February 2025 Reads

I finished Fehu yesterday. A win from LT.

Reading Happy, Happy, Happy, My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander by Phil Robertson, This is for CoverCat on LT. February: A Tree on the Cover.

Just finished re-reading El Sid by Chris Haslam. It's an excellent novel about Sidney, an elderly Englishman who served in the International Brigades and who knows where a hoard of stolen gold is stashed, who recruits a pair of clueless ex-cons to help him recover it. Frequent flashbacks to the horrors of the Spanish civil war.

Just finished Conclave by Robert Harris, recommended to me by a fellow LT member. As I read through it I realised I had read it before, but couldn't remember many of the details nor the actual ending. Very well put together, and very readable.

I'm two-thirds of the way through The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager. I may have to stay up late tonight to finish it!

>4 John5918: This is a Harris book that I had not read but will do so now. I have recently seen the film based on it which I enjoyed- great cast and beautiful cinematography. It is always interesting to compare book and film and I look forward to doing so.

Almost done with the audio version of A Song of Ice and Fire.

I just finished Money. I thought it was a fantastic read. The last chapter alone was worth the price of admission. :-)

Finished Seeds of Uncertainty by Fran ShedrickThis is book 1 of a series with Shay Flaherty and Mac Llewellyn. Shay Flaherty has a farm on which she grows fruits and vegetables. Shay is a quiet person who prefers to be alone. She does have a dog. Shay makes gourmet homemade chutneys and more and has a popular Bonfire Pickle she makes but the author does not give a recipe.
Mac Llewellyn is a New York homicide investigator who likes to whittle. He has a partner, Tyler Braun, who has his own personality and very likable.
They meet for the second time after the murder of her neighbor.
There a lot of characters and the plot thickens so keeps the reader interested.
Besides murder, there is art forgery , land development, friendship, and romance.
I like tidbits in a story and the author does add some about flowers like the bird of paradise brings joy and freedom and the florist told Mac it represents optimism.
I look forward to reading more about Shay and Mac.
A 5 star rating.

I'm currently working my way through The Complete Novels of H.G. Wells, which was free on Kindle. I've finished The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Island of Dr Moreau, and I'm just beginning The Sleeper Awakes. And I'm only 19% of the way through this monumental tome!

>10 John5918: I have a few of his books and watched most of the movies. Enjoy.