Currently Reading? Just Finished? 2020 Showing 1,851-1,900 of 2,985

[Barbara]

The Dilemma by B.A. Paris

In this domestic drama, long-married spouses are harboring big secrets on the day of the wife's long planned 40th birthday bash.

Intriguing premise. 3 stars

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

[Aditya]

If anyone wants to, feel free to upvote this 1 star review to a spammer.

I am getting spammed a lot these days, so I thought if a 1 star review lies at the top of their book page, maybe this stupid shit will stop.

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

PS. I hate spammers making all authors look like an insurance selling cold caller

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Started Deadman on the Tracks by Sarah Barrie after I Finished 2 very different books over the last few days....

An edge of your seat psychological thriller Playdate by Alex Dahl https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

And the second is a gentler historical mystery set in the glamorous world of show business Tell Me How It Ends by V.B. Grey https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Linda]

I'm listening to Double Indemnity

[Xavier]

The Next Widow, first book in a new series by ER doctor turned writer CJ Lyons

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

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

About to begin The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish

Finished the Australian crime thriller/romantic suspense Deadman's Track by Sarah Barrie https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the crime classic:


The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading another crime classic:


The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

[Dem]

Finished Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3415773506

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "I finished the crime classic:


The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.go..."

I just took my copy of Black Dahlia off the shelf today, but I won't get to it until Monday. I'm reading Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor and it is taking up my reading time at the moment.

[Bill]

I just finished New Orleans Beat, the 4th Skip Langdon mystery by Julie Smith. (4 stars) My review below

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

Next is the 3rd Bosch mystery, The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly

[Leena]

just finished an anthology of suspense stories Nothing Good Happens after Midnight.
rating 4.5
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...

[Christine]

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "I just took my copy of Black Dahlia off the shelf today, but I won't get to it until Monday...."

I wanted to get a head start because it looks like August will be a busy month for group reads - I'm also trying to fit in Swag by Elmore Leonard, Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre, and probably The Bad Seed by William March. And you know I don't like to hurry. :-(

Black Dahlia is good so far, but Ellroy's style hasn't fully matured at this point. Apparently it was his editor's insistence that he shorten 100 pages of L.A. Confidential that caused him to edit out every single word that he considered "unnecessary," which led to his unique prose. Black Dahlia is still well written, it just doesn't quite feel like the Ellroy that I was expecting.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Aditya wrote: "If anyone wants to, feel free to upvote this 1 star review to a spammer.

I am getting spammed a lot these days, so I thought if a 1 star review lies at the top of their book page, maybe this stupi..."

It won't stop. I am daily inundated with the same sort of requests.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I just took my copy of Black Dahlia off the shelf today, but I won't get to it until Monday...."

I wanted to get a head start because it looks like August will be a busy month for gr..."

I actually decided to start Black Dahlia last night instead of waiting. I've already read it but it's always good to reconnect. You won't need to wait until LA Confidential to see Ellroy hit his stride -- he's all there The Big Nowhere for sure.

Re The Bad Seed -- that's a creepy book. My irl book group read it a couple of years back.

[Zoe]

Currently reading The House by Simon Lelic

[PattyMacDotComma]

Leena wrote: "just finished an anthology of suspense stories Nothing Good Happens after Midnight.
rating 4.5
My review
htt..."

LEENA! Can you fix your link or post it again so we can find your review? This link goes to a blank edit page. (I love the book title!)

[PattyMacDotComma]

A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill is my favourite one so far in this delightful Aussie historical mystery series. 1930s Australia - love it!
5★ Link to my Murder Unmentioned review

[PattyMacDotComma]

Robert Pobi is new to me, but I enjoyed City of Windows - (think skyscrapers/sniper) - so much that I've already started the second in the series. I appreciate a good guy who IS a good guy.
5★Link to my City of Windows review

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished another collection of stories by original Twilight Zone writer Charles Beaumont:


Yonder by Charles Beaumont
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

As a result of finishing this collection, I have also read all the stories in these two Beaumont collections as was able to rate and review them as well - both are out of print but well worth picking up if you should happen to find them second-hand:


The Magic Man and Other Science-Fantasy Stories by Charles Beaumont
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Edge by Charles Beaumont
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I'm starting the final Beaumont collection, published posthumously and consisting of several unpublished stories:


A Touch of the Creature by Charles Beaumont

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "...Re The Bad Seed -- that's a creepy book. My irl book group read it a couple of years back."

That's good to know. I'm looking forward to it, assuming it wins.

[Christine]

I finished my 72nd book

[Barbara]

Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke

Two men bond as soldiers during WWII, then start a drilling pipe company in Texas. A corrupt misanthropic tycoon tries every underhanded thing to get their business.

Usual good writing from James Lee Burke. 4 stars

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

[Jean]

Just finished Bodily Harm . Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Araych]

I Shot the Buddha by Colin Cotterill

Dr. Siri #11, not recommended as a stand-alone. Laos, 1979. Dr. Siri and the rest of his jolly crew investigate 3 murders in Laos and also Thailand. I'm a big fan of the Dr. Siri series but I found this story extremely complex and confusing. Maybe I should have been taking notes. 3 stars.

[Aditya]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Black Dahlia is good so far, but Ellroy's style hasn't fully matured at this point. Apparently it was his editor's insistence that he shorten 100 pages of..."

Yeah feels a bit different from the machine gun prose I usually equate with Ellroy. This was the first Ellroy book I read, enjoyed it a lot back then. Still liking it this time around but seems to be missing a gear. Though I am going slow and it only gets better.

Nancy wrote: "It won't stop. I am daily inundated with the same sort of requests."

Yes it is so irritating.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Starting The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths after I Finished the exciting and mind-blowing The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Christine]

[Christine]

[Christine]

[Christine]

[Christine]

[Christine]

[Christine]

[Christine]

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Aditya wrote: "RJ from the LBC wrote: "Black Dahlia is good so far, but Ellroy's style hasn't fully matured at this point. Apparently it was his editor's insistence that he shorten 100 pages of..."

Yeah feels a bit different from the machine gun prose I usually equate with Ellroy. This was the first Ellroy book I read, enjoyed it a lot back then. Still liking it this time around but seems to be missing a gear. Though I am going slow and it only gets better."

I'm enjoying it a lot right now, I just was surprised at the style being different from what I expected. The boxing match is a terrific way to start it off - it really lends an authentic feel to the time period and also throws back to the great boxing stories of the pulp era.

[Barbara]

Gray Mountain by John Grisham

A couple of lawyers sue a powerful coal company that damages the environment, causes black lung disease, and has dangerous practices. But big business has 'connections.'

Good book. 3.5 stars

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

[Sandy]

When She Was Good

Great follow-up to book #1.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Icewineanne]

Pride, Prejudice and Poison by Elizabeth Blake

Really enjoyed this 1st book in a new series

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

[Christine]

Sandy how are both of your books going?

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Still working on Hurricane Season, but it's so intense I had to take a break for a while. I hope to finish it today but who knows? A while back Stark House sent me a two-books-in-one called Footsteps in the Night / Beat Back the Tide by Dolores Hitchens. Both are from the 1960s, and I'm two pages shy of finishing Footsteps in the Night. It's one of those books where you're pretty sure you know whodunit as you're reading, but just a couple of pages to the end, I'm not sure anymore. I like when that happens.

Also continuing on with The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy for August's group discussion.

[Christine]

Nancy I’m reading a lot of my books since I’m stuck in the house because of this whole Corona Virus thing

[Christine]

Barbara I have that book called The Dilemma by B.A. Paris

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Christine wrote: "Nancy I’m reading a lot of my books since I’m stuck in the house because of this whole Corona Virus thing"

I'm sure we all are, Christine! I have a lot of books here that will probably outlast coronavirus.

be safe, Christine.

[Aditya]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "I'm enjoying it a lot right now, I just was surprised at the style being different from what I expected..."

It was a brave decision on Ellroy's part to not actually start the main case till one fourth of the way in. But it works, adds a lot in terms of both atmosphere and characterization.

[Michelle]

Just finished Dark Paradise by Tami Hoag

[Barbara]

Christine wrote: "Barbara I have that book called The Dilemma by B.A. Paris"

Hope you enjoy it Christine. 😊

[Thomas]

My 5 star review of Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I strongly recommend this book.
Not a mystery or a thriller.

[Araych]

The Old Man by Thomas Perry

More an adventure than a mystery. I like Perry's style and I've read several of this books. I liked the hero and his adventures but I had a couple of issues with the book, which pop up later in the story. 1st, the revealed backstory of his girlfriend is absurd and 2nd, the coincidence of him meeting a woman with this history out of the millions of women in the US is ridiculous. Still recommended, though. Deduct 1 star, down to 4.

[Linda]

I started The Chef by James Patterson