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I'm reading Green: The Beginning and the End. Almost finished with it. Tomorrow I will start reading The Dinner for reading group at the library.

The Skin Godsand Death of a Nag

Currently reading: Kiss Me, Annabel, The Murmurings, and Insurgent

Nightshade and about to start Before I Fall

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Has anyone read The Paying Guestsyet? It is receiving rave reviews in NZ.

Wow that sounds busy.

Kara wrote: "Jazzmine, how are you liking Insurgent?"

I like it! I feel as if Four is growing in a different way than Tris and it makes their dynamic interesting. But I am intrigued to see how the movie plays out because I wasn't thrilled with the first movie

Currently reading the final Hunger Games book. Loving it so far.

I was surprised by how much I am enjoying the series. What do you think of the first book so far?

I'm going to watch the movie after finishing the book. I hope they're at least almost as good as the books.

I'm glad I'm reading the books first :)

I'm glad I've almost finished. I keep seeing articles about the film ... mostly just posters etc but I was worried I's stumble across spoilers/

finished the daughter trilogy. I think I need to start city of bones.

What's Daughter about. Does anyone read V.C. Andrews?

I just finished The Naturals and started Before I Fall

Jazzmine wrote: "What's Daughter about. Does anyone read V.C. Andrews?"

I did a long time ago.....

Just started

I just started reading Black: The Birth of Evil last night. It's pretty good so far. I'm glad I read Green: The Beginning and the End first, even though I know I didn't have to start with that one.

I've finished city of bones! now might go on to city of ashes

I'm reading 'It's Raining Men' which is a nice easy read.

I'm reading Before I Fall and Angelfire.

It was really slow in the beginning, then about 1/4 of the way through I was able to really get into it.

I want to read that! I watched the movie when I was about 5 and loved it. I still have it.

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A riveting cat and mouse suspense thriller I just couldn't put down!
Bill Hodges is a retired cop, haunted by one particular case he did not manage to close.
When he gets a letter from someone claiming to be the "perk" of the crime and taunting him over his failure, Bill becomes hell bent on hunting him down.
Mr King has certainly not lost his touch.
I love a book than can make you gasp in surprise; then have you chuckling out loud.
This is a keeper - to be read again.



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Just started The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

Kara wrote: "I'm reading a book that my friend Shelby picked out for me. Everneath
Anyone read it yet?"

I have. It's pretty good. There are some things I would change if I could, but for the most part I was able to keep interested throughout the whole story.

In a way it is. You expect something, just not that. I know the plot gets a lot more interesting towards the middle to end of the book.

That is my life. I plan to be at one part of a book, but never get there.

Kara wrote: "How are you liking it Dustin?"

I am loving it, Kara! Literally, I am in awe of her every word! Have you read Oates before? Thank you for asking, BTW.

by Marta Tandori (Kindle) which I have received in exchange for an honest review - just started it this morning and it has sucked me right in!

Kara wrote: "Dustin wrote: "Kara wrote: "How are you liking it Dustin?"

I am loving it, Kara! Literally, I am in awe of her every word! Have you read Oates before? Thank you for asking, BTW."

I don't think I ..."

Oh, okay. I HIGHLY recommend her!

Hanging Hill

It's by Mo Hayder who writes a lot of crime fiction. It's really good so far.

Kara wrote: "Pepperpots wrote: "Hanging Hill"
I never heard of it. How is it?


Dustin wrote: "Kara wrote: "Dustin wrote: "Kara wrote: "How are you liking it Dustin?"

I am loving it, Kara! Liter..."

My introduction was her short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, but Missing Mom is the first of her novels that I've read, both of which I'd HIGHLY recommend! Hope this helps.:)

Kara wrote: "Yes it does! I'll see if its at the library"

Awesome! I'm so excited for you and discovering Joyce Carol Oates, Kara!!

Just started

Just finished by Marta Tandori
Spanning the years between the end of WWII and current times, and taking us between Nazi Germany, Norway and Hollywood, this intriguing thriller tells the story of Kate Stanton and her family.
Who is the homeless woman who is run down by a hit-and-run driver after a violent confrontation with several teenagers, one of them Kate's grand-daughter?
What was she trying to put in Kate's letter-box?
And why?
And where is it now?
Kate soon realizes that some questions are better left unasked after she is left scrambling to stay one step ahead of a killer who’s determined to end her life in order to save his own.
In this sweeping murder mystery based on the novella FORBIDDEN, past mistakes are pitted against bittersweet revenge and family secrets as old as Hollywood and Hitler threaten to destroy one family tainted by a poisonous legacy none of them can ever hope to escape.
I really enjoyed this book. Every time I thought I had it all figured out, there would be a clever twist in the plot, and I would have to begin again.
I will definitely be reading the rest of the Kate Stanton series!

I'm reading White: The Great Pursuit. Next, I'm going to read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. I also have The Road. All 3 are from the library.

I'll finish today, and I'm 4 chapters into !

Hanging Hill was terrible in the end. Such a shame. I feel quite angry because I read the whole book only to find out it was pointless and, as it's a stand alone novel, it will never be resolved. Also, after reading the conclusion I could see too many flaws with the plot and character development to give this book a rating higher than 1*.

OMG! I'm reading the mortal instruments series. On the 5th book. They are sooooo cool. Have hardly been able to put them down!!

Dying To Tell by Robert Goddard

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


4.5*
Listened to this book on audio.

Lance Bradley is idling away his life in the Somerset town of Glastonbury as usual when he receives a call for help from the eccentric sister of his old friend Rupert Alder. Inexplicably, Rupe has stopped sending the money that his dysfunctional siblings depend on.

Reluctantly, Lance goes to London to learn what he can, only to find that his friend has vanished.

His employers, a shipping company, believe he is guilty of a major fraud.

A Japanese businessman called Hashimoto claims he has stolen a document of life and death importance.

And a private detective who has been working for Rupert's trying to trace an American called Townley has been warned off by unnamed but immensely powerful interests.

No sooner has Lance decided that whatever Rupert was up to is too risky for him to get involved in than he finds that he already is involved, and the only way out is to get in deeper still.

Where is Rupert?

What is the document he has stolen, and where is it?

Who is Townley?

And what happened in the summer of 1963 that holds the key to a secret more devastating than Lance Bradley could ever have imagined?

Dying to Tell is a classic Robert Goddard mystery, intricate, compelling, and this time with a good number of red herrings, and a twist or two in the end of the tale that is, quite literally, sensational. I had to listen to the last two chapters twice!



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Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was my first Dorothy L Sayers...and it won't be my last.

When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of a respectable London advertising agency, it looks like an accident.

But then the head of the agency receives a letter intimating that all is not as it should be.

Lord Peter Wimsey is called in, and he soon discovers there's more to writing advertising copy than meets the eye.

A bit of cocaine here, a hint of blackmail there, and some wanton women muddy the investigative waters.

And then there is the brutal succession of murders -- 5 of them.

Who is behind them?

And what is the connection?

A rollicking good read.



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The Red House by Mark Haddon

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


2.5*
I read this book because I was unable to lay my hands on a copy of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timefor a group read.
Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his family for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside following the death of their mother.
Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her.
Richard paid for their mother's care during the final five years of her life, but rarely saw her. Angela was the dutiful one who visited and did all the donkey work.
The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings the world over.
Told through the alternating viewpoints of each character, The Red House becomes a cacophony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly-guarded secrets and illicit desires, all adding up to a portrait of contemporary family life that is bittersweet, comic, deeply felt and at times very confusing.
When I first started this book, I thought it was going to be great - the more I read, the more disappointed I became. Some bits are absolutely brilliant, while in other places I wondered what on earth Mark Haddon was on when he wrote it.



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The Real Katie Lavender by Erica James

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


2.5*
At 30, a year after the death of her mother, Katie Lavender receives a letter from a solicitor that literally changes everything she ever thought about herself and her family.

I have mostly enjoyed Erica James' books.

This one held few surprises, and was fairly predictable.

I may have enjoyed it more had I not been listening to Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird, which deals with the same subject, but in a totally different but far more interesting manner.



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The Real Katie Lavender by Erica James

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


2.5*
At 30, a year after the death of her mother, Katie Lavender receives a letter from a solicitor that literally changes everything she ever thought about herself and her family.

I have mostly enjoyed Erica James' books.

This one held few surprises, and was fairly predictable.

I did like the characters of the matriarch of the Nightingale Family, Cecily and one of her daughters-in-law Pen. They were each in their own way compassionate, strong women, and were the highlight of this book for me.

I may have enjoyed it more had I not been listening to Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird, which deals with the same subject, but in a totally different but far more interesting manner.



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