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[Dorothy]

Interesting. I could not get into it.

[Karin]

KSMary wrote: "I finished Klara and the Sun yesterday which I rate 5 stars. I rarely give a book 5 stars but I loved this."

Interesting--I was disappointed with it, but some of my GR friends have loved it.

[Woman Reading]

I enjoyed Ben Macintyre's The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War tremendously so I was eager to read his other books.

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal felt differently as it wasn't a straight up biography. This was more of an ensemble story to show the impact of betrayal -- Philby's betrayal of country, friends, and wives.


My review - www.goodreads.com/review/show/3896919341

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished


The Third Man / The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started


Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain

[KSMary]

Karin wrote: "KSMary wrote: "I finished Klara and the Sun yesterday which I rate 5 stars. I rarely give a book 5 stars but I loved this."

Interesting--I was disappointed with it, but some of my ..."

I think this is one of those books that you have to be in the right frame of mind for at the time. I was sick this week and it was a book that I could just sink right into and just enjoy for the sake of reading. I think that he is a writer that is very subtle in his art and there were layers in this book that spoke to me without throwing it in my face.

I was surprised that I liked it as much as I did.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished


A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started


Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

[Sarah (is clearing her shelves)]

Finished First Among Sequels (it was a reread and I still rate it 4.5 stars)

and started The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Sugarplum Way by Debbie Mason

[Nyssa]

I finished Leviathan Wakes yesterday (GoodRead)!

I then started The Day Guard (Book #4 of a series I'm completing as part of a group/buddy read). It's been fun and intense so far.

[Sarah (is clearing her shelves)]

I finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven,
started and finished The Hating Game
and started A Dog's Purpose

[Dorothy]

I'm reading "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called That Holiday Feeling by Debbie Macomber

[Woman Reading]

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

It's an esoteric topic but it's a tale with messy human emotions and conflicts that's been engagingly written for the general reading populace.


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

[Veronica]

Mademoiselle Revolution and a book about fairies I forgot the name.

[Karin]

The Essential Basho by Matsuo Bashō

It contains the travel writings and poetry of Bashō who is a famous 17th century Japanese writer.

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

[A]

A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir
I'm reading some short stuff because I'm sooo away from my goal this year

[Christine]

[Trever]

Fairy Tale

Currently reading:
Fairy Tale
By -- Stephen King

Only about 100 pages left before it is finished.

Next read -- TBD

[Laumns16]

unhonneymooners and wicked king

[Dorothy]

Dorothy wrote: "I'm reading "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver."

Sadly I have given up on this.....it is just too depressing

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

[Sarah (is clearing her shelves)]

Started and finished
The Wanted by Robert Crais
and started
A Bad, Bad Thing by Elena Forbes

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Hope at Christmas by Nancy Naigle

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished Steinbeck's travelogue


Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


To Die in California by Newton Thornburg

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Also, I finished Ken Liu's debut short story collection


The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the Science-Fiction anthology


The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 edited by Robert Silverberg

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

And finally I finished the Science-Fiction locked, um, airlock murder mystery


Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

[Julietta]

Right now I'm reading 2 books in English: Velvet Was the Night and The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America. I'm reading 1 in Spanish: Peregrinos.

[Trever]

F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone #6)

By -- Sue Grafton

Book 53 of 2022

[Anna KR]

I'm currently reading Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter and Lessons by Ian McEwan.

[Christine]

[Dorothy]

I'm reading "The Pull of the Stars" by Emma Donohue

[Woman Reading]

Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

Hmm, it's #13 and it's showing. It was a tedious slog at the beginning and the ending (last 25%) redeemed the story so it's a 3☆, maybe 3.5 ☆, for me.


My review -- www.goodreads.com/review/show/4071224502

[Karin]

I read Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

I rounded it from 3.5 to 4 stars

This was a fun read!

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

[Christine]

[Karin]

I read Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano

I didn't like it as much as the first one.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[M]

Tonight I finished Migrations It was perfection.

and just started Every Heart a Doorway

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the Depression-Era drama


Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading one of the first collections of Sherlock Holmes "pastiches," this one with some stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle's son


The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr

[Karin]

This isn't likely to be up your alley, but it's an important (and controversial) book whether or not people agree on it because it debunks a rather women-oppressing traditional take on leadership:

I Suffer Not a Woman: Rethinking I Timothy 2:11-15 in Light of Ancient Evidence

I averaged out my thoughts to 4+ stars

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

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh

[Karin]

A Hundred Crickets Singing by Cathy Gohlke

3+ stars which is a like but I had a few serious reservations about it which are discussed in my review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Greg]

After a long gap in my reading efforts I have finished two books: Beyond the Highland Mist and The Sword of Bedwyr. I am currently still reading Tango Uniform (making progress slowly) and Here Be Dragons because I had to return my copy to the library and have yet to get another. New books added to my currently reading list since the last time I updated: The Fellowship of the Ring (which I am rereading for the umpteenth time); The Silent Corner; and The Big Nowhere.

[Trever]

Currently reading this and flying through it. Iain Reid has created a very gripping novel with a very mundane plot (at least up until the point I am at). There has not been much action yet, but a very thought provoking book. I am about 40% of the way through and every time I pick it up, I struggle to find the right place to stop. It is definitely exceeding any expectations I had for it.

[Roseli]

Agatha Christie - Cat Among the Pigeons
Cat Among the Pigeons

[Karin]

I just read

The Queen and I by Sue Townsend
This is British comedy in fiction and is about an imaginary win by the British Republican party who ousts the royal family and puts them onto the dole in duplexes (aka semidetached houses).
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... is my review :)

[Woman Reading]

This is a GR 2022 nominee for the history & biography category.

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

It was a good choice, well-written. I believe that readers with a strong interest in African exploration and its mid-19th century history would find this to be a more than satisfactory read. For me, it was a solid 3.5 ☆.


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

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox

[Christine]

[Woman Reading]

Storm Echo #6 in Nalini Singh's phase 2 Psy-Changeling Trinity series (or #21 in her Psy-Changeling universe)

Singh has created a fascinating alternate world which has kept me interested in the two series for 21 books. For her books, I prefer the UF component to the PNR because the latter's set up is very formulaic, as can be expected for anything still running with so many installments. The romantic pair included a member of the Mercants (third one so far) and a changeling. I liked how their relationship began; no struck-by-lightning situation like Alpha Night.

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

[Karin]

I read and enjoyed The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

Here's my review :)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Perfect Love Song by Patti Callahan Henry