What We’re Reading: May 2023
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Lida’s Reading List
The rain in Southern California seems to wash away the Internet in my neighborhood for a few days at a time, giving me a chance to dive into print books. I gravitated towards page-turners and fun, feel-good reads. My favorite types of books!
Sheltering Rain by JoJo Moyes
Under Lock & Skeleton Key (#1 in A Secret Staircase Mystery) by Gigi Pandian
Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham
The Rising Tide, (#10 in the Vera Stanhope series) by Ann Cleeves
A Horse Named Jack by Linda Vander Heyden
Carol’s Reading List
I read several middle-grade and YA books this month as research for my Girl Sleuths article. And I’m so glad I did! Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have looked for these wonderful mysteries. Like the title in our recent Murderous March panel: Young Sleuths – Not Just for Kids Anymore.
Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson
When the Music’s Over by Peter Robinson
Sleeping in the Ground by Peter Robinson
Death and the Decorator by Simon Brett
Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Body under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn (MG)
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes (MG)
The Return of the Pharaoh by Nicholas Meyers
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (YA)
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson (YA)
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson (YA)
The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson (YA)
1979 by Val McDermid
Still Life by Val McDermid
Jen’s Reading List
I was traveling this month, which translated to more book-in-hand reading but less time for audio books and reading with my kids.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (finished)
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (in progress)
Trust by Diaz Hernan (finished)
The White Lady byJacqueline Winspear (in progress)
Peril in Paris (A Royal Spyness Mystery) by Rhys Bowen (in progress)
Unleashed: A Swindle Mystery by Gordon Korman (finished)
Jackpot: A Swindle Mystery by Gordon Korman (in progress)
Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (finished)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (in progress)
Tina’s Reading List
Most of this month’s reading was in preparation for the Malice Domestic Conference April 28-30 and the Agatha Awards. (Yes! My book, Dead Man’s Leap, was nominated alongside these amazing authors! Look for an asterisk for Agatha nominees.)
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny*
Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow*
Til Death by Annette Dashofy
Fatal Reunion by Annette Dashofy*
Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron*
The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves
Botchan by Natsume Soseki (Translated by J. Cohn)
Agatha nominated short stories* (Scroll to the Short Story category for links to each.)
The Finalist by Joan Long*
The Collector (Book 1 in The Big Picture Trilogy) by Lane Stone
Dead Men Don’t Decorate by Cordy Abbott
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