The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

Shadows Reel by C.J. Box

C. J. Box continues to excite readers with unique mystery thrillers that are full of suspense and action. The twenty-second book in the series featuring Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett is full of multiple discoveries happening around Thanksgiving

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 12th book

44th Book done

My non-review shows why book reviewers are important. I also link to a very informative real review by a scientist and the interesting NZ article that sent me down this rabbit hole! Please avoid this book, though.
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker by A.N. Wilson
1★ (for the cover) Link to my non-review and reasons I posted it

Finished and enjoyed Breaking Point by Edel Coffey

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay was a very good mystery which remained unsolved. This was made into a movie and it's been assumed it was based on actual events but I think it was just based on a really good idea by an author.

Have moved on to Escape to Eden by Rachel McClellan, YA Distopian.

I just finished Reckless Girls which was a perfect escape from a cold winter day. My Review

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris.

Picked up The Lost Letter off of my shelf yesterday after it was sitting there for at least four years and I'm so glad that I did. I loved every piece of this book and was so entrenched in the story. My Review

Started rereading Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

Just finished “The Magic Hour” by Kristin Hannah. Ive read a few of her books now, this one ranks up there with “The Great Alone” and “The Four Winds”. It was REALLY GOOD!! I use audible, so if you do as well—- the narrator is my least favorite. Very harsh and sometimes obnoxious. However the storyline was interesting enough to help me get past the narration. If you are a KH fan, give it a try!!

For my FTF BC I am reading and enjoying All Adults Here by Emma Straub.

Thanks for the tip, Toni. I have that on my to read list. Sounds like one that I should grab a paper copy of.

I'm still working my way through Galore finding it a bit slow going, halfway through so I'm hoping it ends well but we'll see. I'm on chapter 7 of Easyway to Quit Smoking and have found some stuff that really resonates with me, really giving it an open mind to take everything in.
For another group I've started reading The Illegal
I'm enjoying the pace of the story itself however the story itself is set in a fictional place however there are mentions of real events and places so it's kind of taking me out of the story a little bit. As well as hoping for a little more balance in some of the storyline itself.

The only short story Toni Morrison ever wrote, Recitatif, has been reissued with an introduction by Zadie Smith. It is a real mind-bender. Which girl is black, which white? I loved it.
5★ Link to my review of Recitatif with a link to an article by Zadie Smith.

Edgware Road by Yasmin Cordery Khan tells the story of an international banking scandal and how an English-Pakistani family living in London got caught up in it, to the point that someone ends up dead. Excellent!
4.5~5★ Link to my Edgware Road review

I finished a contemporary romance: Last Chance Book Club by Hope Ramsay. It was light and entertaining, but too predictable.

My 3 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 13th book

I'm reading

I enjoyed Aussie author Kerry Greenwood's glamorous and fearless (almost) Phryne Fisher flying her Gipsy Moth over the Australian Alps in the 1930s in The Green Mill Murder, #5 in this entertaining series.
3.5~4★ Link to my Green Mill Murder review

I'm really enjoying this historical mystery series by C.S. Harris, set in London in the early 1800s with England and France at war (again? still? always?). In Why Mermaids Sing, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Lord Devlin, is investigating a murder, and then another, and then . . .
4.5★ Link to my review of Why Mermaids Sing

I just finished It Ends with Us. This was my first read by Colleen Hoover and wow now I understand the hype. My Review

Japanese Food Made Easy by Aya Nishimura -- authentic and simple recipes make Japanese cuisine accessible at home

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4535763873

I just finished by Kazuo Ishiguro


my review

I'm currently reading The Imposter's Inheritance by C.J. Archer it is book 9 in the Glass and Steele series... my goal is to read at least 50 books this year. I'm really excited as well because I have a lot of other books that are part of my goal that I'm looking forward to.

I finished a romance today: Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Things They Carried in Vietnam include more than stuff. This phenomenal book by Tim O'Brien was a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Included in a soldier's burden are shame, fear, and embarrassment. I feel like I know his people, and I wish they hadn't had to go.
5★ Link to my review of The Things They Carried

Nothing as of rn

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock - my first 5☆ this year. Get a look inside the room where it happened.

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4526675440

I finished: 100 Plants to Feed the Birds: Turn Your Home Garden into a Healthy Bird Habitat by Laura Erickson.

My 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished Red Widow by Alma Katsu.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 14th book

I'm currently reading Yours Cheerfully by A.J. Pearce. This is the sequel to Dear Mrs. Bird.

I've been reading the Bridgerton series. I loved the Netflix series and was inspired to read the books. They're a quick read and pretty good.

I finished A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong.
This is a historical mystery with a time travel element.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished and enjoyed The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain

My Review: /www.goodreads.com/review/show/4528828653

Finished and enjoyed The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/4188565914

Currently reading Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead.

Enjoying Melanie Benjamin's The Children's Blizzard. Third one of her's that I've read so far.

Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer has a long list of books coming out this year, and it includes excerpts from many of them. Authors range from winners of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes to debut authors new to the market. It's a great way to get a taste of what's out there.
5★ My review of Buzz Books 2022 Spring/Summer, which has a link to where you can download a copy for free

Author Chris Gill is originally a 'product' of the UK and NZ who now lives in Australia. (YAY!) His latest book, Boy Fallen, takes place on the rugged west coast of NZ's South Island. Accident or murder? It's a good story in a great setting - worth a look.
3★ My review of Boy Fallen

I finished The Fervor by Alma Katsu. My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The novel is is dark, intense, and disturbing, but contains important themes that are just as applicable today as they were in 1944. While this is fiction, internment camps during World War II and many instances of violence against those of Asian (and other) ancestry in America are a harsh reality. That is one of the reasons this is such a difficult review to write and do justice to the book. The story can be categorized in many ways. It is historical fiction, a medical suspense, and a historical horror with a bit of folklore and supernatural suspense.

I just read False Memory by Dean Koontz. It was my first book from him. I liked it a lot. Kind of cheesy at parts but overall I thought it was a great book!

Just finishing up Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead. It was so good.

I've just started Sitting Murder and I'm about to start The Mermaid's Sister as well.

Starting out slow I havent been feeling good lately but here is what I read since Jan/Feb

5/5 Stars. Trying to get this series read
5/5 Stars. Will read more from this series
5/5 Stars. One of her best books ever
3/3 Stars. Really was let down with this book I though it be good since I love the game and I love the movie but not this
5/5 Stars. I couldnt Put it down!
3/3 stars I was really let down this book, It started out good as all his other Lincoln Rhyme books then It started to get very boring fast,
5/5 Stars, One of her best books ever
5/5 Stars. I couldnt put it down! Will read more from this person
3/3 Stars. I was very let down with this book I though it be as good as her The Twin book was but I found this very awful.

Will be going to the library soon hope I can find some good new books

I finished a book in a series that I normally enjoy, but this one was slow going. Chaos by Patricia Cornwell.

My 3 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I read Rising Danger by Jerusha Agen. This was a very good debut Christian romantic suspense novel set in and around Minneapolis, Minnesota.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my 15th book

Currently reading and

I finished reading a memoir by a remarkable woman. Raising the Bar: A Lawyer's Memoir by Ruth Rymer.

My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...