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[Barbara]

Shannon wrote: "I been super busy this summer that I didnt have time to even come on here But I been reading books thouh here is all I read last 3 months

5 Stars
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You're a great reader Shannon. 🙂

[Liz]

I just finished Little Bones

A strong addition to the Lottie Parker series. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jean]

This was difficult to get through because of the violence. Had to stop at times, but it was well worth finishing! 5 stars for Razorblade Tears
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Marwan]

Started reading If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino

[Bill]

My review of Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart. Surprisingly enjoyable book. 5 stars

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

Next in-line is The First Prophet Kay Hooper, the first book in the Bishop Files

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Shannon wrote: "I been super busy this summer that I didnt have time to even come on here But I been reading books thouh here is all I read last 3 months

5 Stars
[bookcover:So..."

good grief! That's a lot of reading!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Marwan wrote: "Started reading If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino"

One of my favorite books ever.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Finished reading A Passage North; absolutely beautiful novel dealing (in part) with the civil war in Sri Lanka (although likely not everyone's cuppa) that I'm probably going to bump up to 5 stars because I haven't stopped thinking about it. Also finished reading Midsummer Murder by Clifford Witting which was just a wee bit on the disappointing side and The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey.

Started reading The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed and yesterday dove into Ellroy's My Dark Places. So far so good on both.

[Araych]

Hammer to Fall by John Lawton

Joe Wilderness #3, read series in order. We've now moved up the the 60's and everybody's a bit older but wiser? Not sure. Joe gets posted to Finland. As a punishment? Yes. And then Czechoslovakia. Where more stuff happens that you can't talk about. Wonderful English spy series, reminds me of Len Deighton. 4 stars.

[Faith]

My review of Billy Summers by Stephen King

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

[Thomas]

I read The Missing Piece by John Lescroart It is a US legal mystery in the Dismas Hardy series, #19. I enjoyed it for the different suspects and moral questions. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz]

Just finished Local Woman Missing

Not a fan. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jean]

Finished The Maid from NetGalley.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Finished My Dark Places by James Ellroy. He is crass and crude and his racist epithets made me cringe, but the book completely sucked me down the rabbit hole. The thing about Ellroy is that once I read him, he gets under my skin and I need more, so I pulled out my copy of Brown's Requiem. I know where this is headed -- I'll have to read Clandestine after that one. He has that effect.

[Jan C]

Nancy wrote: "Finished My Dark Places by James Ellroy. He is crass and crude and his racist epithets made me cringe, but the book completely sucked me down the rabbit hole. The thing about Ellroy is..."

I've had trouble getting back to MDP.

[Linda]

Perfect Father

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Jan C wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finished My Dark Places by James Ellroy. He is crass and crude and his racist epithets made me cringe, but the book completely sucked me down the rabbit hole. The thing a..."

I get that. At one point I said out loud "this man is a *BLEEPing* pig," but after reading about his life as a kid with his father, I could sort of understand him a bit better.

[M.G.]

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a burglar...the burglar of the title. And he's incorrigible about that but he has the other characters beat as far as general honesty goes, and he isn't obsessed with Mondrian. Well, the other exception is his friend and lady henchman or henchperson who is obsessed about her cats and getting an acquaintance named Alison into bed. Alison, however, is “a political and economic lesbian” and not ready for the physical part.
The book has wonderful characters as do all of Mr. Block's books, but the plot requires a little suspension of disbelief concerning how Bernie solves the crimes, which are many and varied. A few hints along the way would have been helpful but might have dimmed the big reveal at the end. Still, it's a thoroughly enjoyable read.

[Dem]

Finished Listening Still by Anne Griffin

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3784439556

[Dem]

Finished Listening Still by Anne Griffin

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3784439556

[Faith]

My review of Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

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

[Liz]

I just finished A Sea of Troubles

I’m really enjoying the series, although this wasn’t the strongest of the ones I’ve read. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dem]

Finished High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/4143742767

[Joelle]

Just finished:



The Lost Apothecary

by: Sarah Penner

Solid pick for feminist fans of historical mystery.
My full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jim]

Finished reading The Bitterroots

by C.J. Box

My Review

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

#39 in 2021:

I finished the Aussie crime thriller


Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

It started off pretty good but fell apart towards the end.

[Woman Reading]

View it like an action-oriented summer blockbuster film to best enjoy The President's Daughter, a collaboration by former POTUS Bill Clinton and James Patterson

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4168630143

[Barbara]

Game of Mirrors by Andrea Camilleri

Inspector Montalbano and his team investigate a bombing in Sicily.

Great characters but the story is a bit over-complicated. Still entertaining. 3 stars

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

[James]

Now starting on THE LAW OF INNOCENCE by Michael Connelly, the latest release in his ongoing “Lincoln Lawyer” series featuring LA defense attorney Mickey Haller.

[Glenda]

Michael Connelly is one of the best! His writing is smooth, seamless and powerful.

[Christine]

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[M.G.]

Spenser is a classic detective, or at least a classic, fictional detective, and this is his introduction to readers. He's strong, brave, conscientious, and looked down upon by everyone from the college president who hires him to find a stolen, illuminated manuscript called the Godwulf Manuscript to the cops to the suspect college students/radicals, and even by the thugs who show up soon enough.
Written in the 70's, this book is very much of its time as far as dress and settings go. When the lawyer appears (soon after the first body), he's wearing “a white, double-knit suit,” and has gray hair “long and modish” and a big “Teddy Roosevelt mustache.”
A suspect looks like a zinnia. He's “tall and thin with an enormous corona of rust red hair flaring out around his pale, clean-shaven face,” and wearing “a lavender undershirt and a pair of faded, flare-bottomed dungarees that were too long and dragged on the floor over his bare feet.”
Spenser has to figure out why his client was framed...his second client, not the college president...and find the manuscript which will require a lot of risk to his health, some gun play, fisticuffs, and a fair amount of damage to his person. A wonderful book.

[Liz]

I just finished Apples Never Fall and I loved it!

Five big stars. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bill]

M.G. wrote: "
Spenser is a classic detective, or at least a classic, fictional detective, and this is his introduction to readers. He's strong, brave, conscientious, an..."

I was pleasantly surprised by this and enjoyed the 2nd as well.

[Thomas]

I read a hilarious book Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen It takes place in South Florida, with our ex President playing a prominent role, along with invasive Burmese pythons. My 4v star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 39th book and I finished my 40th book and I finished my 50th book and I finished my 51st book and I finished my 52nd book and I finished my 53rd book and I finished my 54th book and I..."

LOL Nice going Christine. 😁

[Barbara]

Bones Behind the Wheel by E.J. Copperman

In this comical 'Haunted Guesthouse' mystery, innkeeper/amateur sleuth Alison Kerby gets drawn into a buried car murder case. The book can be read as a standalone.

Convoluted plot but lots of laughs. 3 stars

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

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the Cold War thriller


Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second Jesse Stone book


Trouble In Paradise by Robert B. Parker

[Araych]

The Eyre Affair by Jasper FForde

Thursday Next #1. This guy has an amazing imagination. The book is sort of a surreal comic mystery taking place in a completely different England in a completely different 1985. Literature is taken VERY seriously and Thursday Next is the young female literary detective in search of the third most dangerous villain in the world. Completely original, this is a huge goof with a giggle on every page. 4 stars, highly recommended.

[Christine]

Thanks Barbara and lol your funny Barbara lol

[Thomas]

I read Long Lost by Linda Castillo
It is a pleasant short story with a satisfying ending. My 4 star review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

BOX 88 by Charles Cumming, a former secret service recruit himself, describes the mixed-up world of international intrigue.

We may know who the enemy is, but with so many 'agencies' of spies today, nobody is quite sure who the bad guys are. Great read!
4.5★ Link to my review of Box 88

[Aditya]

Finished And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman. Good character driven thriller about a woman who runs a prostitution ring. Rating - 4/5

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

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I've finished Shopping Can Be Deadly by Charlotte Stuart


A light mystery that made me smile!

[Patty]

Araych, I love Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series.

[Barbara]

Patty wrote: "Araych, I love Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series."

I agree. Funny books. 🙂

[Jean]

For those who love Stacy Green's Nikki Hunt series, #3 is available on NetGalley. Finished Lost Angels
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I've finished Brown's Requiem, my thoughts about this book to come soon; likely in the 3 to 3.5 zone. My advice to anyone considering reading this book is to read his My Dark Places first. This was Ellroy's first novel, and it's very obvious that he had drawn on some of his own experiences here. It's also obvious that the best of Ellroy is yet to come.

Next up Clandestine, but not right away.

[Bill]

Araych wrote: "The Eyre Affair by Jasper FForde

Thursday Next #1. This guy has an amazing imagination. The book is sort of a surreal comic mystery taking place in a completely di..."

I've read two or three and enjoyed them all. Excellent, imaginative series.

[Linda]

one of us is lying