Currently Reading 2024

[Phrynne]

My review of The Promise in Poppies by Rachael Bloome

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

[Phrynne]

My review of Masquerade in Lodi by Lois McMaster Bujold

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

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 for The Winds from Further West written by Alexander McCall Smith and superbly narrated by James Rottger. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

Here is my 4.49 rounded to 4 stars review of What I've Done by Melinda Leigh:

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

Crime Thriller, Mystery, Private Investigations, Romantic Suspense

[PamG]

Here is my 3.95 rounded to 4 stars review of Stuart Woods' Golden Hour by Brett Battles:

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

Espionage / Mystery

[Sonja]

Currently reading Siege and Shadow (Book 2 of the Shadows and Bones series) and Birthday Girl to get some spice in my life. So far, I'm enjoying both books.

[MelanieJoy]

Sonja wrote: "Currently reading Siege and Shadow (Book 2 of the Shadows and Bones series) and Birthday Girl to get some spice in my life. So far, I'm enjoying both books."

Let me know how you like Siege and Storm! I was not a fan my first time through but I'm considering trying again after watching a few of the shadow and bone adjacent episodes on netflix.

[MelanieJoy]

Just finished:

The Watchmaker's Daughter

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

[MelanieJoy]

Currently Reading:

Clockwork Boys

and

The Librarian of Burned Books

[Sonja]

MelanieJoy wrote: "Sonja wrote: "Currently reading Siege and Shadow (Book 2 of the Shadows and Bones series) and Birthday Girl to get some spice in my life. So far, I'm enjoying both books."

Let me know how you like..." So I read Six of Crows duology first. I looooved those two books so much I ended up buying them right after. Since Shadow and Bones was written by the same authour I thought it would be just as great...no. It was such a disappointment. It seemed like it was written by two different authours. Anyways, this book, so far, is making up for it. The characters have more depth and the storyline is more interesting.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 for Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leanne]

10/27/2024 to 11/28/2024
I Carried Them with Me: A Young Girl's Journey to Survive
The Comfort of Ghosts
Eleanor & Park
The Deceiving Look
The Secret Witness
The River We Remember
The Power of the Dog
The Grave Singer
TatteredTattered
The Housemaid Is Watching
The Bleeding
Spirit Crossing
The Shining Girls

[Christine]

[Jenny]

The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner


My 5 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass


My 4 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

⭐⭐⭐.5 for The Writing Class by Esther Campion https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PamG]

Here is my 3.21 rounded to 3 stars review of Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson:

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

Southern Cozy Mystery
Debut / First in the Old Juniper Bookstore Mysteries Series
Unique Characters, Atmospheric, Uneven Pacing, Predictable

[PamG]

Here is my 4.48 rounded to 4 stars review of Locked In by Jussi Adler-Olsen and translated by Caroline Waight:

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

Police procedural / crime thriller
Gripping, thought-provoking, and dynamic
10th and last book in the Department Q series

[Christine]

I finished my 99th book

[PamG]

Here is my 4.45 rounded to 4 stars review of The Silent Watcher by Victor Methos:

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

Legal and Crime Thriller
Unique
1st book in a new series: Vegas Shadows
Gritty, Suspenseful, Tragic, Intense

[PamG]

Here is my 4.27 rounded to 4 stars review of The Covert Guardian by Liane Zane:

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

Espionage Thriller with a hint of the paranormal that is to come.
Riveting and intense
First book in the prequel trilogy: The Unsanctioned Guardians
Takes place 6 years before the Elioud Thrilogy Urban Fantasy series

[Phrynne]

My review of Grave Talk by Nick Spalding

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

[PamG]

Here is my 4.25 rounded to 4 stars review of Perfect Storm by Paige Shelton:

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

Mystery combined with suspense, danger, and adventure
Sixth book in the Alaska Wild Series
Set in and around fictional Benedict, Alaska

[PamG]

Her is my 4.23 rounded to 4 stars review of The Harlequin Protocol by Liane Zane:

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

Espionage / Action Thriller with a hint of the paranormal that is to come.
Riveting and intense
Second book in the prequel trilogy: The Unsanctioned Guardians
Takes place 2 years before the Elioud Thrilogy Urban Fantasy series and 4 years after the first book in the prequel trilogy

[Alicia]

Currently working on all 7 Narnia books. Luckily this has them all together. Finished The Magician's Nephew last week and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe this morning.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

⭐⭐⭐ for Heavy Are the Stones by J.D. Barker and Christine Daigle https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Alicia wrote: "

Currently working on all 7 Narnia books. Luckily this has them all together. Finished The Magician's Nephew last week and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wa..."

Hope you're loving them Alicia. I am planning this for 2025. 💖📚

[Leona]

I am reading The Vanishing Kind by Alice Henderson I won on GR. This is book #4 Has anyone read the other books in the series?

[Alicia]

Sandysbookaday wrote: "Alicia wrote: "

Currently working on all 7 Narnia books. Luckily this has them all together. Finished The Magician's Nephew last week and The Lion, the Wi..."

Thanks so much; the stories are certainly interesting!

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Leona wrote: "I am reading The Vanishing Kind by Alice Henderson I won on GR. This is book #4 Has anyone read the other books in the series?"

I have not read any, but they look interesting.

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I finished The Memory Library.

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

Started Beautiful Ugly.

[PamG]

Here is my 3.98 rounded to 4 stars review of The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap:

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

Historical Fiction
1828 Edinburgh, Scotland
Ghotic vibe, great world-building and characterization
More formal writing style than I prefer

[Christine]

I finished my 100th book

[Rosalyn]

Kristie wrote: "I finished The Memory Library.

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

Started Beautiful Ugly."

omg, i'm listening to the audiobook of beautiful ugly now too! do u have any theories? mine is that the wife got kidnapped by one of the bad guys that she was investigating/reporting on.

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

Rosalyn wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I finished The Memory Library.

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

Started [book:Beautiful Ugly|21..."

I just started so no real theory yet. I am very curious as to what is going on though!

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 for this Australian Gothic novel set in the remote northwest Pilbara region. Jasper Cliff by Josh Kemp https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

[Christine]

I finished my 101st book

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 for this dark and gritty detective thriller Past Redemption by David Mark. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for The Summerfield Saddler by Penelope Janu which gave me so much more than I expected. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Travis]

I have met my unofficial goal of 40 books, but my official one of 15k pages for the year.

My current read is the most recent Reese's Book Club pick, which is CITY OF NIGHT BIRDS by Juhea Kim; so far, it is really good.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 for this lovely romance, Take Me Home by Beth Moran https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

My review of The Answer Is No by Fredrik Backman

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

[Sonja]

Finishing this series at the moment Ruin and Rising
Then going to finish re-reading HP.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[Kristie, Moderator (Retired)]

I'm reading Beautiful Ugly right now, but I'm not loving it. I'm about to start The Queens of Crime.

[Heather]

I just started The Throne of Fire (Book 2 of the Kane Chronicles). I read book 1 a couple years ago and never finished the trilogy so I went back to reread book 1 and finish the trilogy before the end of the year.

[Perks Moderator, Know-it-all]

Hello All,

Just to alert you that the 2025 folder for this chat has been created: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Rosalyn]

My mouth was agape starting around 70% of the audiobook. Please do not expect a serious thriller going into this. When this book starts ramping up, it's a one way ticket to cuckoo town. There were plenty of plot holes or convenient non-explaining / accepting of implausible situations to move the plot along, but I didn't mind; there were so many loose threads to pull, I just rolled along with it, relishing in the ridiculousness. Here are all the predictions i had while reading:

1. The husband killed the wife, but out of guilt, blocked the memory/is living with amnesia
2. The husband and wife are BOTH dead, and the island is purgatory
3. The wife is alive and is framing her husband (the seems the most obvious choice, but is it?)
4. Lesbian cult

There were some genuinely...

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







The premise sounded so amazing, I had high expectations. However, this reads more like a YA sports romance than an adult book, in that the pleasure in reading this was not for the in depth exploration of the main characters' psyches - especially pertaining to sports psychology or the effects of childhood trauma on one's motivations or outlook on life- or the beautiful prose. Rather, if you enjoy...

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







Saddle up! I'm crazily impressed at what Gamerman has managed to wrangle into her debut book, the various subject matters as vast as the Montana plains, extending from the prehistoric Clovis people to the year 2020, where we see the end of a contentious legal battle between the proverbial David and Goliath(s) of modern day Montana.

This book covers not only the history of Montana settlement, but also...

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








The sepia-toned photograph of the Lusitania transforms to vivid color and animation through Larson's narration, recollecting the Golden Age of travel on the fastest and most prestigious ocean liner. Not to be upstaged, Larson's dive into the...

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

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Johnny English meets James Bond in the form of a failed actor, Lou Galloway, in this ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ read.
El Flamingo by Nick Davies https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I finished my 102nd book

[Phrynne]

My review of The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

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