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Ritual | Mo Hayder
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Starting Ritual, Book 3 in the Jack Caffery series, which I am reading with @Tove_Reads and @EadieB
#MoHayderBuddyRead #JackCafferyBuddyRead

EadieB @Andrew65 @Tove_reads I started this yesterday. 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB What a change in his life in this one, compared to the last book. 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 Yes, now that he‘s in Bristol working with Flea. Hayder seems to have new characters in each book. @Tove_Reads 6y
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Andrew65 @EadieB Shame we have lost some of the other characters. @Tove_Reads 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 I agree! I think I like book 1 and 2 better. This one is somewhat different because it has more subplots. @Tove_Reads 6y
julesG Please don't forget to alert me around book 5,so I can join you. Pretty please. 😊 6y
julesG PS: It took me a moment to realize that this book was more about Flea than Jack. Somehow. 6y
Andrew65 @julesG We will. 👍😊 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB So far this one is less gritty. It feels strange compared to the others. @julesG Most definitely so far feels more about Flea. @Tove_Reads 6y
Tove_Reads I thought it wasn‘t as good as the others because I read it in Swedish. Somehow crime translated in to the Swedish can be blah. But, yeah, feels like another author took over. @EadieB 6y
EadieB @Tove_Reads Hopefully the next one will be better. @Andrew65 6y
Andrew65 Where are either of you up to. I‘m up to chapter 23. @EadieB @Tove_Reads (edited) 6y
Tove_Reads Chapter 21. Will have to do some work now, so won‘t read until tomorrow morning. 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB I‘m still hoping his one will get better. 6y
Andrew65 Just checked this one has the lowest rating in the series. @Tove_Reads @EadieB 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 Well at least they do get better than this one! @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB Now over halfway, Chapter 31. Not much in this book about a murder (or not) investigation. 🤔 @Tove_Reads 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 I like it better when the author does 1 major plot or investigation instead of all these subplots. This book is boring in parts! @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB Certainly Agree, tough to read continuously! 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 I did audio plus book. Easier to get thru boring parts. @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB Audio is always better for that! With a book like this you keep thinking do I rest from it and start a new book, or try to plough on so I get finished quicker. (edited) 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 I would just plow thru and be done with it. Otherwise it will keep haunting you. @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB 😂 So true! It‘s not a series I‘ve fallen in love with! @Tove_Reads (edited) 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 It is pretty gritty with some nasty themes and characters! @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB I just find them to have not much of a flow, wanting me to keep reading on. I felt this with the last one too, and a bit fed up with all the Ewan story. It seems to dominate the books more than the murders / abductions etc. @Tove_Reads 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 I like the Jane Casey and Adrian McKinty books better. Maybe we should put this series on hold after this one. @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB The Adrian McKinty and Jane Casey books are definitely more enjoyable reads. @Tove_Reads 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 We can either try one more as a group or read them on our own. @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB We‘ll see what @Tove_Reads thinks. There are 4 more in the series, and she hasn‘t written anything since 2014. 6y
Andrew65 Book 5 was an Edgar Award Winner. 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 Just read the description for the next book entitled Skin and it says: Devious and disturbing, it introduces one of Hayder's most horrifying villains yet. Sounds gritty and nasty to me. But, we can see what Tove_Reads thinks. (edited) 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 Book 5 doesn‘t sound too bad. @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB Book 4 sounds 😢😱😂 (edited) 6y
Tove_Reads @Andrew65 @EadieB Just Finished. It was a bit weird. Should we read the next one and make a decision after that one? It‘s quite common that one book in the series doesn‘t live up to the others. Remember Heartstone? 6y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads That was quick!!! Last night you were only on Chapter 21. I‘m on Chapter 38 (65%) and aiming to finish this afternoon. I imagine I‘ll finish the series, either individually or with both of you, even if don‘t improve. Hate to give up on a series in the middle. @EadieB (edited) 6y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 I will finish the series as well. I doubt we will run out of series, since we haven‘t even started three we have recently discussed. 6y
Tove_Reads @Andrew65 ... and we have the second option we voted for, but chose the three we are reading now. 6y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads And that‘s just the tip of the iceberg! 😱 @EadieB Now on Chapter 50 (last 100 Pages). 6y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Remind me of the second option? 6y
Tove_Reads Hmm... don‘t remember all of them. I think David Hewson was one of them. Need to check the lists each of us made. 6y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Yes not read any David Henson yet. 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 I don‘t mind finishing Mo Hayder books since I own a few more. @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB We‘re almost half way through. This book like her others tedious in first half but gets better towards the end. Needs to write shorter books I think. @Tove_Reads (edited) 6y
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Buddy Reading: Cross-age Tutoring in a Multicultural School | Katharine Davies Samway, Gail Whang, Mary Pippitt, Mary Pippitt Eriksen
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@EadieB @Tove_Reads Are these the books we are planning to Buddy read in May, and how does the schedule look?

All welcome to join us. 😊
#MaeveBinchyBuddyRead #AdrianMcKintyBuddyRead #JaneCaseyBuddyRead #MoHayderBuddyRead #KenFollettBuddyRead

EadieB @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Looks good to me! 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB Thanks 😊 6y
Tove_Reads Wow, I was beat once I got back home. I guess I missed my own bed 🙂 Otherwise it looks good to me, but you will probably have to read The Last Girl without me. I‘ve asked the library to get both a physical and an ebook. They add English ebooks around the 15th. It just sometimes takes longer than expected because I guess they have to deal with getting the rights first. 6y
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EadieB @Tove_Reads Looks like you had a great trip! 6y
CoverToCoverGirl I‘ll be joining in for A Dangerous Fortune, if that is okay. 6y
Andrew65 @CoverToCoverGirl You will be Very welcome. 👍😊😍 6y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads We can always delay The Last Girl until you can get hold of it. @EadieB 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 Sure! That‘s fine with me! 6y
CoverToCoverGirl Thank you! What is the reading timeline for 6y
Andrew65 @CoverToCoverGirl We tend to read them at our own pace and discuss when we are all finished. Just let us know when you have finished. It‘s great to have you on board! @Tove_Reads @EadieB 6y
CoverToCoverGirl Thank you @Andrew65 for such a warm welcome! 6y
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The Treatment | Mo Hayder
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Starting my third book in the #24B4Monday #Readathon. So far finished off Dead Men by Stephen Leather and listened to some of my audiobook, Redemption by David Baldacci. Now starting The Treatment by Mo Hayder to catch up on the #MoHayderBuddyRead
So far at 1 hr 36 minutes on the Readathon.

Cathythoughts Good luck to all you readathon people 👍🏻☘️☘️ 6y
Andrew65 @Cathythoughts Thanks, looking at the weather a Readathon may be the best thing for the next 24 - 36 hours! 6y
julesG Weather is bad here, too. We had a few days of sunshine and warmth and now it's grey, overcast and raining. 6y
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Andrew65 @julesG Ditto, and also very windy here. 6y
Cathythoughts Yes Storm Hannah is hitting here this evening & then heading over your way to England. We were meant to go to hear some authors speak tonight at Cork Book Festival, but May have to Batton down the hatches instead 6y
Andrew65 @Cathythoughts Strange how they have to name every storm. Makes them appear worst than most turn out to be. 🤞 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 Terrible rainy day here too! 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB Hopefully someone is having some nice weather! 6y
BeansPage Storm here too. And third book? Already??? My hero! 🦸🦹 6y
Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid Why thank you! 😂😂😂 6y
Tove_Reads 23-25 degrees here, sun is shining! 6y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Knew it had to be sunny somewhere - raining in England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany and some parts of the US. Amazing what you can learn from Litsy. 🤔 6y
Tove_Reads Ritual is on its way with copper beech, and I have Dangerous Fortune at home. I should get the 4th McKinty towards the end of May. Only problem is The Last Girl. @EadieB 6y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Last Girl is the only one I still need to get hold of. @EadieB 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 Isn‘t there an ebook you can download of The Last Girl? @Tove_Reads (edited) 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB No but I have asked 2 libraries to buy it! 😂 Hopefully one of them will come through in time! One of these libraries had book 1 and 3 as ebooks do it makes sense to buy book 3! @Tove_Reads 6y
Tove_Reads @Andrew65 @EadieB Same here! Hope they‘ll get it soon (I know they will eventually, but I want it now!) 6y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads My libraries don‘t always buy on the recommendations, hence asking two! Still got some recommendation requests they haven‘t bought 2 - 3 years on. Seems to be no method about which books they buy and those they just ignore. Even more frustrating when thy buy whole series of unknown authors. @EadieB 6y
EadieB @Andrew65 Ok! Well we do have enough to read until they do get that book. @Tove_Reads 6y
Andrew65 @EadieB I‘m enjoying that series the most so looking forward to getting back to it. @Tove_Reads 6y
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