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Tell us what you will be reading next here :-)

I will be reading Gone Girl or The Lifeboat next I think.

I am just about to start rereading Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which is BOTM for another one of my groups. Last time I read it was in the late 1970s so I have pretty much forgotten it...

Next for me will be The Painted Veil - W. Somerset Maugham.

Once I am finished with the three books I am currently reading, I think I will try to finish The Other Queen. I have had it since September.

Next up for me is The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne.

Becca wrote: "Tell us what you will be reading next here :-)

I will be reading Gone Girl or The Lifeboat next I think."

I found Gone Girl to be quite frustrating at times, but I loved it because it was very unsettling and intense.

I plan to start The Light Between Oceans next, but I also need to read The Fault in Our Stars for my real life book club!

@Alannah - I have heard a few people say that about it. I think it's probably a love or hate kind of book. I'm reading it to see what all the fuss is about haha!

@Shirley - The Fault in our Stars made me bawl like a baby (in a good way) lol. I hope you enjoy it :-)

Becca wrote: "@Alannah - I have heard a few people say that about it. I think it's probably a love or hate kind of book. I'm reading it to see what all the fuss is about haha!

@Shirley - The Fault in our Stars ..."

So do I, but I don't like really sad books...

I started a very light, entertaining book last night: Two for the Dough. I wasn't completely sold on the series after reading the first book but a friend told me they got better?

Elizabeth wrote: "Next up for me is The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne."

I read that a few months ago. I'll be interested in comparing notes when you finish.

Petra wrote: "I started a very light, entertaining book last night: Two for the Dough. I wasn't completely sold on the series after reading the first book but a friend told me they got better?"

I can't help as I am unfamiliar with that series. But summer is a perfect time for light reading!

Becca, I'll agree with Alannah, Gone Girl is quite frutrating at parts but gripping nevertheless. I hope you enjoy it if you decide to read this one :)

Shirley, good luck with The Fault in Our Stars. I don't think anyone can escape crying by the end of it..

Even though I'm not yet done with my current book, I might start reading After Dark tomorrow while travelling.

Becca wrote: "@Alannah - I have heard a few people say that about it. I think it's probably a love or hate kind of book. I'm reading it to see what all the fuss is about haha!

@Shirley - The Fault in our Stars ..."

I think I loved it simply because I could not put it down and I was still thinking about long after I had finished. I absolutely love books that can mess with your mind a bit.

Petra wrote: "I started a very light, entertaining book last night: Two for the Dough. I wasn't completely sold on the series after reading the first book but a friend told me they got better?"

Don't know them, would you recomand them then Petra?

Leslie wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Next up for me is The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne."

I read that a few months ago. I'll be interested in comparing notes when you finish."

Unfortunately, I didn't finish it. I didn't get past chapter 2 before I gave up. Wasn't enjoying it at all, so I quit and deleted it from my Kindle account. Glad I only lost 99 cents!

Elizabeth wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Next up for me is The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne."

I read that a few months ago. I'll be interested in comparing notes when you finish."

Unfortunately, I didn't finish it. I didn't get past chapter 2 before I gave up. Wasn't enjoying it at all, so I quit and deleted it from my Kindle account. Glad I only lost 99 cents! .."

Too bad you paid anything as that is in the public domain. I thought it was mediocre rather than terrible - I liked the main character but the solution to the mystery was quite obvious early on.

What kind of mysteries do you prefer?

Leslie wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Next up for me is The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne."

I read that a few months ago. I'll be interested in comparing notes when you finish."

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I like Agatha Christie and cozy mysteries. The problem I'm finding now is that cozies have some things in them I don't like - they don't seem so "cozy" anymore if that makes sense. I guess I Iike the good old fashioned "weekend at an English estate/country house" type.

I might start very soon with Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture.

@Shirley - Get your tissues ready, lol ;-) It has enough wit in it to not be a depressingly sad book though.

@Akylina - Thank you :-) I'm reading it now and am hooked already.

@Alannah - Yeah I like those sort of books too. I love a good plot twist.

Elizabeth wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Next up for me is The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne."

I read that a few months ago. I'll be interested in comparing notes when you finish."

Unfortunately, I did..."
I didn't like it that much either!!! What do you think of It Leslie?

My next books will be "Gialli" - Mysteries: one set in these yrìears of crisys Greece, and next to it the first novel by Camilla Läckberg The Ice Princess

Next up for me is The Lifeboat. Trying to push through my September reads early.

LauraT wrote: "Petra wrote: "I started a very light, entertaining book last night: Two for the Dough. I wasn't completely sold on the series after reading the first book but a friend told me they got better?"

Don't know them, would you recomand them then Petra? ..."

I can't say, Laura. They are light and somewhat entertaining but I'm not completely pulled into them. I love Grandma Mazur. She's wonderful.
I think it's worth looking at the first book, if you can get a cheap copy, to see if you'd like them. You'd fly through a copy in a couple of hours.

@Elizabeth - have you tried Ngaio Marsh or Patricia Wentworth?

I will be reading the 3rd Inspector Morse book next (The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn) for a buddy read, followed by Phineas Finn for my Trollope personal challenge...

Petra wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Petra wrote: "I started a very light, entertaining book last night: Two for the Dough. I wasn't completely sold on the series after reading the first book but a friend told me they g..."


I'll give a look for it wgen I'm back to Perugia in sep then, no rush!
Thanks anyway!

Iam just going to start The Thirteenth Tale
looking forward to it hope my high hopes don't get 'dashed on the rocks'

Tracey wrote: "Iam just going to start The Thirteenth Tale
looking forward to it hope my high hopes don't get 'dashed on the rocks'"

Hope you like it, Tracey! I read it some time ago, and whilst I wouldn't rave about it, it was an enjoyable read.

Shirley wrote: "Tracey wrote: "Iam just going to start The Thirteenth Tale
looking forward to it hope my high hopes don't get 'dashed on the rocks'"

Hope you like it, Tracey! I read it some time ago, and whilst ..."

will let you know I have see mixed reviews on here.

Next up for me will be Private Enterprise by Angela Thirkell and This Gun for Hire by Graham Greene (also published as This Gun for Sale).

I'd like to after I finish No Return, I'd like to read The Way of the Swordand book three The Way of the Dragonif I have time. The one I am currently reading is taking up all my time because I started reading it after I finished The Fault in our Stars. They go back to my library on the 1st with The Fault in Our Starswhich I currently read recently and it was a pretty good read. The Young Samurai series is a pretty good series thus far so if I have time, I will read books 2 and 3. I am also ready to read Doctor Sleepwhen it comes into my library after September 24 and Styxxthe next Dark hunter novel from Ms. Sherrilyn Kenyon when it comes out next month. I will also be getting Defiancefor my 26th birthday on September 26 and I read what the book was about and it looks like an interesting read. So I read what I can pick up at my local library when they come in and more.

first up is The Light Between Oceansand The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I'm getting them at the library Sunday.

I'll be starting As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner tomorrow. It has been flirting with me sitting on it's bookshelf for a while now. It is time ;)

Jenny wrote: "I'll be starting As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner tomorrow. It has been flirting with me sitting on it's bookshelf for a while now. It is time ;)"

Wait for me another 10 days!!!
I'll start tomorrow I hope The Light Between Oceans and a little book by my beloved miss Read Fairacre Festival

LauraT wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I'll be starting As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner tomorrow. It has been flirting with me sitting on it's bookshelf for a while now. It is time ;)"

Wait for me another 10 days!!!
I'..."

Laura I can't help it, it screams 'read me, read me'! Who could resist? Plus nothing else on this shelf really strikes my fancy at the moment and Zola will need to be swallowed later this month, but I promise I will wait for you to discuss it.:)

Jenny wrote: "I'll be starting As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner tomorrow. It has been flirting with me sitting on it's bookshelf for a while now. It is time ;)"

I'm going to start that soon! :-)

Becca wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I'll be starting As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner tomorrow. It has been flirting with me sitting on it's bookshelf for a while now. It is time ;)"

I'm going to start that soon! :-)"

Jenny wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I'll be starting As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner tomorrow. It has been flirting with me sitting on it's bookshelf for a while now. It is time ;)"

Wait for me anothe..."

Ok then. I have the book at home, where I'll on the 9th. I'll start it immediatley, together with The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Just now ordered for two books for the month of October.
They are:
1. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
2. The Secret Garden.

@ Becca and Laura, looking forward to it

@ Dhanaraj, I hadn't heard of Flatland before but is sounds like a really intriguing mind-bender

I chose FLATLAND exactly for its unique nature. The description provoked me. Seems really an interesting book.

Dhanaraj wrote: "I chose FLATLAND exactly for its unique nature. The description provoked me. Seems really an interesting book."

It does look unusual, I will be interested to hear what you think of it...

@ Shirley, FLATLAND is my October read. But as soon as I read it I will let you know of my opinions.

Dhanaraj wrote: "Just now ordered for two books for the month of October.
They are:
1. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
2. The Secret Garden."

Great choices! I have been flirting with reading Flatland since February so I might join you. And I love The Secret Garden :)

I have too many to choose from! I think The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Diamonds Are Forever maybe next...

I'll be readingThe Mystery of Edwin Drood next.

I want to read Under the Dome coming up too. Have been watching the cbs show and it has already veered away from the book. I might wait and read it in november.

Shirley wrote: "Dhanaraj wrote: "I chose FLATLAND exactly for its unique nature. The description provoked me. Seems really an interesting book."

It does look unusual, I will be interested to hear what you think o..."

I read it several years ago. I found it ... flat!!! And that's not a joke. Tell me what you think

I'm about to start The Light Between Oceans and The White Lioness to keep on with my "mistery" period!

I'm starting The Light Between Oceanswhen I pick it up at the library Sunday with the perks of being a wallflower.

Amber wrote: "I'm starting The Light Between Oceanswhen I pick it up at the library Sunday with the perks of being a wallflower."

Excellent, I've just finished it, and can't wait to start talking about it!

Amber wrote: "I'm starting The Light Between Oceanswhen I pick it up at the library Sunday with the perks of being a wallflower."

Enjoy The Perks of Being a Wallflower! It's one of my faves.

Thanks Becca! I saw the movie a while back and it was pretty good so I want to read the book too. ^_^