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Nov 17, 2020 01:34AM
A Chorus of Innocents (Sir Robert Carey #7) by P.F. Chisholm was another entertaining instalment in this historical fiction mystery series set in 1592 on the English/Scottish borderlands. Ah, the intrigue! Such a great way to soak up a bit of history. But mind the bloodshed!
4.5★ Link to my Innocents review
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Scott wrote: "David Baldacci is a good author!"Love David Baldacci.
Just finished Long Road to Mercy and loved it.
Amanda
Hated The Firelight Girls I think I need to leave one of my rl boo groups. My tastes have changed. I no longer enjoy female friendship books. I used to love them, But i now find them to be too much the same. Its sad because we have been a group for 10 years
Renee wrote: "Hated The Firelight Girls I think I need to leave one of my rl boo groups. My tastes have changed. I no longer enjoy female friendship books. I used to love them, But i now find the..."
That is sad, Renee. Do you ever get to choose the book for your group? I mix it up in my book group so that the books don't get stale.
That is sad, Renee. Do you ever get to choose the book for your group? I mix it up in my book group so that the books don't get stale.
We nominate books and vote. The group has picked Fern Michaels, Barbra Delinsky and Debbie Macomber the three months before this They are female friendship/relationship novels. It is what the others enjoy. I used to enjoy them but I don't anymore. I love my girls. But not their books
Finding Love at the Christmas Market by Jo ThomasFinished the ⭐⭐⭐.6 suspense anthology
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight: A Suspense Magazine Anthology collated by Jeffery Deaverhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Confessions on the 7:45
by Lisa UngerA working mom discovers her husband is having sex with the nanny....and things go downhill from there.
Good suspense novel. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sounds like a great story for sure! A little bit like my "Deadly Roses" in the terms of trouble at home.
I’m currently reading Sisters by Daisy Johnson. It’s a little book about—guess what—sisters! They are in their early teens and under a year in age apart. One is dominant over the other and the warrior in social situations (usually ones where she speaks up and defends her bullied sister). Something bad happens at school that propels their mom—who writes children’s books with them as characters—to move to another area. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...
Renee wrote: "We nominate books and vote. The group has picked Fern Michaels, Barbra Delinsky and Debbie Macomber the three months before this They are female friendship/relationship novels. It is what the other..."
That's really awful. I love the women in my book group as well.
That's really awful. I love the women in my book group as well.
I'm reading The Tartar Steppe, by Dino Buzzati (whose book Catastrophe: And Other Stories is one of my all-time favorites. I've no idea what to read after this one.
Just started A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES by Ian Rankin, the newest hardcover release in his ongoing mystery series featuring detective inspector John Rebus.
Frostline
by Justin ScottBen Abbott #3, OK to read as a stand-alone. Wow, what a dynamite mystery (that's a joke, dynamite plays a big part in the plot). Great characters and the plot just carries you along at top speed as Ben gets put in the middle of a feud between an old New England farmer and his rich neighbor. 5 stars, highly recommended.
Just finished The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon. Early French mystery writer. This is my second book of the Maigret series and I really have liked both of the installments.
I am reading The Outsiders. It starts out like a murder mystery, But as you read it King sneaks in his usual creepiness'. I am enjoying it
Renee wrote: "I am reading The Outsiders. It starts out like a murder mystery, But as you read it King sneaks in his usual creepiness'. I am enjoying it"Pretty sure you were referring to The Outsider
The Outsiders is a YA novel by SE HintonThe Outsiders
Starting
The Postscript Murders by Elly GriffithsFinished ⭐⭐⭐.2
Finding Love at the Christmas Market by Jo Thomashttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Renee wrote: "We nominate books and vote. The group has picked Fern Michaels, Barbra Delinsky and Debbie Macomber the three months before this They are female friendship/relationship novels. It is what the other..."I understand. A group of my friends started a book group, their choices and the fact that they enjoyed the books so much led me to question the basis of our friendship so now I steer clear of bookclub.
Finished Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman. Great character driven crime novel. Rating - 4/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Murder in the East End
by Jennifer AshleyIn this 4th book in the 'Kat Holloway' series, the cook/amateur sleuth searches for several missing children. The book works fine as a standalone.
Plenty of action and suspense. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Four stars for Silent Bite, David Rosenfelt’s latest.
Here’s a link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kajehas wrote: "Renee wrote: "I am reading The Outsiders. It starts out like a murder mystery, But as you read it King sneaks in his usual creepiness'. I am enjoying it"Pretty sure you were referri..."
LOl you are right. I need o be more careful when I click. The Hinton book was a favorite read in my teens I may have to revisit it.
I finished:
Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
Crow's Landing
by Brad SmithVirgil Cain #2, OK to read as a stand-alone. Virgil just wants to be left alone but gets pulled into the search for a big shipment of cocaine missing for 7 years. 3 stars, good but not great.
I just finished Deep into the Dark, the first in a new series by PJ Tracy.
Here’s a link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Beiderbecke Affair.So many years after the TV series was aired, I was immersed in and smiling, then laughing, through this light-hearted crime/mystery caper...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Scott wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Murder in the East End
by Jennifer AshleyIn this 4th book in the 'Kat Holloway' series, the cook/amateur..."
Scott, 3.5 stars is a good rating from me. (I save 4 and 5 stars for books that I find exceptional for one reason or another.)
Glad you like the review. 😊
Hi, All.Here's my four-star review of Thad Brown's The Smoking Gun Sisterhood.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Paul wrote: "Just finished The Beiderbecke Affair.So many years after the TV series was aired, I was immersed in and smiling, then laughing, through this light-hearted crime/mystery caper...
https://www.good..."
I loved the TV show. We still have the sound track somewhere.
When Falcons Fall C.S. HarrisExcellent historical fiction/mystery series.. When I checked it out at the library, the clerk told me "This is a really good series."
My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am one of the many who are enjoying Graham Brack's Christmas gift to readers of In Dulci Jubilo, a free, charming, short Christmas mystery for Master Mercurius to solve.
5★ Link to my In Dulci Jubilo review
Her Secret Son by Hannah Mary McKinnonTwo more read. I am making the most of my time before I have to start back to work.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Her by Garry Disher Dark. Unsettling. Heartbreaking. This will put paid to any romantic notions you may harbour about the 'good old days.' https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths. A must read for fans of Agatha Christie. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Finished Follow the River by James Alexander ThomMy Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3651239432
Finished Follow the River by James Alexander ThomMy Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3651239432
I just finished The Glass Hotel
Strange, but interesting. Here’s a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished The Unwilling by John Hart: scheduled to be published in February. Review with possible spoilershttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
To the nines
by Janet EvanovichStephanie Plum #9, OK to read as a stand-alone. Further adventures of Stephanie Plum, Jersey girl bounty hunter. Not the best in the series but still fun. 3 stars.
Just finished - Out by Kirino Natsuo
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just started - Dark Winter by Andy McNab
Just finished
Moonflower Murders
by:
Anthony Horowitz
The second Susan Ryland/Atticus Pund novel. Horowitz again presents a fitting tribute to the Golden Age of Mystery Fiction. My full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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