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by Vanessa
Sat November 11th, 2023, 3:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? Nov. 2023
Replies: 11
Views: 1103

Re: What Are You Reading? Nov. 2023

I’m reading Inheritance by Jenny Eclair , a family saga spanning 70 years set in Cornwall. I loved Moving by the same author which I read with my local reading group, so when I saw this one on the ‘returned books’ shelf at the library I grabbed it! At least I won’t have to pay £1 to request it!! Via...
by Vanessa
Sat November 4th, 2023, 3:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? Nov. 2023
Replies: 11
Views: 1103

Re: What Are You Reading? Nov. 2023

I’m now reading The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict. A fun murder mystery with a puzzle to solve.
by Vanessa
Sat November 4th, 2023, 3:37 pm
Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2022
Topic: Vanessa’s 2023 Reads
Replies: 13
Views: 1380

Re: Vanessa’s 2023 Reads

Good reviews, Lessons in Chemistry has been made into a TV series, I think it's on Apple but might be one of the others. Ragnar Jonasson has another series featuring a woman detective, Hilda someone I think (it's a while since I read it!), I've only read the first one but the ending is a corker.......
by Vanessa
Sat November 4th, 2023, 3:35 pm
Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2022
Topic: Vanessa’s 2023 Reads
Replies: 13
Views: 1380

October

Here’s my list for October: The Murmurs by Michael J Malone Annie Jackson has a special gift, although some would call it a ‘curse’. She can predict how and when someone will die. When she begins working in a care home for the elderly, she experiences a premonition and this leads to an investigation...
by Vanessa
Wed November 1st, 2023, 9:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? Nov. 2023
Replies: 11
Views: 1103

Re: What Are You Reading? Nov. 2023

I’m reading Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Kha n, the first in the Malabar House mystery series, set during the 1950s just after the partition in India. Via Pigeonhole I’m reading The Girls Left Behind by Emily Gunnis , a multi timeline mystery about a couple of girls who go missing from a chil...
by Vanessa
Thu October 12th, 2023, 5:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? Oct. 2023
Replies: 6
Views: 868

Re: What Are You Reading? Oct. 2023

I’m reading The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow, set in 1893, the story of three sisters who join the suffragettes in New Salem.
by Vanessa
Thu October 5th, 2023, 8:15 am
Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2022
Topic: Vanessa’s 2023 Reads
Replies: 13
Views: 1380

September

Here’s my list for September: The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman The third in the Thursday Murder club where the amateur sleuths are those living in a retirement home. In this episode they are investigating the disappearance of journalist Bethany Waite over 10 years ago. A great addition to an ...
by Vanessa
Fri September 22nd, 2023, 4:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? Sept 2023
Replies: 8
Views: 960

Re: What Are You Reading? Sept 2023

Via Pigeonhole I’m reading The Figurine by Victoria Hislop. It’s set in Greece and Britain during the 1960s, 70s and 80s and it’s about family and the questionable acquisition of ancient artefacts.
by Vanessa
Fri September 15th, 2023, 12:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? Sept 2023
Replies: 8
Views: 960

Re: What Are You Reading? Sept 2023

I’m just about to start Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, a story set in 1950s/60s about a female chemist who becomes the host of a cookery show, a story of a woman in a man’s world, I think!
by Vanessa
Mon September 11th, 2023, 8:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? Sept 2023
Replies: 8
Views: 960

Re: What Are You Reading? Sept 2023

I’m reading The Mysterious Double Death of Honey Black by Lisa Hall, the first in the Hotel Hollywood Mysteries, this one a time travel mystery set in the Beverley Hills Hotel in 2019 and 1949.

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