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Mary Shimp (meemeeshimp) | 10 comments I am reading The Secret of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed The Power Of Home And Changed The Way We Live by Danielle Dreilinger. It was recommended as a non-fiction pairing after reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Gamus.


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Leona (mnleona) | 139 comments Finished The Odyssey by Homer.


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Dorothy  (vilette) | 267 comments I've just started "The Last Devil to Die" by Robert Galbraith on audio.


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Gina | 277 comments I'm currently reading Across the Barricades. This is the second volume of The Twelfth Day of July.


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Reva (revathi_naggea) | 16 comments What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry

I am reading What Happened To You? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 194 comments I’m reading a book called The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished my first 5-star read of the year, Steinbeck's classic short novel

Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I also finished this volume of classic Science Fiction novellas - the first of two parts

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A (SF Hall of Fame, 2) by Ben Bova
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started the second part

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume II B (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, #2B) by Ben Bova
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II B edited by Ben Bova


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the second installment in the Virgil Tibbs series

The Cool Cottontail (A Virgil Tibbs mystery novel) by John Dudley Ball
The Cool Cottontail by John Dudley Ball
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the third James Bond book

Moonraker (James Bond, #3) by Ian Fleming
Moonraker by Ian Fleming


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Dorothy  (vilette) | 267 comments Just started 'The Last Devil to Die' by Richard Osman


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Christine  Hatfield  | 194 comments I’m reading a book called Murder, Interrupted by James Patterson


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Christine  Hatfield  | 194 comments I’m reading a book called Dead Woman Crossing by Jeneva Rose


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished an almost 6 month trek through the mammoth-sized

The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1) by Anne Rice
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist


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M | 338 comments I finished Vita Nostra so I'm jumping into Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky. My first time reading his work so I hope I like it.


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M | 338 comments Aaand Elder Race was ahhmazing.
Jumping into my first Joe Abercrombie with Half a King and I am excited.


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Dorothy  (vilette) | 267 comments RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished the doorstop

The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

I'm still slogging away at my doorstop....28 cds of Robert Galbraith.



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Christine  Hatfield  | 194 comments I’m reading a book called The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark


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Gina | 277 comments I've started reading In the Dream House and Voices in the Snow


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Leona (mnleona) | 139 comments Finished My Cousin Rachel


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❦Dawn❦ (sunnyd1) | 182 comments The Poet x.


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Lisa Marie Kemmerer (readingwithlisamarie) | 669 comments I am currently reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig


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Rosalyn | 56 comments description

In the author's note, Cañas features a quote from Cheno Cortina, a paramilitary leader who defended the Mexican border against white settlers during the Texas Revolution. He used the word "vampires" to describe the invading force, and that is where Cañas got her next book idea. Obviously, the vampires in this book are supposed to be an allegory for the Yanquis. Key words: supposed to. The plot choice Cañas chose completely nips that in the bud to the point that the inclusion of the vampires, are first of all sparse, and second, irrelevant.

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

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas


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Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Finished Holly by Stephen King.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 194 comments I’m reading a book called The Twins' Rodeo Rider by Tina Leonard


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Rosalyn | 56 comments Darker in tone than Hendrix's typical books, it reveals the complacency and fear that can cripple a community, the dismissive and gaslighting behavior from authority or power figures towards gender and racial minorities, but also the bravery of mothers who protect their young.

The most horrific scene of this novel isn't regarding the supernatural or unusual, but the...

full review HERE

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix


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Leona (mnleona) | 139 comments The Void The Void by Brett J. Talley by Brett J. Talley. I won on LT.


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the third book in the James Bond series (my favorite so far)

Moonraker (James Bond, #3) by Ian Fleming
Moonraker by Ian Fleming
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second book in the Kensie and Gennaro series

Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro #2) by Dennis Lehane
Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I also finished and failed to appreciate the finer points of

Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

so go ahead and call me a Philistine, I deserve it


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Lisa Marie Kemmerer (readingwithlisamarie) | 669 comments I just finished Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney and I absolutely loved it!! Highly recommend reading if you haven't :)
I am now reading Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich and so far I'm enjoying it very much!!
I am thinking of starting either Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin or The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich this weekend.....any recommendations as to which I should read first??


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message 2890: by Greg (last edited Feb 14, 2024 11:59AM) (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments OK, for starters I just finished Star Splinter by J.G. Cressey. Just ran across the audio book on YouTube and gave it a listen (for 12 and a half hours!). Actually a pretty good book if you like Space Opera (which I do, of course).

Also was reading Scott Sigler's Pandemic but it was an Interlibrary loan and I had to give it back. Will be putting a hold on it again soon.

And now I have decided to go into "Massive Tome" reading mode. I have started The Charm School by Nelson DeMille which is over 800 pages and River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay which is more than 600. Sigh. But to offset these I have also started Radigan by Louis L'Amour, which is barely over 200 pages.


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Christine  Hatfield  | 194 comments I’m reading a book called The Sheriff's Second Chance by Leandra Logan


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the Hugo Award-winning first installment in the Riverworld series

To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading another Science Fiction classic

Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley
Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley


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Christine  Hatfield  | 194 comments I’m reading a book called Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks


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message 2895: by M (last edited Feb 18, 2024 12:43PM) (new)

M | 338 comments Was in one heck of a slump this month. Finally finished Half a King.

Read All Systems Red by Martha Wells in one sitting yesterday so I'm jumping into Artificial Condition.
Thank you Martha!


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Christine  Hatfield  | 194 comments I’m reading a book called Jay's Journal by Anonymous


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Michelle E I'm almost done reading:

All That Is Mine I Carry with Me by William Landay

and then will read:

Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper


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Fiorentino | 39 comments I just finished reading The Space Vampires
Huge fan of the movie and finally got around to reading the book.


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Leona (mnleona) | 139 comments I am re-reading Texas Born Texas Born (Long, Tall Texans #44) by Diana Palmer by Diana Palmer. I am reading books I have on my shelf and this is one I grabbed. I will donate it back to the thrift store where I bought it.


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Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Finished Radigan. Still working on The Charm School and River of Stars. Haven't requested Pandemic from the Interlibrary loan system again, yet.


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