What We’re Reading: December 2023
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Lida’s Reading List
It’s especially enjoyable for me to read a book written by someone I know. It elevates the read to a whole other level, and that’s how I feel about Carol’s newest release. I’m eager to finish it to see what happens. I enjoyed the picture books and the romances. Though they were by the same author, I found The Switch to be the more engaging of the two.
The Switch by Beth O’Leary
The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
RSVP to Murder (A Blackwell & Watson Time-Travel Mystery #4) by Carol Pouliot (in process)
The Buddy Bench by Patty Brozo
Shoulder Bags and Shootings (A Haley Randolph Mystery #3) by Dorothy Howell
No Fuzzball by Isabella Kung
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Tina’s Reading List
This month has me writing rather than reading. I am at the finish line with Autumn Embers, Book #3 in my Batavia-on-Hudson series, and reading will be taking a back seat until it’s done. I did manage a few good books – I was especially lucky to read a few Advanced Reader Copies to review and blurb. And I was thrilled to start digging into Naomi Hirahara’s books as Carol Pouliot and I prepare to interview her as the Guest of Honor at the upcoming virtual Murderous March 2024 Conference. (Registration is open!)
Clark and Division (Book #1 in the Japantown Mysteries) by Naomi Hirahara
The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto
Educating Alice, Adventures of a Curious Woman by Alice Steinbach (Travel memoir)
Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
Family Ties, Family Lies by Jacqueline Boulden (Advanced Reader Copy)
Mami Suzuki: Private Eye by Simon Rowe (Advanced Reader Copy)
Jen’s Reading List
I’ve been diving deeper than usual into non-fiction, immersing myself in some Victorian luminaries whose lives were well outside the rigid rules I associate with the stern and strict Victorians, plus a thought- provoking exploration of the senses the other inhabitants of this planet use that humans are blind to. Add in some great books with the kids, and it’s been a fun month of reading.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (finished)
Wilkie Collins by Peter Ackroyd (finished)
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices by Charles Dickens (in progress)
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell (in progress)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong (in progress)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (finished)
Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie (in progress)
The Shadows of Doom (The Uncommoners #2) by Jennifer Bell (finished)
Keep a Lid on It, Pandora: Myth-O-Mania #6 by Kate McMullan (finished)
Have a Hot Time, Hades!: Myth-O-Mania #1 by Kate McMullan (finished)
Phone Home, Persephone! Myth-O-Mania #2 by Kate McMullan (finished)
Say Cheese, Medusa! Myth-O-Mania #3 by Kate McMullan (in progress)
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson (finished)
Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson (in progress)
Carol’s Reading List
After finishing some of my “comfort” reading, I decided to attack my TBR pile, which had taken on a life of its own. I’m about halfway through and looking forward to ending the year with a wide variety of reading. Then, of course, I’ll have to build it up again!
Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth Mystery #6) by M.C. Beaton
Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth Mystery #18) by M.C. Beaton
The Scoop and Behind the Screen by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, E. C. Bentley, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, and Clemence Dane
Who to Believe by Edwin Hill (Advanced Reader Copy)
Funeral Train (Dust Bowl Mystery #2) by Laurie Loewenstein
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties by Marion Meade (Group biography: Edna Ferber, Zelda Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, and Edna St. Vincent Millay)
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
The Inner Circle (Culper Ring #1) by Brad Meltzer
The Fifth Assassin (Culper Ring #2) by Brad Meltzer
A Death of No Importance (Jane Prescott #1) by Mariah Fredericks
Educating Alice, Adventures of a Curious Woman by Alice Steinbach (Travel memoir)
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