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  June 2012 Mysteries

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  Hi All...sorry for the delay. This is the place to be to let us all know what you're reading during the month of June!

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  Maria Schneider 

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  Finished The First Rule by Robert Crais. Good stuff--you know what you're getting with these mysteries. The Joe Pike ones tend to be a little more violent than the Elvis Cole ones. Good plotting, solid mystery pace with lots of action. And tough guys of course!

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  Eadie B (edited)

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  Audiobook in my car from May:
  59. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides - still listening

  Read in May not on my original list:
  60. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
  61. Voice From The Grave by Doris Miles Disney
  62. Gillespie and I by Jane Harris - read

  Plan to read for June:
  63. Damaged by Pamela Callow - read
  64. The Seance by John Harwood
  65. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
  66. Waiting For Sunrise by William Boyd
  67. Revenger by Rory Clements
  68. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
  69. The Moment She Was Gone by Evan Hunter
  70. A Fatal Debt by John Gapper
  71. The Girl Below by Bianca Zander
  72. The Legacy by Katherine Webb
  

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    KimBear 

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    I just love how organized you are. :)

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    Eadie B 

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    Thanks! I must confess that I am a Virgo and very anal.

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    Bev 

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    I'm a Virgo also, Eadie...
    I do like things organized also

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  Frances L 

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  This month I'm reading: "Curse of the Pogo Stick" by Colin Cotterill
  "The Hidden Child" by Camilla Lackberg
  "Cop To Corpse" by Peter Lovesey
  "Chalk Circle Man" by Fred Vargas

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  Maria Schneider 

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  I finished Borrower in the Night, a reread for a buddy read on my blog. It's by the wonderful Elizabeth Peters (the Vicky Bliss series.) Oh, how I love this series. I read it 20 or so years ago so I didn't remember the culprit. Loved it. Of course I remembered the characters and that's what reading them is all about!

  I'm now reading Mrs. Polifax on the China Station (Dorothy Gilman).

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    IYamVixenBooks 

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    Fun! I love Vicky Bliss, too. And I've read some Mrs Pollifax or listened to the books in the past. Highly enjoyable, especially the first in the series.

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    Maria Schneider 

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    I agree, so far the first Mrs. Pollifax was the best. I just checked out Caravan my Dorothy Gilman from the library. It's not a Mrs. Pollifax adventure; just a stand alone. I'm sure it will be fun!

    Also got a Christopher Moore book. I haven't tried him yet, but hear he is funny.

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  Maria Schneider 

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  Read a hard boiled was called Murder in Store by DC Brod. Decent enough for pulp fiction, but it's hard for me to take seriously. Characters who constantly drink and smoke just sound like they'd be passed out the entire investigation. I mean, if I was going to hire a detective (hard boiled or not) he'd probably refuse to work for me on grounds that the first time he came to report and asked for a "scotch, neat" or "vodka whatever" he'd get nothing but a blank look from me. My offer of "cooking wine?" would probably be turned down, I think. I do use regular chardonnay for cooking, but it does come in a box.

  I know it's meant to borrow on the origins of the genre, but I've either read too many or it's just overdone. I also find it a bit hard to believe that a 40 something guy is so irresistible that most of the (dames) women in the book are instantly infatuated or flirtatious. In my world, most 40ish women are not that flirtatious. Well, except for the one lady up the block. LOL.

  At any rate, the pacing was extremely well done in this book. Something was always happening, little twists and turns that kept me interested.

  Oh--the Kindle formatting was off. Some of the dialogue paragraphs ran together and that was annoying. There were never more than two people "speaking" though so I could follow it. I've tried to read at least one book where there were 3 people talking and it become impossible to tell who is saying what.

  If you like pulp fiction, this one was done better than most, I think. Well for the 90s time period. It didn't overuse the cliches and generally only touched on them occasionally. The mystery was good and the characters were enjoyable.

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  Eadie B (edited)

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  Changes to my plan to read for June:
  63. Damaged by Pamela Callow - read
  64. The Seance by John Harwood - read
  65. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter - read
  66. The Girl Below by Bianca Zander - read
  67. Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton - reading
  68. The Moment She Was Gone by Evan Hunter
  69. A Fatal Debt by John Gapper
  70. The Observations by John Harwood
  71. Bloodman by Robert Pobi
  72. Mina by Jonathan Ceely
  73. Indefensible by Pamela Callow
  74. Cruel Death by M. William Phelps
  75. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
  76. Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
  77. Revenger by Rory Clements
  78. Waiting For Sunrise by William Boyd
  79. The Legacy by Katherine Webb
  80. Paris In Love by Eloisa James
  81. An Experiment In Love by Hilary Mantel
  

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  LibraryMom 

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  Well this is what I'm going to read at the moment:

  Disappearing Nightly - Laura Resnick
  The Infernals - John Connolly
  The Fairie Ring - Kiki Hamilton
  and whatever else I come across.

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  Jenny Hilborne 

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  To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
  A Game of Proof - Tim Vicary
  As The Sun Turns Black - Barry Crowther
  The Surreal Killer - Jerold Last

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  IYamVixenBooks 

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  BOCD in the car: THE LAST TEMPTATION: Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Novel #3 - Val McDermid, thriller, CD 6 of 15

  Bedside NookBook: WOOL Omnibus - Hugh Howey, dystopian future, book 3 of 5 in this self-published e-book that Ridley Scott has picked up to make into a movie

  Purse book: DAEMON EYES - Camille Bacon-Smith, UF, MPB, chap 3

  It's been a slow reading month, been full of other schtuff going on and not as much time to read as I'd like. I listened to, and finished, 61. GHOST STORY: Dresden Files - Jim Butcher's latest while on the drive to and from Dad's house in Kansas a couple of weeks ago. Highly excellent book, especially to listen to even though they changed from James Marsters as narrator to John Glover. Once I got used to Mr Glover, which didn't take long, it was all good.
  Also read:
  56. IMMORTALS AND MELODIES: Blood and Guitars #2 - Heather Jensen, UF, e-book
  57. PERFECTLY MATCHED: A Lucy Valentine Mystery #4 - Heather Webber, paranormal cozy, Nook
  58. BLACK BLADE BLUES - J A Pitts, UF, MPB
  59. THE UNQUIET: A Charlie Parker Novel - John Connolly, suspense/thriller, BOCD
  60. EERIE - Blake Crouch and Jordan Crouch, thriller, e-book

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  LibraryMom 

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  Bedford Square - Anne Perry BOCD. I'm listening to it in the car. I do like her Thomas Pitt stories and haven't read the last few.

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  Kate 

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  Immortal In Death by J.D. Robb (book 3 in the In Death series)
  Currently Reading.

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    Maria Schneider 

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    Fun series. I enjoyed them--kind of nice to have them waiting on the shelf because you know exactly what you're going to get!

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    Kate 

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    I have really enjoyed the series and they go by fast. I love the character development and the story line.

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    Maria Schneider 

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    Totally agree. I could never get into her Nora Roberts (her other name) books, but I loved the JD Robb series, especially the first 3 or 4. Great characters, great setting. Lots of fun.

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  Janet S 

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  Today I finished Bury Your Dead, by Louise Penny. I gave this book 5 stars - beautifully written, but you really need to read the prior books first. One plot re-investigates a murder from a prior book, a second concerns the murder of a man obsessed with finding the grave of the founder of Quebec, and the third plot is built around flashbacks to a traumatic event that happens BETWEEN this book and the one immediately before it. I was a bit confused about that at the beginning but Louise Penny is masterful in tying everything together...while leaving a few questions open for the next time. Can't wait to buy and read the next in this series.

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    Christine H 

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    Love love love Louise Penny!!

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