What are your reading now?: July 19, 2025.

Wrapping up The Ministry of Time. Demagogue will follow. Might start Rites of Retaliation.

I'm getting ready to start T. J.: My 26 Years in Baseball, a memoir by pitcher Tommy John.

I'm thankfully almost done with The Friend by Sigrid Nunez for my book club. Hasn't really been my cup of tea but it won an award so someone loves it.

starting this audio via hoopla ~

A Kilt for Christmas (Enchanted Highlands series, #3)
by Tricia O'Malley

I stayed up into the wee hours listening to Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent. Next up is The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.

I'm enjoying a foray back into Nordic crime. I'm currently reading a Norwegian novel called Mirror Image (no touchstone) by Gunnar Staalesen.

Been gone for a long time. Happy to be back. Currently reading the Lincoln and Childs Agent Pendergast series. Love the variety of topics and loads of info they contain. These were suggested to me by somebody on line when we were sort of...disagreeing! Nicest thing anybody has done in a while lol 😆

Currently reading Traces by Franklin J. Knight while good, it is rather a slow read.

Night Train
Martin Amis
4/5 stars
Detective female Mike Hoolihan has seen it a lot of cases and now
she is taking on the death of Jennifer Rockwell. She doesn't want to do it but she has promised to look in on it. I enjoyed this book! 1997

I just finished The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman. It was so good I flew right through it. Recommended for fans of The Scarlet Letter and/or magical realism.

The Sound and the Furry – Spencer Quinn
3***

Book number six in the Chet & Bernie mystery series takes our intrepid duo East to the Louisiana bayous to search for a missing man, the law-abiding brother of a convict known to Bernie. It’s a whole different world of sounds, sights and smells for Chet, especially that odd sort-of-peppery-snake smell.

I just love this series. Chet (the dog who failed obedience training; a cat was involved) narrates the adventures that he and his human, Bernie (the smartest man in the room), have when they take on various cases as part of their business, the Little Detective Agency.
Chet is easily distracted by smells that humans don’t even notice, and he doesn’t quite grasp idioms or metaphors (still haven’t caught scent or sight of that wild goose they are frequently chasing), but he is fiercely loyal to Bernie and knows how to stop a perp!

Quinn gives us a fast-paced book, with sprinkles of humor to lessen the tension.

I usually listen to the audios, which are masterfully performed by Jim Frangionne. But this time I chose to read the text. I missed Frangionne’s voice but could still “hear” it in my head as I read.

I finished a debut epistolary novel today, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. A five star read and my absolute favorite so far this year.

started this audio via Libby ~

Count My Lies
by Sophie Stava
(Lindsay Lohan to star in Hulu ‘Count My Lies’ series)

>11 Copperskye:
Thanks for the tip!! Just put a hold on it at the library. 😀

>13 nrmay: I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Nancy!

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