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[Chris]

Just finished G.M. Malliet's Wicked Autumn. Loved it!

[Lori]

I actually took a break from mystery to read Fifty Shades Trilogy Bundle: Fifty Shades of Grey; Fifty Shades Darker; Fifty Shades Freed which I did like but didnt like. Lets just say I am glad to be back to my mysteries! I am currently reading The Kill which so far so good! I read the other two books in the series and loved them!

[Dia]

Mark wrote: "My lovely wife suggested I read Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, I balked, I should have trusted her opinions, not a mystery but a great sweet story about World War II and its effects..."
It wasn't anything like my normal reading material, but I loved this book. I read somewhere that it is being made into a movie, with Kate Winslet.

[Shomeret]

I just finished Fourth Assassin: An Omar Yussef Mysteryand was very impressed. The main character is a teacher at a UN school for Palestinian refugee children. He's a wonderful character. I wouldn't have ordinarily read this book, but my F2F mystery group selected it. I was impressed. I plan to read the other books in the series.

[Ruth]

I'm reading The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman. First for me by this author. Deals with mediums - in the present and 100+ years ago - parallel stories. I like it thus far.

[Betsy]

I think I remember reading that. Is that the one that mentions LillyDale. LillyDale is an auctual place . I visited there for a week one summer.

[Ruth]

Yes, one of the characters, Ellis/Ellie, is from LillyDale.

[Betsy]

The actual place is quite fascinating too. it definitely would make/made a good setting for a novel.

[Jennifer]

Mark wrote: "My lovely wife suggested I read Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, I balked, I should have trusted her opinions, not a mystery but a great sweet story about World War II and its effects..."

My favorite book so far this year. (if it stays that way, I'm screwed because I do a yearly spell-out challenge of my favorite book from the year before-- and that's a LONG title!)

[Jennifer]

Finished five since my last post. Not all of them were on my original list of 35 although two were and one was on my "next up."

Finished Colorado Dawn for a "runaway brides" challenge. Liked it. But if the Cheyenne language in it is actually Cheyenne, that must be one tough language to learn! This one was on my "35" list.

Finished What Happens in London . Not on my 35 but I needed an audio book to listen to and it was around. Liked it, will be checking out more Julia Quinn.

Finished two Lee Childs. One on my "35" and one not-- Without Fail and Nothing to Lose . Apparently these have put me back in the mood for Reacher because I'm now reading a third. And these have helped me knock two or three more states off my state challenge.

Finished Beautiful Days which is book two of the "Bright Young Things" series. This was my "read ahead into my next-up" book because after I read the first I wanted to see what came next. Then I realizes the third book isn't out yet-- DRAT!

Now reading Worth Dying For (the third Lee Child) and The Ghost and the Dead Deb which is the second book in this series by the authors of the "coffeehouse" mysteries. Interesting twist happened in the part I read last night- curious to see where it's taken. About to start 11/22/63 .

[Patrice]

I'm currently reading Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. So far it's interesting. It's labeled a mystery but there's not much going on. There's really no action besides the peeling away at the truth of this woman's adopted son.

[Jack]

The great thing about Simenon is that he writes about real people, okay French which makes them a bit exotic, but otherwise everyday characters who aren't in any way extraordinary except that Simenon makes them fascinating. It's a lot harder for a writer to do that than it seems, and Simenon making it look so easy and natural is a sign of how good he was.

Jill wrote: "I decided to revisit the older mystery books and have started re-reading some of the Maigret series by Georges Simenon. They are very short and his writing style is minimalist, to say the least. Th..."

[Ruth]

I've started Alex Kava's Hotwire = a Maggie O'Dell mystery. Latest in a good series. This one begins with cattle mutilations, possible inexplicable electrocutions. Exciting start.

[Tammy]

Hi, I just joined & I'm currently reading Ambush At Osirak by Herbert Crowder. It's more of a war/espionage story. It's ok, I don't usually read war settings. I'm reading it for a 2012 Mystery Readers Challenge I'm in.

I just finished reading 61 Hours by Lee Child, great book.

[Tracy]

Tammy wrote: "Hi, I just joined & I'm currently reading Ambush At Osirak by Herbert Crowder. It's more of a war/espionage story. It's ok, I don't usually read war settings. I'm readi..."

I love Reacher! He is awsome!

[Tracy]

I am currently reading . Haven't tried any of her stuff before and its OK so far.

[Linda]

Hi Vicky, welcome to the group. You have a lot of authors on your list that I enjoy reading as well. I am also a Mystery/Suspense/Thriller lover. A couple of other autors that I enjoy are Karin Slaughter, Linda Castillo & Phillip Margolin.

[Mark]

Stephen Hunter, CJ Box, George Pelecanos, Bill Pronzini, Archer Mayor, and Ken Bruen should be added to you mix, as weel.

[Tracy]

Tammy wrote: "Hi, I just joined & I'm currently reading Ambush At Osirak by Herbert Crowder. It's more of a war/espionage story. It's ok, I don't usually read war settings. I'm readi..."

I read 61 Hours and loved it. Just finished two reacher novels this weekend.

[Tammy]

Tracy wrote: I read 61 Hours and loved it. Just finished two reacher novels this weekend


Hey, Tracy, 61 Hours was my first Lee Child book, but I will be reading more of them. Really like the way the story flows along & the main character,Reacher, is great.

[Tracy]

He is great Tammy. I have read a few of them and loved them all. Have you tried Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch or Stuart Woods' Stone Barrington? I love both of them and they are action/adventure as well.

[Deanne]

Reading Devil Bones by Reichs, enjoying it and looking forward to reading the rest.

[Mark]

Picked up an old Archer Mayor 50cents at the library, also a Bill Pronzini same price, wife is going to kill me when I bring home more books, could I be addicted????

[Tammy]

Tracy wrote: "He is great Tammy. I have read a few of them and loved them all. Have you tried Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch or Stuart Woods' Stone Barrington? I love both of them and they are action/adventure ..."

Yeah, I really like Michael Connelly's books. I've read a couple of the Harry B.'s & have a few more on my bookshelf (my real life bookshelf) to read.
I haven't read any of Stuart Woods books. I'll have to look them up & check them out. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Aiesha]

Mark wrote: "Picked up an old Archer Mayor 50cents at the library, also a Bill Pronzini same price, wife is going to kill me when I bring home more books, could I be addicted????"

How is Archer Mayor? I have seen several of his books on the B&N website that are rather inexpensive but I have never heard anything about him. Do you enjoy his books?

[Mark]

His character, Joe Gunther is an old time criminal investigator that operates in Vermont. Laid back and easy going a little different from Jack Reacher or Stone Barrington, a change of pace for me.

[Aiesha]

While I am anxiously waiting for the next Bosch book to be available for me to download from the library, I went into my Nook library to pick something I had never read. I picked by Simon Wood. Normally, when I'm simply reading something just to pass the time & not because I really want to, I find myself not giving it a fair shot so I told myself I wouldn't do that with this one. So far, other than the poor book format on the Nook, it's a really good & complex story! It's not supurb writing or suspense but it's definitely keeping my interest. For it to have only been 99 cents, I definitely feel like it was worth it. Curious to see how it ends! After that, I'll be reading and I can't wait!! :)

[Mark]

Heard Michael Connelly speak, when asked who he read he said he loves George Pelecanos, can't agree with him more, read Pelecanos, you will love him.

[Tammy]

I'm reading . It's got elements of Edgar Allen Poe. The main characters are enjoyable & likeable. I am enjoying this book & will read more of Linda Fairstein's work.

[Deanne]

Enjoy Fairstein's books, just have one problem, she doesn't write faster.

[Tracy]

I am almost finished with Shutter Island and I have to say this book is great.

[Ray]

BLOOD PORN, my latest Brad Frame Mystery, received a great review from IndieReader.com. Here's a link: http://indiereader.com/2012/06/blood-...

[Nic]

Currently reading Odd Jobs by Ben Lieberman. Only about 34% into it. I believe this is his first book. So far it is different. Not overly excited about it, but at the same time, I keep turning the pages to see what is next. He has my attention. He seems to have a way of making you look around that next corner.

[Aiesha]

Well... I've been suckered into reading Fifty Shades of Grey. I really had no intentions of reading it but a friend of mine wanted me to read it with her!! So far, it's ok. Some parts are annoying but I'm not sure what to make of it yet since it's still early in the book. I will surely write a review when I'm done. It'll have to be very good for me to read the other 2 in the trilogy!

[Dannette]

I am currently reading Across the Universe by Beth Revis. I just started it last night, but so far it's quite good.

[Tracy]

I loved the book so much that I got the movie. Watched Shutter Island and I have never seen a movie so true to a book. It was great and I think I may watch it again tonight.

[Linda]

I'm listening to Mission Canyon by Meg Gardiner - my first book by this author - I started with the Evan Delaney series - the first book hooked me and I will complete the series.

[Jennifer]

No cozies at the moment. More hard-core stuff-- The Concrete Blonde , One Shot , and 11/22/63 . I guess this last isn't really a mystery but it feels like one where I'm at in the book because he's trying to change a history that is of course very familiar to me into something unknown.

[Mark]

It's baseball season and the The Brothers K delivers...a family saga covering baseball, religion, family, war and peace, and "coming of age"...GREAT READ!!!...especially for "Boomers"

[Jennifer]

I'm about 2/3 through The Concrete Blonde and am thoroughly enjoying it although in its own way it's a time-travel exercise, because there have been so many Bosch's since.... I'm really liking 11/22/63 too, although I got yanked out of the story abruptly today by two anachronisms in the space of about 25 pages! Stevie, boy, where was your editor!?

[Jan]

I recently finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. This author is a master at keeping you reading. I enjoyed the alternating POVs in alternating chapters. The only thing that kept this from being a 5 star book is the ending - not what I expected and, for me, morally unsatisfying.

[Mark]

Just finished The Bottom of The 33rd excellent baseball book about the longest game in history more a book about people and their dreams, wonderful story

[Debra]

I'm enjoying the second installmment, A Charmed Death, in Madelyn Alt's Maggie O'Neill mystery series. This is a light, fun cozy about a 30-year-old woman who discovers she has certain sensitivies to the feelings of others, and telepathic tendencies. Her boss also happens to be a witch.

[Betsy]

Alot of us have bosses like that ;D

[Mark]

just finished CJ Box's "Back of Beyond"...new flawed character...unlike Joe Pickett whose personal ethics make him an "analog man in a digital world", Cody Hoyt is flawed by addiction, but equally able

[Debra]

Betsy wrote: "Alot of us have bosses like that ;D"

Love it! :)

[Dannette]

I am currently reading The Maze Runner.

[Tracy]

Dannette wrote: "I am currently reading The Maze Runner."

I live, love, love The Maze Runner Dannette! One if my favorites. It is also the only book my son and I listened to together.

[Beth]

I'm reading The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout for a book club discussion, but I think it will be useful for my mystery writing, too. It's rather dry nonfiction, having been written by a PhD psychologist, but it's insightful in figuring out how SOME killers are made.

[Linda]

I'm finally reading The Alienist (been on my tbr list forever) and am about 100 page into it. Seems a little slow but I am enjoying Dr. Kreizler and Theodore Roosevelt before he was president. The descriptions of 1890s New York are wonderful.