It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. Every week we check in with what we read, what we're reading now, and what's next on the reading docket.  I keep falling off the meme bandwagon, but I'm trying again to get back in the swing of things. Here we go....

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Books Read Last Week (click on titles for review): 

The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh
 The Shakespeare Mask by Newton Frohlich
 Vertigo 42 by Martha Grimes
 Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh
 The Unfinished Crime by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

 

Currently Reading: 

Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet by Harry Kemelman: Things aren't kosher in Barnard's Crossing. An unpleasant member of the congregation dies mysteriously and the suspect is a troubled young man. Rabbi Small comes to the case with Talmudic reasoning and insight -- and finds a solution that no one else sees.

**I tried one book in the Rabbi Small series once upon a time back in high school....and didn't really connect with it. I thought I might give it another try.

 

 

Books that spark my interest:
Death Takes a Sabbatical by Robert Bernard 

The Scarlet Pimpernel  by Baroness Orczy

Public Enemies by Bryan Burrough

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. Every week we check in with what we read, what we're reading now, and what's next on the reading docket.  Here we go....

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Books Read Last Two Weeks (click on titles for review): 

Sinners & the Sea by Rebecca Kanner
Whispers of Vivaldi by Beverle Graves Myers
Mind Fields: The Art of Jacek Yerka/The Fiction of Harlan Ellison by Yerka & Ellison 
By the Watchman's Clock by Leslie Ford 
Red Herring by Edward Acheson 
Beyond Uhura: Star Trek & Other Memories by Nichelle Nichols 
Steampunk Poe by Edgar Allan Poe; illustrated by Zdenko Basic & Manuel Numberac
Invisible Green by John Sladek 

 

Currently Reading: 

Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sara Caudwell: The first mystery in Caudwell's popular series featuring amateur investigator Hilary Tamar and a cast of clever and trouble-prone young London barristers. When a young man is found dead in Julia Larwood's bed, her barrister friends are the only ones who can uncover the truth of this masterpiece of murder.

 

 

Books that spark my interest:
Plain Sailing by Douglas Clark

Copper Gold by Pauline Glen Winslow

The Demon Device by Robert Saffron

Introducing C. B. Greenfield by Lucille Kallen

12:21 A Novel by Dustin Thomason

The Corsican Caper by Peter Mayle

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. Every week we check in with what we read, what we're reading now, and what's next on the reading docket.  Here we go....

...apparently I missed posting before I went on vacation as well as during my vacation last week. I'll be listing my reads since my last post....

Books Read Last Week (click on titles for review): 

Death by the Book by Julianna Deering 
The Lady of Sorrows by Anne Zouroudi
Dorothy Dixon & the Double Cousin by Dorothy Wayne
For Old Crime's Sake (aka Lucky Jane) by Delano Ames
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer 
Ships of the Line by Doug Drexler & Margaret Clark (eds)
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
Death at the Medical Board by Josephine Bell 
Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton

 

Currently Reading: 

Sinners & the Sea: The Untold Story of Noah's Wife by Rebecca Kanner: The young heroine in Sinners and the Sea is destined for greatness. Known only as “wife” in the Bible and cursed with a birthmark that many think is the brand of a demon, this unnamed woman lives anew through Rebecca Kanner. The author gives this virtuous woman the perfect voice to make one of the Old Testament’s stories come alive like never before.
Desperate to keep her safe, the woman’s father gives her to the righteous Noah, who weds her and takes her to the town of Sorum, a haven for outcasts. Alone in her new life, Noah’s wife gives him three sons. But living in this wicked and perverse town with an aloof husband who speaks more to God than to her takes its toll. She tries to make friends with the violent and dissolute people of Sorum while raising a brood that, despite its pious upbringing, develops some sinful tendencies of its own. While Noah carries out the Lord’s commands, she tries to hide her mark and her shame as she weathers the scorn and taunts of the townspeople.
But these trials are nothing compared to what awaits her after God tells her husband that a flood is coming—and that Noah and his family must build an ark so that they alone can repopulate the world. As the floodwaters draw near, she grows in courage and honor, and when the water finally recedes, she emerges whole, displaying once and for all the indomitable strength of women. Drawing on the biblical narrative and Jewish mythology, Sinners and the Sea is a beauti­fully written account of the antediluvian world told in cinematic detail.

 

 

Books that spark my interest:
Plain Sailing by Douglas Clark
By the Watchman's Clock by Leslie Ford  

Mind Fields: The Art of Jacek Yerka; The Fiction of Harlan Ellison by Yerka & Ellison

Whispers of Vivaldi by Beverle Graves Myers

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. Every week we check in with what we read, what we're reading now, and what's next on the reading docket.  Here we go....

Books Read Last Week (click on titles for review): 

Gale Warning by Hammond Innes  Murder at the Museum of Natural History by Michael Jahn 

My Antonia by Willa Cather

  

Currently Reading: 

Death by the Book by Julianna Deering: Drew Farthering wanted nothing more than to end the summer of 1932 with the announcement of his engagement. Instead, he finds himself caught up in another mysterious case when the family solicitor is found murdered, an antique hatpin with a cryptic message, Advice to Jack, piercing his chest. Evidence of secret meetings and a young girl's tearful confession point to the victim's double life, but what does the solicitor's murder have to do with the murder of a physician on the local golf course? Nothing, it would seem--except for another puzzling note, affixed with a similar-looking bloodied hatpin. Soon the police make an arrest in connection with the murders, but Drew isn't at all certain they have the right suspect in custody. And why does his investigation seem to be drawing him closer and closer to home?

 

 

Books that spark my interest:
Letters from a Murderer by John Matthews 
Plain Sailing by Douglas Clark
By the Watchman's Clock by Leslie Ford  

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin 

The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. Every week we check in with what we read, what we're reading now, and what's next on the reading docket.  Here we go....

Books Read Last Week (click on titles for review): 

A Hangman's Dozen by Alfred Hitchcock, ed  (Robert Arthur
Naked Is the Best Disguise by Samuel Rosenberg
The Mammoth Book of the Lost Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes by Denis O. Smith

  

Currently Reading: 

Gale Warning by Hammond Innes: The 5,000-ton freighter, Trikkala, outward bound in convoy from Murmansk, struck a mine in the early hours of March 5th, 1945, 300 miles from the nearest land. There were only eight survivors and she was listed as sunk. Yet over a year later the Trikkala radioed an S.O.S. as she was battering her way towards the Hebrides through the gale-swept waters of the Arctic Ocean. Why was this ghost ship still afloat? What had happened during the missing months? What is the sinister significance of only eight survivors from a ship that never sank?

 

 

Books that spark my interest:
Letters from a Murderer by John Matthews 
Plain Sailing by Douglas Clark
By the Watchman's Clock by Leslie Ford  

The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel w/Bret Witter

Death by the Book by Julianna Deering

It's Monday! What Are you Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. And I really enjoyed taking part in it. And then life happened and somehow I lost blogging hours somewhere and managed to get off track with all my memes. Every week I kept thinking...Next week I'll start off on Monday with my memes and get going again.  Well, here I am....finally!

Books Read Last Week (click on titles for review): 

The Clue of the Leather Noose by Donald Bayne Hobart
The Coral Princess Murders by Frances Crane 
Decoded by Mai Jia 
After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman

  

Currently Reading: 

A Hangman's Dozen by Alfred Hitchcock (ed): A collection of short stories by mystery and suspense story stars such as Evan Hunter, Ray Bradbury, Donald Westlake, and Jonathan Craig. You could call this Hitchcock's How-to Book. It includes instructions on the following:

*How to solve your marital problems (poison)

*How to dress properly when admitting to first degree murder (black tie)

*How to take off a few pounds fast (a knife)

*How to ruin a perfect friendship (a homemade bomb)

And many, many other helpful hints from the specialists.

 

 

Books that spark my interest:
Letters from a Murderer by John Matthews 
The Mammoth Book of the Lost Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes by Denis O. Smith
Plain Sailing by Douglas Clark
By the Watchman's Clock by Leslie Ford  

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. It's where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It's a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list. So hop on over via the link above and join in...and leave a comment here so I can check out what you are reading.

I seem to be doing this in two weeks increments.  Here's the list since the last time I checked in:

 

Books Read (click on titles for review): 

Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves 
The Murder Stone by Charles Todd 
Death Is in the Air by Kate Kingsbury 
Evidence of Things Seen by Elizabeth Daly
Check-Out Time by Kate Kingsbury
The Small Hours of the Morning by Margaret Yorke 

 

  

Currently Reading:

 The Dorothy Parker Murder Case by George Baxt: On the day after Valentino's death, a showgirl's body is found in George S. Kaufman's hideaway, and Dorothy Parker and Alexander Wollcott enter an unfamiliar world of murder and mayhem.

 

Books that spark my interest:

Murder Your Darlings by J.J. Murphy

The Wit & Humor of Oscar Wilde by Alvin Redman (ed)

The Bamboo Blonde by Dorothy B. Hughes

The Patient in Room 18 by Mignon G. Eberhart 

The XYZ Murders by Ellery Queen

A Habit for Death by Chuck Zito 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. It's where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It's a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list. So hop on over via the link above and join in...and leave a comment here so I can check out what you are reading.

I seem to be doing this in two weeks increments.  Here's the list since the last time I checked in:

 

Books Read (click on titles for review): 

Laddie: A True Blue Story by Gene Stratton-Porter 
The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
Gently Go Man by Alan Hunter 
Once Upon a Crime by M. D. Lake
Through a Glass, Darkly by Helen McCloy
Mystery & Crime: NYPL Book of Answers by Jay Pearsall
By a Woman's Hand by Jean Swanson & Dean James 
Maid to Murder by Roy Vickers 
Shell Game by Richard Powell

Kemp's Last Case by M. R. D. Meek 

  

Currently Reading:

 Good-bye to All That by Robert Graves: The quintessential memoir of the generation of Englishmen who suffered in WWI is among the bitterest autobiographies ever written. Robert Graves's stripped-to-the-bone prose seethes with contempt for his class, his country, his military superiors & the civilians who mindlessly cheered the carnage from the safety of home. His portrait of the stupidity & petty cruelties endemic in England's elite schools is almost as scathing as his depiction of trench warfare. Nothing could equal his bone-chilling litany of meaningless death, horrific encounters with gruesomely decaying corpses & even more appalling confrontations with the callousness & arrogance of the military command. Yet this scarifying book is consistently enthralling.

Books that spark my interest:

The Wit & Humor of Oscar Wilde by Alvin Redman (ed)

Death Is in the Air by Kate Kingsbury

The Bamboo Blonde by Dorothy B. Hughes

The Murder Stone by Charles todd

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a bookish meme hosted by Book Journey. It's where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It's a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list. So hop on over via the link above and join in...and leave a comment here so I can check out what you are reading.

Two weeks later (I missed last week somehow) and I'm further behind.  Here's the list since the last time I checked in:

 

Books Read (click on titles for review): 

The Haunted Dolls' House by M. R. James
Unthinkable by Richard Cibrano 
Murder at Cambridge by Q. Patrick 
Cold Earth by Sarah Mossm
Dead of a Counterplot by Simon Nash 

Goodness....only five books.  No wonder I'm behind.

  

Currently Reading:

Laddie: A True Blue Story by Gene Stratton-Porter: This is a bright, cheery tale with the scenes laid in Indiana. The story is told by Little Sister, the youngest member of a large family, but it is concerned not so much with childish doings as with the love affairs of older members of the family. Chief among them is that of Laddie, the older brother whom Little Sister adores, and the Princess, an English girls who has come to live in the neighborhood and about whose family there hangs a mystery.

Books that spark my interest:

A Love Worth Giving by Max Lucado

Once Upon a Crime by M. D. Lake

The Water Room by Christopher Fowler

The Wit & Humor of Oscar Wilde by Alvin Redman (ed)