Team Manderley

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Date Finished - Mar.18

Cards - 0 (SA), 1 (CN Olivia), 9 (Place Needless Street), Green

Mini - Classical Painting

[Sara]

So, did anyone else finish The Last House on Needless Street and feel emotionally blown? Like wow, that book was a ride.

[Karolyn]

Sara wrote: "So, did anyone else finish The Last House on Needless Street and feel emotionally blown? Like wow, that book was a ride."

I finished it and felt the same. It was not at all what I was expecting.

[Karolyn]

Does anyone have an idea how to tackle the Draw 2 in Hand 8? I’ve been looking for a book that would work for a 4 and a 6 for the mini swap and am not having much luck.

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Sara wrote: "So, did anyone else finish The Last House on Needless Street and feel emotionally blown? Like wow, that book was a ride."

I honestly don't even know how to feel about it. Like I am stuck in between thinking it was brilliant and thinking it was odd.

[Sara]

Karolyn wrote: "Does anyone have an idea how to tackle the Draw 2 in Hand 8? I’ve been looking for a book that would work for a 4 and a 6 for the mini swap and am not having much luck."

Good catch. I didn't even notice that Draw 2 there. Well, maybe there is something we can move around that's already been ready that could fill the Draw 2. Let me look through and see what might be able to me moved around.

[Sara]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Sara wrote: "So, did anyone else finish The Last House on Needless Street and feel emotionally blown? Like wow, that book was a ride."

I honestly don't even know how to feel about it. Like I am st..."

Right? Same. I think I'm tipping closer to the brilliant side though. I was feeling pretty emotional by the end, and I loved the author's note at the end.

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Sara wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Sara wrote: "So, did anyone else finish The Last House on Needless Street and feel emotionally blown? Like wow, that book was a ride."

I honestly don't even know how to fe..."

If it got you all emotional then I would definitely say brilliant. For now, I'm still giving it 3-stars because I'm all over the place lol.

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Date Finished - Mar.19

Cards - 0 (SA), 3 (CLN Hadley), 5 (CFN Irina), 6 (CFN Sophie), 9 (CFN Nick)

Mini - Task #3

[Stephanie]

Almost done with the group read :)

[Andy]

just finished group read

5* for me

the plot kept me guessing as we went along
felt it had some real moments of tension, but ending was quite sensitive

definitely will stay with me for some time - which is a good sign

[Angela]

I find it interesting that this booked was marketed as horror. While I do think there were some creepy scenes I wouldn't classify it as horror.

I finished the book yesterday and loved it. I was on the side of thinking it was absolutely brilliant. I don't want to put out any spoilers for those still reading it though. :)

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Angela wrote: "I find it interesting that this booked was marketed as horror. While I do think there were some creepy scenes I wouldn't classify it as horror.

I finished the book yesterday and loved it. I was o..."

Yeah, I don't think it was horror, it was more of a psychological mystery thriller.

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Date Finished - Mar.21

Cards - 0 (SA), 6 (CFN Shelby), 8 (CFN Eddie)

Mini - Task #1

[Eli]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

Book: Watership Down by Richard Adams
Finish date: 21/3-22.

1 (first in series) 2 (CH. Threarah), 3 (CH. Hazel), 4 (CH. Fiver) 6 (Place: Sandleford), 7 (CH. Vilthuril) 8 (CH. El-ahrairah), 9 (CH. Nelthilta) Skip (CH. Pinkin), blue

[Kylie]

i finished the group read on Friday. i am also on the verge of thinking it was brilliant and thinking it was odd. the ending was incredibly touching!

[Narsku]

Sorry, I've barely been here for the last week (and not read that much either)! It's been one of those "it never rains but it pours" months :') I'm hoping things calm down a bit.

I did finish The Mysterious Mr. Quin and The Last House on Needless Street :)

[Angela]

Sorry to hear that Narsku! I hope you are hanging in there!

[Karolyn]

I think I just grabbed the last open spot on the main spreadsheet (just a few left for the mini), we're getting there!!! I have not been doing a good job of entering alternate cards for my books this month... will work on that this week if the captains think well have to move things around.

[Karolyn]

Narsku wrote: "Sorry, I've barely been here for the last week (and not read that much either)! It's been one of those "it never rains but it pours" months :') I'm hoping things calm down a bit.

I did finish [boo..."

I completely understand, hope you're doing OK. What did you think of the ending of Needless Street?

[Sara]

Karolyn wrote: "I think I just grabbed the last open spot on the main spreadsheet (just a few left for the mini), we're getting there!!! I have not been doing a good job of entering alternate cards for my books th..."

Always good to have alternates listed if you're able to go through and fill them. Narsku and I may end up shifting things around depending on the situation.

[Andy]

not sure if this counts as a spoiler for The Last House on Needless Street, but only struck me a few days after finishing (view spoiler)[The Russian Dolls! (hide spoiler)]


just starting Poirot #1 The Mysterious Affair at Styles, lots of characters involved so should be good across a few cards if hold to finish in April
Anyone read any of the series - what did you think?
early days for me, not 100% sure if it has grabbed me yet

[Sara]

Andy wrote: "not sure if this counts as a spoiler for The Last House on Needless Street, but only struck me a few days after finishing [spoilers removed]


just starting Poirot #1 [book:The Myst..."

Yea, my mom and I actually talked a bit about (view spoiler)[the Russian dolls (hide spoiler)] and she totally caught it while I didn't catch it at all, lol. Not until after the fact.

[Kylie]

Andy wrote: "not sure if this counts as a spoiler for The Last House on Needless Street, but only struck me a few days after finishing [spoilers removed]


just starting Poirot #1 [book:The Myst..."

i have read #1 in the Poirot series, and i really enjoyed it! because it was Christie's first Poirot, i can only imagine the rest of the series will get better, as i felt the first novel had an introductory element to it (getting introduced to the two main characters, personalities, etc.) i also felt unsure of if i liked the fact that everything is explained at the end in a final chapter or not. i am planning on continuing the series, but i have heard that "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile" are her best from the series :)

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Sara wrote: "Andy wrote: "not sure if this counts as a spoiler for The Last House on Needless Street, but only struck me a few days after finishing [spoilers removed]


just starting Poirot #1 [..."

I caught onto it, but at that point (view spoiler)[ I thought only Olivia and Lauren were the same person, not that they were both parts of Ted (hide spoiler)]

[Sara]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Sara wrote: "Andy wrote: "not sure if this counts as a spoiler for The Last House on Needless Street, but only struck me a few days after finishing [spoilers removed]


just startin..."

(view spoiler)[I thought Lauren and Olivia were the same person for a large part of the book. But that's because they never saw each other. I didn't catch on to a lot of the other hints like the Russian doll or the television playing what Ted saw for Olivia until after the whole stabbing thing revealed they were all Ted. (hide spoiler)]

[Andy]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Sara wrote: "Andy wrote: "not sure if this counts as a spoiler for The Last House on Needless Street, but only struck me a few days after finishing [spoilers removed]


just startin..."

well done Ashley and Sara's Mom 😃

can't help feeling there were lots of other little hints in the details that I missed

[Andy]

Kylie wrote: "Andy wrote: "not sure if this counts as a spoiler for The Last House on Needless Street, but only struck me a few days after finishing [spoilers removed]


just starting Poirot #1 [..."

Thanks Kylie, think I will try some more after this, would probably keep me going till next year's Uno if try to complete the series

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Andy wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Sara wrote: "Andy wrote: "not sure if this counts as a spoiler for The Last House on Needless Street, but only struck me a few days after finishing [spoiler..."

Everything tends to fall together in hindsight and makes you go 'oh yeah, that makes sense now.'

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
Date Finished - Mar.23

Cards - 0 (SA), 3 (CLN Hale), 7 (CLN Valentine)

Mini - Classical Painting

[Angela]

I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly since I was a small child and still hate it.

I am looking for some recs of page turning books. It doesn't matter the genre, I just need to keep my mind busy by flipping through pages of books that I do not want to put down.

What have you got for me? :)

[Sara]

Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly since I was a s..."

Ooo, tough! My sort of page turners are high action high fantasy stuff which usually other people find dense. So, I'm not sure that's what you'd want on a plane. For a traditional thriller suggestion, I'd say Shiver by Allie Reynolds, Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason, and Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child (I know it's book 2, but it's not necessary to read book 1 at all and Terminal Freeze was the best).

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly since I was a s..."

I'm not sure what you have read, but a page-turner for me would be something like Dark Matter or Recursion by Blake Crouch. Or maybe something like House of Leaves since it's pretty chunky and will keep you going for a while?

[Sara]

Ooo, I liked Recursion a lot!

[Karolyn]

Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly since I was a s..."

A few of my go to’s are Agatha Christie and Tana French. But I like suspense/crime type stuff quite a bit. I’ve also used flights (I don’t like flying either) for rereads that I haven’t been a lie to make time for. You’ve got this!!!

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - The Atlas Six by Olivia Blake
Date Finished - Mar.23

Cards - 1 (1st in Series), 4 (CLN Fowler), 7 (CLN Varona), 8 (CFN Ezra), 9 (CFN Nico)

Mini - Task #1

[Andy]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "I'm not sure what you have read, but a page-turner for me would be something like Dark Matter or Recursion by Blake Crouch. Or maybe something like House of Leaves since it's pretty chunky and will keep you going for a while? ..."

all three are great

will admit I could take a round the world flight by blimp to finish House of Leaves, that book took me a loooong time to read.

[Andy]

Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly since I was a s..."

I find I'm going more and more to audio books when travelling,
some recent highlights for me

Sci-Fi: Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Time or The Doors of Eden

Whimsical murder mystery: The Man Who Died Twice - book #2 of Thursday Murder Club and far superior to book #1 for me

or police procedural series where the indulgent Mediterranean lifestyle and diet feature heavily The Shape of Water (#1 in the Montalbano series)

[Andy]

Andy wrote: "Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly ..."

another great audio book I read late last year and is on your to-read list

gritty poverty and striving for better life with a dash of magical realism
loved it

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Andy wrote: "❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "I'm not sure what you have read, but a page-turner for me would be something like Dark Matter or Recursion by Blake Crouch. Or maybe something like House of Leaves since it..."

Yeah, it took me a really long time to read it because of all the added footnotes and stuff. I do plan on re-reading it though so maybe it will be better the second time around?

[Angela]

Sara wrote: "Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly ..."

I have been hearing a lot about Shiver recently. And I will definitely check out the other two recs. Thank you!

[Angela]

❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀ wrote: "Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly ..."

I have read both by Blake Crouch but I think I have a copy of his new book so I may try that. Also, House of Leaves is a good rec and I already have that one on my kindle.

[Angela]

Karolyn wrote: "Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly ..."

Thanks Karolyn! Maybe I should finally try a Tana French. :)

[Angela]

Andy wrote: "Angela wrote: "I could use some help. I am home next week and then have to fly to Dallas for a week and then a few days later I am in D.C. for a week. I HATE flying. I have been doing it regularly ..."

I bought book #1 of The Thursday Murder Club which is originally what I thought I would take on my trip. So I skip that for a plane ride?

I have Sharks in the Time of Saviors sitting on my shelf upstairs just staring at me so this be also be a contender.

[Sara]

Hey, Narsku, you need to add Valley Forge to your uno-shelf, and Courtney, you also need to add a book, Chatter, to your uno-shelf. :) Thank you.

[❀●○●○Ashley○●○●❀]

Completion Post

Book - The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor
Date Finished - Mar.26

Cards - 0 (SA), 2 (Title The), 2 Swap (CLN Wrigley), 3 (CLN Harper), 4 (CFN Flo), 6 (CFN Simon), 8 (CFN Emma), Skip (CFN Rosie) + RED

[Karolyn]

Angela - How did you like The Elephant of Belfast?

I just got The Searcher that was on hold forever at the library. I’m trying soooo hard not to binge it because it could work for a April color card.

[Kylie]

Sara wrote: "Hey, Narsku, you need to add Valley Forge to your uno-shelf, and Courtney, you also need to add a book, Chatter, to your uno-shelf. :) Thank you."

i believe 'Chatter' is my book. not sure how that got messed up haha. it is on my shelf, and i changed it to my name.

[Stephanie]

I finally was able to finish the group read, things got really hectic last week. I'm also in the process of finishing up another book since it was such a cold and windy day I was able to stay indoors. I'll be updating my books tomorrow.

[Narsku]

Sara wrote: "Hey, Narsku, you need to add Valley Forge to your uno-shelf, and Courtney, you also need to add a book, Chatter, to your uno-shelf. :) Thank you."

Oops! Added :)