Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

NOV

☀ The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony -5
☀ Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge -5
☀ Where Wolves Don't Die by Anton Treuer -4.5
☀ How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa -4
☀ Cherringham - Silent Night, Stolen Night: A Cosy Crime Series by Matthew Costello and Neil Richardson -3
☀ The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie -5
☀ The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich -3.5
☀ milk and honey by Rupi Kaur -2.5
☀ The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay -2
☀ Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi -5
☀ The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill -4.5
☀ Keep Your Family Close by Annette Dashofy -4
☀ The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila -read but not rated
☀ Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie -4
☀ The Smallest Island in the World by Chris Arro -5
☀ The Accomplice by 50 Cent -3.5

I'll add some notes tomorrow

Good month, lot of diversity.

Agatha Christie! I want to read A Murder is Announced next month. Never read it and would love to go into it blind cuz the premise intrigues me.

Wow Gail! Quite a list and range from 2 to 5 stars. Several intriguing sounding books. Look forward to your notes. I won't rush to get to The Mighty Red based on your 3.5 rank, any thoughts on that one?

Ann wrote: "Wow Gail! Quite a list and range from 2 to 5 stars. Several intriguing sounding books. Look forward to your notes. I won't rush to get to The Mighty Red based on your 3.5 rank, any..."

I had a hard time rating it - somewhere between a 3 and a 4. I struggled getting into the first half, unable to connect with some of the characters that were crucial to the story, but the second half was very engaging. So, 3.5 rounded to 4. It was such a mishmash of storylines, all interesting in their own right but mixed together were a bit messy.

Some reviewers called the book "funny". I've either lost my sense of humor (it may have died) or I was just not in the right mind frame. But I saw very little humorous here. Reviews are all over the place, but I would definitely recommend reading it. I much preferred "Where Wolves Don't Die" over this one.

Your comment regarding your missing sense of humor shows it definitely hasn’t died.

Dan in AZ wrote: "Your comment regarding your missing sense of humor shows it definitely hasn’t died."

Well, thanks for that! Because I've been worried.

Gail, thanks for the additional thoughts on The Mighty Red. I’ll save it for a time when I think I can handle ‘messy’ plot lines. 😀

Great list, Gail!

I've had "Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race" by Reni Eddo-Lodge on my list for awhile. Glad to see you liked it.