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Currently Reading? Just Finished? 2020

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Today I'll start The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, since my copy arrived yesterday. Yay!


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I have only managed to read two books this week, both Netgalley ARCs
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Just started The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor


A thirtysomething single mother who has no memories of her childhood starts to remember.
Heartbreaking and inspiring, 3.5 stars
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A fun addition to a fun series. Here’s a link to my four star review:
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Finished The Zebra-Striped Hearse by Ross Macdonald. Good old school noir. Rating - 4/5
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New York 1945. It's Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, except as women. Cute idea, pretty well done. This is Spotswood's first, and it's a good first. Hope he writes more of the series, and if so I'm sure they will improve from good to great.


A woman, who's still recovering from a traumatic assault from long ago, is stalked by a killer.
Modern story with a gothic feel, 3.5 stars
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I don't take back any of the criticisms I aired in my review of Murder in an Irish Churchyard, but when the audible version of book six dropped, I decided I loved the characters and setting so much that I couldn't do it.
Here's my four-star review.
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It is historical fiction, set in Paris during WWII and 1983-84 small town Montana. It is a story of love, betrayal, sadness and coming of age, all wrapped in one.
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A Catholic priest uncovers a papyrus that challenges the foundations of the church.
Good thriller. 3 stars
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Faith wrote: "My review of Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes
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I love that book! Her other books (the ones I've read) are outstanding. Dorothy Hughes is one of my very favorite writers. I hope you'll read more of her work.
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I love that book! Her other books (the ones I've read) are outstanding. Dorothy Hughes is one of my very favorite writers. I hope you'll read more of her work.


Valentino #6, OK to read as a stand-alone but some familiarity with the characters would be helpful. Our movie detective works to solve an old disappearance and locate an old movie thought lost forever. This is another cute entry in the Valentino series but this one, while light and enjoyable, is rather short and the mystery is much too easy to figure out.


Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
Rating: 2 stars
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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
"I finished reading a book that lots of people love, but I didn't:"
Story of my life. Case in point: Mexican Gothic which just rubbed me the wrong way for being so obvious from the outset. On the flip side, I've loved a lot of books that lots of people hate. It's all subjective.
Story of my life. Case in point: Mexican Gothic which just rubbed me the wrong way for being so obvious from the outset. On the flip side, I've loved a lot of books that lots of people hate. It's all subjective.


Finished Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha. An ambitious crime novel about the race relations between African Americans and Koreans but it is a little too neat for my liking. Rating - 3/5.
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Story of my life. Case in point: Mexican Gothic which just rubbed me the wrong way for being so obvious from the.outset. On the flip side, I've loved a lot of books that lots of people hate. It's all subjective."
I totally agree on all points.



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And listening to The Ghost Fields The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths

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I love that book! Her other books (the ones I've..."
I've checked a few libraries. They don't have many of her books, but I've added some to my wish list.


An Anglo-English army captain in 1892 India - mustered out because of injuries - takes up sleuthing Sherlock Holmes style.
Good mystery with too much romance (for me). 3 stars
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When a priest is accused of murder, higher up wrongdoing is exposed.
Early Dugoni book published after he was successful. 3 stars
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