pickNot in the database so putting with another book in the series
This was a good read, with plenty of intrigue and twists. Spent a lot of the book trying to puzzle out what was going on and I actually identified the wrong killer. Not read the earlier ones in the series but still read well, however now I want to go back and read the others. Quite enjoy this authors books.
Book 3 for #JoyousJanuary Book 14 for #JumpStart2022
Started the first book in the #RhonaMacLeod series, set in Glasgow.
#JoyousJanuary #JumpStart2020
End of Day 2 of the #JoyousJanuary #Readathon Finished two books and read 454 Pages
Overall
Read 923 / 3050 Pages
Read 3 / 8 books
Written 0/3 #NetGalley Reviews, but did finish 1 #NetGalley book, review to come.
#SundaySoapbox
My choices
Picture You Dead by Peter James (Roy Grace Series)
22 Seconds by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Women‘s Murder Club)
The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway Series)
The One Impossible Labyrinth by Matthew Reilly (Jack West Jnr Series)
A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs Series)
This Is the Night They Come For You by Robert Goddard
When Blood Lies by C S Harris (Sebastian St Cyr Series)👇
Starting Last Victim, but it doesn‘t seem to be in the database so tagged it to an earlier book in the DCI Rachel King Series. This is an overdue #NetGalley Review book.
#JoyousJanuary #JumpStart2022
Finished listening to The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer. As always with Jeffrey Archer this was a good political thriller and a good story. Also worked well as an audiobook.
Book 2 for #JoyousJanuary Book 13 for #JumpStart2022
Started listening to this book by Simon Scarrow. Love his books so looking forward to this one about murder in the Second World War. Has a 4.22 rating on Goodreads!
#JoyousJanuary #JumpStart2022
#Long #BeginsWith
I love Robert Goddard books, and this is one of his best. He is such a master storyteller and always great twists. This book also takes in events in Ireland in the early parts of the Second World War. Strongly recommended and have included my review below.
The second Sam Bourne book I have chosen for #BeginsWith. I enjoy his writing style and the Thebes of his books. This #One is the second book in the Maggie Costello series and really enjoyed it. A good political thriller.
End of Day 1 of #JoyousJanuary #Readathon
469 / 3050 Pages Read
1 / 8 Books Finished
0 / 3 Net Galley Reviews Written
My stack (a bit late) for #JoyousJanuary #Readathon
Goals
Read 3050 Pages
Finish 8 books
Write 3 #NetGalley Reviews
1. Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer and Last Victim by Helen H Durranr.
2. Today foggy, cloudy and cold. Tomorrow cloudy with possibility of a little bit of sun.
3. Thermals if I am going out and otherwise in front of the fire reading.
Thanks to @slategreyskies for the tag. I‘m tagging @PageShifter @robinb @kezzlou85 @TrishB @Cupcake12
This was an enjoyable read, but I think I enjoyed the first one more. An interesting Murder mystery, with some good twists and characters, I did guess the killer, but not quite how that person committed the murder. Wish they would stop talking about alcoholism, played up too much in the books. We get the message and the demons that one character is fighting. Despite this I look forward to the next one.
#JumpStart2020 Book 1 for #JoyousJanuary
Finally getting to start The Harlech Beach Killings, the second book in the DI Ruth Hunter series set in Wales.
The second week of of our new weekly #WeekendReading feature.
Let everyone know what you are reading this weekend.
I am finally starting the Harlech Beach Killings by Simon McCleave and hoping to start Last Victim by Helen H Durant, and will be hoping to finish off the Audiobook The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer.
I will also be starting off my #JoyousJanuary Readathon
We are now 2 weeks into 2022 and this is my weekly post for week 2.
#Week2 #2022WeekltReadingUodate #BookReport
Finished 6 Books (1 more than last week)
Read 2229 Pages (12 pages less than last week)
Happy with that and very consistent.
‘As he opened the door the alarm went off‘, The Eleventh Commandment, Jeffrey Archer
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
Starting a political thriller by Jeffrey Archer. A long time since I‘ve read one of his standalone political thrillers.
#JumpStart2020
pickOkay the last book of the series. I have put it down as a pick but mainly for the series. Yes it had a good ending, but I felt a bit let down by this book. Didn‘t wow me in the way others in the series have.
However don‘t let this dissuade you from reading the series as I really enjoyed the series. #LizzyGardnerSeriesRead #TRRagan
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The third book in the excellent and fast paced e Scot Harvath Series by Brad Thor.
#State #BeginsWith
Have started the last book in the Lizzy Gardner Series, as I need to rea£ it before 18th January when my access to Kindle Unlimited expires.
An excellent series so far. #LizzyGardnerSeriesRead #TRRagan
Book 20 in one of my favourite and @Crazeedi ‘s favourite series, the Inspector Montalbano series. Definitely highly recommended.
#BeginsWith #Voice
so-soFinally finished Pig Island. A quite different story with some positive features. Just found it a tad disappointing after the other books I read from her which I loved. Like something a bit different and strange. This may well be the book for you, but I can only give it a so so.
10th book finished for #JumpStart2022
The #JoyousJanuary #Readathon is rapidly approaching this weekend. Time to start thinking about your goals for the Readathon and the books you want to read.
Not taken part before? Why not start the year by joining this fun and informal readathon. You get to choose your own goals to suit your lifestyle.
No formal signing up just post your goals and the books you want to read before Saturday and tag @Andrew65 in any posts.
1. Librarything, Goodreads (for catalogue of books, ratings and reviews), fantastic fiction. And most importantly Litsy although mainly use as an App
2. I want to read 275 Books and 105,000 pages.
3. The tagged book. The Matilda Darke Series is currently one of my favourites.
@Eggs #WondrousWednesday
I tag @TheBookHippie @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @robinb @TrishB @tracey38 @CocoReads
pickLoved this little book. What a great story, and you never quite knew how it would turn out. Like all great books leaves you wanting more. A recommended read.
3rd book finished for #ReadingAfrica2022 #Nigeria
9th book finished for 2022 and #JumpStart2022
When is a #door not a door?
All us Name of the Wind fans are waiting, it seems forever, for the third book in the trilogy to be published, called The Doors of Stone. Will it ever arrive?
#BeginsWith
1. Usually a fast moving plot, but still enjoy slow burn books if well written,
2. Love Robert Goddard and the tagged book is one of my all-time favourite books. He real,y is a master story teller.
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
I tag @Nute @Reggie @Crazeedi @kezzlou85 @Birdsong28
Starting this book sooner than expected this week, wanted something positive to do tonight and take me away from work. Reading this for #Nigeria for the #ReadingAfrica2022 Challenge
#JumpStart2022
The #Hope Vendetta. The third book in one of my favourite series, The Ben Hope Series by Scott Mariani
Interestingly this book was also published under the title The Doomsday Prophecy.
#BeginsWith
#ThinkPositiveBePositive
A great message for us all.
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pickLike all books in this series this was a very enjoyable read with some clever writing and unique plots. The strength in these books are the great central group of characters. This one took forward Jared‘s story from the cliff hanging end to the previous book. However whilst it was another very good reading I felt just a little bit let down by the ending and particularly the turn the book has taken. However on to the last book in the series.
Trying to get to a different country each week for #ReadingAfrica2022. This week I am aiming to get to Nigeria by reading this highly acclaimed book.
I was surprised how short it is. Looking forward to this one.
Love this book, which is the first book in the little known Chris Bronson Series. If you like code style thrillers and religious conspiracies I would encourage you to look at this book and series. Up to today there weren‘t even any posts for this book. A lot of years since I read it and pre Litsy days.
#First #BeginsWith
This is my #WeeklyForecast. It‘s a Mystery and Suspense Week, and two of the books I am already part way through.
4 of the 5 are also Buddy Read books.
pick2nd book finished for #ReadingAfrica2022 The books by Gaile Parkin certainly give you a feel for the country they are based in, this time Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). A delightful story told by Benedict, a young child who lives with Angel Tungazara, her husband and the other children. This follows in from the brilliant Baking Cakes in Kigali that takes place in Rwanda. Although told by a boy clear evidence of how tough everyday life is.
#SundaySoapBox Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Elizabeth2 has made me think.
Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Welsh Princes Trilogy - Sharon Penman
Sunne in Splendour - Sharon Penman
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
The Black Sun - James Twining
Lady of Hay - Barbara Erskine
Century Trilogy - Ken Follett
Lewis Trilogy - Peter May
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
A Man called Ove
This is one of Sam Bourne‘s early books, and a five star read for me. Love his thrillers.
#Final #BeginsWith
Too tired to physically read so started to listen to the tagged book, book 5 in the excellent Lizzie Gardner Series. #LizzyGardnerSeriesRead #TRRagan
Looking forward to this one as the previous book left off on a cliffhanger.
pickFinished my first Chunkster of 2022 and the first book for #ReadingAfrica2022.
This is an excellent book and a big book on so many levels, telling the story of the life of a missionary family who go to the Belgian Congo. This covers three decades of their life, and encompasses all the tumultuous events that happen to them over this period.
#AuthorAMonth #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #BarbaraKingsolver
Book 6 of 2022
I am starting a new Saturday feature, #WeekendReading.
For a lot of us we get the chance to read more at weekends so each Saturday let‘s share what we are reading that weekend.
I am listening to The PoisonWood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (#AuthoraMonth) and When Hoopoes Go To Heaven by Gaile Parkin. Both of which over countries for #ReadingAfrica 2022
What are you reading? Let‘s Share!
Starting a new weekly feature #WeekendReading
Most of us get most of our reading done at the weekend, so each weekend let‘s share what we are reading.
I am listening to The PoisonWood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (#AuthoraMonth) and When Hoopoes Go to Heaven by Gaile Parkin. Both cover countries for #ReadingAfrica2022
What are you reading? Let‘s all share.
Love this author‘s books but still to read this one. Looks like a film is coming out of it this year. Currently in post production.
#True #BeginsWith
pickFinished the last book of the Willoughby Close Series, having finished all 5 books in a little over a week. What a fabulous series of books. Loved learning about all the residents and their relationships and changing lives. A sad element to this last book but fitting to the series. Will now feel bereaved as I leave all the residents, but need to search out the Return to Willoughby Close Series.
All 5 available free on Audible if a member.
We are now 7 days into 2022 (where did it go) and starting the first of a weekly post showing reading from the previous week.
#Week1 #2022WeekltReadingUodate #BookReport
Finished 5 Books
Read 2241 Pages
A good start to the year!
A massive #ThankYou to @TheBookHippie for the wonderful gift of Shortbread, preserves and English Tea. That‘s my treats sorted out for tomorrow. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
So kind of you and much needed in what has been a tough week due to big stomach and intensities issues. Possible a big IBS / GERD outbreak following COvID. Told this can be a thing by some on Twitter, but causing a lot of discomfort and pain, not to mention anxiety which then make it worse! 👇
Such a great message, and something everyone needs to keep in mind - 2 things!
1. We will get through this.
2. Be kind to each other, treating people how you would like to be treated.
#ThinkPosituveBePositive
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Love all his books, and this lovely story was no exception.
#You #BeginsWith
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