ALL NEW Just finished - just started

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished the Kane and Abel trilogy yesterday, while I did really enjoy the first one, the other two weren't that good. Hopefully without spoiling it, the second was a major rehash of the first, and the third was altered to become the third book, but it didn't work for me.

[Jim]

Well you've spared me the job of reading them :-)

[Natasha]

Finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, which I really enjoyed, but which I also thought over-long.

Started We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, the Russian dystopian novel supposed to have been the inspiration for George Orwell's 1984. I'm 13% through and it's not making the slightest bit of sense so far (I'm definitely reading the English translation).

[Pam]

Jim wrote: "Well you've spared me the job of reading them :-)"

LOL!

[Natasha]

Just finished the utterly tedious We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (precursor to George Orwell's wonderful 1984).

Just started An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (psychological thriller).

[Jim]

Just finished Miss Mapp by E. F. Benson

It's free from Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25919?

Loved it, Jane Austen rides again :-)

[Pam]

Finished two books:

Lian Hearn's The Harsh Cry Of The Heron - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1404856422
and
Murder In Absentia by Assaph Mehr - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4356135379

[Pam]

Read book 1 of N K Jemisin's trilogy, The Fifth Season - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4392639153

[Jim]

My daughter bought me the trilogy last Christmas, I think you're right to be positive :-)

[Natasha]

Really enjoyed An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.

Now reading Slow Horses by Mick Herron, and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.

[Pam]

Read book 2 of NK Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy - The Obelisk Gate - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4397597349

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I'm really bad at posting on here, have read Codename Villanelle and The Quiche of Death this month, the first wasn't as good as the TV series, the second was fun, and I even managed to overlook the fact they changed the looks of Agatha Raisin, would read more of those but not the rest of the Killing Eve books. Hoping to squeeze a couple of books in, with my time off

[Pam]

Just read Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4355783963

[Pam]

Read The 7 Secrets of the Prolific: The Definitive Guide to Overcoming Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Writer's Block and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1282057099
That completes my 2021 challenge!

[Pam]

Read my first two books of 2022:

The Book of Dragons by E Nesbit, reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4427119697
and
volume 3 in N K Jemisin's trilogy, The Stone Sky - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4415009215

[Natasha]

Finished reading Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (being queer in the US before the 1969 Stonewall Riots), and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (having black blood and passing as white in the US a few decades ago), both of which I really enjoyed.

Now reading Dead Lions by Mick Herron (British Secret Service thriller) and The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst (a classic manual on typography).

[Jim]

Just finished the first book of Robert Harris, Cicero trilogy and started the second
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome

Enjoyed the first one and the second is as good,

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I finished Book of Souls and started The Shadow Sister and decided to start reading two books at once again, with Purgatory being my bathroom book, as I found the first one was better read in bits rather than all in one go.

[Pam]

Read The Map of the Known World by Steven Smith and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4445763147
and
Eye of the Witch by Dana E Donovan - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4455884067

[Jud]

I just finished The Wolf Den last night, it was really good and I'm about to start The Lord of the Rings as a buddy read with a friend. She has never read it before so I said I'd do it with her to give her more motivation to do it.

[Pam]

Read a short story by Isaac Asimov, recommended on another group - The Gentle Vultures - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4477659075

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I finished my second book The Shadow Sister this has been my favourite of the series, I was so impressed with both the strong, independent animal loving women from the past, and the quirky bookshop that allowed you to sit in front of a fire, reading and being given coffee from the current time, I could just read it all over again. 5*

[Natasha]

Finished Into the Water by Paula Hawkins and Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God by Greta Christina.

Started Educated by Tara Westover.

[Pam]

Got a bit behind with posting links to reviews already done - decided to continue tackling some of the books on my Kindle:

Dead on Demand by Daniel Campbell - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4509924195

Self-Printed: The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing: How to Use Digital Self-Publishing, Social Media and Common Sense to Start Earning A Living ... or Shouting 'Down With The Big Six!') by Catherine Ryan Howard - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4509951029

Writing the Blockbuster Novel by Albert Zuckerman - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4522382054

and finally The Case of The Shrinking Shopkeeper & Other Stories by TG Campbell - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4522379309

[Jim]

I've just finished the Cicero Trilogy by Robert Harris The Cicero Trilogy

Although to be fair I picked up the three books in charity shops before I started to read them :-)

I enjoyed it. Harris is a good writer, he seems to have a feel for the period and wrote a good story and still seems to have managed to stick pretty well to the history we know

[Natasha]

Just finished 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People by Susan M. Weinschenk, which I didn't enjoy.

Just finished The List by Mick Herron, which I did enjoy.

Just started Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune.

[Pam]

Read Ruby In The Smoke by Philip Pullman and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4556446723

[Pam]

Read the first edition of Make a Killing on Kindle and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4556612444

[Jim]

Pam wrote: "Read the first edition of Make a Killing on Kindle and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Everything dates so rapidly in this field.
A 2020 publication would probably show its age :-(

[Pam]

Jim wrote: "Pam wrote: "Read the first edition of Make a Killing on Kindle and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Everything dates so rapidly in this field.
A 2020..."

Yes indeed!

[Pam]

Read Crooked House by Agatha Christie and reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4558206878

[Stuart]

Just finished: 1984
Just started: Animal Farm

[Jim]

Pam wrote: "Read Crooked House by Agatha Christie and reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

when Agatha Christie is good, she's good :-)

[Pam]

Jim wrote: "Pam wrote: "Read Crooked House by Agatha Christie and reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

when Agatha Christie is good, she's good :-)"

Agreed!

[Pam]

Read Adrian Tchaikovsky's Cage of Souls and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4560491820

[Natasha]

Finished Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune.

Read two short books:
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut, which was excellent
The Text by Claire Douglas

Just started Real Tigers by Mick Herron.

[Stuart]

Just finished: Animal Farm and Down and Out in Paris and London

Just started: The Road to Wigan Pier

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Started Come, Tell Me How You Live today, 10% in

[Natasha]

Finished Real Tigers by Mick Herron.

Started Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Come, Tell Me How You Live quite an enjoyable read. 57% in Behind the Horror: True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies - bit of a mixed bag so far, but did make me want to watch Jaws!

[Val]

Just completed This is the night they come for you by Robert GoddardRobert Goddard
A fascinating and highly entertaining book

Here's my 5* review

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

[Paula]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "And I've just seen your promo post in another of our author's own threads!! Cheeky. That has been deleted. One more strike..."

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "There are plenty of places here to promote your own work Paula - this thread however isn't one of them!"

Thank you for this, I have removed this. Sorry to offend.



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[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

There are plenty of places here to promote your own work Paula - this thread however isn't one of them!

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

And I've just seen your promo post in another of our author's own threads!! Cheeky. That has been deleted. One more strike...

[Paula]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "There are plenty of places here to promote your own work Paula - this thread however isn't one of them!" Sorry for thisl I don't want to offend or to break the rules. I hope I have deleted sufficently. Thank you for pointing out

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Thanks Paula. Why not set up your own author thread in the folder here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group.... You can promote your own work to your heart's content there :)

[Pam]

Big catchup as I'd done some reviews and not posted links, then have done some more:

The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4583896188

Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4596528835

The Clocks by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4600023699

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4609587664

The Big Four by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4609643046"

The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4562677681

and finally - A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4622051091

[Natasha]

Just finished Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas, an enjoyable psychological thriller.

Just started It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover for my book club.

[Pam]

Catchup on a few reviews:

Two by Agatha Christie -

At Bertram's Hotel - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2917551282

A Pocket full of Rye - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4627452019

and E M Prazeman's Masks - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4645287441

[Pam]

Read Peril on the Lost Planet by Angus MacVicar and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4647344506