What are you reading 2021

[Thomas, Moderator]

I read Past Life by David Mark It is a dark, gritty mystery with several murders and some graphic violence. Definitely not a cozy mystery. It is set in Hull, Yorkshire, England. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tony]

I read Mistletoe: Last Days in China - it was strange and funny. Haven't read anything like it before really. Recommend!

[Tony]

I read Mistletoe: Last Days in China - it was strange and funny. Haven't read anything like it before really. Recommend!

[Tony]

I read Mistletoe: Last Days in China - it was strange and funny. Haven't read anything like it before really. Recommend!

[Lissa]

Interesting! I'll check it out and add it to my list! Thanks, Tony

[Tony]

sorry for posting it 3 times. dunno what happened there!

[Thomas, Moderator]

I read Violeta by Isabel Allende and I recommend it. It is historical fiction set in Chile, from 1920-2020.
My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Stephen]

i just read The Flag by Robert Shaw. An old book but a 4 star read. Religion and politics in rural Suffolk between the wars. enjoyed it.
Didnt know the author also played Quint in Jaws.

[Lissa]

I hadn't heard of it, Stephen, many thanks. Although I've currently ditched reading for writing and managing to complete around 1,000 words a day on my next novel! The Flag is on my list, though.

[Stephen]

You're welcome Lissa. I am also getting through about 1000 words a day on my latest novel. I find the reading helps to clear my mind every few days.

[Lissa]

My goodness, Stephen, well done! I just can't manage my time for both. What are you working on, if it's OK to ask?

[Stephen]

No worries, thanks for asking. I am trying my hand at a thriller.
It is set in an alternative present where Communism won the Cold War. The US has splintered due to a second Civil War and the world is governed by a continental council...and there is a serial killer on the loose.
It has been fun to write so far as my previous novels were character-driven Irish tinged stories. Hoping to have this one done by Christmas and maybe for sale on Amazon with my other books in the New year.

All the best on this merry adventure.
S

[Lissa]

Wow, it sounds very original and enjoyable. I look forward to that in the New Year. I always find writing a book much like reading one, as you are engaging with characters and never quite sure what's coming next. You've a lot to be having fun with there and I like that you have a unique world to take control of. Happy plotting!

[Thomas, Moderator]

I read Tin Badges by Lorenzo Carcaterra
It is a well done thriller with some unrealistic police procedures. My 3.5 star rating rounded down https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Colleen Chi-Girl]

I’m finishing up a book set in the late 1930’s through WWII set in France and England, fighting and subterfuge toward the Nazis. Probably 3.5 or 4 🌟 for some silly language and over dramatizing of the gutsy, sexy, brilliant woman spy Nancy.

[Thomas, Moderator]

I read The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
It is as much a mystery as a commentary upon challenges faced by black classical musicians. I enjoyed it and rated it 4 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas, Moderator]

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...

[Thomas, Moderator]

I read My Heart Went Walking by Sally Hanan I enjoyed and rated it 3.5 stars rounded up. It is the story of an unmarried teenager in rural 1983 Ireland who refuses to give up her baby for adoption. Not a mystery, but literary fiction.
The author was born in Dublin, but now lives in Texas after winning a green card lottery.

[Ciara]

I am currently reading the night before Christmas by Alice Taylor

[Stephen]

Morning,

In honour of my saint's day I have decided to put my three books on Amazon for free in kindle format.

Nobody's Hero
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Battered
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Searching for Ahimsa
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

The Kindle Editions are free for 5 days from today so if you have a spare moment and fancy reading books with an Irish flavour then they are there.

Luckily I don't need money from my writing because as you can see I am terrible at marketing.

All the best on this merry adventure and Happy St.Stephen's Day.

Stephen

[Thomas, Moderator]

I read City of the Dead. by Jonathan Kellerman
I rate it 3.5stars rounded up. It is a pleasant police procedural My review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Thomas, Moderator]

I also read A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes
I rated 3.5 stars rounded down. It is literary fiction, set in Jamaica.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Colleen Chi-Girl]

I am currently reading: The Irish Inheritance by M J Wells. I’m enjoying the variety of narrators and the story which is historical fiction.

[Thomas, Moderator]

I read a historical fiction book Forbidden City by Vanessa Hua
It is set in 1966 China, during the Cultural Revolution. My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...