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Currently reading? Just finished? 2024
Who died? Who dunnit? So much more than a mystery! The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
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In case you're interested: My Name is Barbra
by Barbra StreisandIn this memoir, Barbra shares most everything you'd want to know about her life....and especially her work.
The book is almost 1000 pages but I liked it all. 4.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3/5 stars
Coming out 3/5/2024
The bones in the bathtub carry the legacy of loss and war.
Please read my review linked below:
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I finished my 16th book
The Fury
was great fun with multiple twists. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently finished
The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernanMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Murdered Molls
by Graham BrackIn this addition to the humorous 'Josef Slonský' series, the Czech detective has to deal with a severely injured knee while the police investigate several crimes.
Bizarre and brutal crimes in this book, but the humor is great as usual. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kicking off another week with a middle grade fantasy novel, the new Percy Jackson book:
The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kakistocracy
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Fantasy magical superpowered individual story
Lovely universe. @netgalley ARC
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jurassic Park
Book 1 of the Dinosaur backed books.
Blockbuster story. Three decades on.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
Very fast and enjoyable read: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished my 15th book
Pulped
by Timothy HallinanCounting Pulped I've read everything that Tim Hallinan has written and liked everything very much except for this book. Not a spoiler -- in this book the detective finds out he is a fictional character in a book. Supposed to be different and cute -- I hated it and quit on page 47. One star.
Starter Villain
by John ScalziAbsolutely wonderful and completely original story of average guy who inherits his uncle's villainy business. Funny, smart and engaging. I loved it. 5 stars.
I read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini It is an emotional book. I rate it 4.5 stars rounded down. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now starting THE RUNNING GRAVE by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling). This is the seventh novel in the ongoing mystery series featuring the London private eye team of Cormoran Strike and Roblin Ellacott.
Leader of the Pack
by David RosenfeltIn this addition to the humorous 'Andy Carpenter' series, the New Jersey defense attorney gets a new trial for a man he thinks was wrongly convicted.
I enjoyed the book but some parts were too dark for a cozy. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Exchange by Grisham cardboard characters, plot as told was shorter than the book Huge disappointment for me because I love earlier Grisham books
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My own feeling is that when someone's written that many books year after year, at some point the quality begins to suffer. I've seen it time and time again.
Talk to Me
ended up being a much meatier book than I expected. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lone Wolf
by Gregg Andrew HurwitzIn this addition to the 'Orphan X' series, Evan Smoak's search for a lost dog leads him to clash with a skilled female assassin.
Exciting story as usual. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
First mystery of the week is
The Kill of It All by Diane Vallere https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I think most readers here know what it means to fall under The Spell of a Story. Author/illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo has written a very cute book about a girl who says she hates books.
My review of The Spell of a Story with lots of illustrations
I just finished The Sanctuary by Andrew Hunter Murray
This is really a great dystopian story: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished my 16th book
The Last Devil to Die is the 4th by Richard Osman.
More emotional than its predecessors now that readers have formed an attachment to the geriatric Fab Four.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Seven
by popular Aussie author Chris Hammer sees Ivan and Nell's homicide investigation uncover more deaths and disappearances in a town where wealthy landowners write their own rules. Great read and good as a standalone too.
My review of The Seven
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
by Benjamin StevensonIn this clever series, struggling writer Ernest Cunningham seems to encounter murder wherever he goes....then writes a book about it. This time he's on a luxury train.
Fun mystery. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Whew, First nonfiction of 2024 completed --
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam by Mark Bowden.
This is a comprehensive recounting of the 444-days takeover of the US Embassy in Iran in 1979-1981. It read easily, like a crime thriller.
My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ending this week with the wonderful
The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Devil's Advocate
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Re-read
Tremendous legal thriller. Murder, courtroom drama, prejudice
My review here -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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And started a reread, Tales of Terror and Mystery. I'd forgotten how engaging "The Horror of the Heights" is.
The Edge: How competition for resources is pushing the world, and its climate, to the brink – and what we can do about it
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
#non-fiction
#climatecrisis
Interesting take on #finite #resources #sustainability
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Stargazey
by Martha GrimesRichard Jury #15. I'm reading the series in order and this might be the best one yet. Likeable interesting characters and a very complicated plot equals a top-rated mystery. Highly recommended, 5 stars.
I finished my 17th book
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