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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 6:55:04 GMT -8
I am reading Richard Osman's first novel called "The Thursday Murder Club", which came out 3. September. It's a fun and witty Murder Mystery - the first in a series. The second book will be out September 2021.
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Post by writerwriting on Sept 18, 2020 6:53:31 GMT -8
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
First time reading anything about the labor camps in the Soviet Union under Stalin. It was a fictional story but based heavily off the true accounts of survivors. Just horrifying. Killed more people than the Holocaust (not that they weren't both just as horrible). And survivors had to keep quiet about it or get put in the camps again. As dark as this story was because people are so cruelly treated and killed, hope and love manages to shine through.
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Post by suezenek on Sept 18, 2020 6:56:38 GMT -8
still reading tea and whatever it's called, haven't been doing much reading
thought i would, but
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Post by Keecha1996 on Sept 20, 2020 20:26:12 GMT -8
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 1:04:16 GMT -8
still reading tea and whatever it's called, haven't been doing much reading thought i would, but Would that be Tea Leaves ? LOL  I am still reading Richard Osman's murder mystery called "The Thursday Murder Club", and I love it. Here is a bit of what it's about (taken from Amazon UK): "In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves."
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Post by suezenek on Sept 21, 2020 5:46:59 GMT -8
no it's not....
it's about a tea shop that has a mystery in it, or something like that
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 8:12:55 GMT -8
no it's not.... it's about a tea shop that has a mystery in it, or something like that I was just kidding.
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Post by suezenek on Sept 21, 2020 9:58:19 GMT -8
ah ok...
sometimes i don't know if someone's kidding or not...hard to know here too, as you can't see the person's expression
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Post by Beckea on Sept 21, 2020 17:37:22 GMT -8
Reading Country Strong by Linda Lael Miller -- wanted to read a romance something not "real life" and something good. Not smutty.
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Post by writerwriting on Sept 23, 2020 12:57:03 GMT -8
Stargirl. Centers around a colorful character and explores the idea of popularity. An ambiguous ending. Interested in watching the Disney movie that's based on this book now that I've read it.
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Post by Keecha1996 on Sept 27, 2020 5:33:59 GMT -8
12 Serial Killers. Scary, scary, stuff.  |
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Post by slooroo on Oct 26, 2020 18:10:16 GMT -8
I'm currently reading Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski. This would be the second book that makes up the story of The Witcher (currently being adapted into a show on Netflix) and the influence for the games. It's not a high brow Lord of the Rings style fantasy but it's a fun read and it's a nice cool down book from tougher reads I do. I am close to done with it though so I'll likely be choosing another book in a day or two.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2020 0:12:46 GMT -8
I am reading the new John Grisham book called "A Time For Mercy". So far, so good...  |
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Post by slooroo on Oct 31, 2020 21:53:39 GMT -8
Finished:
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski: Fun book. That sounds like a weak review but honestly The Witcher isn't a hyper deep series or anything even if there can be morals to the stories. It's just enjoyable and if you want a fun, well written fantasy series it's a good one.
The Journeys of St. Paul by James Harpur: Published by Readers' Digest it's a really short book with a basic summary of the journeys of Paul through Greece and Anatolia during his missionary work and his final journey to Rome to face Caesar himself. Each story is about 2-4 pages long and usually has pictures as well as the opinions of scholars on the stories. I think it's decent enough and easy to digest.
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima: I love Mishima's works so I'm slowly going through them. This particular one is very loosely based on an actual event that happened in Japan where a monk burned down his own Buddhist temple. Mishima interviewed the man in prison several times as part of writing this book. However it's not a biography of the real event, just an inspiration for Mishima. The actual story is about the danger of obsession.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2020 16:29:56 GMT -8
Reading Country Strong by Linda Lael Miller -- wanted to read a romance something not "real life" and something good. Not smutty.
I saw the movie COUNTRY STRONG, if it's the same. Pretty good.
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