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[Liz]

I just finished This Might Hurt

But I can’t recommend it. My 2 1/2 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Eva]

Finished the 5th book in the Q-serie by Jussi Adler-Olsen

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

[Linda]

The Heart of The Hunter

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Thomas wrote: "Interesting article about Amazon and GR.
https://bookriot.com/who-owns-goodreads/"

Ah - so this is why their IT people are so bad:

"without competition “Amazon has very little incentive to improve Goodreads while no serious competitor exists and its ‘core experience’ is good enough.” That may be why the interface is notoriously clunky and the “Ideas” section of the Goodreads website seems more like a graveyard than a working collaboration.

[Patty]

Oh. My. God. I just finished The Auctioneer by Joan Samson, and it is a masterpiece. I have no fingernails left. It would be a great book to read for our Literary Darkness group read.

[James]

Now starting THE NIGHT MANAGER by John Le Carre’. This is a stand-alone thriller novel published back in 1993 that is not part of the author’s famous George Smiley espionage series.

It was made into a TV series back in 2016 that starred Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Olivia Colman, and Elizabeth Debicki. I thought I would read the book before possibly sampling the television adaptation.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Started A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leitch

Finished the ⭐⭐⭐.6 The Mark by Matt Brolly https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Patty wrote: "RJ, I love The Shadow of the Wind series. I recently read the fourth of the series: The Labyrinth of the Spirits."

Patty wrote: "Randy, my copy is from Valencourt 😊"

I have really enjoyed the first two books in the series and I look forward to reading the rest of them. The audiobook of Shadow of the Wind was not so great though - I listened to it recently to prepare myself for reading Angel's Game.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "re Laura: still planning to make this a side read for people interested in our group -- color consultant today, cabining for a long weekend through Wednesday, and then I'll start the thread...."

Sounds good. :)

[Linda]

The Graft

[PattyMacDotComma]

Nancy wrote: "Just started reading The Seeds of Fiction: Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954-1983. I'm a HUGE fan of Graham Greene's novels, so I'm stoked to be reading t..."

I'd not read him before, but now I have, Nancy!

The classic Graham Greene novel, The Quiet American, is up there with my favourites. Vietnam in the early 1950s - what a mix of people and a mess of politics and war, plus a love story.
5★ Link to my review of The Quiet American

[PattyMacDotComma]

Thomas wrote: "Interesting article about Amazon and GR.
https://bookriot.com/who-owns-goodreads/"

That's why sometimes the only outside links we're allowed to use are to Amazon!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Just started reading The Seeds of Fiction: Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954-1983. I'm a HUGE fan of Graham Greene's novels, so I'm stoked t..."

That's a good one -- I loved it too. I'm thinking the last Greene novel I read was The Comedians, set in Haiti. Ironically, there's no comedy involved -- very tense story.

[Chris]

I just finished 361 by Donald Westlake. A 1961 "hard crime" novel.

[Barbara]

The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan

A piano prodigy is involved in a tragic accident when she's a young teen and it has deadly repercussions later on.

Good suspense novel. 3.5 stars

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

[Christine]

I finished my 93rd book

[Diane S ☔]

Good for you Christine!!

Finished The Lighthouse
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 93rd book"

Nice going Christine. 😃

[Jim]

Finished reading State of Terror

by Hillary Rodham Clinton

My Review

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I finished Mercy by David Baldacci


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

Stillwater Island by Gregg Olsen


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

The Girl Upstairs by Georgina Lees


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

[Diane S ☔]

Finished The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

Sandy how’s your book going called A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leitch?

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Christine wrote: "Sandy how’s your book going called A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leitch?"

Excellent thanks Christine. ❤📚🎄

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Started The Girl in the Ground by Stacy Green

Finished the ⭐⭐⭐.5 The Life She Wants by Mel Sherratt Not my favourite by this author but a decent read nonetheless. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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[Christine]

Thanks Diane S and Barbara and oh that’s good Sandy and no problem Sandy

[Christine]

Sandy how are both of your books going?

[Liz]

I just listened to When Ghosts Come Home

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

[Jean]

Brrr! A Blizzard of Polar Bears! An informative, action-packed thriller.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

U.S. Secretary of State Ellen Adams rushes around the world trying to stop nuclear bombs from being detonated in American cities.

Good thriller. 3.5 stars

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

[Andy]

Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Finished the ⭐⭐ The Dinner Lady Detectives by Hannah Hendy
https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/......"

Gotta love a book that keeps you engaged at this level.

[Liz]

I just finished The Silent Sisters

Great ending to the trilogy. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Diane S ☔]

Read The Reading List
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Lance]

Black Out is an example of masterful scene-setting undone by plate-of-spaghetti plotting and uneven characterization. Until I steel myself to read the second installment in the series, I'll keep the author's skill with atmosphere in mind while I forget the mess that surrounds it. 2.8 pairs of black-market silk stockings rounded up to three.

Read the full review here.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the 2020 edition of the long-running annual anthology series


The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 edited by C.J. Box and Otto Penzler
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jim]

Finished reading Below Zero

by C.J. Box

My Review

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Started Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie

Finished the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for A Little Bird by Wendy James
https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[CBRetriever]

Jim wrote: "Finished reading Below Zero by C.J. Box"

I love that series.

I recently finished The Traveller and Other Stories by Stuart Neville. It's a collection of short stories with a novella at the end. The novella is a continuation of the story of Gerry Fegan and Jack Lennon from his prior Jack Lennon books including Ghosts of Belfast (aka The Twelve) where Fegan is introduced.

[Christine]

I finished my 94th book

[Diane S ☔]

Finished Magpie Murders
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Marwan]

Started reading The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Christine wrote: "I finished my 94th book"

Go Christine! I bet you can make it to 100!❤📚

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Started The Sunshine Club by Carolyn Brown

Finished the ⭐⭐⭐.7 action thriller The Girl in the Ground by Stacy Green https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

Marwan wrote: "Started reading The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall"

I like this author. 🙂

[Diane S ☔]

Finished The Cat Who Saved Books
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

Thanks Sandy and I agree with you Sandy

[Christine]

Sandy how are both of your books going?

[Thomas]

I read Brezhnev: The Making of a Statesman by
Susanne Schattenberg
I enjoyed it, but it is rather long(512pp.) with impressive footnotes and bibliography. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz]

I just finished listening to Not A Happy Family

Great fun!
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Barbara]

The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain

This dual timeline book alternates between a female joining the civil rights movement in 1965, and the same female in 2010 - when she looks back at wrongs of the past.

Very good book. 4 stars

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

[Ron]

Just started my annual read of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens,