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majkia

majkia

Joined October 2016

LibraryThing member majkia

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Introvert, sci fi/fantasy fan, owned by a poodle and a doodle. Pearl Rule and Oxford Comma fan
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Something Wicked by E. X. Ferrars
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The Old Silent by Martha Grimes
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Resolute | Jack Campbell
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Jack Campbell is always a good read.

#ReadYourKindle
@CBee

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The Big Four | Agatha Christie
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meh. A disappointment after the wonders of Roger Ackroyd.
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Aims42 I thought so too! I‘m excited to talk about this one and hear what everyone else thought 6d
Cuilin It‘s hard not to compare her books with each other but some were so good others pale in comparison. 6d
Librarybelle This one is not a favorite of mine. 6d
willaful I know, it's so wild that she wrote such an amazing book and followed it up with this. She was only at the beginning though. 6d
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Paradise | Craig Alanson
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Skippy, the alien beer can, as usual, steals the show.

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I have no earthly idea why I thought it would be a good idea to reread this book. Obviously I was under heavy medication at the time (which was probably actually true). DNF

It was okay but definitely not what I enjoy.

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#Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2w
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Finished The Fifth gospel this morning, read Booked to Die earlier in July. Go me!

I'm not sure why I read Caldwell, as I'm not religious. It was a good mystery though.

#Bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 3w
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The Big Four | Agatha Christie
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The Old Silent | Martha Grimes
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August! August!

Hoping to have a quiet and healthier August.

#Bookspin #Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4w
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | AGATHA. CHRISTIE
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This one was definitely a surprise. I did not see that coming.

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Librarybelle Yes! 4w
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Interesting space opera where humans use artificial constructs to upload into to fight a war against aliens. Interesting concepts, mystifying aliens and weird artefacts. What's not to like.

#ReadYourKindle @CBee

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The Night Agent: A Novel | Matthew Quirk
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#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

Quite different from the series streaming on Netfix. Not sure which version I liked better. Enjoyed both.

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Slough House | Mick Herron
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Such a great great series, and the Apple TV adaptation is wonderful too.

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Boundless | Jack Campbell
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Space opera with lots of battles and politics. I love the series.

#ReadYourKindle @CBee

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

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Booked to Die | John Dunning
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Fun mystery with lots of red herrings and interesting stuff about bookscounts and bookmen!

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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The Night Agent: A Novel | Matthew Quirk
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#ReadYourKindle July @CBee

10. - Capital Murder - An Alt History of New York mystery
16. - The Lazarus War - Artifact - Sci Fi Space Opera
19. - Sci Fi - Boundless - Jack Campbell
17. - Thriller-Spies - The Night Agent - Matthew Quirk

Currently reading Boundless and The Night Agent

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I've been struggling with health issues. Major changes to my circumstances and getting used to things. Reading is slower given the circumstances but I still love it.

Happy July everyone.

julieclair So sorry to hear about your health issues. I‘m glad books can provide some solace. 💙 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Lovely list!! Hope your health is going the right direction now!! 💕 2mo
majkia @julieclair Thanks. I'm much better off than so many people struggling with health issues, but getting used to things is difficult. 2mo
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majkia @TheAromaofBooks I'm hoping once I get to see the specialist next week we can come up with a clearer plan to help me manage my necessary lifestyle changes. Fingers crossed. 2mo
AnnCrystal 🙏🏼💝 May all go well, and that the changes are easy additions 🙏🏼💝. (edited) 2mo
Bookwomble I hope things work out for you in a way that maintains your emotional wellbeing 🩷 (optional virtual hug 🫂) 1mo
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Something Wicked | E. X. Ferrars
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The Night Agent: A Novel | Matthew Quirk
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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A Meditation on Murder | Robert Thorogood
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Based on the TV show I've enjoyed greatly. Lots of colorful folks, great surroundings, and a complex mystery. I enjoyed it.

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The Secret of Chimneys | Agatha Christie
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Who is who and what the heck is what? All deception and twists.

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Librarybelle I‘m looking forward to rereading this one with the group! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! This is a fun one!! 2mo
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Five Bells and Bladebone | Martha Grimes
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Very confusing mystery for Jury. Who is who, and who dunnit are definitely in question. Can he solve it? Maybe... Different from most of his cases.

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Five Bells and Bladebone | Martha Grimes
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I've been reading quite a lot of older books. Enjoying the simpler times, with mysteries that don't feature gunplay every other page.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I have a soft spot for vintage mysteries. 3mo
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A Meditation on Murder | Robert Thorogood
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CBee #8! I loved that series 👏🏻 3mo
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The Dispatcher | John Scalzi
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Read by Richard Armitage which is always fun. He does a great job always.
I do get tired of the fact that Poirot only ever has any dealings with the very rich. sigh.

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Librarybelle I do need to listen to these as read by Armitage! 3mo
MaleficentBookDragon I 😍😍😍 the ones read by Dan Stevens. (edited) 3mo
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I thought the whole book was weakened by the main character doing something she freely admits she normally wouldn't do - go to the hen party in the first place.
Other than that, the mystery was sufficiently twisty to confuse and surprise throughout.
The setting was the strongest part of the book, and well written.

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PuddleJumper 🙌 🙌 3mo
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This is one of the strangest SFF books I've read in many a moon. I'm not sure what I think of it. It morphs about halfway through from a fairly straight up alt history to a sort of SFF/Sci Fi mix.

I'm glad I read it and I'll be thinking about it for awhile.

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The Dragon's Path | Daniel Abraham
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This is a re-read, well re-listen (read by Pete Bradbury). I loved the series and want to revisit the entire thing.

Just as fascinating as I remembered it.

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PuddleJumper Excellent! 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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This has taken me forever to read because I'm still having issues with my eyes. But well worth the effort. Dodos! Ridiculous puns. Books and libraries and plots and all of it.

Late but still April #Roll100 @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 4mo
AnnCrystal 🙏🏼💝. 4mo
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Starplex (ACE ORIGINAL) | Robert J Sawyer

I listened to the audiobook version read by Mark Boyett.

Definitely not my favorite Sawyer but interesting anyway. I found it a bit dry, but with lots of science and lots of imagination about where the future might lead us. I especially liked the aliens and how different from us they were.

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The Codex | Douglas Preston
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May #Bookspin and #Doublespin

For Doublespin SFF I select The Dragon's Path

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
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Readings | Sven Birkerts
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Bingo's Run: A Novel | James Levine
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The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie
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Fun spy romp through South Africa. Irritating commentary on women and domestic abuse by heroine though.

#ReadYourKindle @CBee

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A surprise! Library hold came through!

When a prominent member of the Marlow community is poisoned, the three friends are once again asked to look into the mystery and figure out whodunnit.

Fun as usual. I love his writing. He explores all the suspects and delves into the lives of his heroines too.

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This is a re-read so I can read the entire series. Lots of action, interesting world creation, and smart, capable characters.

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Death Comes to Marlow | Robert Thorogood
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I love the use of crossword clues in this series. The characters are fun and surprising, the mystery was multilayered and hard to guess. And I adore the cover.

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Earthside | Dennis E. Taylor
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I've really enjoyed book one and two of this series. When disaster strikes Earth, a bunch of geeks/nerds escape to a parallel universe and find a way to survive. Lots of action, lots of laughs.

TheSpineView Agree! These were great stories 👍 4mo
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Clockwork Boys | T Kingfisher
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Okay. Not as humorous or as interesting as many of her other books. Not sure I'll continue this series. But at least it is off my TBR!

#ReadYourKindle for April
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CBee 👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
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Skirmishes (Diving Universe, #4) | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Solid entry to the saga of folks who search out ancient technology to adapt it for their own use.

#Doublespin for April

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Leniverse I need to read more of these. I read Diving the Wreck, or whatever book one was called years ago and keep forgetting to return to the series. 5mo
majkia @Leniverse I love the whole alien artifact genre. I enjoy her take on it. 5mo
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A Meditation on Murder | Robert Thorogood
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Hoping to get to at least two fo them for #ReadYourKindle hosted by @CBee

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Skirmishes (Diving Universe, #4) | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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#Bookspin #Doublespin #BookspinBingo

Bookspin: Skirmishes - K K Rusch
Doublespin: Death Comes to Marlow - Robert Thorogood
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 5mo
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Skirmishes (Diving Universe, #4) | Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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Eye of the Needle | Ken Follett
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A German spy is hunted through England. If he succeeds in contacting his handlers, he can ruin the plans for D-Day.

I've seen an adaptation of this, but it wasn't nearly as memorable as the book has been. Well written, suspenseful, surprising, with lots of twists and turns and spy-y things going on.

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Above Suspicion | Helen Macinnes
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An early thriller by MacInnes. Set just before WWII. Ordinary English folks spying on the Nazis.

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The Murder on the Links | Agatha Christie
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I like Hastings so much more in the books. I wish they wouldn't make him such a charictature in the TV/movie adaptations.

#ChristieCapers @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Good observation! 5mo
BarbaraJean I don‘t even like the book version of Hastings 😬 5mo
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A Lonely Resurrection | Barry Eisler
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April's Rainbow | Cathryn Hein
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Good mix for April. Happy spring everyone

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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Oo I love Jasper Fforde 📚 5mo
majkia @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Hoping for more dodos. 5mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 5mo
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The Unfinished Clue | Georgette Heyer
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I do enjoy Heyer's mysteries. Always bright and sparkling dialog and lots of humor in characterization.

Thank you for the kind comments and good wishes for my recovery from surgery. I've had a couple of set backs but am finally really beginning to see some progress. I've still got a way to go. I tire extremely easily and everything seems difficult to do, but I can see my progress so am feeling more positive.

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Bookwomble ❤️‍🩹 5mo
AnnCrystal 🙏🏼 Progress is good. Rest & heal 🙏🏼💝. 5mo
dabbe Glad you're healing and on the mend! 🩵💙🩵 5mo
CarolynM Sending best wishes for your continuing recovery💕 Heyer‘s mysteries are a joy, may they go on keeping your spirits up. 5mo
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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I'm finally getting back to normal after open heart surgery. Recovery is slow and frustrating, but I'm getting there.

I'd have never survived this world. Claustrophic, limited, controlled.
Frustrated love, frustrated lives. Beautifully written, but telling a decidedly unhappy tale.

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Librarybelle Good to hear you are recovering! Wishing you a continued positive recovery. 5mo
AmyG May you continue to recover as planned. Wishing you only good health! 5mo
Bookwomble I'm pleased to hear your recovery is going well ☺️ ❤️‍🩹 5mo
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Jari-chan Speedy recovery to you! 5mo
Deblovestoread Wishing you a complete and speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹 5mo
PuddleJumper Wishing you a speedy recovery and only good books 5mo
AnnCrystal 🙏 May your recovery be swift 🙏💝. (edited) 5mo
kspenmoll I so hope you recover as planned. Books are the best to get us through tough times. 💕 5mo
Dilara Good to know you're getting there! Slowly but surely? 5mo
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