Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

Hi all, I am choosing Option #3 - 2025 Determination Plus Challenge. Hope to read some good books and update this post as I go along.

Progress as at January 2: 0/25 books

2025 Pick any Ten Determination Challenge

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2025 Determination Fifteen Challenge

1. A book set in a different country than you live in.


2. Read a book by an author that you never read before or one by a new debut author.


3. A book that someone recommended to you.


4. A book that is a different genre than your normal type of read (could be out of your comfort zone).

5 & 6. Two books from a series you haven't completed yet (everyone has that one or two books to still read to catch up in a series)

7. A book that comes out in 2025.

8. A book you meant to read in 2024 but never got around to it.


9. A book that came out before you were born (this one might be harder to do but we know you can handle it)

10. A book that is done by more than one author (it can be a book of short stories by different authors, or one book that is one story with more than 1 author like Patterson or Evanovich I'm sure there is others.


11. A book that won an award.

12. One of the oldest to be read books on your unread mountain.

13. A book set in multiple countries.

14. Book you started in the past but put aside and never finished for some reason. (I know we all have them. I have a small tote bag filled with them a different reason why it wasn't finish.

15. A BFB/Big Fat Book one that is 500+ pages or one longer than your usual average page count or audio length.

Thanks for joining us. Looking forward to seeing what books you end up reading. Good luck.

Good luck Ruhani!

My reads so far:

1. A book set in a different country than you live in.
The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb
Completed: Jan 14
Almost every book I read is set in a different country than I live in. This is set not only in a different country but also in a different time period (in 1363 York).

2. Read a book by an author that you never read before or one by a new debut author.
Broken Angels by Gwyn Bennett
Completed: Feb 7
I've tried 5 new authors this year. Just picking this police procedural featuring Dr Harrison Lane, Head of the Ritualistic Crimes Unit. The crimes are different from the usual because of Harrison Lane's specialty.

3. A book that someone recommended to you.
The Lake House Children by Gregg Dunnett
Completed: Feb 11
A book recommended by many Goodreads members. In fact I just wanted to check it out on Kindle but it just pulled me in and I finished it within a day!

8. A book you meant to read in 2024 but never got around to it.
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
Completed: Jan 4
This was in my Kindle library since early 2024. Loved it.

10. A book that is done by more than one author (it can be a book of short stories by different authors, or one book that is one story with more than 1 author like Patterson or Evanovich I'm sure there is others.
A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd
Completed: Feb 1
Charles Todd is a mother-son combo that not only writes the Bess Crawford series but also the Ian Rutledge series.

Adding also 2 police procedurals to #1 and #2

#1. Letter from the Dead by Jack Gatland
Completed: Jan 28
This was ok though I generally like crimes that are more domestic

#2. Secrets In Blood by Jack Cartwright
Completed: Feb 9
Good mystery, good writing but I didn't like the protagonist DI Freya Bloom

Great progress Ruhani! ..and fun that you have already tried five new authors this year.

Ruhani wrote: "Adding also 2 police procedurals to #1 and #2

#1. Letter from the DeadLetter from the Dead by Jack Gatland
Completed: Jan 28
This was ok thou..."

I love that you read so many police procedurals, Ruhani! One of my favorite genres. Guess I'll be coming back here for recommendations!