Book Club

[mcbet]

Ruth Rendell died last year so I thought that would mean the end of her great mysteries I have enjoyed over the years. I see now there will be another 'Spectacularly creepy and macabre tale' from her in October. Something to look forward to. 

[sandy53]

This week I read The Kind Worth Killing by Swanson thanks to the recommendations here.  It was good.  The characters were amoral and that always bothers me, but the twists in the plot were very good. 

I also finally read Big Little Lies by Moriarty.  I've had it on my kindle for quite a some time and I'm not sure why I waited to read it because it was very good.  This is the third book I've read by this author and I think her style is so unique.  There were some good twists in plot of this book, also.

Now I am reading Paper Town by John Green.  So far it is very clever.

[Judaline]

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@mcbet wrote:

Ruth Rendell died last year so I thought that would mean the end of her great mysteries I have enjoyed over the years. I see now there will be another 'Spectacularly creepy and macabre tale' from her in October. Something to look forward to. 

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Would it by chance be an Inspetor Wexford? But it sounds like her usual type novel-creepy. I really only enjoyed the Wexfords.

[yock]

Finished little Big Lies  and The Kind Worth Killing.  Both were fast moving.   I think I will take a stab at The Good Neighbor.  

[smoky22]

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@Judaline wrote:

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@mcbet wrote:

Ruth Rendell died last year so I thought that would mean the end of her great mysteries I have enjoyed over the years. I see now there will be another 'Spectacularly creepy and macabre tale' from her in October. Something to look forward to. 

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Would it by chance be an Inspetor Wexford? But it sounds like her usual type novel-creepy. I really only enjoyed the Wexfords.

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Ruth Rendell's last book is Dark Corners, out in October, I think (not an Inspector Wexford).  I'm reading another early RR now, The Best Man To Die.  I know this is unbelievable, but I just started reading her books recently.

[mcbet]

It will not be an Inspector Wexford, he retired. I forget the name of that book but was rather disappointed, it did not seem as good as the usual Wexford mysteries. The new one in October is Dark Corners.

[smoky22]

I just finished The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader.  It wasn't compelling reading for me, but I did find it interesting to learn about a religious practice from the middle ages that I knew nothing about. 

[IntoSkincare]

Started The Caller by Karin Fossum - really good so far. I've never read anything of hers so I'm excited to find another Nordic noir writer.

[beckyb1012]

Finished this weekend:

So good.  About a woman married to man running for office in the 1960's, you know the story "be a good wife and keep your mouth shut let your husband have his secrets".

 Tiny Little Thing, Beatrize Williams and;

Third and final book Lowcountry Summer, Mary Alice Monroe, The Summer's End.  Good book.

[ChynnaBlue]

This weekend I finished Gulp, by Mary Roach, and Inferno, by Dan Brown.

I would recommend anything by Mary Roach, who takes a seemingly uninteresting sciencet topic (eating and diggestion in Gulp) and makes them approachable and interesting. She's also very funny. Inferno was similar to Dan Brown's other books (he gets to be very formulaic), but still a fun roller coaster of a read.

I just started Bad Monkey, by Carl Hiaasen, and Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson. I can tell already that Just Mercy is one of those books I wish everyone in America wouold read.