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[Leslie]

Susan wrote: "I don't know how to do it, Ellen, but maybe Leslie and Portia can help us and join in. Ladies?"

I own the first 14 or so of the Amelia Peabody books, so I might join. I'll set up a separate thread.

And, Portia, thanks for the vote of confidence but I am just officious not official!

[Karlyne]

I think I have the first few Amelias and my daughter has most of the rest, so I'll go look for the new thread, too!

[Karlyne]

And, gosh, Leslie, you don't seem officious...

[Leslie]

Karlyne wrote: "And, gosh, Leslie, you don't seem officious..."

Haha maybe not in the meddlesome meaning but in the informal/unofficial sense :)

[Portia]

You get the job done. How about "efficacious"?

[Karlyne]

Much better word, Portia; I seem to have been surrounded with officious people lately and I much prefer efficacious ones!

[Portia]

I am reading Life After Life. This is her "what if the main character hadn't died at that point, then what" book, not a mystery but a very good read.

[Susan]

Yea, we have another buddy read going. I've never read any of them so I'm very excited.

[Portia]

Susan wrote: "Yea, we have another buddy read going. I've never read any of them so I'm very excited."

Wait, I'm lost (again!). Is there a buddy read of Kate Atkinson or were you answering someone else?

[Karlyne]

Portia wrote: "I am reading Life After Life. This is her "what if the main character hadn't died at that point, then what" book, not a mystery but a very good read."
My favorite movie of all time is It's a Wonderful Life, so this premise, a variation of the what-if-she/he'd-never-been-born, sounds like a good one to me!

[Arpita (BagfullofBooks)]

Portia - loved life after life, my very first kate Atkinson.

[Ellen]

Leslie wrote: "Susan wrote: "I don't know how to do it, Ellen, but maybe Leslie and Portia can help us and join in. Ladies?"

I own the first 14 or so of the Amelia Peabody books, so I might join. I'll set up a ..."
Thanks so much for setting it up. I listened to Amelia on my commute this morning and really just wanted to sit in the parking lot rather than turn it off and go into work.

[Susan]

@Ellen, what is the first book in the series? Shall we start 9/1?
@Portia, I LOVED Life After Life. I went to the Bar Area to hear Kate Atkinson speak. She was wonderful. Maybe we should nominate it for the month's read. Something newer than Heyer.

[Ellen]

Susan wrote: "@Ellen, what is the first book in the series? Shall we start 9/1?
@Portia, I LOVED Life After Life. I went to the Bar Area to hear Kate Atkinson speak. She was wonderful. Maybe we should nominate i..."

Crocodile on the Sandbank is the first in the series.

[Portia]

If I could whistle through my fingers I would.

LADIES!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, we're all getting really enthusiastic, and that is good. But we are not organized.

Leslie, would you care to be Lady Efficacious?

I would love to join in a Kate Atkinson and an Amelia Peabody, but Sept 1 is too soon for me (and maybe others) to get either book.

Plus, so many of us have first weeks of school to deal with.

So, can we do polls and set October 1 as the start date?

[Susan]

I bow to you, Portia. You are right. I just got carried away. We do need Leslie to organize us. :). We do have an Inspector Morse for Sept. anyway.

[Poornima]

I just finished Payment Deferred by C.S. Forester. This was a brilliantly written psychological drama. Here's my review in case you are interested

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Currently reading The Red House Mystery and finishing Surely you'r joking Mr Feynman.

[Karlyne]

Portia wrote: "If I could whistle through my fingers I would.

LADIES!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, we're all getting really enthusiastic, and that is good. But we are not organized.

Leslie, would you care to be Lady Efficac..."

October 1 would definitely work better for me!

[Portia]

Hey, has anyone in the group read Anne Perry? She's a fave of mine.

[Portia]

Oh, and the most recent Louise Penny landed as if by magic on my stoop yesterday. So many books ...

[Karlyne]

Portia wrote: "Hey, has anyone in the group read Anne Perry? She's a fave of mine."

I've heard of her, but I don't think I've ever read her!

[Susan]

Portia wrote: "Hey, has anyone in the group read Anne Perry? She's a fave of mine."

I have read almost all of her books. I like her very much. Have you heard of her real life story?

[Julie]

Susan wrote: "Portia wrote: "Hey, has anyone in the group read Anne Perry? She's a fave of mine."

I have read almost all of her books. I like her very much. Have you heard of her real life story?"

I like Anne Perry's novels. The Pitt mysteries are my favorite, but it is sort of hard to wrap my brain around her life story.

[Karlyne]

That's why the name was so familiar! Truth stranger than fiction?

[Portia]

Susan wrote: "Portia wrote: "Hey, has anyone in the group read Anne Perry? She's a fave of mine."

I have read almost all of her books. I like her very much. Have you heard of her real life story?"

Yes, Susan, and everyone else. I just got this book last month So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme and the Murder that Shocked the World. Haven't started it yet, though.

[Julie]

Portia wrote: "Susan wrote: "Portia wrote: "Hey, has anyone in the group read Anne Perry? She's a fave of mine."

I have read almost all of her books. I like her very much. Have you heard of her real life story?..."

I'm going to have to read that!

[Portia]

Oops, wrong book. THIS is the one Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century, but the other one sounds good, too. Same cover shot.

[Leslie]

I just finished a marvellous English thriller - A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (only my American version is called This Gun for Hire). Not a mystery but I highly recommmend it if you like thrillers.

[Karlyne]

Wasn't there an old movie of This Gun for Hire? (I just looked it up: 1942, starring Veronica Lake and Robert Preston, classic film noire! Might be fun to watch!)

[Portia]

I'm hearing Springsteen ...

[Leslie]

Karlyne wrote: "Wasn't there an old movie of This Gun for Hire? (I just looked it up: 1942, starring Veronica Lake and Robert Preston, classic film noire! Might be fun to watch!)"

Yes and as I read the book I did have a vague recollection of seeing the movie, especially in certain scenes.

[Poornima]

Jean-Luke wrote: "Poornima wrote: "I just finished Payment Deferred by C.S. Forester. This was a brilliantly written psychological drama. Here's my review in case you are interested

http://www.goodreads.com/review..."

Thanks Jean. I just looked up that thread!

[Leslie]

I am currently reading The Return of Sherlock Holmes - I think Conan Doyle is at his best with the short stories, although The Hound of the Baskervilles is certainly a classic.

[Poornima]

I just finished The Cuckoo's Calling. Liked it! My thoughts here, if you are interested http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Kaye]

Currently reading The Dead Place by Stephen Booth. Excellent series!

[Bionic Jean]

Leslie - I agree and much prefer the short stories to any of the four novels, though I seem to remember "A Study in Scarlet" as being better than the other two.

[Leslie]

Jean wrote: "Leslie - I agree and much prefer the short stories to any of the four novels, though I seem to remember "A Study in Scarlet" as being better than the other two."

I think it is because I find Holmes annoying if I spend too much time with him!

[Portia]

Reading Kate Atkinson's Life After Life and really enjoying it. Wish it fit our English Mysteries criteria for a group read. Has anyone else read if?

[Portia]

Wait!! We had this discussion month ago. Sorry!!!

[Penny]

Kaye wrote: "Currently reading The Dead Place by Stephen Booth. Excellent series!"

hey!! someone else who likes Stephen Booth. I have really enjoyed this series although its been a while since I read one, there have probably been some more published since I did. I love the settings and the 2 cops.

[Carolien]

I've just completed Spy's Honour which is one of my all time favourite books. It's more a spy thriller, but set in 1912 when the British Secret Service is just being formed. Gavin Lyall's sense of humour and the time period is just a brilliant combination.

[Bionic Jean]

The only Stephen Booth I've read is Black Dog which I do remember finding quite gripping. It probably hepled that I recognised the locations, having grown up near the Peak District (in the North of England.)

[Penny]

I just checked out Stephen Booth - apparently he is on his 13th book of the Cooper & Fry series. I have read about 9 of them but have quite a few to catch up on. I too liked the strength of the setting in the books but also how the 2 cops change through the books. They are so different to each other it makes for good reading.

Have also got to catch up on the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman.

[Bionic Jean]

Maybe he's a good suggestion for a future group read?

[Penny]

Jean wrote: "Maybe he's a good suggestion for a future group read?"

yes Jean I would like that...it must be about 3 years since I read one.

[Kathy]

Julie wrote: "Portia wrote: "Susan wrote: "Portia wrote: "Hey, has anyone in the group read Anne Perry? She's a fave of mine."

I have read almost all of her books. I like her very much. Have you heard of her r..."

I have read almost all of her books too and can't wait until she writes new ones. What I have read about her early adolescence is pretty horrific, but I am also pretty sure that it is something that she lives with every day. In my view it was a case of hormonal hysteria gone way, way too far.

There is a movie out as well as a book, but I can't remember the name.

[Penny]

Jean wrote: "Maybe he's a good suggestion for a future group read?"

yes Jean I would like that...it must be about 3 years since I read one.

[Bionic Jean]

Kathy - I think you might mean "Heavenly Creatures" from 1994. Kate Winslet's screen debut.

[Kathy]

Jean wrote: "Kathy - I think you might mean "Heavenly Creatures" from 1994. Kate Winslet's screen debut."

Yes, that is the one. Thanks.

[Susan]

Penny wrote: "I just checked out Stephen Booth - apparently he is on his 13th book of the Cooper & Fry series. I have read about 9 of them but have quite a few to catch up on. I too liked the strength of the s..."

I have some Phil Rickman books and never cracked them. Is it a good series?