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[Will]

Pam, I'm a big Colin Dexter fan. I thoroughly enjoyed that one.

Just started The Kind Worth Killingwhich is also doing well so far

[Karen]

I've chickened out of starting The Mirror & the Light - I feel I want something a bit lighter at the mo! So I'm into the third book in series, Burnt Island - v good so far. Set in the Scilly isles, so a good way to escape. Good reads all of them so far.

[Pam]

Read Tanith Lee's Tamastara, or The Indian Nights and reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3243365021

[Natasha]

Just finished The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.

Just started The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Loving it so far.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Toxic Justice, really enjoyed it, but going to save the last book. Now going to read Cross Justice, not read a Cross book for a while.

[Don]

Finished reading The Chalk Man
https://www.goodreads.com/review/3085...

Started The Whisper Man

[Leslie]

Just finished Growth of the Soil My review of same is at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Will]

Just finished Sandi Toksvig's biography.

Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus

Brilliant, highly recommended. Informative and hilarious.

[Natasha]

Just finished The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

Just started The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.

[Karen]

Just finished The Book Club by C J Cooper - a little different, and a nicely tuned undercurrent of menace. Enjoyed it (sorry can't find a link on here so have copied the Amazon link.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Club-ab...

Now just started The Dressmaker's Gift which looks promising.

[Don]

Finished reading The Girl Before
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Started reading Night Film, brilliant so far

[Karen]

Don wrote: "Finished reading The Girl Before
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Started reading Night Film, brilliant so far"

I quite enjoyed The Girl Before too.
I'm half way through The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths is reading it on Facebook a chapter a day. It's perfect company for me in the kitchen when I'm preparing dinner. I have read it before and it got me into the whole series. I love North Norfolk and the archaeology is fascinating. And of course the characters - Ruth and Nelson - are great. If you don't know the series and want to try this first book, I thoroughly recommend listening in - just search for her name on FB

[Karen]

Well, I did persevere and finish The Dressmakers Gift, but sadly it didn't live up to expectations. The writer had obviously done a lot of research. Unfortunately she wanted to include it all. The present day life of haute couture was totally unconvincing, and I didn't warm to any of the characters. Such a shame.
Anyway, still listening to Elly Griffiths reading 'The Crossing Placeson Facebook. chapter 25 now. Very entertaining.

[Jess]

I've just finished Lords and Ladies https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm now going to break my Pratchet good mood with something depressing!

Some Hope

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I started In the Woods this week, enjoying it

[Karen]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I started In the Woods this week, enjoying it"

I did enjoy that one, Desley - much better than the TV version. So much more 'going on' in their thoughts.
Am at a bit of a loss what to start next, so think I'll go back to something lighter, tried & trusted, so probably a Lindsey Davis.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Yes, I'm finding things fleshed out a bit more. Maybe use a random number generator to pick the next book?

[Natasha]

Finished The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.

Halfway through The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. It is absolutely gripping.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished In The Woods, really enjoyed it.

[Pam]

Finished a couple of books yesterday and have now reviewed them:

Sung in Shadow by Tanith Lee - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3248316621

The Avenger by Louise Cooper - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3233316593

[Don]

Finished reading The Death Of Mrs Westaway, by Ruth Ware
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Gone Girl yesterday, starting Room today.

[Karen]

Natasha wrote: "...

Halfway through The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. It is absolutely gripping."

Hadn't come across that one so just downloaded it. Looks good.
Getting through Lindsey Davis'sLast Act in Palmyra - have to say it isn't one of her best but entertaining.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Room yesterday, read it in one afternoon! Starting Cyber Sisters next

[Jess]

Finished two books this week about horrible rich people:

American - Fates and Furies
British - Some Hope

I fancy a thriller so started The Rosary Girls

[Pam]

Read Terry Pratchett's Making Money and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3297899078

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Cyber Sisters found it really hard to put down but did put me off online dating!

[Kath]

I thought it was brilliant, Desley. As you say, it makes you think!

[Will]

Karen wrote: "Natasha wrote: "...

Halfway through The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. It is absolutely gripping."

Hadn't come across that one so just downloaded it. Looks..."

I quite enjoyed Last Act in Palmyra, but the next one I the series - Time to Depart - I thought second best of the whole series

[Will]

Just finished A Grave Tattoo by Val McDairmid. Enjoyable, and set in one of my favourite parts of the UK, just a few miles north of Jim's place

[Natasha]

Have been reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau, which I'm finding absolutely tedious. Giving it a rest at 59% in.

And have just started Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle, which is thrilling from the start.

[Will]

Dipped into The Ashes of London and got hooked

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished The Confession, very thought provoking. Now started Before the Storm this month is paperback only, figured now would be the best time

[Will]

Just started Office of the dead by Sally Spedding. I've read her crime noir before. This doesn't seem as dark - yet

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished Before the Storm, now about to start The Enemy

[Karen]

Will wrote: "Dipped into The Ashes of London and got hooked"
Loved that! Got hooked so have now read the sequels - brilliant books, wonderful atmosphere

[Karen]

Will wrote: "Just started Office of the dead by Sally Spedding. I've read her crime noir before. This doesn't seem as dark - yet"

I did a crime writing course with Sally some years ago! It was tutored by the lovely Simon Brett and Susan Moody. Happy memories - and not a bit scary...

[Karen]

Just finished a light refreshing 'We are Unknown' by Janet Jones. https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Are-Janet... Sorry, no link I could find on here.
I've now started Kate Atkinson's Big Sky - great writing and wit as usual.
I have downloaded Peter May's Lockdown - as it's in a good cause, charities in frontline of fight against virus - but not sure I want to read it just yet... Maybe just a sneaky peek.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

I always enjoy Kate Atkinson's books, and may actually be slightly in love with Jackson Brodie. Although that might have something to do with the fact that Jason Isaacs played him in the TV adaptations.

[Pam]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "I always enjoy Kate Atkinson's books, and may actually be slightly in love with Jackson Brodie. Although that might have something to do with the fact that Jason Isaacs played him in the TV adaptat..."

Haven't read them yet but loved the TV series. I have them as TBR

[Pam]

Catching up on a few reviews:

Sabella, or The Blood Stone by Tanith Lee - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3310220210

Six Moon Dance by Sheri Tepper - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381976754

and Lady Of Hay by Barbara Erskine - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1399410863.

[Will]

Karen wrote: "Will wrote: "Just started Office of the dead by Sally Spedding. I've read her crime noir before. This doesn't seem as dark - yet"

I did a crime writing course with Sally some years ago! It was tut..." I see Sally regularly at the book fairs. She lost her partner last year, which was really sad

[Pam]

Will wrote: "Karen wrote: "Will wrote: "Just started Office of the dead by Sally Spedding. I've read her crime noir before. This doesn't seem as dark - yet"

I did a crime writing course with Sally some years a..."

Oh sorry to hear that Will. I did a few courses with her years ago at the writers' conferences in Winchester.

[Pam]

Read Kingdom of Shadows by Barbara Erskine and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1399413230.

[Karen]

Catching up on Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie books I realised I had missed. Finished the intricately plotted One Good Turn, so now started When Will There Be Good News?, a bit bleak so far!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I finished The Enemy and started A Painted House

[Will]

Felt like a bit of comfort reading, so an old favourite: The Dresden Files (because you can't just stop at one, and the first 5 have been on offer on Kindle)

[Natasha]

Just finished Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle, which I really enjoyed.

Just started Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Ooh, I'm debating whether to buy Sharp Objects

[Natasha]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Ooh, I'm debating whether to buy Sharp Objects"

I was expecting it to be like Gone Girl, Desley. It is not. Am 27% in and not yet sure how I feel about it.