☕☕ Denise's Challenge with coffee cups to distinguish me from the other Denise R. ☕☕

[Denise]

Progress: 9/12

Twelve to read in 2024:
1. The Fury by Alex Michaelides
2. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
3. My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
4. One by One by Freida McFadden
5. The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
6. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
7. Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
8. In the Deep by Loreth Anne White
9. The Maid by Nita Prose
10. The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao by Martha Batalha
11. Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
12. A Killer's Wife by Victor Methos

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Plus Four Alternates:
1. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass
3. Every Last Secret by A.R. Torre
4. Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

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[Denise]

#3 and #4 titles are crazy. Remember when every book title had Girl in it? Gone Girl, The Good Girl, etc? Maybe that's coming back around...

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

Great 2nd list. I just added Vampires of El Norte. Nothing like a few vamps for entertainment.

Good luck with this list, as well!

[Patricia]

Another list where I haven't read (or even heard of) most of the books! I love Sally Hepworth but haven't read that one yet.
Have fun!

[Alissa]

Great list! So many that I myself want to read so I can't wait to hear your thoughts!

I read and really liked Vampires of El Norte, The Maid & especially Stillhouse Lake (GREAT series, I'm on #4)

[Denise]

Alissa wrote: "Great list! So many that I myself want to read so I can't wait to hear your thoughts!

I read and really liked Vampires of El Norte, The Maid & especially [book:Stil..."

I read the follow up book to The Maid, not knowing it was a follow-up. I thought it was a standalone. It was good! Now I want to go back and read her first book.

[Bill, Moderator]

I don't know any of those books. I'll look for your comments. Enjoy your 2024 reading.

[Bonnie]

Loved the Maid. One by One is free to read on kindle Prime if you have it :)

[Denise]

Bonnie wrote: "Loved the Maid. One by One is free to read on kindle Prime if you have it :)"

I do have it! 😏

[Denise]

Bill wrote: "I don't know any of those books. I'll look for your comments. Enjoy your 2024 reading."

Bill, Rachel Caine was recommended to me because I liked Nesbo. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Lea]

I loved Klara and the Sun, I hope you do too. There's a lot of detail to the book. I did read The Maid, but I must've read it wrong. Fortunately, most of my friends loved it, so I'm sure you will too. Happy reading!

[Denise]

Lea wrote: "I loved Klara and the Sun, I hope you do too. There's a lot of detail to the book. I did read The Maid, but I must've read it wrong. Fortunately, most of my friends loved it, so I'm sure you will t..."

I really liked The Mystery Guest, so I'm fairly sure I'll enjoy The Maid. I'm looking forward to this entire list!

[Lea]

Denise wrote: "I really liked The Mystery Guest, so I'm fairly sure I'll enjoy The Maid. I'm looking forward to this entire list!"

Ooh, you rebel! You read the series out of order. :-) :-) :-)

I'm so jealous, honestly. I have a hard time going out of order.

I'm still wondering if I should just try The Mystery Guest. It is actually better rated than The Maid, but sometimes that happens because the people that didn't enjoy the first book don't read the rest of the series. I'm still thinking about it.

Your list looks great - I'm so glad you're looking forward to it! It will be fun to see what you think.

[Pam]

The Invisible Life sounds really interesting and I added it to my TBR! Hope you have a great year of reading!

[Lindsey]

Ooohhh I love your list!! So many of them are on my TBR. The Maid is on my 12+4 list too!! I did read Mother-Daughter Murder Night. It's a cute, cozy mystery. I really liked the back story of why and how she cme to write this book.

[Denise]

Lea wrote: "Denise wrote: "I really liked The Mystery Guest, so I'm fairly sure I'll enjoy The Maid. I'm looking forward to this entire list!"

Ooh, you rebel! You read the series out of order. :-) :-) :-)

I'..."

I thought they were standalones until I was halfway through. 😂

[Denise]

Lindsey wrote: "Ooohhh I love your list!! So many of them are on my TBR. The Maid is on my 12+4 list too!! I did read Mother-Daughter Murder Night. It's a cute, cozy mystery. I real..."

Sounds right up my alley!

[Denise]

Pam wrote: "The Invisible Life sounds really interesting and I added it to my TBR! Hope you have a great year of reading!"

I'm excited to get to that one. I haven't read many books from Brazil. I can only think of one other.

[Denise]

Lea wrote: "I loved Klara and the Sun, I hope you do too. There's a lot of detail to the book. I did read The Maid, but I must've read it wrong. Fortunately, most of my friends loved it, so I'm sure you will t..."

Thank you! It's one of those books I keep trying to get to. 2024 is the year!

[Denise]

Alissa wrote: "Great list! So many that I myself want to read so I can't wait to hear your thoughts!

I read and really liked Vampires of El Norte, The Maid & especially [book:Stil..."

I bought the first three books in the series at a library book sale. I hope I end of liking them as much as you!

[Bill, Moderator]

Denise wrote: "Bill wrote: "I don't know any of those books. I'll look for your comments. Enjoy your 2024 reading."

Bill, Rachel Caine was recommended to me because I liked Nesbo. I'll let you know how it goes."

👍😁

[Denise]

Not only do we share the same name, but also tastes in books. I enjoyed The Maid. Good luck with your challenge.

[Jackie]

I'm looking forward to The Fury as well. Good luck.

[Denise]

Jackie wrote: "I'm looking forward to The Fury as well. Good luck."

Thanks - I hope we both love it.

[Denise]

Hmmm...I just made my shelves for my challenges and got everything set, but I think I want to add Romantic Comedy somewhere now. (This might be why I'm about 50/50 on finishing challenges 😂)

[Denise]

I made some progress!
-I enjoyed Romantic Comedy. Glad I added it to the list at the last minute.

-I was disappointed in The Fury. I should have loved this book. I love locked room mysteries and I really love anything set in Greece. It was ok, but not amazing. The narrator is kind of whiney and frequently pulled me out of the story just as I was getting drawn in.

[Denise]

I loved The Maid. I knew I would. Molly is a great character.

One by One was just ok for me. Not very believable.

[Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator]

Denise wrote: "I loved The Maid. I knew I would. Molly is a great character.

One by One was just ok for me. Not very believable."

Glad you enjoyed The Maid. I have this one on my tbr too.

Kudos on your progress