What Fiction are you reading this week, June 15, 2025?

[hermetic]

Happy Father's Day


First I want to say THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to all you fine people who showed up yesterday to stand for Democracy. Well done!

I'm reading Death of the Demon by Anne Holt. Nordic noir. There's a new boy in a foster home outside Oslo. He's got some issues. Then he disappears. Good story. Interesting characters.

I listened to You Suck by Christopher Moore. That was SO funny. You really want to get the audio version. Susan Bennett brings the narration to life. OMG: Abby Normal is hilarious!
Listening now to Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner, "A twisty, whip-smart thriller." I am quite enjoying this one. Very British. Lots of plot twists and turns.

What are you up for this week?

[Bayard]

1. Reading, "Walk the Wire," by David Baldacci

Its an Amos Decker story, a draws-you-in thriller.

Finished, "Run Rose Run," by Dolly Parton and James Patterson. I'm not a country music fan, but I am a Dolly fan. Its an entertaining read.

[cbabe]

3. At check up, had a great conversation with trainee doc from Toronto.

He likes political thrillers so I recommended State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hilary Clinton.

Penny was new to him. My good deed upgrading his Canadian credentials.

Now I’m re-reading since I don’t remember it all.

[hermetic]

4. Good for you

I really liked that one. Of course I like everything Penny has written. I bought that one, cause you know...Hilary.

[Danascot]

5. I read that

trump's people claimed 250k attended his parade. Not sure if that's fiction or fantasy.

[LogDog75]

6. Finished on book and starting on another

Read Strangers in Time by David Baldacci. Set in 1944 London, the story centers on orphaned 13-year old Charlie Matters, who lives in the East End, 15-year old Molly Wakefield who comes home from the country to her upper class home only to find her mother in a sanitarium in Cornwall and her father gone, and Ignatius Oliver, a grieving widower owner of a small book store. Through circumstances, they find each other and together they help each other overcome problems.

I'm getting ready [i[]The First Gentleman by James Patterson and Bill Clinton.

[hermetic]

7. Oh awesome

Just out this month. I hadn't heard about it til now. "The First Gentleman has all the twists and turns, and the authenticity, one expects from the #1 bestselling authors..."
Thank you!

[MIButterfly]

8. Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman.

His latest Alex Delaware.

[hermetic]

9. Sounds great

"A tale of psychological complexity, dark suspense, and shocking surprises. A wild ride through L.A.'s surreal underbelly climaxed by an edge-of-the chair conclusion."

[MIButterfly]

10. By the way, what does "This discussion thread is pinned" mean?

[hermetic]

12. That means it stays at the top

of the discussions, until it gets unpinned. That way we keep the book discussion current so people can find it easily when they are looking for suggestions for something new to read. It other forums it keeps rules and how-to instructions up top.

[MIButterfly]

15. Thank you, hermetic!

[txwhitedove]

11. Hi. I was hijacked by my kids yesterday, to a family funeral with food afterwards, and a 6'2"

granddaughter's volleyball tournament. Made the mistake of asking if we could go nearby to the protest in Conroe,TX. So, I just got a handy fold up walker with seat and will quietly take my own self to the next one!

Now reading When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal. "Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news... Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It’s what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit’s world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable. And unmistakable. With it comes a flood of emotions—grief, loss, and anger—that Kit finally has a chance to put to rest: by finding the sister who’s been living a lie." Good read so far.

[hermetic]

13. Sounds like a good day

And a good book.

[The King of Prussia]

14. "Angel with Two Faces" by Nicola Upson

Second in her series featuring Josephine Tey - the golden age author- as detective. My enjoyment of it is enhanced because it is set in and around the Penrose Estate in West Cornwall. I walked my dog there nearly every day for 15 years.
I've got my reading mojo back - aided by some of my favourite authors - Marion Todd, Kate Ellis and Sheila Bugler.

Next up will be "A Shilling for Candles" by... Josephine Tey! She's working on it in my current read.

[hermetic]

16. So happy to hear

that you are reading again.

Walking around the Penrose Estate in West Cornwall sounds wonderful. I love reading about places I have lived or visited. Cheers!!

[mentalsolstice]

17. Reading A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

It took a bit to get used to her style, however, I am immersed in her characters. I know it’s not going to have a happy ending and there are so many triggers. I started this for Pride Month, but at this rate I may still be reading it for banned books week in October.

BTW, I enjoyed Greenwich Park Have a great week all!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. The Cost of a Hostage by Iona Whishaw.

It's the twelfth in the series, featuring Lane Winslow who'd been a spy in WWII. The series starts in 1946 or 47 when Lane arrives in rural Vancouver to leave that old life behind and start a new one. Then a dead body shows up on her land, and things go from there.

This current one involves the character Lane needing to go to central Mexico because her husband's brother has been kidnapped. I like the series a lot and like how Whishaw is developing her characters.

As it happens, Iona and I were good friends in high school, so enjoying her books is a double treat.

[hermetic]

19. Nice

Good to see you. Keeping up with friends.

[BOSSHOG]

20. The Arraignment (2003)

Backstabbing Lawyers, Mayan Ruins, an air attack on a hotel swimming pool. Did I mention backstabbing lawyers. A whodunit, as in which lawyer is the real bad guy.

[yellowdogintexas]

21. not fiction but for my book club: Furious Hours by Casey Cep

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “superbly written true-crime story” (The New York Times Book Review) masterfully brings together the tales of a serial killer in 1970s Alabama and of Harper Lee, the beloved author of To Kill a Mockingbird, who tried to write his story.

Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members, but with the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative assassinated him at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell’s murderer was acquitted—thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the reverend himself. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante’s trial was Harper Lee, who spent a year in town reporting on the Maxwell case and many more trying to finish the book she called The Reverend.