recently finished reading THE ELEPHANT OF BELFAST, a can't-put-it-down historical novel set in WWII Northern Ireland, featuring Hettie Quin, a young woman zookeeper protecting her elephant, Violet, as the Germans threaten to bomb the city. There's romance, grieving, and courage as we follow Hettie's trials and challenges. The reader is rewarded on every page! How many stars for this one? Maxi-Stars!

Cecelia Tichi

[Josiah]

At the moment I'm reading Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book which is fun and darkly whimsical, but I've been in a bit of a slump lately and have been finding it hard to enjoy much.

[Pam]

Read another Jane Tennison novel by Lynda La Plante, The Dirty Dozen but not so keen on that one - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4697678485
and a lighthearted fantasy as a change of pace -
The Blue King - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4714397380
plus a good but grim Peter May - The Blackhouse - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4709774864

[Pam]

Teresa wrote: "Does my own manuscript for Death Space count? lol. "Write what you love because you have to read it like a million times.""

Not sure - I don't mention those reads on GR for that reason although I re-read the book(s) umpteen times!

[Alice]

Reading Six Crimson Cranes. Generally YA is not my cup of tea, but I just wanted to try out a few. The two I'd earlier read were disappointments, but this one thankfully doesn't follow the boring "sassy all-powerful young heroine with an attitude trope".

[Christine]

I finished my 41st book

[Mark]

Just starting The Aeneid!

[Pam]

Read the concluding two volumes of Peter May's Lewis trilogy:

The Lewis Man - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4714574194
and
The Chessmen - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4719780899