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Post by scarlet on Jun 16, 2023 10:20:30 GMT -4
My reading, mostly thrillers, the last couple months:
The Overnight Guest - 7/10
The Lies I Tell - 8/10
Never Lie - 8/10
All Good People Here - 3/10
Jar of Hearts - 7.75/10
Apples Never Fall - 7.25/10
Final Girls - 7/10
The Housemaid - 8/10
The Silent Patient - 5/10
The House Across the Lake - 8/10
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Post by famvir on Jun 16, 2023 20:02:36 GMT -4
You’ve made out pretty good, scarlett! A solid set of books (though no greats…)
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Post by famvir on Jun 16, 2023 20:12:58 GMT -4
Race horse mysteries.
I love Dick Francis, best audiobooks read by Simon Prebbles. They were where I fell after I read all the Bertie’s and Agatha’s, and my favorite Belgian.
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Post by Auroranorth on Jun 16, 2023 21:54:12 GMT -4
I find the ones Dick Francis wrote with his son didn't work as well as the ones with his wife Mary. But that's just me.
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Post by famvir on Jun 17, 2023 11:02:14 GMT -4
I find the ones Dick Francis wrote with his son didn't work as well as the ones with his wife Mary. But that's just me. Not just you, aurora, I didn’t know about his wife was ghost writing for him until your post! But the older books are better than the newish ones. And can we chat about the Dragon Tattoo books? I loved the first three, and hate the new ones. (Only read the first new one…horrible.) You can’t just hire a new writer, use the same titles, same characters and previous plots, even slap the dead author’s name on the cover. They are not the same books! |
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Post by Auroranorth on Jun 17, 2023 23:24:13 GMT -4
I find the ones Dick Francis wrote with his son didn't work as well as the ones with his wife Mary. But that's just me. Not just you, aurora, I didn’t know about his wife was ghost writing for him until your post! But the older books are better than the newish ones. And can we chat about the Dragon Tattoo books? I loved the first three, and hate the new ones. (Only read the first new one…horrible.) You can’t just hire a new writer, use the same titles, same characters and previous plots, even slap the dead author’s name on the cover. They are not the same books! Agreed about the DT books. They went from being interesting thrillers to Tom Clancy knockoffs with a female lead character rather than a male. |
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Post by famvir on Jun 18, 2023 10:18:40 GMT -4
And the number of times Basil Exposition rears his ugly head.
There would be pages and pages where some side character would explain entire MAJOR plots lines and characters with the investigator nodding and saying, “…go on….” “…and then…?” “I see….”
Laziest writing I have ever seen in my life.
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Post by jenna on Jun 23, 2023 0:00:53 GMT -4
New here and this is my first post!
I just picked picked up gently used books from a thrift store.
3 Agatha Christie novels, Death on the Nile, Passenger to Frankfurt, and The Man in the Brown Suit
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Partner by John Grisham
These are next on my reading list after Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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Post by mrspickles on Jun 23, 2023 5:54:31 GMT -4
New here and this is my first post! I just picked picked up gently used books from a thrift store. 3 Agatha Christie novels, Death on the Nile, Passenger to Frankfurt, and The Man in the Brown SuitThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe The Partner by John Grisham These are next on my reading list after Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Hi jenna ! Welcome! |
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Post by tabby on Jun 23, 2023 8:16:44 GMT -4
Welcome, jenna!
Coincidently, I finished Death on the Nile yesterday. I've read it before, but it's been years and years. Still a great read. I've got a stack of Poirot stories lined up, it's been a long time since I've read any of them.
I just picked up The Man Who Died Twice (the second Thursday Night Murder Club book) from the library, and will go through that series this summer, too.
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