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Post by sarita on Jan 14, 2024 11:04:37 GMT
Finished Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. Buddy read, no rating or comments at this stage !
Started The Chronicles of Dathra, Dowdy Girl from Kuwait by Danderma.
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Post by adelynechan on Jan 15, 2024 14:32:05 GMT
Finished Dead of Winter by Stuart MacBride, he had a nice idea for the hook, it was unique but I found it overly distracting as for the good first half of the book I couldn't really concentrate on the story. It's also chattier than I like my crime/mysteries, which would have been OK if not accompanied by the author's rather annoying habit of having many lines of conversation typed in all-caps. These increased in frequency as the book wore on, understandably in a way as the situation was getting more tense, but I still didn't appreciate feeling shouted at for 150 pages. 2.5* rounded up.
Also was in London at the weekend, so I picked up and finished the book I left there: The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard. It's set in all of my favourite places (Tokyo, London, Cambridge, Reykjavik) which is always nice, but the story is also very cleverly done. I was really happy to find when I went to add it on Goodreads that this is being turned into a series, with the second book already out. 4.5* rounded down, it only misses full score because there are some really complicated legal intricacies that the story gets drawn into midway through, which I didn't think was necessary for the ending.
Then I started The Twist of the Knife by Anthony Horowitz, but I didn't get very far in. The death/mystery hasn't actually even happened yet, but I am enjoying Horowitz and Hawthorne's banter.
Also, I realised that I haven't read any NF in awhile (mainly because I've been stuck on Peter Apps' Show Me the Bodies), so to get out of that slump I started a short one: Edible Economics by Ha-Joon Chang. It's a brilliant choice as I'm loving the economics lessons narrated through different kinds of foods, and Chang is a very good writer.
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Post by windysisters on Jan 15, 2024 16:09:18 GMT
I finished The Expats yesterday . Zoomed through the second half as the structure was less confusing and the plot more intriguing.
I'm now 70 pages into Fearless by MW Craven, a new series set in America, a bit like Jack Reacher
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Post by froglady on Jan 16, 2024 10:25:02 GMT
Reading Kate Hewitt's series of books about Willoughby Close. On the second one now.
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Post by adelynechan on Jan 16, 2024 12:53:23 GMT
Finished and loved Edible Economics by Ha Joon Chang, this was such a great concept for an economics public science book. There are so many out there so I really liked how unique this one was, the focus on foods in each chapter before discussing a concept was a smart idea and well-executed. 5* and keepers shelf as I want to read this one again.
Not starting anything new just yet.
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Post by sarita on Jan 16, 2024 13:08:15 GMT
Finished The Chronicles of Dathra, a Dowdy Girl from Kuwait by Danderma. Badly written, fullnof spelling mistakes and of Kuwaiti SMS messages. Chick lit. Miles away from what our preconceptions lead us to believe about Kuwait. This al9ne makes it worth 3*.
Starting Dictionnaire amoureux du polar by Pierre Lemaître. Non fiction. An anthology of crime novels and writers by one of my favourite authors. 800+ pages!
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Post by adelynechan on Jan 17, 2024 10:17:22 GMT
Finished (again, and loved) The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz, I'm now caught up with this series that I really like having only started it late last year. The novelty of Horowitz himself being featured as a character is starting to wear off, to me he's just like any other fictional character now, but I still love the interaction between him and Hawthorne. This case also spotlights Horowitz, though for slightly unfortunate reasons. I thought this brought out Hawthorne's softer side, that there have been glimpses of in previous books.
Up next will be Now You See Me by Sharon Bolton, though probably I won't start that just yet as I have buddy read sections to catch up on.
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Post by sony08 on Jan 17, 2024 14:22:13 GMT
Finished Becoming by Nora Roberts which is a second book in the Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy and cannot wait to read the third book - just having a very short break to read a review novella by LK Chapman - The Storm for the TBConFB book club. Its only 32 pages so it is a very short one.
I am also listening to Matthew Perry's book which I am finding hard as I grew up on Friends and he was always my favourite so it's hard to listen, but it seems a very honest account so far.
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Post by froglady on Jan 17, 2024 18:59:59 GMT
I've left my currently reading at my cousin's place in London when I was there at the weekend, so that goes on hold till either this or next weekend depending on when I next visit. Instead, last night I zipped through A Vicarage Christmas by Kate Hewitt, which I found a fun short novel, with a bit of Bridgerton feels to it. It is a series, but full details aren't yet available for all the books - though there is a teaser right at the end of this one that the next book will be about another one of the Holley sisters instead of a continuation of this story. I'm a bit intrigued but not intrigued enough to order the book, though certainly a series to keep an eye out for.
Up next will be The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves, as I start my "read more hardbacks" goal for the year.
Thank you for listing this book by Kate Hewitt and her Willoughby Close series - I am hooked on them and on my 3rd already.
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Post by sony08 on Jan 18, 2024 16:08:33 GMT
So I have finished a very short story The Storm by LK Chapman and really enjoyed it. I think it takes a skills to be able to write a quality little thriller and fit it into 32 pages and the author did just that! And it helps with my Good reads challenge 😂.
Carrying on with Matthew Perry's book - it's certainly very interesting and feels very honest and I think he knew how lucky he was to manage to keep the carrier he had.
And I will also start the third book in the Dragon Heart Legacy series by Nora Roberts - The Choice. Cannot wait as it's the last book in the series and I loved it so far.
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Post by alison44 on Jan 18, 2024 16:48:27 GMT
I'm reading one of my RISI Secret Santa books, The Amber Fury by Natalie Haynes and absolutely loving it. Also listening to Game Of Lies by Clare Mackintosh while I'm cleaning. It's the second in a series, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Cleaning, not so much....
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Post by sarita on Jan 18, 2024 18:31:56 GMT
Reading a third book in parallel with the Dictionnaire and the audio. The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya, my book for Guyana.
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Post by adelynechan on Jan 18, 2024 21:12:06 GMT
Thank you for listing this book by Kate Hewitt and her Willoughby Close series - I am hooked on them and on my 3rd already. Glad you're enjoying it! I chanced upon that one, haven't got any others but it was quite a fun short read.
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Post by adelynechan on Jan 18, 2024 21:18:56 GMT
Finished listening to With or Without You by Drew Davies, a story about a woman who describes her life with her husband before and after he went into a coma. Sounds heavy but it's quite comedic in style that I liked, especially as the narrator was good in bringing out the more serious moments throughout the story. 3.5* that I rounded down because I thought the mother-in-law trope and South Asian stereotyping was overplayed throughout, and it started to get on my nerves by the time we got to the "reveal" (when DIL and MIL have their showdown talk basically).
Up next will be Between Us by Clare Atkins, a story about a refugee teenager in Australia. Have listened to the first few chapters but they're short and haven't gotten beyond introducing the characters.
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Post by peppercricket on Jan 21, 2024 12:44:25 GMT
Am on a Elly Griffiths binge, just reading the latest/last one now - The Last Remains
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