Off-Topic Spring Reading

[difit]

Here are few new releases for March. Happy reading!!!

5th
The Rule of Threes (Novella) – Jeffery Deaver (kindle)
Perfect Opportunity (Posadas County Mystery, book 26) - Steven F Havill
I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This - Clare Mackintosh
Struck Dead (Forensic Instincts, book 10) - Andrea Kane
Murder Road - Simone St. James
Murder in the Tea Leaves (Tea Shop Mysteries, book 27) - Laura Childs
The Hunter (Cal Hooper, book 2) - Tana French

12th
Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, book 3) - Lisa Gardner
A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell Mystery, book 9) - Deanna Raybourn
Reading Genesis - Marilynne Robinson
The Underground Library - Jennifer Ryan
Habeas Corpus(Anna Albertini Files, book 6) - Rebecca Zanetti

19th
The #1 Lawyer - Nancy Allen and James Patterson
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? - Nicci French
Expiration Dates - Rebecca Serle
Just for the Summer - Melody Carlson
The Princess of Las Vegas - Chris Bohjalian

26th
Cheater (San Diego Case Files, book 2) - Karen Rose
The Truth about the Devlins - Lisa Scottoline
Everyone is Watching - Heather Gudenkauf
Studies at the School by the Sea (Maggie Adair / Little School by the Sea, book 4) - Jenny Colgan
Three Fudges and a Baby (Candy-Coated Mystery, book 13) - Nancy Coco
Mother of the Bride – Samanatha Hayes (kindle)
What Happened to Nina? - Dervla McTiernan

[toaster]

Thanks for starting off the new season!

My current read is Then She Was Gone, my first from Lisa Jewell. I'm almost done...

ETA:
...done!

[Paine]

difit, thank you for starting our Spring thread!

I finished:
Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
Christmas at the Shelter Inn by RaeAnne Thayne

I'm currently reading Persuader by Lee Child.

[LindaL]

Over the past couple of weeks, I read the latest Tess Gerritsen, The Spy Coast and the latest in the Peter Ash series by Nick Petrie, The Price You Pay, both of which I really enjoyed. I have the latest Cara Black (Aimee Leduc series), Stephen McCauley, and Hannah Kristin’s The Women (#827 on 277 copies) on hold. I started reading The Librarian of Auschwitz last night and it’s really good so far.

[Cleda]

Originally Posted by LindaL

Hannah Kristin’s The Women (#827 on 277 copies) on hold.

I think the most copies I've EVER seen in our library system was 11 ?? Maybe ...

Cleda

[Laura S.]

Originally Posted by LindaL

Over the past couple of weeks, I read the latest Tess Gerritsen, The Spy Coast and the latest in the Peter Ash series by Nick Petrie, The Price You Pay, both of which I really enjoyed.

I read The Spy Coast and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Tess Gerritsen was a new-to-me author. I enjoyed reading a book where the main characters were mostly older. Go old people!

I put The Women on my hold list. At the time, I was #1123 and now I've dropped to #998. The library has 250 copies and it's dropping pretty quickly.

[LindaL]

Laura - I felt exactly the same way about The Spy Coast. The older characters are so interesting and relatable! I also thought the female police officer was a well-written character. It would be great if this is the first book in a series. Those characters must all have skeletons in their closets that would make interesting stories, right?

[Rivercat]

I'm currently binging the Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper series on Kindle. They're fun, quick reads and just creepy enough, though only on #4 of 20, so we'll see if the author can maintain it.

[Laura S.]

Originally Posted by LindaL

Laura - I felt exactly the same way about The Spy Coast. The older characters are so interesting and relatable! I also thought the female police officer was a well-written character. It would be great if this is the first book in a series. Those characters must all have skeletons in their closets that would make interesting stories, right?

Yeah, I liked the police officer character as well. She seemed realistic. This was the first book in a series, The Martini Club. Book #2, titled The Summer Guests, is due out on March 18, 2025 (according to Amazon). I can't believe it's over a year away!

[toaster]

Started a new book yesterday, Let the Great World Spin. So far I'm feeling pretty "meh" about it. It's supposed to be a novel, but I think it's more a series of interconnected stories. Can anyone tell me if it gets better?