The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

I am currently reading The Four Winds .

The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 3.5 stars


Sleeping GiantsSylvain Neuvel 4 stars

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

Christine wrote: "I’m glad that both of your books are going good Kristie"

Thanks, Christine. :)

I just started Ramses the Damned The Reign of Osiris.

I’m glad that both of your books are going good Kristie and no problem Kristie

Today I'm reading The Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie. Glad to be back reading one of the authors that started me on my reading adventures.

I finished Girl on the Run by Carolyn Arnold.
The prologue in Girl on the Run by Carolyn Arnold is strong and impactful and sets a suspenseful tone that escalates as the novel progresses.

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

The Paper Palace
I am currently reading The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller. I'm only at chapter 3 and this book already has me hooked. I'm highly enjoying the writing (much better than a previously attempted read of a Danielle Steel novel). Her descriptions of a Summer by the sea makes me feel like I'm actually there breathing in the warm, salty air. Some much needed getaway from the cold winter month of March for a bipolar Colorado.

Aussie author Candice Fox has really established herself as a thriller writer, with the new TV series Troppo, set in the North Queensland tropics, based on her first book, Crimson Lake. Her latest, The Chase, finds 600+ prisoners turned loose in the Nevada desert, including those on Death Row. Why? You may well ask. I can see another film prospect here!
4★ My review of The Chase

Canadian author Alice Munro is one of the world's best-loved storytellers. In 2013, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work as "master of the contemporary short story". I've enjoyed several, and I just read her 1968 debut, Dance of the Happy Shades. So good.
4.5★ My review of Dance of the Happy Shades with a link to some stories you can read online

Vegan Under Pressure by Jill Nussinow will likely please dedicated vegans more than it did me, an omnivore.

My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4608131297

Finished Notes on an Execution.

My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/4549436246

I finished Da Broad Squad by Chris LeGrow. This mystery and crime novel is funny but tackles some dark and serious crimes. It is very entertaining and one of my favorite reads of 2022.

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

I finished The Four Winds and thought it was such a great story.

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

I'm now reading Thunderhead.

I finished my 21st book

I just finished Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover, the first book of hers I’ve read. It was just okay. I’m about to start Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins. After that, I’ll read something by Lisa Kleypas since she’s always reliable.

I finished Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb.

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

Finished The Maid

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/4466763466

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli - a must read for those interested in politics or in Renaissance Italy

My review- www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4481961636

A Flicker in the Dark
Rating 4🌟

Reading an ARC I won on GR, The Wild Girls by Phoebe Morgan.

Rereading before donating Wild Jasmine by Bertrice Small

I finished my 22nd book

I finished Movieland by Lee Goldberg
Overall, this is a tense, gritty, and engaging novel with wit, suspense, action, and some great twists.
My 4 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished Boys Don't Cry

My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/4559924438

I finished Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home by Michele Bardsley. This one was light and fun, but somewhat lackluster.

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

I finally started the Brother Cadfael historical mystery series by Ellis Peters ( aka Edith Pargeter ), and I grew quite fond of this canny, medieval monk in Book 1, A Morbid Taste for Bones. I will be reading more!
3.5★ My review of Morbid Taste for Bones

I just finished the first of Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite series, My Sister's Grave. Twenty years after her sister disappeared, detective Tracy Crosswhite is told they've found her bones. Mixed feelings about this one.
3.5★ My review of My Sister's Grave

Just started reading the prequel novella to the Bought the Farm mystery series A Dog with Two Tales by Ellen Riggs finished the prequel in a few hours on to the series Dogcatcher in the Rye

Yesterday I finished a really good British country house mystery which I received as an ebook, A Most Efficient Murder by Anthony Slayton. Last night I started reading a WWII book, The Puppet Maker's Daughter by Karla M. Jay.

I have a few on-going reads because my attention span is nonexistent so it's: Coldheart Canyon, Little Women, The Pirate of Fathoms Deep, How I Got My Shrunken Head, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text and Romeo and Juliet! I'm also reading Il barone rampante in the hopes of improving my Italian but that feels more like homework than reading for pleasure sighs

Happy 88th birthday on March 25 to Gloria Steinem, whose story of becoming a feminist activist and icon is told by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. These "Little People BIG DREAMS" picture books are for children, but I am meeting so many interesting people myself!
4★ My review of Gloria Steinem

I really enjoyed The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, about a super-professional butler who knows how to inspect the silver polishing but, sadly, knows nothing at all about people. Very touching. 1989 Booker Prize Winner.
5★ My review of The Remains of the Day"

For those that are interested in nature:
I finished reading The Champions of Camouflage by Jean-Philippe Noël.

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

I finished my 23rd book

Reading book 2 of Bought the Farm mystery series. Dark Side of the Moo by Ellen Riggs

I finished my 24th book

Noughts and crosses

Finished The Personal Librarian.

Currently reading The Younger Wife.

My 4 star review of a paranormal romance with a little suspense:
Mad for a Mate by MaryJanice Davidson

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

Currently reading Splendor in the Glass byTamar Myers

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Currently reading The Poppy War <3

I finished a historical fiction tale that includes romance, danger, and suspense. A Relentless Rake by Anna Harrington.

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

I finished my 25th book

I finished Off the Grid by J.S. Wood which is a cute romcom. Now I'm reading an ARC of Stay Awake by Megan Goldin.

I've just read a new debut that's a 20th century story by Aussie author Emily Brugman. A group of Finns migrated to the heat of Western Australia and became seasonal cray fishers on The Islands. First generation is traditional - second is in hotpants at beach BBQs.
4.5~5★ My review of The Islands

I imagine all readers are aware of who Nelson Mandela is, but for the future generations of children, this is a welcome addition to the Little People BIG DREAMS series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. This boy moved from a traditional childhood in an old culture to become a champion for freedom and a world leader.
4.5★ My review of Nelson Mandela

Part of the Den of Antiquity mystery series Monet Talks by Tamar Myers

I finished my 26th book