Category Archives: current reading

Current Reading, July 16: Ryan, Horowitz, McBride, Cole

Posted on July 16, 2018 by

Confession: I’m still catching up, so some of these were read slightly more than a month ago. The Other Woman by Hank Phillips Ryan – thriller/mystery – One of the many blogs I visit is Jungle Red Writers, contributed to by seven or … Continue reading →

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Current Reading July 9, 2018 – McGown, Buck

Posted on July 8, 2018 by

Murder At the Old Vicarage by Jill McGown – I liked the first couple of the Lloyd and Hill detective stories I read, the first two in the series, and this seemed like a good one to try next. However, … Continue reading →

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Doing OK

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

It’s been a while since I posted, and though I don’t have a lot to say, I thought it would be good to check in with any readers still out there. I’m doing okay, been a little sick but not … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: M. C. Beaton, Val McDermid

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

It’s been hot and will be getting hotter: in the 90s now and 106 expected in a couple of days. I really hate this kind of heat, and it drains all the energy out of me. I don’t even feel … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Dunstall, Macdonald, Cornwell

Posted on July 23, 2017 by

After finishing the Patricia Moyes mystery, I was in the mood for some science fiction, so I decided to read Linesman by S. K. Dunstall, a mass market paperback I bought last year. I liked it quite a lot, both for … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Foster, Moyes, Sandford

Posted on July 16, 2017 by

I finished Icerigger by Alan Dean Foster, which I first became aware of through a blog review, though I don’t recall which blog. I enjoyed it. It’s nothing literate or thought-provoking, just a fun SF novel about a group of people who … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Edwards, Heywood, Foster, Sandford

Posted on July 9, 2017 by

Two books read this time, in addition to the Civil War book I reviewed for my FFB. Miraculous Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards, is a collection of “locked-room murders and impossible crimes”. An anthology of 16 stories, published recently by British … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Krueger, O’Brien, Nesbø

Posted on July 2, 2017 by

While having computer problems and ultimately buying a new one, then doing all the setup and organizing required to have a working system and LAN, I did less reading, but finished a couple of things. I decided to get current … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: not much, how about you?

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

I know I read a few short stories in a locked room anthology edited by Martin Edwards, but right now the name of it escapes me. The neighbors are having their 4th loud pool party in a row (Thursday, Friday, … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Bernstein/Woodward, Deaver

Posted on June 11, 2017 by

The weather has been nice, the garden looks great, things are fine. I haven’t done a lot of reading, but I finished Orbital Decay by Allen Steele, and liked it better at the end than at the middle point, which does … Continue reading →

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