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[Margo]

Janice wrote: "Roz wrote: "What do you think of Things in Jars Janice? I started it last week, but I had difficulty getting into it. .."

I'm having a bit of trouble getting into it. I'm intrigued, but it seems l..."

Things in Jars didn't work that well for me. I never really got it :-/ I much preferred he first book Himself

[Roz]

Janice wrote: "Roz wrote: "Right now I'm listening to Golden in Death so I can finish this looong series. I had started reading the hard copy but had to return it before finishing. I should be don..."

It's huge! Golden in Death is the most recent and it's #50. I've read most of them as ebooks. This last one at the time I first borrowed it was only in print, but for a short loan. Of course I didn't finish it and it was non-renewable. So I figured I'd put myself on a waitlist and borrow it again. But then I saw that the was available as an recently purchased audiobook through my library so I snapped it up. Listening is quite different. I had to speed it up because the narrator read so slowly. And I can't skim, or skipped that unnecessary sex between Eve and Roarke.

[Roz]

Janice wrote: "Roz wrote: "Janice wrote: "Roz wrote: "What do you think of Things in Jars Janice? I started it last week, but I had difficulty getting into it. .."

I'm having a bit of trouble getting into it. I'..."

I think it's going to become a back-burner book.

[Don]

Finished reading Murder On The Orient Express
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Don wrote: "Finished reading Murder On The Orient Express
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Great review Don.

[Margo]

Listened to The Starless Sea as part of a buddy read. This is one I would really recommend to the print version. I found the audio very hard to follow. It is a "busy" book with ideas and storylines coming at the reader from all direction an , IMO, very little was resolved. I gave it 3 stars.

I started Unraveling Oliver. This is a re-listen for my bookclub on Wednesday night - I forgot all about it till this morning, good job it's short!

[Gavin]

Reading The Institute

[PattyMacDotComma]

One of my favourite authors is Aussie Sulari Gentill who writes the delightful Rowland Sinclair historical mystery series. I loved Paving the New Road. He and his friends are in Munich in 1933, watching the frightening rise of Hitler and Fascism.
5★ Link to my review of "Paving the New Road

[PattyMacDotComma]

Another colourful book for kids that adults will enjoy is Portrait of an Artist: Vincent van Gogh: Discover the Artist Behind the Masterpieces. I shared several of the illustrations to show how good it is.
5★ Link to my Van Gogh review

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished my re-read of A Monster Calls for my real life book club. It remains a 5 star read and a 2 hankie read.

Next up is The Mercies. It's a 2020 release and will fit the trivia challenge.

[Grainne]

I’ve added A Monster Calls to my reading list. Definitely a tear jerker though it looks like a great book. I hadn’t heard of it before.

[Janice, Moderator]

Grainne wrote: "I’ve added A Monster Calls to my reading list. Definitely a tear jerker though it looks like a great book. I hadn’t heard of it before."

Yes, it is a tear jerker. But I think it's healing on the same hand. I hope you enjoy it Grainne.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished Things in Jars. I ended up giving it 2 stars - too over described, too wordy, too boring. At least I can use it for the trivia challenge.

I'll start The Murmur of Bees later today for the group themed read.

[Dem]

Finished Ask Again, Yes

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3174757092

[Sarah]

I finished The Godfather for twisted trivia. It was fantastic! So pleased I read it. I started Lab Girl fr the group read and whilst I liked it, memoirs aren't for me so I've put it on my 'come back later' shelf. Next up is Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine for twisted trivia.

[Cherie]

I finished The Man Who Smiled and went looking for another audiobook to listen to. I found The Samurai's Garden. I read another of this author's books for a challenge two or three years ago. I am glad to find her again.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm currently reading The Paris Wife for a RL book club. It reads sort of like a memoir. I'm about halfway through and I'm kind of bored. It's not bad and I don't dislike it really, but it isn't exciting or even very interesting. I just find it kind of neutral. I could stop reading and forget about it at any time.

[Peggy]

@Sarah: I loved Eleanor Oliphant!

@Kristie: I think I felt sort of the same about that book.

[Renee]

I also loved Elenore Oliphant. I thought the chars development in that book was amazing.

Ditto also on the Paris Wife. It was good. But it didn't keep my interest

[Peggy]

I started Henchgirl for the monthly challenge.

[Roz]

I have a couple of books going at the same time (as usual), but most of my time is being spent on 2, Persona Non Grata (#3 in the Medicus Investigation series) and Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Very different books.

[Peggy]

I'm starting Golden Fool for a buddy read. It will also work for my trivia challenge.

[Dem]

Finished The Butterfly Room .

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3209032905

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished The Mercies yesterday. It reminded me of Burial Rites in that it was hauntingly atmospheric. I'm debating about changing my 4 stars to a 5. I can't get it out of my head. It deals with the witch trials in Norway that occurred after the Vardo Storm in 1617 in which 40 men drowned at sea.

I will join Peggy and start Golden Fool later today.

[Cherie]

I finished The Starless Sea and the other audiobooks I mentioned above - they all fit onto my yearly challenge. I am starting on The Serpent's Tale and Deathless Divide - both buddy reads and 2nd books in their series. I am still reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon.

[Jayme, Moderator]

@Janice - I'm glad you liked The Mercies and rated it high. I have it on hold at the library and it should be available within the next couple of weeks.

I am currently reading When We Were Vikings which is very good and is tugging at my heart. I think it may end up being a 4 or 5. It will work for card 22 - Science: Nay - The theme of the book is medical for the annual challenge. Up next is The Women in the Castle for my book club and then I can finally get to The Murmur of Bees for the monthly group read.

[Janice, Moderator]

Jayme wrote: "@Janice - I'm glad you liked The Mercies and rated it high. I have it on hold at the library and it should be available within the next couple of weeks.."

I changed my rating to 5 stars because I can't stop thinking about the book. It's not just the book, it's the history surrounding it. And it's not just the history of the Norwegian witch trials, but the persecution of women throughout time. Today is International Women's Day which brought it crashing home to me.

[Sandra, Moderator]

It looks very good, Janice. I added I.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Oh wow. Thanks Janice! Sounds right up my alley but I have never heard of it.

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "Oh wow. Thanks Janice! Sounds right up my alley but I have never heard of it."

It's a new release. Came out Feb 11th.

[Margo]

I've joined Peggy and Janice -started Golden Fool last night.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Jayme wrote: " I am currently reading When We Were Vikings which is very good and is tugging at my heart. I think it may end up being a 4 or 5.[boo..."

I'm also reading "When We Were Vikings", Jayme, and enjoying it a lot, too.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Saving Missy by Beth Morrey is bound to be a favourite of many. Old lady, cute dog, new friends.
3★ Link to my review

[uncomfytomato]

I'm currently reading The Dream Thieves

I'm enjoying it so much! I really really love how complex the characters are, getting to know each is so fun.

[Sarah]

I finished Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine for twisted trivia. It was delightful. I've not been so affected emotionally by a book in a long time. I have started The Broken Girls for twisted trivia.

[Dem]

Finished The Choice: Embrace the PossibleThe Choice by Edith Eger

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3208899026

[Gavin]

Reading The Testament

[Cherie]

I finished The Girl Who Drank the Moon for my trivia challenge. It was a beautiful story about witches and moonlight magic and friendship and love. If you enjoy reading Children's Middle Grade books and Newbury Medal winners especially, I can definitely recommend it.

[uncomfytomato]

Just started reading Fly by Night
if anyone wants to join for a buddy read

still reading The Dream Thieves trying to take my time since I'm really enjoying the book!

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm juggling a few books and getting behind in all of them! Yikes.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I've gotten behind too, Janice. Too many books I want to read.

I finally finished The Paris Wife. I thought it was just ok. It just never rally grabbed me where I didn't want to put it down.

I just started The Forgotten Home Child. I don't remember if I already posted this, but I'm also reading Unfollow Me and I need to get back to Big Lies in a Small Town too.

[Renee]

I am hitting my TBR mountain. I just finishedA World Apart & the Witching Hour. It was not at all what I needed. It was more romance then fantasy. Its story was very predictable. I didn't realize it was a series. I wonder if I would have liked it better if I had read the series.

[Cherie]

I started Lab Girl for one of the group reads. The other is still on hold at the library.

I finished the tenth Maisie Dobbs series book last night. In Leaving Everything Most Loved, she is at a cross-roads in her personal life and work and made a decision that may have far reaching consequences in her future.

[PattyMacDotComma]

I enjoyed many of the old poems in Around the Boree Log and Other Verses by John O'Brien, especially “We’ll all be rooned, said Hanrahan”, the eternal pessimist. Always fun to read these.
3★ Link to my Boree Log review

[PattyMacDotComma]

Elizabethan England - Shakespeare and Marlowe as minor characters with questionable ethics - great mix of real and imagined characters in P.F. Chisholm’s entertaining Sir Robert Carey historical mystery series. Loved A Murder of Crows.
4.5★ Link to my Murder of Crows review

[Dem]

Finished The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3227900608

[PattyMacDotComma]

What a debut! I absolutely loved When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald. Zelda is different and awkward and she knows it, but she faces life with an honest earnestness that I wish more people had.
5★ Link to my 'Vikings' review

[Dem]

Finished A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3127717366

[Jayme, Moderator]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "What a debut! I absolutely loved When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald. Zelda is different and awkward and she knows it, but she faces life with an honest..."

I loved it too. I also gave it 5 stars!

[Jayme, Moderator]

I'm currently reading The Sun Down Motel and it is spooky scary, but very good. Up next is The True Story of Hansel and Gretel about WWII. I'm going to need something light and fun after these two books. I'm thinking about taking a walk with Elton John Me.