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[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I've read quite a few books this month. I most recently finished The Last Thing He Told Me and The Henna Artist, which I thought were really good.

I'm currently reading The Family Plot. It's good, but I expected more. I'm at 83% and at this point the ending can have a big effect on my overall opinion of the book.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Strange Bliss: Essential Stories is a collection of six of Katherine Mansfield's excellent, quirky short stories. People are just as selfish and awkward and silly today as they were when she was writing.
Link to my review of Strange Bliss

[PattyMacDotComma]

Apples Never Fall is the latest from Aussie author Liane Moriarty. It's a family tree of tennis players, the kind of varied group of characters she's so well-known for. I wish I'd liked it better.
Link to my review of Apples Never Fall

[Woman Reading]

Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia by Samuel A. Greene - also provides deeper info about the Crimean annexation and "prisoner of conscience" Alexei Navalny

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4168160681

[PamG]

I finished the standalone political thriller The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Family is the first in Owen Mullen's new Glass Family series. Two crime families vie for supremacy, but don't think the Glass siblings are the good guys!
Link to my review of Family

[PattyMacDotComma]

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan is a little gem that tells a big story. Excellent!
5★ Link to my review of Small Things Like These

[Christine]

I finished my 69th book

[Christine]

[PamG]

I read a paperback that I purchased 3 or 4 years ago from a used bookstore clearance shelf that has been languishing on my TBR bookshelf. Death by the Light of the Moon by Joan Hess. It's a cozy mystery and the seventh book in the series. I've read one other book in the series. Unfortunately, this one didn't work for me.

My 2 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Esther]

This Chinese epic got 4.5 stars from me
She Who Became the Sun

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

[PamG]

I finished The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling. It's a light and fun paranormal romantic comedy featuring witches Vivienne Jones and Rhys Penhallow.

My 3.5 star review rounded to 4 stars for the pure enjoyment and fun that I had reading the book:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Woman Reading]

Slow Horses by Mick Herron - the first in the Slough House spook series and a dark horse thriller

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4012535411

[Tammy]

Finished reading Miss Spelled by Morgana Best and starting The City by S.C. Mendes

[Amy J]

Red Hail

This is an ARC from BookSirens.com

[Christine]

I finished my 70th book

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I'm currently reading The Last House on Needless Street and The Orphan Witch: A Novel.

The Last House on Needless Street has been interesting and is quite a curious story. I have a theory as to what's going on, but I'm not completely convinced that I'm correct.

The Orphan Witch has been a little slow-going, which was unexpected. There is too much detail of the spells and learning process for me. The best analogy I can make is if you were reading Harry Potter and had to sit through all his lessons with him while he was learning about magic and spells in addition to his outside adventures. There has also been a strange love interest added to the mix. I haven't decided what I think about it yet, but the MC's thoughts about the other person are pretty repetitive, which I don't care for. Overall, it's not bad, just not quite what I was expecting or hoping for. I'm less than halfway through though, so it could still turn out well.

[Christine]

[PamG]

This is one that I finished reading in August, but couldn't post my review until now. My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A Terrible Fall of Angels by Laurell K. Hamilton. This is the first book in the Zaniel Havelock urban fantasy / supernatural suspense / paranormal police procedural series. She builds a new world for readers to marvel and explore. Overall, this book was an entertaining and thought-provoking paranormal police investigation with strong religious and belief overtones. It is definitely a departure from the previous series written by this author in many ways. However, she continues to bring great characters, entertaining and unique story lines, action, and suspense together in her novels.

[Jan]

Kristie wrote: "What books are you currently reading or what have you just finished reading? What did you think of the book?"
Yaa Gyasi's "Homegoing." I am not usually that drawn to historical fiction, but this novel addresses an important topic and so far I am finding it compelling.Homegoing

[Melissa]

Finally reading "The Book Thief" very good so far

[Woman Reading]

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe. I'm only moderately interested in the opioid crisis. I read this because I had really enjoyed his Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. And Keefe once again delivered a story about crimes that go unpunished and the background history which enabled that.

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4194886731

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I just finished Over the Falls. It was a decent, enjoyable enough read, if a bit predictable.

my Over the Falls review

[PattyMacDotComma]

I'm loving the Monkeewrench series by P.J. Tracy, thanks to all the readers who recommended them. Dead Run is chock-a-block with nail-biting thrills!
4.5★ Link to my Dead Run review

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean is confronting, excellent suspense told by a captive Vietnamese 'bride'. I don't know how he did it, but she sounds real!
4.5★ Link to my review of Last Thing to Burn

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I finished The Orphan Witch and gave it 2.5 stars (rounded up). Not a terrible book really. It just wasn't for me. I expected something different and was disappointed.

my Orphan Witch review

[Tammy]

Currently rereading an oldie The Sherbrooke Bride by Catherine Coulter

[Dem]

Finished Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/4182173159

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I just finished The Last House on Needless Street It was really good.

my Needless Street review

[Esther]

Melissa wrote: "Finally reading "The Book Thief" very good so far"

That was very good though it did make me shed a few tears.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Esther wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Finally reading "The Book Thief" very good so far"

That was very good though it did make me shed a few tears."

You're not alone there, Esther!

[PattyMacDotComma]

I've just enjoyed stories by a couple of excellent authors, and I've included download links for both.

Switzerland by Nicole Krauss is about a thirteen-year-old American boardingschool girl in Switzerland who has her eyes opened by two exotic eighteen-year-olds.
4★ Link to my review of Switzerland

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I've only just discovered Claire Keegan, so I quickly grabbed her story The Forester's Daughter. An Irish farmer woos a woman with tales of his fine home, but when she sees his uncared for old house, she tells some tales of her own.
4★ Link to my review of The Forester's Daughter

[Dem]

Finished The Witch of Willow Hall

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/4206857443

[Charlotte]

Finished A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

Starting: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes for a Book Club and From Blood & Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout with a Buddy Reader.

[Christine]

I finished my 71st book

[Christine]

[Tammy]

currently rereading another oldie from the bride series The Hellion Bride by Catherine Coulter

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I've started Ink and Bone .

[Christine]

I finished my 72nd book

[Woman Reading]

Dead Lions #2 in the award winning Slough House series by Mick Herron

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4215091463

[PattyMacDotComma]

Woman Reading wrote: " Dead Lions #2 in the award winning Slough House series by Mick Herron

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4215091463"

That is just about my favourite series!

[PattyMacDotComma]

Hans Christian Andersen is depicted as a dreamy, imaginative boy by Maxine Lee-Mackie in this colourful addition to the little people BIG DREAMS series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. Such fun to be reminded of his world-famous stories.
Hans Christian Andersen 5★ Link to my review of Hans Christian Andersen with several illustrations

[PattyMacDotComma]

Maybe I shouldn't have read this one on its own, but Us Against You (Beartown #2) by Fredrik Backman was available. Way too preachy for me. Sorry to all the fans.
3.5★ Link to my review of Us Against You

[Christine]

[Tammy]

finished reading The Heiress Bride and started reading The House That Fell From The Sky by Patrick R. Delaney

[Christine]

I finished my 73rd book

[Hansa]

I just finished the missing sister from the “seven sisters” series by lucinda Riley 😭 I’m so overwhelmed….. that’s all sobs**

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I just finished Ink and Bone. It was really good, but leaves you with a "to be continued..." ending. There are 5 books in the series and I guess you have to read them all to find out what happens. I also found two very short stories online and I'm looking forward to reading them.

I just started Under the Whispering Door and It seems like it will be a quick read. I enjoy Klune's writing.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Kristie wrote: "I just finished Ink and Bone. It was really good, but leaves you with a "to be continued..." ending. There are 5 books in the series and I guess you have to read them all to find ou..."

Speaking of short stories online -

This very short story by renowned author Ian McEwan is clever and fun and FREE. You can read it or listen to him read My Purple Scented Novel online. Very entertaining and well worth a few minutes.
4★ Link to my review of My Purple Scented Novel with a link to the story online.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Catch Us The Foxes by Aussie author Nicola West is a twisty, complicated thriller with a good premise and great atmosphere. It eventually got too weird for me.
2.5~3★ Link to my Catch Us The Foxes review