Currently Reading - 2012 version

[Diane S ☔]

Reading Phantom and The Gods of Gotham

[Ellen]

Reading -love it. Want to read all of Anne Holt: thanks folks, I heard of her through you.

About 1/3 through & very interested. And I just got Jo Nesbo's from the library, although I have no idea when I'll read it. I've been so good about not reading too many books at a time! *wails*

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

Ellie - glad you are liking 1222 - I have it on the pile to get to, along with Helsinki White and Borkmann's Point - this month might be a bit NN heavy ;)

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Dee...are your parents still here?

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

yep - they leave tomorrow - heading up to MI for a week or so before heading back to australia

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Oh, that is cool..do you have family in MI?

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

yeah - my mom's family (or what's left of it) - her uncle, some cousins etc

[Diane S ☔]

Starting , has anyone read this one?

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

not yet...but hey Diane - if you hold off until May, she is the featured author :)

[Diane S ☔]

Reading Last Will: A Novel and Midvinterblod

[Ellen]

Currently reading Arctic Chill & enjoying it very much (though still towards the beginning).

I own Unwanted so I think I'll bump that up to next. Thanks Diane!

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Diane wrote: "Reading Last Will: A Novel and Midvinterblod"

How did you get Midvinterblod?? I have been trying to get that book FOREVER!!

[Diane S ☔]

Ellie wrote: "Currently reading Arctic Chill & enjoying it very much (though still towards the beginning).

I own Unwanted so I think I'll bump that up to next. Thanks Diane!"

Really enjoyed Unwanted. Hope you do as well

[Diane S ☔]

Naomi wrote: "Diane wrote: "Reading Last Will: A Novel and Midvinterblod"

How did you get Midvinterblod?? I have been trying to get that book FOREVER!!"

On Net Galley. They very seldom turn me down I think because I do the ordering for our library. It was very different.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Was it called that?? I didn't see it on there!

[Diane S ☔]

Here Naomi Midwinter Blood Mons Kallentoft This is how it is on NetGalley.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

I got it requested. They tend to approve me to, so I am hoping they will. Plus I don't think S&S has ever turned me down..(knock on wood!)and I have always done their reviews promptly.

[Jenny]

I finished listening to Camilla Lackberg's The Ice Princess. Not terribly impressed. I have to admit that I was listening to this book during a particularly difficult time in my life but it did not grab me.

[Art]

Took a break for awhile but back to the subject tonight with Nesbo's The Snowman.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Jenny wrote: "I finished listening to Camilla Lackberg's The Ice Princess. Not terribly impressed. I have to admit that I was listening to this book during a particularly difficult time in my life but it did n..."

They don't get much better!

[Anna, the Enabler]

After way too many mediocre crime books recently, at least I'm now reading something that's interesting (yet very close to the style of many others I didn't like) at least so far. Sun and Shadow

[Diane S ☔]

Reading The Nightmare. Has anyone else read this yet?

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

No, I didn't realize he had a new book out yet. It will be on my TBR list.

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

Naomi wrote: "No, I didn't realize he had a new book out yet. It will be on my TBR list."

I thought I recommended it to you - maybe it was someone else - FWIW, I found out that Lars Kepler is actually a husband/wife writing duo

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

We knew that and I have the wrong author...I am thinking of a different book...I wasn't that crazy about their book if I remember right.

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

listening to Cold Comfort which I got as a review copy and waiting for my Ake Edwardson book to show up at the library

[Art]

Reading Jo Nesbo's The Leopard right now. Not really feeling it the first few chapters, I hope it starts to click better.

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

i'm almost done with Cold Comfort - i'm enjoying this one more than the first book in the series - its not as dark as some NN, but not bad...it might be the audiobook vice the reading it, how I did the first one

[Diane S ☔]

Just finished Invisible Murder which after a slow start I absolutely loved. Now reading The Caller.

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

glad you liked Invisible murder Diane - I picked up the previous one since it was on sale for 1.99, now I just got to find time to read it before this one comes out

[Diane S ☔]

For the last couple of months, publishing of Nordic novels has been scarce, now they have all come out at once . I'm just saying. I think I have 4 of them to read now.

[Quentin]

Dee, I'd be interested to know what you make of Cold Comfort, as I haven't heard the audio version apart from a very brief clip. I have to admit I'm dreading how the reader coped with the Icelandic names.

Otherwise, reading Head Count by Ingrid Noll. Excellent, nasty and very dark.


Dee wrote: "i'm almost done with Cold Comfort - i'm enjoying this one more than the first book in the series - its not as dark as some NN, but not bad...it might be the audiobook vice the reading it, how I did..."

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

I liked it for the most part Quentin - Davina Porter is one of my favorite narrators, so I have to admit a bit of a bias. Not ever knowing how the names are truely said - they sounded accurate to me - and I could see from how they were written, how they could sound (does that make sense?). She does have a bit of a british accent, which was a tad distracting but nothing that I didn't get over in the first hour

[Quentin]

Thanks, Dee. That was quick! Pleased to hear you enjoyed it.
One day I'll get to listen to a bit more of it and will find out how Davina Porter really coped with the names. I had kept the names as straightforward as I could, but that part of it is always a headache as Icelanders just don't tend to have names that are familiar to us.

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

i would love to chat with her about how she learns to do that - I know many narrators hire language coaches to help them with specific pronunciation

[Quentin]

Interesting... I didn't know that. I imagined she might have found a stray Icelander to ask.
They could have asked me, but I didn't even know an audio book was planned until I saw it on Amazon.

[Ellen]

Started & almost finished Cold Comfort. Loving it.

[Quentin]

Thank you! Delighted to hear it!

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

so when do we get book 3 Quentin??? or do I have to start stalking you like I do jim and his books

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Dee wrote: "so when do we get book 3 Quentin??? or do I have to start stalking you like I do jim and his books"

She means it Quentin!!! Jim actually moved to Finland to run from Dee!! lol (totally not true)

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Dee wrote: "so when do we get book 3 Quentin??? or do I have to start stalking you like I do jim and his books"

Plus, bonus...once you release book 3 you can officially be nominated for author of the month! Now there is a motivation.

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

hang on, I don't stalk as much as Naomi does...i mean she has an author that has a restraining order out on her... (totally not true either!)

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Hey...he removed that restraining order and is actually a FB friend!

[Quentin]

Feel free to stalk! It would make some fine material...

Book 3 is on the way, but it hasn't been a painless process so far. The full story is here: http://graskeggur.com/blog/87/the-sto...

That was written in June. At the moment I'm going through the draft of Chilled to the Bone, and it's scheduled for April, as far as I know. But if I can manage it, there'll be a kindle novella around Xmas/New Year.

btw, I've seen a proof of Jim's new book and it's stormin' stuff.

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

great!! hopefully they'll pick it up in the US - otherwise i'll order it from amazon.co.uk...

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

I am going to listen to Cold Comfort since Dee has been recommending it that way. I was going to read it, but decided to give it a try through audio book...

Oh..and DAMN IT, JIM...How did Quentin get to see your book??? I think there are a chunk of us who should be giving Jim a hard time!! lol

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

and then he rubs it in about seeing Jim's new book...mann totally unfair!!

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

I know...how 'bout it?!?!

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

torture I tell you, torture

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Wait a minute, Quentin...What is Frozen Out?