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Currently Reading? Just Finished? 2020


And here we go for another year. First up is a new book from Mindy Mejia.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Wishing everyone a year of great reading!


Newlywed Abby Hayman steps in front of a bus less than 24 hours after the nuptials. As Abby recuperates, there's a long flashback to the deteriorating marriage of Abby's parents....which she (partly) blames herself for.
Oates is a gifted writer, but this book is problematic for me. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:

A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane


I loved The Whisper Man. Glad you enjoyed She Lies in Wait as I have that coming up soon.
Yesterday was just a laid-back, do-nothing day, most conducive to reading. I finished Ashenden by Somerset Maugham, and I've finished The Inugami Clan by Seishi Yokomizo. Late last night I started The Unsuspected by Charlotte Armstrong.

I did not like the story. The writing was good but the story was not something i enjoyed.



Ani seems like a supercilious snob who has everything - great job, great clothes, great fiancé - but there's a secret in her past that haunts her.
3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Finished The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz as part of the group read. A commendable reboot of Holmes, recommended to Doyle fans. Rating - 3.5/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Henry Kennis #4, OK to read as stand-alone. Kennis is Police Chief on Nantucket island, Mass. He's a thinking-man's cop and these books are a lot of fun to read. This one is sort of Axelrod's version of A Christmas Carol. 4 stars, strongly recommended.



This novella, which is #11.5 in the 'Walt Longmire' series, has Longmire and his friends dealing with (what might be) a ghost. The book can be read as a standalone.
Good story. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

That's great Christine. 😊


In this 15th book in the 'Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery' series, caterer/amateur sleuth Goldy Schulz is catering a couple of weddings when her godfather and his friend are the victims of two separate crimes. Goldy helps her cop husband investigate. The book can be read as a standalone.
Entertaining cozy. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Terror by Dan Simmons
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice



I finished The Unsuspected by Charlotte Armstrong yesterday. I don't quite know what to make of it, since the plot itself was beyond improbable but I found myself completely sucked into the suspense. At some point not too far into it, the word "gaslight" popped into my head.
Patty wrote: "Nancy, I love Charlotte Armstrong; I read this book in 2018."
I'm not so in love with this book, but it was okay. I'll have to read more of her work.
I'm not so in love with this book, but it was okay. I'll have to read more of her work.

While the premise of the book is far fetched, if you can accept it, it is a suspenseful spy story. My review, 3.5 stars rounded down.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Terror by Dan Simmons
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading
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I am currently reading The Terror by Dan Simmons and i am glad that you liked it. I'm not too far in but it definitely is a story that held my interest and attention very fast


In this 3rd book in the 'Cormoran Strike' series, the detective and his partner are in the sights of a violent psychopath. Good story. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


In this 3rd book in the 'Cormoran Strike' series, the detective and his partner are in the si..."
I just finished that one myself and am on to the next one:

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