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[Woman Reading]

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré. His third novel reaped him international acclaim. Published in 1963, just 2 years after the Berlin Wall was erected, this book was electric!

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3877958239

[James]

Going retro (circa 1978) this week with the stand alone novel SHARKY'S MACHINE by the late William Diehl. It was adapted into a feature film in 1981 with Burt Reynolds as director and star.

[Eva]

Just finished The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson.

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

[Barbara]

Spin by Patricia Cornwell

This second book in the 'Captain Chase' series opens soon after the dramatic conclusion of the first novel Quantum. The stories should be read in order.
Chase is a NASA scientist and investigator who's tasked with taking down an evil woman.

Good story but too much tech talk. 3 stars

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

[Bill]

I finished The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie. Excellent Hercule Poirot mystery. 4 stars. My review below

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

Next Christie mystery is the 2nd Tommy & Tuppence mystery, Partners in Crime

[Chris]

Finished The Carter of 'La Providence' #4 in the Inspector Maigret series by Georges Simenon written in 1931.

[Bill]

Chris wrote: "Finished The Carter of 'La Providence' #4 in the Inspector Maigret series by Georges Simenon written in 1931."

I enjoy this series very much.

[PattyMacDotComma]

A good read! Bitter Wash Road is the first of a series about a rural Aussie copshop run by a 'disgraced' ex-detective. (Moral: never ever rat on crooked cops.) Add me to the list of Garry Disher's fans!
4.5★ Link to my Bitter Wash Road review

[Eva]

Also finished Camino by Graeme Simsion. I walked the Camino Frances myself in 2018 so I had certain expectations. Unfortunately, they weren't met entirely.

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

[Linda]

I'm almost finished The Ice Harvest

[Liz]

I just finished listening to Dark Path

An entertaining start to a new series. Here’s a link to my 3.5 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I really, REALLY hate the new GR book page format. The old one was so easy to use and you could go right to the edition of the book you'd actually read. Plus, editing your post was so much simpler -- I discovered today after trying to figure things out that I had to click the date to make a quick revision.

Anyway, decided to skip the reread of Double Indemnity and go straight to Laura by Vera Caspary.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

aaarrggghhh!!

[Linda]

Murder on Tao

[Linda]

I made a mistake its Death on Tap

[Bill]

Nancy wrote: "I really, REALLY hate the new GR book page format. The old one was so easy to use and you could go right to the edition of the book you'd actually read. Plus, editing your post was so much simpler ..."

Excellent book.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Bill wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I really, REALLY hate the new GR book page format. The old one was so easy to use and you could go right to the edition of the book you'd actually read. Plus, editing your post was so..."

I'm looking forward to it. And I managed to be able to leave the beta version of the GR book pages, so I'm back to normal here.

[Christine]

I finished my 21st book

[Christine]

Sandy how are 3 of your books going?

[Christine]

Aww thanks Barbara and oh that’s cool Sandy I really liked the book called Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

[CBRetriever]

I'm at 52 now with the addition of:

The Language of Power (The Steerswoman, #4)
Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva = short story
Tor.com Short Fiction January–February 2021 = 6 short stories
The Lost Steersman (The Steerswoman, #3)
The Year's Best Military SF & Space Opera (The Year's Best of Military and Adventure Science Fiction Stories Book 1)
Hollow Man

and only the last one is a mystery. I'm working on the third book in this four book omnibus: The Jake Grafton Collection: The Intruders, The Minotaur, Under Siege, and The Red Horseman.

[Tara]

Nancy wrote: "I really, REALLY hate the new GR book page format. The old one was so easy to use and you could go right to the edition of the book you'd actually read. Plus, editing your post was so much simpler ..."

Looking forward to reading your review of Laura. I adore the movie (and recently rewatched it), but haven't read the book yet.

[Sophia]

Currently finishing paper towns-I have enjoyed it so far! Can’t wait to read the ending.
The last book I read was SHIVER and it was really good! By Allie Reynolds- I would recommend as it was a classic mystery with a cool snowy setting and romance subplot. Any questions let me know 🙃

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "I really, REALLY hate the new GR book page format...."

Preach.

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I've finished The Nirvana Effect by Brian Pinkerton


Here is my five star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

It's officially more Dystopian or SF, but it is actually a thriller too.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Tara wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I really, REALLY hate the new GR book page format. The old one was so easy to use and you could go right to the edition of the book you'd actually read. Plus, editing your post was so..."

I started Laura last night. I don't think Waldo Lydecker and I are going to get along well.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I really, REALLY hate the new GR book page format...."

Preach."

Click on any book, and at the top of the page you should see an option to try out the beta version. It looks slick but in my opinion, the new design loses a lot of functionality.

[Barbara]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I really, REALLY hate the new GR book page format...."

Preach."

I'm not crazy about it either. I had to change search engines just to use it properly since Internet Explorer gets error messages when I enter the name of a book. (It looks a lot like the Barnes and Noble online style; maybe that's where they got the idea.)

[Bill]

My review of the first Simon Serrailler mystery, The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill is below. Excellent story. 4.5 stars

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

[Liz]

I just finished The Shadow of the Wind

I’m on the minority on this one. Here’s a link to my three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Woman Reading]

The Looking Glass War #4. In the Introduction, John le Carré explained his motivation for writing this installment the way that he had, which was helpful. For those who didn't benefit from that, The Looking Glass War would be really confusing. How could such an incompetent sister service such as the Department still exist to flail about like it did here? Surely all of the British agencies were as adept as their Circus?

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3883777931

[Barbara]

Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews

This is the first book in the Meg Langslow cozy mystery series, which has been going strong for many years. The story arc has come a long way since this initial tale, and I enjoyed seeing where it all began.

Entertaining cozy mystery. 3.5 stars

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

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Another 2 books and 1 audiobook off my Netgalley shelf last week.
The audiobook was Everything is Beautiful by Eleanor Ray
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The ebooks were Call Me Elizabeth Lark by Melissa Colasanti https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

And The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I finished reading Laura by Vera Caspary late yesterday, then watched the film. The book I loved, the movie was not nearly as good.

[CBRetriever]

Finished the 4 book omnibus of The Jake Grafton Collection: The Intruders, The Minotaur, Under Siege, and The Red Horseman by Stephen Coonts. This set was not really my cup of tea as there was far too much technical detail of every airplane and how to fly them plus parts of the books were highly unlikely (Castro was not killed during an uprising in Cuba, a Russian general did not kill Saddam Hussein at the instigation of an American Navy Rear Admiral and there wasn't a second explosion of a large Russian nuclear plant in Russia. It was also a bit too right wing, "Commies and Muslims are bad" in theme.

[Araych]

Germania by Harald Gilbers

Police procedural Berlin 1944. A Jewish ex-police detective ( no Jewish cops in Berlin 1944) is recalled to duty to find a serial killer. The plot, the characters, the setting are all fine but the book comes out second to the Bernie Gunther series set in the same milieu. 3 stars.

[Patty]

Nancy, I also feel that way about Laura.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Patty wrote: "Nancy, I also feel that way about Laura."

There was just too much of the human factor missing in the film that the book does so very very well. I'll be posting about it likely tomorrow.

[Thomas]

I read a history book that I enjoyed. Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Woman Reading]

If you're a fan of Rebecca, then you might be interested in The Rebecca Notebook and Other Memories by Daphne du Maurier.

I was curious about both du Maurier's creative process and underlying thoughts while writing Rebecca as well as the author herself.

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3846349334

[Rita]

Just finished Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (author of The Paris Wife also). Loved it! Set in Kenya, it tells the life of a woman from childhood - her mistakes, her loves, her strength. Highly recommended.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Patty]

Nancy, I find that soul is one of the things missing in many movie adaptations of books.

[Barbara]

Dead Space Kali Wallace

In the distant future, murder on a mining asteroid leads to all manner of trouble.

Intriguing blend of sci-fi and mystery. 3.5 stars

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

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Patty wrote: "Nancy, I find that soul is one of the things missing in many movie adaptations of books."

There's one particular scene in this book that tells you everything you need to know about the killer long before the person's identity is revealed (and also who that person is just from what the scene reveals). That would have made for quality screen time but sadly it wasn't included.

[Aditya]

Nancy wrote: "I finished reading Laura by Vera Caspary late yesterday, then watched the film. The book I loved, the movie was not nearly as good."

I have not read the book but the movie was just ok, not a classic as I had been led to believe.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Aditya wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I finished reading Laura by Vera Caspary late yesterday, then watched the film. The book I loved, the movie was not nearly as good."

I have not read the book but the m..."

"just ok" was how I found it as well.

[Linda]

The Drop

[Christine]

I finished my 22nd book

[Tara]

Nancy wrote: "Aditya wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I finished reading Laura by Vera Caspary late yesterday, then watched the film. The book I loved, the movie was not nearly as good."

I have not read the..."

I love the film, but perhaps that is because I find Gene Tierney so compelling to watch. The film has a very noir feel, which I am not sure that the book shares. I generally feel that the book is almost always better than the movie, with a few exceptions.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Some people make arrangements for their own, inevitable Exit from life, but things don't go to plan in this mystery by Belinda Bauer. I loved its warmth and humour.
5★ Link to my Exit review (with no spoilers)