What Are You Reading - 2024

[PattyMacDotComma]

On a completely different note, in The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly, LA Detective Harry Bosch is up against it following the 1994 record-breaking earthquake that wrecked his house. Mind you, that's the least of his problems.

My review of The Last Coyote

[Saar The Book owl]

I've read and this is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It's a lot like , but a bit better.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I just started The Year of Magical Thinking

[Kristie, Moderator]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I've read and this is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It's a lot like , but a bit better."

Oh funny. BlueBuried Muffins was the book I was going to nominate for the black cat on the cover theme, but I didn't because The Great Catsby was nominated and I thought they were too similar. I may still read it at some point.

[Saar The Book owl]

Well, there's some similarity, but I liked the MC better than in 'The Great Catsby'. It's enjoyable if you're in search for something light and funny, with a touch of murder.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

[Janice, Moderator]

I started An Impossible Impostor today. Already diving into my March books.

[Margo]

Nearing the end of The Confession. The plot is interesting but it's overwritten in parts and could have been told in half the time.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Catherine Ryan Hyde is an automatic go-to author for many readers, but I wonder what they will make of A Different Kind of Gone. I think it's one that book clubs wll enjoy discussing.
My review of A Different Kind of Gone

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Pumpkin Everything by Beth Labonte

[Christine]

[Janice, Moderator]

I started The Sekhmet Bed for the monthly challenge.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

[PattyMacDotComma]

I like short stories, especially those that have a connection, so I enjoyed Winter Lights by Deborah Jenkins. These take place in Sussex, UK, at Christmastime, with characters ranging from old-money posh to an Indian migrant running a restaurant.
My review of Winter Lights

[PattyMacDotComma]

I enjoyed Detective Zoe Mayer's latest murder investigation with her service dog, Harry, aka The Good Dog. I'm sure he is one of Simon Rowell's most popular characters. What's not to love?
My review of The Good Dog

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished Lone Wolf. It is the 9th book in the Orphan X series and I thought it was a great addition. Usually by this point in a series I'm feeling like it has gone on too long and I end up dropping off, but I'm still enjoying this one.

my Lone Wolf review

[Kristie, Moderator]

I am now reading The House Is on Fire for the group read.

[Margo]

Finished a reread of Euphoria as my chose for my IRL book club. Enjoyed every bit as much as the first read.

Moving on to Good Material.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Trust No One by Paul Cleave

[PattyMacDotComma]

August 25, 1983 is a surreal short story by the Argentinian master, Jorge Luis Borges. A dream within a dream? Read it - it's intriguing!
My review of August 25, 1983 with links to the story online

[Lilisa]

I’m reading Egyptian Made: Women, Work, and the Promise of Liberation for the monthly challenge and listening to The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America.

I finished: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon - great historical fiction/mystery. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and

The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China by Robert D. Kaplan - well done nonfiction. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kristie, Moderator]

I've gotten myself into a situation where I'm reading too many books again. I need to finish some of them up. I am currently reading:

The House Is on Fire for our group read

Alone for a challenge

The Lost Story for a buddy read and review

I've also started, but have mostly put aside for now:

The Second Mrs. Astor for my face-to-face book club (I really need to read this soon)

Check & Mate which was supposed to be for review

12 Days of Book-Club-Mas which was an advent style book. You're supposed to read 1 story per day at Christmas time

Little Women for last month's face-to-face book club, which I never finished

Sigmund Freud: A Life From Beginning to End for a challenge last month which I didn't complete. This one is so short; I should just read it and be done with it.

I think that's all, but I'm really only comfortable with 2 at a time so this is far too many for me. Of course, most of them have been mostly put aside, but I still need to finish them up to get them off my currently reading shelf. I find myself just creeping through them because I can only read little bits due to spreading my time across so many and it starts to affect my enjoyment of the story.

[Sandra, Moderator]

After 50 or 60 pages, I couldn't get into The Year of Magical Thinking. I'm not in the mood for such a book right now. So I started Society of the Snow

[Margo]

Finished She's a Killer. I was very impressed with the writing. Started The List of Suspicious Things.

[Sarah]

I finished listening to How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain and in the same theme, ive moved on to the audio for ADHD Girls to Women. Also started my first manga grwphic novel The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún, Volume 1, just got to get used to reading it backwards, i keep forgotting. Also still reading Whispers Underground.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Ah, Ireland and a new Tana French mystery! Retired Chicago cop Cal Hooper can't avoid trouble, even in a foreign rural village. The Hunter is a follow-up to The Searcher and equally excellent as a standalone.
My review of The Hunter

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Collective by Alison Gaylin

[PattyMacDotComma]

This children's picture book about a resourceful young Syrian refugee boy was originally an award-winning short film. Adnan: The boy who helped his mummy remember by Mark Arrigo retells the story for kids with atmospheric artwork.
My review of Adnan: The boy... with several of the illustrations and links to some film info

[Cherie]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Ah, Ireland and a new Tana French mystery! Retired Chicago cop Cal Hooper can't avoid trouble, even in a foreign rural village. The Hunter is a follow-up to T..."</i>

Oh, I really liked [book:The Searcher. I need to see if my library has The Hunter. Thanks, Patty!

[Cherie]

I finished my March monthly challenge book, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood and I am currently reading the sequel story, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness.

I am also making my way through Code Name Verity for my yearly challenge.

I started listening to You're Going to Mars! but promptly fell asleep and need to rewind.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Cherie wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Ah, Ireland and a new Tana French mystery! Retired Chicago cop Cal Hooper can't avoid trouble, even in a foreign rural village. The Hunter ..."

It's brand new, Cherie, but I'll bet they're getting it!

[Cherie]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "It's brand new, Cherie, but I'll bet they're getting it! The Hunter"

They have it. Yay, but the wait times are forever. ;o)

[Cherie]

Code Name Verity has become nail bitingly intense. I want to leave work early so that I can get back to reading it!

[Christine]

[Jayme, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Code Name Verity has become nail bitingly intense. I want to leave work early so that I can get back to reading it!"

Thanks, Cherie. Another book on my TBR lol

[Kristie, Moderator]

Jayme wrote: "Cherie wrote: "Code Name Verity has become nail bitingly intense. I want to leave work early so that I can get back to reading it!"

Thanks, Cherie. Another book on my TBR lol"

It was really good, Jayme.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown

[Christine]

[Analisa]

Today I’m reading Loner by Georgina Young.

[Janice, Moderator]

While on vacation, I read:


The Sekhmet Bed
Hurt Mountain

Now I'm reading
A Sinister Revenge on audiobook and
A Secret Woman: A Novel on kindle.

[Sarah]

I finished The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún, Volume 1 and moved onto Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 as my Manga read. I decided to stop listening to the book on ADHD. I feel I've read a few now recently and it's not helping me but instead keeping me focused on it. So I've shelved that for now and decided to start listening to a fiction book on my commutes so picked up These Burning Stars.

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda

[PattyMacDotComma]

What a wild pair these disreputable, scruffy Irishmen are, waiting in Algeciras, Spain, for the Night Boat to Tangier, looking for one's daughter, Dilly, who took off for the continent three years ago. Terrific Irish lilt to the sound of them as they search.
My review of Night Boat to Tangier

[Christine]

[Janice, Moderator]

I dnf A Secret Woman: A Novel nor Prince Lestat. Both were snoozefests. These books that have been on my tbr the longest seem to be prone to dnf.

Prince Lestat was on my hiking challenge for black book and I've replaced it with All the Ugly and Wonderful Things. I had to revamp the next two books to make connections work.

I will start Ghost Song tonight. It's now the oldest book on my tbr. Hopefully, I can finish it.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Not only did I enjoy (as expected) The Last Devil to Die, British author Richard Osman's fourth outing with his Thursday Murder Club, but I was impressed with how sensitively he handled some very moving scenes. Wonderful!
My review of The Last Devil to Die

[PattyMacDotComma]

Hannah Rose Thomas, a humanitarian activist and artist, has created a beautiful, moving tribute to the women who are always the victims in wars. The stories in Tears of Gold: Portraits of Yazidi, Rohingya, and Nigerian Women should go around the world.
My review of Tears of Gold with several of their haunting photographs

[Christine]

I’m reading a book called Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale

[Kristie, Moderator]

Currently reading The Secret Book of Flora Lea and The Lost Story.

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished All the Ugly and Wonderful Things and gave it one of my rare 5 stars. It's a pretty dark story with abuse of all kinds towards the various characters, but there's a lot to digest and consider about how people cope and overcome or succumb.

I also dnf Ghost Song. I couldn't get into it. I need to go through my tbr, especially the ones that are still on it from years back and maybe move them on my "own but likely won't read" shelf.

I will start Other Birds on Kindle tonight for my hike challenge, and will start Crimson Shore on audiobook. I have the next book of the series on my hike challenge and slated to read in April, so I'd better get Crimson Shore read.