PenPal Readers discussion

Our October theme is: "Super Sleuth" : detective, crime, police procedural, cozy mystery, thriller, any mystery etc.

Here's how to participate:

*************** 1. READ *********************
Choose at least one themed book to read this month!
Join us in a group read/discussion:
Group Read #1 Thread for The Cuckoos Calling
Group Read #2 Thread for Jar of Hearts
- For other mystery book ideas, see Goodreads Mystery genre page

******************* 2. WRITE *****************
- There are many sub-genres to mystery, including: Thriller, Suspense, Detective, Cozy Mystery, True Crime, Murder Mystery, Noir, Historical Mystery, Whodunit, Paranormal Mystery, Hard Boiled, Amateur Sleuth, Golden Age Mystery etc Write to a PenPal, ( or share in the thread below) about which types of mystery you like to read most/least. How good are your sleuthing skills when you read a mystery? Which mystery books have you read that totally surprised you?

WHO do you write to, you ask?
i) Write to an existing PenPal you've corresponded with in previous challenges/activities
ii) Write to a new PenPal - check-out the 'Seeking a PenPal' threads, or Age Group threads, (or any activity thread) and choose someone new to correspond with this month.
iii) Share in the thread below and make a new PenPal connection this month!

***************3. SHARE-CONNECT ***********
Share your thoughts on all things mystery genre in the thread below, and make some new PenPal friends who love mystery books too!

Read, Write, Share, Connect!
Read, Write, Share, Connect!
Read, Write, Share, Connect!.... you get the idea :)

My first mystery read for October will be Deliverance , written in the 1970's, and made into a movie in 1972.

I like that there's wildnerness and mystery in this story, as four men go on a canoe trip in the Georgia wilderness, and in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival...

I picked this up at Audible for $6.95 currently in a member's surprise weekend sale.

I'm using this book for World Wonders Challenge Task #25 (canoe trip). It also works for #3 or #20 too.

I'm just hoping it won't be too scary/horror'sh, as I generally shy away from that... here goes....

I'm going to try and get deeper into Terry Pratchett's Night Watch where a serial killer is on the loose and city guard Samuel Vimes will have to deal with that. I'm not a big fan of mystery, but I love the city guard novels. They're intriguing as well as highly amusing. If you love fantasy (and crime), I highly recommend you take this chance to pick up one of the city watch novels!

I'm listening to book two in the Six Stories works by Matt Wesolowski
#1) Six Stories and now #2) Hydra


(Jazzy: this author is from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, like you!!!)

I absolutely adore listening to these, because they are fictional works that are formatted to mimic a true crime podcast (like Serial). The story is told over a series of weekly podcast episodes: (well 6 to be exact :)) So, you're listening to a fictional mystery play out by way of a true crime podcast, if that makes any sense HA!

The mysteries are solid, with a slow unveiling of details and building of suspense, and the author is masterful at using the setting to play into the story too. But the highlight is the audio with 8 different narrators, which gives the performance a superb differentiation of all the characters with their personalities, and accents, and backgrounds, and motivations.

It feels just like you're listening to a true crime podcast, and it's really inspiring how well the author has crafted the tale and set it up so successfully within this format! I was spellbound listening to the first one, and I'm equally spellbound with this new one.