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Currently reading? Just finished? 2022
Well, I’m reading Holly Roth’s second Inspector Medford book: Too Many Doctors. It was written in 1962 (I love “vintage” books). This is the third book of hers that I’ve read. Wonderful mysteries.
I've finished The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo. Then I scoured the internet for the film with no luck.
Next up: The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice by Julia Laite, which some mysterious benefactor sent me just after Christmas.
Next up: The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice by Julia Laite, which some mysterious benefactor sent me just after Christmas.
The House We Grew Up In
by Lisa Jewell
A dysfunctional family is torn apart by a hoarder mother and other issues.
Interesting look at family dynamics. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A dysfunctional family is torn apart by a hoarder mother and other issues.
Interesting look at family dynamics. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Hideout
It didn’t work for me. But fans of Jack Reacher might enjoy it. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It didn’t work for me. But fans of Jack Reacher might enjoy it. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Curious Beginning
is a lightning-fast romp through a costume-party version of Victorian England with a spectacularly quirky heroine. Forget about learning anything (except the occasional factoid about butterflies) and let it happen; you'll have a great, silly time. I'll certainly come back for another visit after I've had enough of historical mysteries that take themselves too seriously. Four belts of aguardiente.
Read the full review here.
Read the full review here.
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Based on the book synopsis and online buzz, the novel turned out to be very different story than I imagined. However, I still went along for the ride and enjoyed it. With a whole host of characters entering and exiting the story, it was a lot like Towles’s other novel A Gentleman in Moscow with hotel guest coming and going. While I like some character’s stories better than others, overall I found Emmet and Billy’s wild ride very entertaining and the author’s writing refreshing especially his weaving of classical literary quotations out of the mouths of characters very unlikely to have read the texts.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Based on the book synopsis and online buzz, the novel turned out to be very different story than I imagined. However, I still went along for the ride and enjoyed it. With a whole host of characters entering and exiting the story, it was a lot like Towles’s other novel A Gentleman in Moscow with hotel guest coming and going. While I like some character’s stories better than others, overall I found Emmet and Billy’s wild ride very entertaining and the author’s writing refreshing especially his weaving of classical literary quotations out of the mouths of characters very unlikely to have read the texts.
View all my reviews
Christine wrote: "
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Based on the book synopsis and online buzz, the novel turned out to be very different story than I imagined. However, I still went alo..."
Christine you rated this as 3⭐️ on your review page?
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Based on the book synopsis and online buzz, the novel turned out to be very different story than I imagined. However, I still went alo..."
Christine you rated this as 3⭐️ on your review page?
Finished Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood [bookcover:Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, an..."
I'm really looking forward to reading this book.
I'm really looking forward to reading this book.
Just finished Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz. My review here. Really, an exemplary bit of plotting and an interesting consideration of how a writers' life may be reflected in his fiction.
Continuing on with The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice by Julia Laite. It sounds like true crime, which it is, sort of, but it's really more of a social history. Last night I finished a section on the "white slave" trade, which, as the phrase suggests, "rendered almost invisible" Asian, black, and indigenous women who were also victims of sex trafficking at the time. Fascinating stuff.
Patty wrote: "I’m reading The Thursday Murder CThe Man Who Died Twicelub by Richard Osman. A cozy mystery, so far."
Cozy sort of, yes, and I don't normally read this sort of thing but it came at time when I needed a breath of fresh air readingwise to lift my spirits -- just what the doctor ordered. I also have the next book (packed away until painting, sadly) to look forward to.
Cozy sort of, yes, and I don't normally read this sort of thing but it came at time when I needed a breath of fresh air readingwise to lift my spirits -- just what the doctor ordered. I also have the next book (packed away until painting, sadly) to look forward to.
I finished A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George. re reading it after so many years, I'm not sure how much I liked it. its definitely not 5 stars.
The Sentinel
by Lee and Andrew Child
Jack Reacher #25, OK to read as a stand-alone. Bit of a disappointment--plot, style, all not quite up to usual standard. Rated a generous 3 stars.
Jack Reacher #25, OK to read as a stand-alone. Bit of a disappointment--plot, style, all not quite up to usual standard. Rated a generous 3 stars.
I just finished The Resting Place
A three star read for me. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A three star read for me. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Araych wrote: "The Sentinel by Lee and Andrew Child
Jack Reacher #25, OK to read as a stand-alone. Bit of a disappointment--plot, style, all not quite up to usual standard. Rated..."
Agreed, the Reacher series has lost something since the change in authorship.
Jack Reacher #25, OK to read as a stand-alone. Bit of a disappointment--plot, style, all not quite up to usual standard. Rated..."
Agreed, the Reacher series has lost something since the change in authorship.
Currently listening to The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
Finished the surprising autobiography Eat a Peach by David Chang
Finished the surprising autobiography Eat a Peach by David Chang
Christine wrote:
Finished the surprising autobiography [bookcover:Eat a Pea..."
Huge fangirl of David Chang -- I loved Eat a Peach ! One of my sons gave me his latest cookbook for Christmas this year, Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes.
Finished the surprising autobiography [bookcover:Eat a Pea..."
Huge fangirl of David Chang -- I loved Eat a Peach ! One of my sons gave me his latest cookbook for Christmas this year, Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes.
About to finish The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice; starting Act Of Darkness by Francis King (Valancourt) later this afternoon.
The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden
by Kate Saunders
Laetitia Rodd, a private detective who's the widow of an archdeacon, investigates the death of a thespian.
Interesting mystery set in the 1800s theatre world. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Laetitia Rodd, a private detective who's the widow of an archdeacon, investigates the death of a thespian.
Interesting mystery set in the 1800s theatre world. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
historical mystery set in 1923 England. 3/5 stars
My review is below.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
historical mystery set in 1923 England. 3/5 stars
My review is below.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham I enjoyed it. My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tonight I'll finish Act Of Darkness by Francis King -- about halfway through it reminded me of (sans Mr. Whicher) the real-life Road Hill (aka Rode) House Mystery of 1860. So good -- I hated to put it down but life and all that.
Not a typical mystery, but it had me on the edge of my seat. the Lincoln Highway
Five big stars! My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Five big stars! My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Is anyone else currently not receiving group notifications? Once again the people at Goodreads have found a way to make me crazy.
I finished The Book of Souls and started The Shadow Sister and decided to start reading two books at once again, with Purgatory being my bathroom book, as I found the first one was better read in bits rather than all in one go.
Nancy wrote: "Is anyone else currently not receiving group notifications? Once again the people at Goodreads have found a way to make me crazy."
I am getting notifications.
I am getting notifications.
One Eye Open
Danish Folk Horror is the seeting for this novella about grief, loss, and rebirth. 4/5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Danish Folk Horror is the seeting for this novella about grief, loss, and rebirth. 4/5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Liz wrote: "
Five big stars! My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review. Thanks for sharing it.
Five big stars! My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review. Thanks for sharing it.
Foxglove Summer
by Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London #5 -- series doesn't have to be read in order but do read #1 first. In this one PC Peter Grant is tasked to help the search for 2 missing girls in a small town quite a bit distant from London. As you might guess it doesn't go smoothly. This is another wonderful entry in the series; to my mind Aaronovitch can do no wrong. The series is highly recommended.
Rivers of London #5 -- series doesn't have to be read in order but do read #1 first. In this one PC Peter Grant is tasked to help the search for 2 missing girls in a small town quite a bit distant from London. As you might guess it doesn't go smoothly. This is another wonderful entry in the series; to my mind Aaronovitch can do no wrong. The series is highly recommended.
Sequoia National Park is a perfect setting for the thriller Vanishing Edge by Claire Kells, where glam-campers have - yep - vanished!
3★ Link to my Vanishing Edge review
3★ Link to my Vanishing Edge review
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