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Tudor, C.J-- The Hiding Place (The Taking of Annie Thorne) informal buddy read starts March 23, 2020
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I'm looking forward to reading this one!
Damn, I almost forgot about this one, I bought the paperback when we first discussed reading it, so I am ready.
I borrowed the audiobook, so I'm good to go as well.
Did anyone get to read any of this book yet?
I forgot to bring it to work today. I will start tonight or tomorrow.You?
Nope, I'm still working on When We Were Vikings.
I started but I can wait and read something else until you are ready.
I'll switch back and forth and try to limit my news watching
Look for different topics!I just googled science news, and I found out that astronomers have perhaps figured out how big the Milky Way is!!!!! That's cool news.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/a...
That is cool news! Thanks for sharing that Jenny. Please don't feel you need to wait for me. Read as fast ( or slow) as you like. My reading has hit a bit of a curb.. I can't make my buddy reads fit my current challenges so I 've had to bump them lower in my reading plan than I would like.
Don't feel bad. I haven't really started yet either. I am trying to finish up some books for Uno, and one of them is so good I am savoring it and reading slowly- The Sun Down Motel. It puts a kink in all good plans when that happens. We'll get to it!
Two of my GR 's friends really liked your current read!
I did read the prologue of this one!! It was suspenseful and gruesome
I'm finishing another book today or tomorrow then I'll get back to this as I need it for a challenge. Hope you are enjoying your other reads, I'll have to check out The Sun Down Hotel.
The first book I read from the Sun Down author is brilliant. No need to read in any order- it is not a series, but try The Broken Girls as well.
Jenny, I definitely have to check that one out. Thanks!
I finished the first 5 chapters but that's as far I got so far. I 'm hoping it picks up because it's not holding my attention. Stacey did you like it?
It was not what I expected and it is a bit slower than the last. I liked it a lot better than Chalk Man, though. It was still dark but at least some of the characters had some redeeming qualities. I think that is one of the things I have a hard time with with Tudor; I didn't like anyone in the Chalk Man. Without that it feels just dark with no hope at all.Give it time (or another try), it is still slower but it did come together more at the end.
That's exactly why I 'm not liking it so much... Tudor's writing is dark and there is nothing redeeming about this MC or at least not so far. I 'll keep plugging along but a couple of chapters / day is all I can manage.
I’m only about 40 pages in but I’m enjoying it so far. I thought I’d be reading loads with the lockdown but I can’t concentrate
I'm having the same issue. I have started a lot of books, including this one, but my mind wanders, and I stop. I have been binge watching true crime documentaries and reruns of Eureka. I have never watched true crime stuff before. Not sure why my brain is in that mood, but Eureka is one of my favorite ever tv shows.
I'm 47 pages in and slowly reading! I think I will do my best to read at least a chapter a day and then I will at least feel l am making slow progress.
If you guys are still here, Hi!I apologize, I totally forgot to read this book. I brought it to work, started it, and then it had other things put on top of it. I will get to it eventually, but are you interested in a buddy read of something else again? Maybe we can be lucky like we were for When We Were Vikings.
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Jenny, I was just thinking of another buddy read. As for the Hiding Place, I'd hold off as it is really dark and I find myself needing a break or at least something a bit less dark. I'm up for any of those. Valentine is probably the only one I'm iffy about but sometimes its good to read things I wouldn't normally pick. Hurricane sounds great, but I don't think I can get it anytime soon. There are wait lists for all at the library. Weather I can get the quickest and I might be able to get the ebook really soon. I can pick up any of them on audible except Hurricane Season; they only have it in spanish.
I am open to other suggestions as well, and I have a large stack of other titles. Always.If any sound best, or are easiest to get, let's go with that, or wait to see if we get any other takers.
Hi Jenny and Stacey! I'm still here too. Sorry, I dropped the ball on this one too- I found it too slow to get into. I 'll try and get back into it again at a later date. I 'd love to do another buddy read. I can get them all from my Overdrive account except Hurricane Season.
Weather will come in first. It should come in before the end of next week. ( I'm hoping over this weekend!) The others I might have a 4 week wait time. Jenny you have interesting picks ( I mean that in a good way) I absolutely loved When We Were Vikings.
I have a small selection here; my library has been closed for 7 weeks and I was a frequent patron. I do have Wool Omnibus that I 'd like to read if you both haven't. It might be interesting to buddy read.
I also have : Dead to Her
The Chestnut Man
The Bungalow
Big Lies in a Small Town
The Last Original Wife
I also have the book Jenny suggested before but I forget what it's called. The book about astronauts and alternate time lines ( I think? )
It took me a minute, but I think you were referring to Light from Other Stars. I haven't read it yet. Add it to the ever expanding list. I read the Wool books recently, but they are really good, I would not mind discussing them.
I read the Chestnut Man- very good book.
Big Lies sounds good, and maybe the Last Original?
Jenny wrote: "It took me a minute, but I think you were referring to Light from Other Stars. I haven't read it yet. Add it to the ever expanding list. I read the Wool books recently, but they a..."
Yes, that's the one. Light from Other Stars. I couldn't remember the title. I also have One of Us Is Next & The Winemaker's Wife
Do we want to start with Weather since Stacey and I both can get a copy of that quicker then the other picks, then a pick from Stacey's list when she puts it up tomorrow /later today and then one of mine. We should be able to go back to one of Jenny's picks again after that!
Brilliant idea. I was just thinking we could make a list of potential TBR list books from each of us and just go from one person to the next, with the caveat that the book is of interest and available.
Might be a good way to get to some of the books that we all meant to read a while ago. Just a thought.
Do you want to request a BR for Weather?
Sure, I 'll make it for next Monday (11th) and if Stacey and I get copies sooner we can decide when we can fit it in with our other challenges.
Now that Uno is done, I know I am going to miss a team challenge. Are there any good ones going on?
My three are in progress and I haven't seen anything new yet (team) They are all fantasticGift Exchange
The Amazing Race
Clue
Let me know if a new one comes up please.I am hoping there will be a Wheel challenge soon.
Sure, if I see anything I 'll let you know:-)
Chestnut Man and Big Lies in a Small Town were both excellent. Highly recommend.
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are on my to read list if you are interested some time in the future.I was able to get the ebook for Weather, just need to figure out how to read it on my iPad. I also have a hold for the audiobook.
Nothing to see here is amazing!!!!!I have not read a Coben book in years. He is often fun though.
Stacey wrote: "Chestnut Man and Big Lies in a Small Town were both excellent. Highly recommend. and are on my to read list if ..."
was awesome!! I like his stand alone books better than they series- which is unusual for me as I love series!
Just to throw a few more potential future titles out there...(I am reading the new Murderbot book, and I only have a few pages left. I don't want it to end so I am putting it off.)
Books I have bought and not read yet...
Qualityland, A Memory Called Empire, The Book of Koli, Boy Swallows Universe, The Truants, Providence, Imaginary Friend, A Good Neighborhood, Deacon King Kong, The Revisionaries, The Extinction of Menai: A Novel
Laura wrote: "I have , Stacey, how about you?"I have it, and I only have it for 2 weeks, so I am ok with starting early.
Does Thursday or Friday work for both of you?
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The new spine-tingling, sinister thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man.
One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. But she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her. Something happened to my sister. I can't explain what. I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same. She wasn't my Annie. I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.