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Currently reading? Just finished? 2023
Now starting on ORPHAN X by Gregg Hurwitz, the first in his ongoing thriller series featuring Evan Smoak.
I read State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise PennyIt is a political thriller and I rated it 5 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently finished The Dead of Winter by Stuart MacBride
Here is my five star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A good book to start with if you've never read any MacBrides before, because this is a stand alone.
Just finished with a book called "Vanishing Games". Apparently it is the follow up book to the author's debut, called "Ghostman."A team of jewel thieves working for a mysterious woman go to hijack a boat carrying a cache of sapphires. They get on the boat and the team leader sees the sapphires and something A Lot More Valuable.
Problem is, when they get to the ALMV, it's kind of anticlimactic, and the writing is what I call the "smarty pants" vein - not bad, but with each aspect of the plot - drug smuggling, precious gems, weapons, hired killers the author goes into a paragraphs' long description of the who/how/what that sort of reads like a Wikipedia entry. I don't want to pick p a novel and read someone else's see-how-much-I-know research.
Really great first chapter, though.
James wrote: "Now starting on ORPHAN X by Gregg Hurwitz, the first in his ongoing thriller series featuring Evan Smoak."Good series. Enjoy!😊
I finished A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar
A very good mix of (political) history, dystopia and some SF. My 5 star review can be read here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Downfall by Mark Rubinstein
It didn't live up to the blurb: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fools Rush In
by Ed GormanSam Mcain #7. Black River Falls, Iowa, 1963. A young Black college student has been murdered in small town Iowa. Sam's on the case and it gets deeper and more deadly as we go along. Very good entry in a very good series. 4 stars.
Truly Madly Guilty
by Liane MoriartySet in Sydney, Australia, the story is about an unfortunate incident that occurs during a backyard barbeque.
Chock full of interesting characters. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
James wrote: "Now starting on ORPHAN X by Gregg Hurwitz, the first in his ongoing thriller series featuring Evan Smoak."Love this series!!!
It's hardly worth writing a review of Jane Austen's much-loved Pride and Prejudice, is it? But since I finally read it (for a reading challenge), I will admit it has its charms.
4★ My review of Pride and Prejudice
Ah, I remember the heady scent of racing fuel at trackside! Young Lewis Hamilton was bitten early by the Grand Prix bug and grew to be the top Formula One driver and a Sir, no less. Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara shows how a talented black kid made good in a white man's sport. 
5★ My review of Lewis Hamilton(Yes, we need more electrics.)
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "It's hardly worth writing a review of Jane Austen's much-loved Pride and Prejudice, is it? But since I finally read it (for a reading challenge), I will admit it has its c..."I read Delphi Complete Works of Jane Austen which was very interesting because you were able to see her growth as a writer. I love the Delphi Complete Works books and have read L. Frank Baum, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, the Brothers Grimm, and parts of H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas and am working my way through the Complete Zane Grey and Arthur Conan Doyle (I read all the Sherlock Holmes books and am no into the medieval tales)
The Dead of Winter by Stuart MacBride https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
CBRetriever wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "It's hardly worth writing a review of Jane Austen's much-loved Pride and Prejudice, is it? But since I finally read it (for a reading challenge), ..."CBR, sounds to me like you've found your sweet spot on the literary scene. Go for it and enjoy!
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles
by Alexander McCall SmithIn these affable, humorous books, Smith follows the lives of a group of people who reside in Edinburgh's "New Town" neighborhood. If you follow the series, the uber-controlling Irene, who plagued her husband and little son, has finally decamped for Aberdeen.
Enjoyable light reading. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Robert B. Parker's Blood Feud by Mike Lupica I enjoyed it and recommend to fans of Parker and private eye mysteries. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
J.K. Rowling
My third reading of this book. Great fantasy book and stands the test of time.
5 star reading.
Please check my review here -
https://sanjibsblogreads.blogspot.com...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
In This Bright Future
was a more serious addition to the series. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now starting EXILES by Jane Harper, her newest hardcover release and the third novel in her ongoing series featuring Australian Federal Police agent Aaron Falk.
The 4th book in the Rizzoli and Iles series and I'm enjoying the progression thus far. This one was a real mind-blowing murder mystery centered around Maura Isles.My review of
- Body Double by Tess Gerritsenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun #3 by Elle Cosimano
My Review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another fantastic 5* read
The Hike by Lucy ClarkeSee my review here
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished the postmodernest of postmodern novels
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished the postmodernest of postmodern novelsIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Rating: 4 st..."
His Italian Folktales was pretty good
Robert Dugoni's latest, Her Deadly Game, is a courtroom drama with a good investigative dilemma at the heart and a most intriguing solution.
3.5~4★ My review of Her Deadly GameIf you're a NetGalley reviewer, it's on NetGalley until 11 April.
A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon certainly has some strange, tidy characters as well as a strange, tidy ending. There is a lot of love out there for this one twisty mystery.
3★ My review of A Tidy Ending
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Robert Dugoni's latest, Her Deadly Game, is a courtroom drama with a good investigative dilemma at the heart and a most intriguing solution.[bookcover:Her Deadly Gam..."
Hi Patty, the link needs a tweak :) It doesn't lead to the review.
Firebrand
Received as BookSirens ARC.
3 stars reading.
Short story.
Climate change allegory and fantasy.
Recommended.
My detailed review here -
https://sanjibsblogreads.blogspot.com...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I’m tired of the same old same old with psychological thrillers. That was The Kind Worth Saving
for me. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny It is book 11 in the series, and I have read the previous 10 books in the series. I enjoyed it and recommend it to police procedural fans and fans of this series. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Books I have read last few weeks from library & libby app
5/5 Stars trying to get this series read and big Disney fan here I love books about anything Disney
5/5 Stars I couldnt put it down! Mary Kubica never let me down!
5/5 Stars Had this on hold forever on libby app. Was hoping to read it around christmas but didnt happen. I couldn't put it down! Will read more form this author
5/5 Stars I couldn't put it down. Alot better then Night Swim was
5/5 Stars I read this before but I couldnt rembember if I liked it will have to read then 2nd book again too
5/5 I keep on guessing who the killer was. Boy was I shock
2/5 Stars Lady work at library said I would like this boy was she wrong it was so awful. I do like Romantic Suspense books but this was just not good!
5/5 Stars a reread because I couldnt remeber If I liked it or not. I still loved it!
3/5 Stars all her books seems to be the same IMO hopeful next book I read of hers I will like it more
2/5 Stars I like it but gonna try read the rest of the series see if it gets better
5/5 StarsThis book been on the TBR for awhile finally Libby app let me borrow it I couldnt put it down 
3/5 Stars I though I would like this because I though it might be kinda like have a nightmare on elm street vibe but I was let down I was actally glad when this book was over with
5/5 Stars I couldn't put this down! read it in one day someone on TikTok talking about it so went to see if Libby have it and they did! Have to see if they have anymore books from her there!
5/5 Stars Omg the ending I'm still shocked at how the book ending I didn't see it coming!
4/5 Stars Not my favorite natasha preston book. Her other ones are betterNow here the next books I will be reading from my TBR
From Libby App
From My Library
Blind Eye by Aline Templeton ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 #BlindEye #NetGalleyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Sandy how are 4 of your books going?
Jim how are 3 of your books going?
CBRetriever wrote: "RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished the postmodernest of postmodern novels...His Italian Folktales was pretty good"
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll keep an eye out for it.
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He just finished it so he gave me his copy.
And he was right! I absolutely love it.