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I'm currently trying out an author that I see great potential in and that's S.J. Bolton and her book Now You See MeAlso a book that blends scifi with the old detective genre with Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
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which would probably be considered drama/romance.I read just about everything! Mostly stick with fantasy, but I've been known to devour a good mystery, suspense, crime or thriller book every now and then!
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He's an ex cop, 35 years ex! And thinks he's still 'got it'!! Quite enjoying it so far:)
I not long ago reviewed Cold Grave by Kathryn Fox and posted my audio chat with her at my blog as well.I'm currently reading Monday and the Murdered Man which is a detective/urban fantasy novel
The next crime novel on my reading list is The Death Sculptor
I'm currently reading The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan and A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. Both are really good so far.
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I'm currently reading Monday and the Murdered Man which is a detective/urban fantasy novel
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I can't wait to get to Cold Grave...soon, soon!
- it seems to be a bit of a crime/psychological book about suicide. Interesting so far. 1/4 through
Listening to the audio book version of "Black Water" by T. Jefferson Parker - it's really good so far. Haven't read any of his books before.
How do you decide what to read when you have hundreds to choose from? Often it's a little guilt, like with my current choice
, I just felt like I really should read another author from my HRF Keating project so picked this over something else, when perhaps I really wanted to read the something else.On the subject of that book, has anyone else come across these "Library of Crime" editions that are bound with a soft leather jacket?
I find for the books I've received from the author in return for a review it's in date order, so that takes me up to about #45-50 on my TBR list. After that, it's based on what I feel like reading whenever I finish the last book. I trawl through the 1600 books or so I have periodically and move things around from time to time.Currently reading
- Quite light and playful YA book.
Lynxie wrote: "I find for the books I've received from the author in return for a review it's in date order, so that takes me up to about #45-50 on my TBR list. After that, it's based on what I feel like reading ..."Ummm....that's what your comment did to my head. 1600 books on your TBR list?! There must come a time when you just want to make a bonfire from the weight of all those books begging to be read?
Ouch! I don't like being over 100 on my TBR
I've given up adding everything on my TBR to Goodreads, it's kind of off-putting. At least I can revel in the large piles of books that I own, breaking it down to a statistic online takes away a bit of the fun.
I guess I think of it as more of a challenge! I WILL read all those books and more! :D I keep adding too! It's a bit of an addiction really!
I've just picked up a paranormal mystery Opal Fire by Barbra Annino - has a chick lit element as well.
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- it is a YA adventure. Not too bad so far!Finally back on track for my goal of 110 books read this year too! Yay! That is one of the few good things about being sick! Lots of reading time.
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Not quite! Sinus infection now, only 8 days after the flu and tonsilitis! This winter has knocked me down and then kicked me in the ribs!Oh well! I will get better (drugs from the Dr are working) and then keep on truckin'
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Just finished Opal Fire and if you like paranormal mysteries with a dab of humour then I recommend this one for you :)Still on holidays till early next week so review to follow :)
I just read my ninth choice from the Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books, The Green Ripper. A decent enough read. 9 books out of 101! This project is going to take me forever at this rate.
I wish I knew what was in that book, I might have to buy it and see how many of the 100 I've read
I posted this for Cliff over in the golden age thread: http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/ke...According to my "to buy" list i still have 61 to find.
the 101st book isn't mentioned on this list but it is Under a Monsoon Cloud which was the most recent Keating novel at the time of publication and chosen by his publisher for inclusion.
Im intrigued by Edwin Drood. I bought it and it just finishes mid-sentence when Dickens died
I've been trying to get my hands on The Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich, I really should just get the paperback
The movie adaptation was bizarre but im yet to read a woolrich due to scarcity of secondhand copies
It's really hard to find a copy of the book :(
Recommended to be as a bleak western noir of sorts Welcome To Hard Times is my first E.L. Doctorow and so far it's exactly what I wanted.
Cliff wrote: "I've just started reading Peter's Pence. It is a crime novel (or perhaps more of a thriller - I haven't read far enough to determine which) by the Australian author Jon Cleary, first published in ..."Completely off-topic I suppose but for me any time I read that a book features the IRA (amongst other things such as heavy drug content or 9/11) I immediately lose interest in reading the book. Is there anything that affects you in the same way?
Not really! I will give pretty much anything a bash :) irrespective of content, it has to be 'catchy' otherwise I start to feel like I am asleep with my eyes open! :)
Lynxie wrote: "Not really! I will give pretty much anything a bash :) irrespective of content, it has to be 'catchy' otherwise I start to feel like I am asleep with my eyes open! :)"Do you get many "did not finish" books lynxie?
No, I think I have 2 maybe 3. If I don't like it, it might take me a LONG time to finish it, but it has to be pretty terrible for me to not finish it.Just checked, Darkly Dreaming Dexter (loved the TV show though) and Wicked are the only two I haven't finished.
Lynxie wrote: "No, I think I have 2 maybe 3. If I don't like it, it might take me a LONG time to finish it, but it has to be pretty terrible for me to not finish it.Just checked, Darkly Dreaming Dexter (loved t..."
This year or ever?
I try to give every book the attention it deserves :)
From the many book buying expeditions I've had recently I've developed a pile of books I must read immediately, having got through two in relatively quick time I've moved on to another seemingly forgotten American classic Fat City which was the basis for the excellent and seemingly forgotten John Huston classic movie of the same name.
I just read
which might come under mystery with a fairly heavy sprinkling of paranormal and YA thrown in. It was good, but not great. I gave it 3 stars
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