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Currently Reading? Just Finished? 2020
I just finished listening to Masked Prey
Another fun one by John Sandford. Here’s my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I havent been reading alot since my library been closed but here is what i read last 2 months. Some of these i had and fianlly read it
by Jennifer McMahon
by Tarryn Fisher
by Catherine McKenzie
by Meg Gardiner
by Heather Gudenkauf
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
by Lee Martin
Just finished DO NO HARM by Max Allan Collins, his latest novel in the Nate Heller mystery series.Now starting THE LIFE WE BURY by Allen Eskens. I saw that it earned a bunch of award nominations for Best First Mystery Novel so I thought I would try it out.
I have started
Strange Hotel by Eimear McBride after finishing the 4.5 star
Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan. My spoiler free review can be found at my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I stayed up way too late last night reading and finishing The Hex Murder: A Golden-Age Mystery Reprint, but it was so worth it. I know, I read strange books, but they're generally good.
Turn Coat
by Jim ButcherDresden Files #11, OK to read as stand-alone altho some details may be confusing. Harry Dresden is the only wizard in Chicago with an ad in the Yellow Pages. In this story an old enemy comes to Harry for help and in the process Harry's brother (who is a vampire) gets kidnapped. Sci-fi fantasy mystery, can be fun if you're in the mood. I liked it OK but if the book had been half as long it would have been fine with me. 3 stars.
About to begin
Mum & Dad by Joanna Trollope after finishing the 2.5 star
Strange Hotel by Eimear McBride. This would have to have been my most challenging read yet. Check out my review to find out why. It can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage sandysbookaday.wordpress.comThis book is available to request from NetGalley until June 30, 2020.
Finished Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger. A solid start to a new series. Rating - 3/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ever wanted to drop out, disappear, become somebody else? The Last Flight by Julie Clark brings to mind the old saying "out of the frying pan, into the fire"!
4★ Link to my 'Last Flight' review
I finished the second Inspector Wexford mystery by Ruth Rendell, A New Lease of Death (3.5 stars) My review is belowhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Next book is a thriller / fantasy from 1931, Daughter of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.
Southern Sass and a Crispy Corpse
by Kate YoungIn this second book in the 'Marygene Brown Mystery' series, the baker/amateur sleuth discovers two crispy corpses.....and her Mama's ghost says she has to investigate the crimes. The book works well as a standalone.
Fun cozy. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross. I really enjoyed it. While there was a murder to solve Rabbi Small worked quietly around the edges to help the various police authorities. It reminds me of Miss Marple quietly observing and talking to people and finding the hidden connections.
I just finished listening to Thieves on the Fens.
I can’t recommend this series enough. Here’s my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich finished the audiobook of this one which was really well done. Long ago I lived in Philadelphia and there are lots of similarities to areas of Philly and family dynamics.
Sizzling Sixteen
by Janet EvanovichStephanie Plum #16, OK to read as stand-alone. Stephanie's cousin and employer gets kidnapped and it's up to Stephanie to get him back. Light amusing entry in the light amusing mystery series. 3 stars.
Donna wrote: "Finished One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross. I really enjoyed it. While there was a murder to solve Rabbi Small worked quietly around the edges to help the various police authori..."I read the series years ago. I enjoyed the TV series as well.. I think..
I finished The Echo by Minette Walters, one of my favorite mystery writers. She never disappoints. My review belowhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Moving to adventure, occult, horror author, Dennis Wheatley, next - The Devil Rides Out
Just finished this one. The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachiaby Emma Copley Eisenberg
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished this true crime - Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Currently reading and almost done with My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing and I have been loving so far, I hope the end doesnt let me down.
Amber wrote: "Currently reading and almost done with My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing and I have been loving so far, I hope the end doesnt let me down."I hate it when that happens... really loved the book can see where its going or where I want it to go and then either it fades to nothing which I get annoyed by or there's a twist which doesn't make sense lol
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