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  What areyou reading in November?

  Hopefully you are reading Michelle's book for our discussion, but let's see what else you're reading this month! And please, don't keep us all in suspense, tell us a little about what you thought of the books as well.

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  IYamVixenBooks 

  This morning, I finished BLOODY AWFUL - Georgia Evans, 2nd book in her paranormal cozy trilogy set in WWII England. It was even better than the first in the trilogy.

  Currently:
  BOCD in the car: ICE TRAP - Kitty Sewell, suspense
  Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery
  Bedside book: searching....searching.....

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    Currently:
    BOCD in the car: ICE TRAP - Kitty Sewell, suspense, CD 3 of 10
    Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, chap 3
    Bedside book: VICIOUS CIRCLE #2 Feix Castor series - Mike Carey, UF, chap 4
    Bike book: HOLIDAY GRIND #7 Coffeehouse mystery - Cleo Coyle, chap 4

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    DH and I gave up on ICE TRAP - Kitty Sewell, the BOCD we were listening to in the car. It's supposed be suspense, but the only suspense was when the suspense was going to begin. I liked it more than DH, but to keep the peace for carpooling, I changed out to one I knew we'd both dig. I'll get ICE TRAP later as a handheld and read on my own.

    Currently:
    BOCD in the car: CUT & RUN - Jeff Abbott, 3rd in Judge Whit Mosley series, suspense/thriller, CD 1 of 11
    Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, hoping to get a little sip'n'read time tomorrow afternoon
    Bike book: HOLIDAY GRIND - Cleo Coyle, cozy mystery
    Bedside book: VICIOUS CIRCLE - Mike Carey, page 63, wish I could stay up past my bedtime to read more....

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    Ladyslott 

    I really enjoyed Ice Trap, I would call it more of a psychological mystery than a real edge of your seat thriller.

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    Ladyslott: I added it back to the WWBL to get another day to read on my own. It may have been the narrator, too. Sometimes that affects how a book is enjoyed or not.

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    I finished CUT & RUN - Jeff Abbott the other day in the car on the way to work. A very cool suspense to listen to. I love this series.
    I also finished VICIOUS CIRCLE - Mike Carey that evening. Stayed up late to finish. Superbly intense paranormal UF mystery. Highly excellent.

    Currently:
    BOT in the car: SKIN DEEP: book 6 Bodybags Mystery - Christopher Golden, suspense, tape 3 of 5, side 1
    Bedside book: HOLIDAY GRIND - Cleo Coyle, cozy mystery, well over halfway through
    Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, over halfway through thanks to Wii time for Lady K

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    I finished the fab HOLIDAY GRIND - Cleo Coyle. Excellent cozy series and this is perfect for my holiday season reading.

    Currently:
    BOT in the car: SKIN DEEP - Christopher Golden, tape 4 of 5, side 1
    Bedside book: OVER MY DEAD BODY - Michele Bardsley, chap 6
    Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, 70 pages from the end

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    I finished the so-so SKIN DEEP - Christopher Golden yesterday afternoon. Bleh....the first book in this series and (I think) the 4th or 5th were superb, then this one was a let down. It felt like he was trying to make everything fit to move the story along and the segues felt weak. I am done with the series even after only three listened to, but not done with the author as I know he has talent. And he writes paranormal mysteries that are highly thought of.

    Currently:
    BOCD in the car: DEATH'S HALF ACRE - Margaret Maron, Judge Deborah Knott series, one of my favorite series to read and/or listen to
    Purse book: DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee, paranormal mystery, so very close to finishing this one. It's a good book that keeps me on the recumbent bike longer
    Bedside book: OVER MY DEAD BODY - Michele Bardsley, paranormal romance with some mystery, over halfway through

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    Banner reading the last two days. Played hooky yesterday and finished DESOLATE ANGEL - Chaz McGee and woke fairly early this morning before the rest of the fam and finished OVER MY DEAD BODY - Michele Bardsley. Both very enjoyable.

    Currently:
    BOCD in the car: DEATH'S HALF ACRE - Margaret Maron, CD 2 of 8
    Purse book: ROSEMARY & RUE - Seanan McGuire, paranormal, UF, just starting
    Bedside book: DILLY OF A DEATH - Susan Wittig Albert, cozy mystery, chap 4

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  Susan T 

  We are reading thrillers this month over at Play Book Tag. This is the list of contenders vieing for my attention this month:

  * Doug Preston just sent me a galley of his next solo novel, Impact. Yay!
  * I will harrass James Rollins until he sends the MS of his next novel, Alter of Eden.
  * I have preordered Stephen King's epic Under the Dome. I'm more excited about it than anyhting he's written in decades.
  * I have also preordered the forthcoming Michael Crichton, a book I'm equally excited and saddened by.
  * I need to re-read and review my friend Boyd Morrison's forthcoming debut thriller, The Ark. I haven't seen it since I worked on the MS a couple of years ago.
  * I also have miscellaneous other thrillers awaiting review. There's a PBO called the Hunt for Atlantis or something like that by a Brit named Andy McDermott possibly. God knows what else. Oh, and maybe I can finally get to Bill Floyd's The Killer's Wife. And a Hunger Gamesesque YA thriller called The Maze Runners by James Dashner.

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  Ladyslott 

  Currently reading Die For You by Lisa Unger.

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    Susan T 

    I haven't read Die for You yet, but I loved Beautiful Lies, and to a lesser degree Sliver of Truth. Please let us know how it is.

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    Ladyslott 

    I will- I've read all her books so far I have enjoyed them all.

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  Amy Dawson Robertson 

  I've been meaning to read Lisa Unger. I'm reading Vince Flynn's Consent to Kill -- tightly plotted, great characters.

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  WonderBunny 

  I've trying to finish up my reading from November... so no thrillers yet. I have an exam today so after that I will be in a better position to read more - well, that is until my next exam.

  So far I think I'm going to be reading an F. Paul Wilson book and something else.

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  SteveC 

  Just started CSI: Nevada Rose by Jerome Preisler. Only a couple chapters in and find that Preisler captures the characters exactly. Really loved the first few CSI novels by the amazing Max Allan Collins, but haven't read any in a while.

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  Nee 

  Just finished: "Rain Gods" by James Lee Burke, sadly is not his best work. Yet he is such a good writer that if someone were to read that before any other work by him, they'd say it was a very good read.

  And most of the way through, "Blindsight" by Peter Watts. A slightly slow to get going Sci-fi/fantasy/horror story with interesting psychological head trips: it's been a good read so far.

  And nearly done with "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. A very good read.

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    I have STARFISH - Peter Watts on the WWBL and just added BLINDSIGHT. Thanks for the cranium's up.

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  Raspberrymocha55 

  I've just finished:
  The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson 2 stars
  Alone by Lisa Gardner 4 stars
  The Last Oracle by James Rollins 4 stars
  I am currently reading:
  Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb
  Interred with Their Bones by Jennifer Carrell
  Split Second by David Baldacci

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  Ari 

  Soon to start 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson. I've heard a good deal of mixed reviews on this one, so I'm very curious to start up some reading.

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  BeckyL 

  I just finished The Archangel Project by C.S. Graham and it was great! A thriller about remote viewing and the first in a series, followed by the recently released Solomon Effect.

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  Jennifer Whodunit Lover  

  I am reading (books on tape) Lisa Gardner's Neighbor. It is a very interesting and intriguing approach. I am really interested and trying to figure out what happened. Which if I haven't figured it out yet is very exciting.

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    J J 

    Hi I finished The Neighbour last week and enjoyed it. Let me know what you thought about the end when you have finished it.
    Regards J J

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  Jennifer Whodunit Lover  

  I just finished Roadside Crossing by Jeffrey Deaver - very good and i like this new characher Kathryn Dance and the tech professor Bolling character. But Jeffrey Deaver never disappoints!

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  M.M. (edited)

  I'm currently reading Evil At Heart by Chelsea Cain. It's the third book in the series. I'm also reading Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. I just finished Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille.

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  WonderBunny 

  I've read Gateways by F. Paul Wilson - very good read.
  Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff - very good thriller.
  Crisscross by F. Paul Wilson (the next in the Repairman Jack series after Gateways) - I also enjoyed this one but things kept going bad with Jack's fix-it jobs and I kept wondering if all that stuff to just continue to happen. It made it a little frustrating sometimes.
  Also read Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory. It was good... don't know if it a real thriller but it was enjoyable and different.

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  BeckyL 

  I'm reading Under the Dome, the new Stephen King. It arrived last night and I'm about 1/3 through it now.

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    Lee B 

    ooh, let me know how it is when you are done, o.k.

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    Susan T 

    My copy is waiting for me 3,000 miles away at my parents house. I had Amazon ship it there, because I wasn't convinced it would arrive before I fly home to visit them on Saturday. And now I'm so frustrated I don't have it that I'm struggling not to purchase a second west coast copy!

    I did sit down in the bookstore the other day and read the first 47 pages. It was off to a great start, and I can't wait to read further. Fortunately, I'll be on vacation for 11 days starting Saturday. :-)

    I can't wait to see your review, Becky.

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    Chuck H 

    It's om my Xmas Wish List - Hope to get it sooner. What do you think of the story so far????

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    BeckyL 

    I am loving the story so far. I had serious withdrawal yesterday. I've got all week off, but I was busy all day yesterday and didn't get to read at all. Agh!

    The book is moving super quick and I definitely recommend it at this point. I'm about halfway through and I don't think I'll have any complaints.

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  Scarlett 

  I'm still reading "Backstage Murder" Shelley Fredont. It's a cozy but has been pretty good so far.

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  literaryvampiress 

  I am currently reading Kindred in Death by JD Robb, which will be followed by Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson for a challenge

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  Tony Peters 

  I am just about to start Rough Draft by James W. Hall

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  Scarlett 

  I'm just starting "The Lace Reading" Barry. Pretty good so far but I'm only about 50 pages in.

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  WonderBunny 

  Finished reading The Ruins by Scott Smith.

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  Lee B 

  Well, I just started "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell. I have read several of the other Scarpetta books and really like the series.

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  Lee B 

  I just got back from a Library book sale and got a few books. I was wondering if anybody here has heard of these and what they thought of them:
  "Pale Immortal" by Anne Fraser
  "Aphrodite" by Russell Andrews
  "Last Known Vicitm" by Eric Spinder
  "Echo Park" by Michael Connelly
  "Play Dead" by Anne Fraser
  All of the above books were only .25 cents!
  "The Murder Game" by Beverly Barton
  "The Family" by Mario Puzo
  "Silent Witness" by Richard North Patterson
  "Snow Blind" by P.J. Tracy
  "Bloodroot" by Susan Wittig Albright
  "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb
  These books were only .50 cents!
  Does anybody know anything about any of these?
  I bought some of these just because they were so cheap.......

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    literaryvampiress 

    Snowblind is the 3rd in a series, the first in the series is called Monkeewrench so if you are like me and HAVE to read a series in order I thought I'd let you know. And the series is fabulous.

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    Tony Peters 

    Echo Park is a great read! Love Harry Bosch!

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    Lee B 

    Thanks for the info literaryvampiress--I'll check out the others in the series.
    By the way, I love your name!

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    Lee B 

    Thanks Tony. I've seen "Echo Park" in stores, just never knew much about it.

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    First of all, NICE haul!

    
    

    "Echo Park" by Michael Connelly, can't go wrong with Michael Connelly

    
    

    "Snow Blind" by P.J. Tracy, I really liked this
    "Bloodroot" by Susan Wittig Albright, excellent series, have this one on Mt Git'r'Read

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    WonderBunny 

    I just finished a book by Erica Spindler, it was pretty good.
    I haven't read Snow Blind but really enjoyed Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy.
    And I have a book by Beverly Barton on my TBR stack but haven't gotten to it.

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    Lee B 

    Thanks IYamVixenBooks--it was a great bargin for the price! And they were all in very good/excellent condition also!

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    Ladyslott (edited)

    I haven't read the 2 Anne Fraser's on your list, but I have read several others and enjoyed them.

    Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series is great, Echo Park is the 12th book in the series, but it isn't absolutely necessary to read them in order; I started at book 7, not knowing it was a series and have continued forward from there and also have read some of the books from the start of the series.

    I agree with everyone, the Monkeewrench books are great, but that series I think works better if read in order.

    Bloodroot is book 10 in the China Bayles series- cozy mystery. These books don't nneed to be read in order.

    I read Wally Lamb's She's Come Undone, and I really liked it.

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    literaryvampiress 

    What is the first book in the Harry Bosch series Linda?

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    Ladyslott 

    The first book in the series is The Black Echo.

    A great place to find series order is here:

    http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp

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    IYamVixenBooks 

    And http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
    This is my go to site for book series order

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  literaryvampiress 

  I just finished Kindred in Death by JD Robb and I love this series, it's such a character driven series that I always feel like I am visiting with friends. Next up is Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson

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  BeckyL 

  After wrapping up King's Under the Dome (fantastic and impressively quick-paced story) I started (and finished) Joanna Challis's mystery debut, Murder on the Cliffs. It was a fun read. Daphne du Maurier is the main character and I'm a big fan of Rebecca (to which there are multiple references) so it made for a really entertaining story. Another quick one, and it's a pretty good whodunit.

  Now I'm reading Sue Grafton's U is for Undertow. Yay!

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    Ladyslott (edited)

    I want to read Under the Dome, but I'm waiting for the Kindle edition to come out in December, I don't want to haul that big book around.

    So jealous you are reading U is for Undertow, I am patiently waiting for mine to come in at the library.

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    Lee B 

    Hi BeckyL, I'm so jealous of you getting to read "Under the Dome"! I want to read so much, but I'll have to wait until Christmas--a gift, I hope! Glad you enjoyed it.

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  WonderBunny 

  Just finished Dead Run by Erica Spindler. It was pretty good. Next up is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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  SteveC 

  My wife and I are taking off tomorrow for a Panama Canal cruise. While my wife is just bought the new Patricia Cornwell book THE SCARPETTA FACTOR for the trip, I'm just going to bring along CSI: Nevada Rose by Jerome Preisler and a couple of Louis L'Amour books I haven't read yet.

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    Susan T 

    Oh, I wish I'd known of your plans sooner or I would have recommended a book. One of the Jack Du Brul Mercer novels takes place on a Panama Canal cruise. If you're interested after getting back, I'll figure out which one it is.

    Have a great trip!

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  Nee 

  Just finished "Drood" by Dan Simmons: a dark and a bit creepy tale of the last 5 years of Charles Dickens as told by his friend and sometimes collaborator Wilkie Collins. A good read that is worth the bother going to the library to root it out.

  And I am a 1/3 into The Murder Room by PD James. A good English who-done-it.

  And I got sucked up entirely by “Very Bad Deaths” by Spider Robinson. It is a fast moving suspense taking place in and around the Vancouver area. It’s been pretty good so far actually.

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    Ladyslott (edited)

    I finished Drood last week - I thought it was too long by half and although parts of it were very good, in the end I couldn't stand the character of Wilkie.

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    Nee 

    Yes, it was written in the ‘unreliable Witness’ format. You weren’t ‘spose to like him. I saw it right off. Although, I would have preferred if he had written it in the older style: which would have been more common back then, instead of the ‘Agitha Christi’ style which is the way people have come to think of the format now days. ‘War of the Worlds’ was written in the older method. The narrator was unreliable not because he was a scoundrel but rather that he was not learned in the sciences, and therefore not able to speak with authority about the things he was witnessing.

    I also agree that it should have been a bit shorter. Still, there were a number of very good scenes.

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    Ladyslott 

    that's funny because in my review I wrote that Wilkie was an unreliable narrator- was he dreaming, hallucinating, in a drug induced stupor?? I just felt that for a book entitled Drood there should have been more Drood. A better title might have been Wilkie Collins and the jealousy and drugs that ate him alive.

    There were some really good scenes; the underground world, the chase across the rooftops, the hidden worlds of Drood, the scarab- all this was great, but it was surrounded by endless pages of what Wilkie ate, where he went for a walk, his dealings with the women in his life, really to the point of distraction.

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  FrogOnMyToe 

  Exams are finally over! I'll be reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. I loved the first two books of the Millennium trilogy, can't wait to start this one.

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  Rachel M 

  I finished Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's nest a while back-- quickly became a favorite! Then Dr. Zhivago, and now reading House of Leaves. Has anyone else read this book? OMG. WTF. It's so weird, but also intriguing. It's causing me to have crazy dreams..... The layout is so odd. I have heard that it has a "cult following". Haven't researched this.... maybe too scared to!

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  WonderBunny 

  Finished In Silence by Erica Spindler this week. It was pretty good.

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  Nee 

  Just finished "Fiddlers" bt Ed McBain. He was a great writer.
  He wrote "A Blackboard Jungle" and "The Birds" as Evan Hunter.

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  Scarlett 

  I'm reading "The Monster of Florence" Douglas Preston. It's been pretty good so far but it's amazing how inept the police were in Italy!

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