Cozy Mystery Corner discussion

Seraphina The Awakening by Sheena Hutchinson a paranormal mystery

I finished Jenie Bentley series (just one left to go), Psychic Eye Series Sense of deception : a psychic eye mystery finished that one and have read her entire series, and now on Kathy Reichs Speaking in Bones.

Nemesis was good..surprised by the psychic twist in it.

Tina wrote: "This section was What Are You Reading Besides A Cozy? If you skim when reading like I do, titles are easy to miss. The Woman's Murder Club (I believe that is what he calls it.) is a good female det..."
No James Patterson's series is more of a Women Detective series and I would put his books with Mystery and Crime. I have read the entire series and they are really well done.

Just started . Didn't expect alot and have been pleasantly surprise. Really quite good. Enjoying it a great deal. Love the TV series but it's different enough so both can be entertaining.

Penny wrote: "Just started . Didn't expect alot and have been pleasantly surprise. Really quite good. Enjoying it a great deal. Love the TV series but it's different enough so both c..."

I've read several of these and thought they were all fun reads!

I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Can't put it down!

Ramla I loved the Boonesboro Inn Trilogy, read the one about the 3 sisters Island directly following that.

Right now I am reading Virgin River Series Temptation Ridge

I am working through The Mill River Recluse(just purchased 2nd book)

I'm reading by Susan Crandall so far it's pretty good.

Ramla Zareen wrote: "Recently read the following books in the Lucky Harbor series by Jill Shalvis: 

*My Rating System On Goodreads:

3 STARS= Good= Quite Enjoyable= I liked it...!
2 STARS= Average= Readable= I found it just ok...."

Your rating system is exactly the same as Goodreads.

I finally finished Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. I had a lot of issues with this book. It was just an ok read for me. It's described as a classic tale of small town life in the South and set in the early 1900s.

Reading this coincidentally while also reading The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, I moved back and forth between an idyllic coming of age story from the POV of a young white boy and a recounting of the terrors of life for 'colored people' during that same time period.

Gail wrote: "If I like a book I rate it with 4 or 5 stars. So, so is 3 stars... And 2 stars verges on insulting... I'd have to hate a book to give it 2 stars... And I'd never give a 1 star. Maybe I'm sensitive ..."

I don't often rate a book 1 star, but if it's that bad I will. And I usually attach a review as well to say why I rated it 1-star.

Just finished reading The Phantom of Fifth Avenue by Meryl Gordon which is about the mysterious life of Huguette Clark, who was one of America's wealthiest women and a parody of Downton Abbey by Gillian Fetlocks. One was fascinating, the other silly but amusing for DA fans.

I read Huguette Clark's obit and remember noting somewhere I wanted to read more in-depth about her. The little bit I am familiar with seemed so sad, which I normally avoid sad like the plague, but felt kind of like as a sort of respect to her I should do it. Did you enjoy the book?

I did enjoy this book, This is the second one I've read about her and it was fascinating.

I just finished Kill and Run by Lauren Carr. First in her new Thorny Rose series. It was fantastic i literally couldn't put it down. Finished it at 4 this morning. Good thing i am retired and can sleep in.

Just finished The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory and if you like English history you will enjoy this one.

Dipped into my Diana Palmer tbr pile and read a rerelease Miss Greenhorn which was as much fun I remembered and a new one Texas Born which was a classic Palmer and i loved it. Diana Palmer is my guilty pleasure and sometimes she just fits my reading need.

I'm reading the thriller I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes for another book club I'm in. So far it has been very good.

I am reading the Cat series by Leighann Dobbs

Just finished . It was excellent. Just started .

was excellent. One of those books that kept me up late. Just started

I loved The Martian!

I'm reading The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow and it's wonderful so far.

I just finished reading Mary Coin, which my book club will discuss in October. Both NPR and the BBC chose it for a Best Book of 2013, and in its interwoven tale of three characters (one present-day) is a great introduction to the history of migrant laborers in California during the Depression.

Beth wrote: "I just finished reading Mary Coin, which my book club will discuss in October. Both NPR and the BBC chose it for a Best Book of 2013, and in its interwoven tale of three characters ..."

A friend loaned this book to me. Thanks for the reminder. It seems timely amid the current political environ.

As The Crow Flies by Craid Johnson




I just like Longmire and Henry Standing Bear

I am reading Out to Canaan by Jan Karon. It is part of the Mitford series. Wonderful cozy series set in the mountains of NC

Currently reading The Killing Of The Tinkers and just started An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943.

I recently finished which I loved. I also listened to - three novellas that take place about a century before A Game of Thrones. I'm currently reading , which has some very inventive stories.

Margaret's post form 11/24/15:

I've broken out my stash of Christmas books and have started with A Season of Miracles by Heather Graham. It never fails to put me in the Christmas spirit. Next up,I think, will be Mary Higgins Clark.

A Season of Miracles

Is it weird that I read these books over and over, year after year? My husband thinks so, but they make me so happy!

Margaret, I think if it makes you happy and gets you in the holiday spirit then your husband should be glad :) Isn't there some saying about a happy wife makes for a happy husband?

yes indeed!!! LOL

Healing Is a Choice: Ten Decisions That Will Transform Your Life & Ten Lies That Can Prevent You from Making Them

Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber

I am currently reading Lyric Poems By John Keats.


During the hectic holiday season, it's nice to take a poetry break, and John Keats' poetry is outstanding!

I am reading The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson

I am reading Ashley Bell Ashley Bell

Reading Boys in the Trees: A Memoir

I'm reading Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear It's an excellent book for anyone who wants to write or has other creative aspirations. I'm a writer, and find that I like reading non-fiction when I've actively writing fiction so that I don't have too many plots swirling around in my head.

Nell wrote: "I am reading The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson
"

I've read most of Jackson's other books, and I have to add this to my tbr.

I'm listening to The Girl in the Spider's Web, a continuation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. I'm enjoying it more now that Lisbeth Salander is more involved in the story. It felt like something was missing when she was on the periphery.

I just started reading Concussion. It is about a doctor investigating concussions in football players. It is a movie coming out on Christmas Day staring Will Smith as the Doctor.

I was drawn to the book when I had my accident last month and suffered a brain bleed and broken hip when I fell. I saw Will Smith on the Ellen Show and became interested in the concussion discussion. I am now very interested in reading anything I can get my hands on about the head and brain.

Anyone have any recommendations on the subject?

Thanks,

Mary W

Just started The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.

Mary wrote: "I just started reading Concussion. It is about a doctor investigating concussions in football players. It is a movie coming out on Christmas Day staring Will Smith as the Doctor.

I was drawn to t..."

There's a list of brain injury books in Listopia.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Jaxnsmom,

Thanks, for the info, I will look into it. I need all the info I can get on Brain injuries!

Mary

re-reading the Bell jar by Sylvia Plath.

Ramla Zareen wrote: "Recently read Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet series:

Book 1:  (My Rating: 4 STARS*)

Book 2:  (My Rating: 3 STARS*)

Book 3: [bookco..."

I don't normally read Nora Roberts, except for the In Death books she writes as J.D. Robb, but read these a few years ago. Really liked the first one and the last one was pretty good. Hated the 2nd one and the 3rd one was almost as bad!

Reading Christmas letters!

I write humorous Aggie Mundeen Mysteries (SMART, BUT DEAD #3) but read lots more. Just read ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE (excellent), THE NIGHTINGALE (superb), THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (not so much), and am reading THE BOYS IN THE BOAT (fascinating.) But I always love a good mystery with humor and a touch of romance.
Nancy G. West

I'm reading "A Wedding at the Orange Blossom Inn" by Shelley Shepard Gray. I just bought a cozy mystery a few days ago and will get back to my cozy mysteries soon.

First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen

I am reading Two Across by Jeff Bartsch a novel.