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Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena

I finished my book called Judgment by Joseph Finder

I finished my book called Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena

Ok, I'm back from the seaside, which form me is the only Paradise I'll be ever able of entering - and therefore I'm almost put of touch with everyone, especially socials!!!
I've read some nice books, and I'll write about them in the other discussion on finished books.
What I'm reading at the moment though is, in my opinion, really interesting.
It may appear as a YA Horror series, but it's far from this. It is the Blackwater: The Complete Caskey Family Saga.
in a "light" way it talks about differences, acceptance, women's liberation and much more...

I'm reading Foundation and Empire

I finished my book called If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children by Gregg Olsen

Finally started reading Firefly Lane!!!

Review catchup:

Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5400182664

A re-read of House of Names by Colm Toibin - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5591702051

and two books by the late neurologist Oliver Sacks - An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5840261490
and
Hallucinations - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5850085066

I finished my book called Till Murder Do Us Part by James Patterson

Just about to start reading Daisy Jones & the Six -
Seen a lot of hype about this on Instagram and TikTok but I don’t entirely believe the hype. Am I going to be really disappointed with this one?

I finished my book called Sweeter Than Chocolate by Lizzie Shane

Finished Daisy Jones and The Six - was a good read and I finished it fairly quickly but I wasn’t crazy about it.
I then started reading Stone Blind - again, finished it fairly quickly and enjoyed it a lot more. I did get angry with some of the characters who think their actions are perfectly acceptable but I enjoyed the new take on this character

I finished my book called One Night by Debbie Macomber

I finished my book called Merciless by Christy Reece

I finished my book called Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

I finished my book called Killer Choice by Tom Hunt

Started today, for the 100 years since his birth, La giornata d'uno scrutatore - The Watcher by Italo Calvino, one of the best Italian writer of the XX Century

The Last Close Call by Laura Griffin

I finished my book called One Fatal Mistake by Tom Hunt

I just finished up a couple of the books that I had stopped mid-way during my long hiatus from reading: Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird (by Agustina Bazterrica) and Oliver Twist. And for an in-person book club I joined, I recently read I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness.

Now, I'm reading The Peripheral by William Gibson and The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn. I picked up a copy of Blackfish City as well; that one looks interesting.

The Peripheral was infuriatingly obscure at first with a lot of unexplained invented terms and confusing action, but now that it has hit its stride, I'm really enjoying it. Quite gripping and inventive.

Really loving The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century, though I haven't gotten far enough to understand what the heck is going on. It's a bizarre book but a wonderful one too.

I finished my book called The Look-Alike by Erica Spindler

In The Shadows by Lawrence Medici

Fairy Tale -Stephen King.

I'm reading Dangerous Liasons finding it very readable despite being such an old book. The characters are fantastically despicable!

Jess wrote: "I'm reading Dangerous Liasons finding it very readable despite being such an old book. The characters are fantastically despicable!"

Ha! I need to read that again someday. :)

I finished my book called The Snow Killer by Ross Greenwood

I loved Dangerous Liasons! Now reading Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens

I finished my book called The Last Close Call by Laura Griffin

I'm reading the second of a mini series of English mysteries: Canon Clement Mysteries 2 Books Collection Set By The Reverend Richard Coles.. Nice so far

Finished Briefly, A Delicious Life now reading The Selfless Act of Breathing by J.J. Bola

Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

Finished reading Grey Bees for the second time this year! Both times I recommended it to book groups I am in. Thought it was very compelling first time I read it but this time I seemed to notice so much more. Highly recommend Andrey Kurkov.

Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year by Joanna Nell ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my book called What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman

Crossing Lines: A Spellbinding CIA Romantic Suspense Thriller by Adrienne Giordano

Secrets of Southern Girls by Haley Harrigan ⭐⭐⭐.6 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my book called Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

Sandy how are 2 of your books going?

I'm at the moment listening to the seventh book of the Poldak saga The Angry Tide - liking the whole series quite! - and reading Alice Walker The Third Life of Grange Copeland. This one has to catch me still!

I finished my book called The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

Finished Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill, and The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

I'm still polishing off The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett . . . and now, I have also started Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer.

I'm enjoying all three of the books I'm currently reading in different ways: Faeries is very light and entertaining, Veniss is weird and intriguing, and Razor's has a classic feel. Some gender attitudes in Razor's feel extremely dated to me (by modern standards), but I'm greatly enjoying it nevertheless.

I finished my book called Vanished in the Mountains by Tanya Stowe

Reading an etreamly interesting book: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese.
Has anyone of you read it? What do you think?

LauraT wrote: "Reading an etreamly interesting book: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese.
Has anyone of you read it? What do you think?"

I noticed it was the group read, and it looks interesting! Glad to hear that you are liking it!! The only thing is that it is so long in length - I'm not sure I'll manage to fit it this month.

Oxygen by Carol Cassella

Greg wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Reading an etreamly interesting book: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese.
Has anyone of you read it? What do you think?"

I noticed it was the ..."
It is long indeed - and these days I've not so much time to read; but I hope to manage before the end of the month

Greg, Covenant of Water is long but language and style is lucid, very easy to grasp, stories are good. I hope you find time to read it in near future.

Nidhi wrote: "Greg, Covenant of Water is long but language and style is lucid, very easy to grasp, stories are good. I hope you find time to read it in near future."

Thanks Nidhi! :)

LauraT wrote: "It is long indeed - and these days I've not so much time to read; but I hope to manage before the end of the month"

Hope you enjoy it Laura, and I hope your work problems are getting better!