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Currently reading? Just finished? 2023
Now about 10 pages into The Widening Stain by W. Bolingbroke Johnson, and very slowly making headway in The Life of Crime: Unravelling the mysteries of fiction’s favourite genre.
A great book to start off 2023 - coming out next month
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy WillinghamStacy Willingham gets a fantastic 5* from me Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A great book to start off 2023 - coming out next month
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy WillinghamStacy Willingham gets a fantastic 5* from me Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor ⭐⭐⭐.5https://www.instagram.com/p/CnQx029rf...
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The Hangman
manages to be the rare short story I enjoy. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Deliver Them from Evil
was too unbelievable for my taste. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Faith wrote: "My review of Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
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I just bought that one, so I will wait until I read it to look at your thoughts. Did you like it?
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I just bought that one, so I will wait until I read it to look at your thoughts. Did you like it?
If you think the British royal family is in disarray now, just be thankful they aren't burning 'heretics' at the stake. 🔥 You didn't dare be out of favour with King Henry VIII. I love the Matthew Shardlake historical mystery series by C.J. Sansom. Lamentation is #6.
4.5~5★ My review
Brighten your day with a starry night! Look Up at the Stars by Katie Cotton is a children's picture book where a little bear who wants a star finds his own light.
4★ My review with lots of illustrations
All That We Areby Mariah Stewart ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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Dem wrote: "Finished and enjoyed Lady Audley's Secret
My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/5218578460"
I recently read No Plan B by Lee Child
Pretty straightforward but I didn't see the end coming: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm currently reading The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
which was sent to me by my Secret Santaand I'm also reading So Long, Chester Wheeler by Catherine Ryan Hyde
I read The Enchanted Suitcase by Helga Warren It is a memoir by a German soldier, assembled posthumously by his daughter. M y 3.5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This sounds very intriguing!As it was just published this month, I'll wait half a year before trying to request it from our public library.
Thank you for the tip.
So far I've read mostly autobiographies by German war brides and Georg Gaertner's autobiography on his time as a POW and his flight from the camp in order to not get repatriated to now communist Poland by the end of WW II. He then lived for 40 years undetected in the US...an incredibly thrilling story.
It's been too long since I visited Three Pines, but I'm glad I made the effort. Although I prefer the hardboiled and noir end of the spectrum I find myself oddly drawn to this series.Here's my review of
- A Trick of the Light by Louise Pennyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Damo wrote: "It's been too long since I visited Three Pines, but I'm glad I made the effort. Although I prefer the hardboiled and noir end of the spectrum I find myself oddly drawn to this series.Here's my re..."
We are watching "Three Pines" with Alfred Molina as Inspector Gamache.
Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie GarmusYou might think a book about chemists couldn't be comical, but you'd be wrong. This novel is wildly original and laugh-out-loud funny. It's about Elizabeth Zott, a chemist who has to negotiate male privilege and entitlement in the mid-1900s.
Very entertaining novel. 4.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Working my way through past Shamus Award finalists has thrown up the odd quality private investigator series from past decades. The Carl Wilcox series has been one such discovery.Here's my review of
- The Naked Liar by Harold Adamshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ernest Hemingway was known for deceptively simple storytelling that can be surprisingly thought-provoking. This short story takes place late night in a Spanish cafe that is A Clean Well-Lighted Place.
5★ My review with a link to the story online
Sean Wilson's Gemini Falls is a small coal-mining town in 1930s Australia where a murder is being investigated near the shacks of depression-era homeless families, camped by the river. Obvious suspects, of course.
3★ My review of Gemini Falls
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me
will be one of my 2023 favorites. My five star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kent wrote: "Currently finishing up on some Sherlock Holmes (now on Hound of the Baskerville)"I love Sherlock Holmes. 🙂
I'm currently reading 'The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra" by Vaseem Khan. Very good so far.
Fariba wrote: "I'm currently reading 'The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra" by Vaseem Khan. Very good so far."I loved that one and subsequently read the rest of the series. Quite entertaining.
I've finished The Library Suicides by Fflur Dafydd
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Ernest Hemingway was known for deceptively simple storytelling that can be surprisingly thought-provoking. This short story takes place late night in a Spanish cafe that is [book:A Cl..."
One of his best, right up there with "Hills Like White Elephants" and "The Killers."
One of his best, right up there with "Hills Like White Elephants" and "The Killers."
Christine wrote: "I just finished my 6th book this year on JFK by Clint Hill."Good start for the year Christine. 👍
Exiles
by Jane HarperAustralian Police Investigator Aaron Falk takes a break from his job in Melbourne to attend a christening in the town of Marralee Valley. There he helps look into a disappearance that occurred a year ago.
Good mystery. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What Lies I’m the Woods
is an entertaining thriller. My 3.5 star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just Read The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Really loved this one! I havent found a book from him I don't like
Now I am starting on Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus
Also going go the to library today to see if I can find some books. I been super sick last few weeks so I am behind on my reading
Shannon wrote: "Just Read The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Really loved this one! I havent found a book from him I don't like
Now I am starting on [book:Nothing More to ..."
So sorry to hear you've been ill, Shannon. I hope you're much better now.
Really loved this one! I havent found a book from him I don't like
Now I am starting on [book:Nothing More to ..."
So sorry to hear you've been ill, Shannon. I hope you're much better now.
Now starting DYING TO TELL (2001) by Robert Goddard. Another one of his stand-alone mystery novels that I have been reading on a regular basis for the last few years.
Nancy wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Just Read The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Really loved this one! I havent found a book from him I don't like
Now I am starting on [book:..."
Still have little of it left but I don't feel like I did in November/December. Thanks For replying
Shannon wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Just Read The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Really loved this one! I havent found a book from him I don't like
Now I am star..."
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Really loved this one! I havent found a book from him I don't like
Now I am star..."
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Randy wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Ernest Hemingway was known for deceptively simple storytelling that can be surprisingly thought-provoking. This short story takes place late night in a Spanis..."Memorable, indeed, Randy.
Daniella Mestyanek Young has written a much-discussed story of her life in 'cults' - first a supposedly religious one, and then the US Army. The colourful cover art of
Uncultured: A Memoir
should be reflected in the print title as "UnCULTured". Quite a story.
4★ My review of UnCULTured (my spelling)
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