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Currently reading? Just finished? 2024
Prosenjit wrote: "Reading "I am Pilgrim" by Terry Hayes.This was recommend by so many people but 90% through find it very underwhelming.
The writing feels too rambling and unnecessarily lazy."
I tried I Am Pilgrim a couple of times after seeing all the fans, but I quit. There are lots of books I'd rather spend time with! Hope your next choice is better, Prosenjit. 😊
The stories of H.G. Wells no doubt inspired a lot of today's tales of the supernatural. The Door in the Wall is one example. There's this door, through which lies ...
My review of The Door in the Wall
Fredrik Backman excels at showing what life looks like from different ages. In And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, Grandpa and grandson Noah, converse (often just in Grandpa's confused mind). A short and moving read.
My review of Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer..."
Rockin' Around the Chickadee
by Donna AndrewsIn this 'Meg Langslow' Christmas mystery, the amateur sleuth helps investigate the murder of a very unpleasant fellow.
Fun Christmas cozy. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm finishing the week with a review of
26 Below by Kimberley Woodhouse. This thriller was a bit uneven for me.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished A Flicker In The Dark ( 4 stars) Currently Reading The Rack by Tom Deady
I've moved sideways to a 'Bosch-adjacent' entry in the Bosch universe by Michael Connelly. The Poet is an especially nasty serial killer whose identity is amazingly well hidden. 
My review of The Poet
Dating App
3.5 stars
Read as a free review copy from BookSirens.
Published April, 10, 2024
Female author. Thriller. Dating through social media. Stalking.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Strip
by Thomas Perry.Perry writes great crime adventures and this is a good one. The lives of a strip-club owner, a drug king, a former bar owner, a police detective with a problem at home you won't expect, and various hangers-on and low-lives collide with deadly results in sunny L.A. Exciting fast-moving plot and great characters. I really liked it, 4 stars.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding. A classic that has not held up. 3/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Bodies at Westgrave Hall is an interesting take on a locked room mystery. My four star review p:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Hi All,When I heard that an "Ultimate Mystery Edition" of Agatha Christies classic "And Then There Were None" was coming out on 10th October, I had to give it a read and was very thankful to get an early review copy.
The twist with this edition is that with the ebook version, you don't get the final chapter. Instead, when you finish the book, theres a weblink which the prompts you to guess the murderer. You are then emailed the final chapter to see if you were correct.
In the hardback edition, the final chapter is in an envelope at the rear of the book.
Here is my 5 star review of the whodunnit that modern mysteries were based
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Outsider and listening to Obsessed
I finished my 84th book
Christine wrote: "I finished my 83rd book"awesome.
I am reading The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Copper River
by William Kent KruegerThis is book #6 in the 'Cork O'Connor' series, published in 2006. As I've mentioned before, I won't be reviewing the early books in this long series, but I'll give a capsule summary.
In book #5 (Mercy Falls) Sheriff Cork O'Connor of Aurora, Minnesota got on the wrong side of a rich powerful man called Lou Jaboby. Jakoby put a $500,000 bounty on Cork's head, and a slew of hitmen are after Cork.
As Copper River opens, a hitman got lucky and shot Cork in the leg. Cork hustled off to the Upper Peninsula of MIchigan, where his cousin Jewel (a veterinarian) lives with her teenage son Wren. Jewel patches up Cork's leg, and he has to stay while he heals.
Meanwhile, Wren and his friends Stash and Charlie (a girl) are out smoking pot one night when they see what might be a body floating down the Copper River, which flows into Lake Superior. Lo and behold, a girl's body shows up in Lake Superier. This starts a chain reaction where someone is trying to shut up the teenagers.
Cork, Jewel, cops, and a private detective named Dina get involved in (what turns out to be) a very complicated case. Meanwhile, Cork is trying to 'hide' from the hitmen until all that hullaballoo with Lou Jakoby is resolved.
A good addition to the series. 4 stars
Barbara wrote: "Copper River by William Kent KruegerThis is book #6 in the 'Cork O'Connor' series, published in 2006. As I've mentioned before, I w..."
It’s such a great series! Super review.
Now starting BLOOD OF VICTORY by Alan Furst, the seventh stand alone novel in his "Night Soldiers" series set in Europe between the rise of Adolph Hitler and the end of WWII.
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Opal by Patricia Wolf DI Lucas Walker find himself stranded by floods in a Queensland opal mining town where a brutal double murder has just occurred.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
There Are Rivers in the Sky
by Elif ShafakIn this sweeping novel, which spans millenia and the globe, the lives of three people are highlighted: a London boy with an extraordinary gift; a Yazidi girl in the Middle East; and a Turkish-British hydrologist.
Very good book. 4.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Camino Ghosts
only partially lived up to its potential. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished a non-Robert Langdon Dan Brown thriller
Deception Point by Dan Brown
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started re-reading
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
A Quantum Love Story
by Mike ChenThe explosion of the Hawke Accelerator causes a time-loop that repeats every four days. Neuroscientist Mariana and technician Carter try to set things right.
Very interesting concept; a bit flawed in execution. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Barbara wrote: "Copper River by William Kent KruegerThis is book #6 in the 'Cork O'Connor' series, published in 2006. As I've mentioned before, I w..."
This is a great series. I have just ordered Northwest Angle. There are many more to go.
The Land Below
3 star
Short book. Creature feature. Adventure. Lost world inspiration.
Inspired by German legends of wyrm, a German dragon legend.
1-2 hour read.
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Black Loch by Peter May is just as thrilling as the original trilogy and also gets 5★ from me.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4/5 stars
Coming out 9/17/23
A fun, cozy horror.
Please read my review, linked below:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another 5⭐ read - short story this time by Lisa Unger
The Doll's House: A Short Story https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri It is historical fiction, set in Germany, 1938-41, and present day US. I recommend it to historical fiction fans. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Starting out the week with
A Slay Ride Together with You by Vicki Delany https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Complete Gail Simone Red Sonja Omnibus
5⭐'s
#graphicnovel #graphicart #adventurestory #swordandsorcery
Red Sonja character created by Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan) but the graphic novel sword and sorcery character created by Roy Thomas.
Tremendous adventure.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Not quite sure what to make of The Cemetery of Untold Stories
. My 3.5 star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Hellfire Conspiracy
by Will ThomasBarker and Llewelyn #4. ..... London, 1885. Barker and Llewelyn are hired to find a little girl who has gone missing. The case goes from bad to worse. It seems this girl is not the only one but B & L persevere. The plot and characters are constructed very well and it's an interesting mystery. The book contains a great amount of information about what life was like in London in 1885. I liked it, 3 stars.
Red Leaves
by Thomas H. CookEric Moore, his wife Meredith, and their teenage son Keith are doing fine until a little neighbor girl goes missing....and Keith is a suspect.
Good mystery. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A book of two halves - but it's well worth it in the end.
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished my 85th book
My review of Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Thomas H. CookEric Moore, his wife Meredith, and their teenage son Keith are doing fine until a little neighbor girl goes mi..."
This one didn't blow me away, but I thought it was a solid novel.
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