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message 9401: by Sofia (new)

Sofia (fivesunflowers) | 58 comments Currently reading Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth , not my usual genre of choice, but am reading it for an off-line book club and really loving it! Also reading The Dark Half by Stephen King , LOVE my stephen king and his brilliant, twisted imagination. Also reading The Tipping Point How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell , been kind of struggling with this one over the last few weeks but I'm determined to finish it!


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Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1749 comments I'm about 45% done Cat and Mouse by James Patterson.


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Laurie (tolepainter) | 52 comments I just finished reading Red Mist and was a bit disappointed in it. I have read all the Kay Scarpetta books and the last few have really been hard to read. Her regular characters, which I once enjoyed started to change and acting totally different.Now I find I can't really get into the "new" changes in her characters.
For a change of pace I'm now readingDare to Die. I love the quirky characters and the way the author includes the titles of other mysteries.


message 9404: by Linda (new)

Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1749 comments That's to bad because Red Mist is on my must reads, as soon as IT can get to it of course.


message 9405: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (sarahc123) Hi everyone, just started Lisa Gardner's Alone today, has anyone read anything of hers. I just started reading again recently after investing in a kindle, so please feel free to suggest new authors, thanks n advance.


message 9406: by Linda (new)

Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1749 comments Hi Sarah, I've red a few of Lisa Gardner's novels and she is quite good.


message 9407: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (sarahc123) hi Linda thanks I am enjoying this one so far.


message 9408: by Taylor (new)

Taylor (taylors21) | 6 comments Sarah wrote: "hi Linda thanks I am enjoying this one so far."

Lisa Gardner's books are really good Sarah! I'm glad you're enjoying it. WAre you into mystery/suspense novels?


message 9409: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (sarahc123) I read all kinds, fantasy, sci-fi, crime or thrillers, so long as the story is good and the characters likeable,


message 9410: by Taylor (new)

Taylor (taylors21) | 6 comments Yeah it's definitely a plus when the characters are good. I'm really into mystery and thriller. I like romance added in as well.


message 9411: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (xoxoshannon1979) | 263 comments Starting today for the next week or two i be reading these books

In the Bleak Midwinter (Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries, #1) by Julia Spencer-Fleming Three Plums In One (Stephanie Plum, #1-3) by Janet Evanovich Shoot to Thrill (Monkeewrench, #5) by P.J. Tracy Make Them Cry by Kevin O'Brien Now You See Her by James Patterson Hold Tight by Harlan Coben Sleepwalker (Nightwatcher #2) by Wendy Corsi Staub


message 9412: by Kim (last edited Feb 20, 2013 07:04PM) (new)

Kim (catmommie) I needed some lighter reads after reading Cross (Alex Cross, #12) by James Patterson . I started these over the weekend: Defending Angels (Beaufort & Company Mystery, #1) by Mary Stanton and The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille


message 9413: by Aiesha (new)

Aiesha (bigtexasaj) Sarah wrote: "Hi everyone, just started Lisa Gardner's Alone today, has anyone read anything of hers. I just started reading again recently after investing in a kindle, so please feel free to suggest new authors..."

Lisa Gardner is great! Once I read Alone, I had to read the rest of the series right away! I'm now reading her other series, which I'm loving too! She's definitely one of my favorites!


message 9414: by Tay (new)

Tay | 261 comments I finished Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich. Some laugh out loud moments but didn't like it as much as One for the Money. I also finished A Lonely Resurrection by Barry Eisler. I like the character John Rain but his chapters tends to go on too long at times. Great story but lots of details.


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I am currently reading Glory in Death by J.D. Robb which is second in the In Death series and I am loving it. Fast paced, set in the future, with murder and romance. Excellent so far.


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Julie  (gpangel) | 148 comments I am about to start Hit Man Hit Man (Keller, #1) by Lawrence Block


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Angela (glamourass1) | 20 comments Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Started Gone for Good

I really don't get all the hype with GWDT. I felt the writing was poor (or perhaps the translation) and there were times when paragraphs would drag on with dribble I could care less about.


message 9418: by Connie (new)

Connie | 5 comments Hey Gang!

I just started Tana French's "Broken Harbor". It's the first book of her's I've read. So far, she has an interesting voice in her characters but the details are dragging the story into the slow lane. Anyone else read her work?

-cjh


message 9419: by Rachel (new)

Rachel Angela wrote: "Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Started Gone for Good

I really don't get all the hype with GWDT. I felt the writing was poor (or perhaps the translation) and there were times when p..."


i hated that book but most do love it. hope you enjoy gone for good- it's my favorite coben book.


message 9420: by Laurie (new)

Laurie (tolepainter) | 52 comments Connie wrote: "Hey Gang!

I just started Tana French's "Broken Harbor". It's the first book of her's I've read. So far, she has an interesting voice in her characters but the details are dragging the story into t..."


Just got In the Woods but haven't started it yet. It's a big book so hope it doesn't drag too much. When I'm finished will let you know.


message 9421: by Laurie (new)

Laurie (tolepainter) | 52 comments Linda wrote: "That's to bad because Red Mist is on my must reads, as soon as IT can get to it of course."

You may like it Linda, that was only my opinion. I guess when we follow a series of books we become familiar with the characters and when the author changes them we're left thinking, no they wouldn't act that way.


message 9422: by Sean (new)

Sean Peters | 155 comments Hi Sarah,

Lisa Gardner is another great crime thriller author, I have read one book and really enjoyed it.

regards

Sean


message 9423: by Sean (new)

Sean Peters | 155 comments Hi

Just finished David Mark's The Dark Winter, a little slow to start but gets better about half way through.

Just starting lee Child The Hard Way

regards

Sean


message 9424: by Linda (new)

Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1749 comments Just finished Cat and Mouse and loved it. Starting Fear Collector by Gregg Olsen.


message 9425: by Aiesha (new)

Aiesha (bigtexasaj) Kathryn wrote: "I am currently reading Glory in Death by J.D. Robb which is second in the In Death series and I am loving it. Fast paced, set in the future, with murder and romance. Excellent so far."

I read this series off and on (since it's so long) but I absolutely love it! I haven't read a book that I didn't like yet and I'm on #20! Happy reading!


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Thanks Aiesha! I am aiming to read all the books in the series this year as a challenge. I just hope I don't get bored.


message 9427: by Taral (new)

Taral | 4 comments Sleeping murder- agatha christie


message 9428: by Marie (new)

Marie (Mallnell1) | 40 comments i'm reading the In Death Series by J.D. robb > Loving it. I'm reading on my Kindle Tami Hoag. Alibi Man.

Aiesha wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Hi everyone, just started Lisa Gardner's Alone today, has anyone read anything of hers. I just started reading again recently after investing in a kindle, so please feel free to sugge..."


message 9429: by Curlyhair (new)

Curlyhair | 187 comments Just finished Live Wire (Myron Bolitar, #10) by Harlan Coben and it was the best of the series yet. So stayed with Harlan Coben for his second young adult crime book Seconds Away (Mickey Bolitar, #2) by Harlan Coben , which is so far probably better than the first.


message 9430: by Diane S ☔ (new)

Diane S ☔ | 438 comments Reading The Fate of Mercy Alban. This snowy weather and a snow day just begs for a ghost story.


message 9431: by Lance (new)

Lance Charnes (lcharnes) | 421 comments Just finished William Gibson's Zero History , the last in the Bigend trilogy. 2.5 stars, rounded down.

I posted my review at http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... in case you're interested.


message 9432: by Joan (new)

Joan | 94 comments I just finished Night and Day and Split Image by Robert B. Parker. I loved both books, which feature Jesse Stone, and these also had Sunny, the P.I. in them. The dialogue is wonderful and witty, and I am going to miss Parker's books. I understand someone else is writing them now. Is that correct? I don't know what I feel about that.

As an aside, I just tried to post something about my own new book but didn't succeed because I was informed I needed something in the context. Couldn't figure out what that meant. I'm new to this site.

Joan K. Maze
writing as J. K. Maze
www.joanmaze.com


message 9433: by Heidi (new)

Heidi (heidihetzel-evans) | 98 comments Just starting Jim Kelly latest Shaw/Valentine entry called Death's Door... he's a really solid contemporary mystery. I think I like it because most of the characters are my age so there's lots of references that bring me back.


message 9434: by Veronica (last edited Feb 24, 2013 02:29AM) (new)

Veronica I have just finished Chemistry of Death by Simon Becket. A really good thriller with loads of twists. Thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended.The Chemistry of Death


message 9435: by Linda (new)

Linda (beaulieulinda117gmailcom) | 1749 comments Reading Fear Collector by Gregg Olsen, rather slow going now.


message 9436: by Diane S ☔ (new)

Diane S ☔ | 438 comments Just finished Betrayal and I think Patricia Highsmith fans will like this author's books. They are all stand alones, Now starting Birthdays for the Dead.


message 9437: by [deleted user] (new)

Diane wrote: "Just finished Betrayal and I think Patricia Highsmith fans will like this author's books. They are all stand alones, Now starting Birthdays for the Dead."

Looks interesting. I put it on my Kindle Wish List.


message 9438: by Renee (new)

Renee (rys00) | 252 comments Two-thirds through Trackers by Deon Meyer. Brutally good.


message 9439: by Joan (new)

Joan | 94 comments I've read lots of Lisa Gardner's books and love them. I have two in my library I haven't read yet, but will start one this week. My daughter just told me about the latest Jack Reacher novel and I want to get that one.

Joan


message 9440: by Joan (new)

Joan | 94 comments There are two books I'd like to mention, both of which I read recently. They're by new authors, and I was quite impressed. One is Hitler's Silver Box by Allen Malnak. His protagonist is a doctor who tracks down his uncle's killers, and takes the reader back into history during World War 2. The author is also a doctor.

The second book I'd like to recommend is Equity of Evil by Rudy Mazzocchi. His novel relates to the medical field also, and I found it impossible to put down. He has also written a second book, Equity of Fear, which I haven't read.

Joan K. Maze


message 9441: by Melissa (new)

Melissa (emtmelissa) | 35 comments Reading The Passage by Justin Cronin. Pretty good so far. Lots of characters with different lives starting with a government cover up and they all connect eventually during a vampire apocalypse.


message 9442: by Martin (last edited Feb 24, 2013 04:42PM) (new)

Martin Hill (martinroyhill) | 27 comments I'm reading The Rope by Nevada Barr, one of my favorite mystery writers. Today I started the audio book version of Whitley Strieber's Critical Mass. The Rope (Anna Pigeon, #17) by Nevada Barr Critical Mass by Whitley Strieber


message 9443: by Barbara (new)

Barbara (cinnabarb) | 9999 comments I finished The Black Box by Michael Connelly; Harry Bosch is trying to solve a cold case that's 20 years old.


message 9444: by Everett (new)

Everett (evpowers) | 7 comments Just finished Koontz's City of Night, Frankenstein book 2, and have started book 3. Some of the better Koontz novels.


message 9445: by Brenda (new)

Brenda Connie wrote: "Hey Gang!

I just started Tana French's "Broken Harbor". It's the first book of her's I've read. So far, she has an interesting voice in her characters but the details are dragging the story into t..."


In the Woods is the first in the series, then The Likeness...I've read and loved both of those, and am up to #3 in the series, Faithful Place then Broken Harbor...I would recommend they be read in order, because of the characters, but that said, I'm sure you could read them as stand alones as well:) I hope you enjoy it Connie!


message 9446: by Barbara (last edited Feb 25, 2013 05:29AM) (new)

Barbara (cinnabarb) | 9999 comments I'm reading Faithful Place by Tana French.


message 9447: by Tay (new)

Tay | 261 comments I finished The Last Man by Vince Flynn. Wow! It's probably his best book. I'm now reading The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson


message 9448: by Jeffrey (new)

Jeffrey | 51 comments I just finished I,The Jury by Mickey Spillane, which was a lot of fun.


message 9449: by Aiesha (new)

Aiesha (bigtexasaj) Kathryn wrote: "Thanks Aiesha! I am aiming to read all the books in the series this year as a challenge. I just hope I don't get bored."

I definitely understand! That's a great challenge and hopefully with those crazy characters, you won't get bored. They make me laugh in every book... but I do find that I have to take a break to read other things just to change up the pace.


message 9450: by Aiesha (new)

Aiesha (bigtexasaj) Just finished up The Next Accident (Quincy & Rainie, #3) by Lisa Gardner The Next Accident this weekend and it was really great! I love Lisa Gardner and I can never figure out who the villan is in her stories! Just the way I like it! :)

I started Caught by Harlan Coben Caught last night. I'm only 25 pages in and I love it already! Harlan Coben is nothing short of greatness!!


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