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Finished The Martyr‘s Curse- from the Ben Hope series.
Finished Still Missing- tense harrowing read.
Nearly finished The Song Rising.

Long time since I‘ve had a #quicklunchtimeread 😁
Continuing my re-read before number 5 is published.

Brought this book because some of my trusted Litsy folks put it on their best of lists for last year.
What a compelling, sad, haunting read. I couldn‘t look away, this is the sort of dread you just don‘t want to ever imagine.
Very well written, sad reminder of homophobia in the 80s, though not gone away completely obviously.

Usual all action, killing of people everywhere, saving the world plot 😁 if that‘s what you‘re expecting you‘ll never be disappointed.
#serieslove2025 11/30 - that‘s still a lot of series left.

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Back to work and no time or brain power for any ‘hard‘ reading! So I‘ve just been picking next one in the many series I‘m reading.

I‘ve mostly given up on Patterson for a variety of reasons. Can‘t quite give up this series yet. An improvement on the last couple.

#serieslove2025 22/25

The last couple I‘ve read in this series have definitely been the weakest- but back with a bang with this one. Great plot/twists and turns and a right woah at the end I wasn‘t expecting!
#serieslove2025 11/12

Another great addition to the series- solving cold crime cases and getting the baddies! Unexpected twist in this one.
#serieslove2025 6/6 up to date in this one.

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Good weeks reading. Enjoyed all these.
Sadly work is looming on Monday!

2 things the government told teenage me in the 1980s- sex with anyone, ever will give you AIDS and you will die. Hide under the stairs or a table and you‘ll survive nuclear war. As we know, both are a big, fat lie. I learned politicians lie.
‘Humans‘ ability to do science has helped humans refine killing.‘
There will be no winners in a nuclear war.
6 minutes to decide how and who to kill?
Terrifying scenario.

I have read this book in the last 24 hours and feel a bit battered and broken.
It‘s amazing, a work of art, but brutal and honest.
I learned a lot and googled a lot!
Brilliant story telling.

#secondchristmasbookhaul
Not influenced at all by Litsy folks….

#waterstoneshalfpricebookhaul
As ordered on Christmas Day 😁

Very twisty thriller, kept me entertained and thinking all day.
Lots of trigger warnings.

#top24of24
Pretty sure I won‘t finish another one before the end of tomorrow. Took me ages. Got to 18 quickly then just couldn‘t decide another 6. Anyway, here we are for today.

New series from Wood and an excellent start. Will definitely continue this one, love his Matilda Darke series too.

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Good reading this week 😁
Although the Turner and Wood are new series! Always room for another…..just started the Wood one today.

Definitely not my favourite of hers. But her usual social commentary and a great twist at the end.

My Christmas gift to myself was to finish this in a day😁
Loved it, very well written and I was hoping for that ending.

Hoping for a quiet hour reading 🤞🏻🤞🏻

New series for me 😁 been on my kindle for 5 years. Good crime novel, will probably read more.

Good creepy thriller, very unsettling ending.

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Enjoyed all my reading this week.
Loved Blue Sisters ❤️
Just finishing Bonehead, a creepy read!

Loved this. Dysfunctional family. Sad and probably not recommended if you‘re still looking for your Christmas smiles.

I‘ve finished for Christmas….I survived this semester.
Meeting friends for tea but I‘m early, so reading it is.

Fascinating, brutal and intimately very sad novel about gay men in London in 1715.
Got lost down the historical rabbit hole reading about molly houses at the time.

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Reading is slow.
Finished The Fury of the Gods and The Dying Season.
Reading The Betrayal now and really enjoying it.
Work and Christmas panic shopping has meant not much reading.

Well that‘s a quote…..

Good to be back with this series- I forgot about it for a while!! Good police procedural story.
And a book read in a day…..back to work tomorrow.

Hugely entertaining, full on fantasy trilogy. This was the all out action packed third instalment. Great characters, dragons and full of battles!

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Only book I‘ve been reading all week- so busy in work!
Hopefully finish today. For those in stormy conditions in the U.K.- stay safe!

Treating myself to a sit in lunch and read 😁

Not sure where to start with this- so-so because I finished so not a pan. But not as funny as usual, little smiles from me occasionally at generic ‘British crapness‘ observations.
Clever, but confusing and the story kept getting lost. I also dislike books within books. Maybe it is a pan 🤷‍♀️ anyway, don‘t rush to read.
Other opinions may differ 😁

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Considering I‘ve had 2 long haul flights - not much reading has happened. Brain has been too tired.
Finished Silent Victim 👍🏻
Reading The Proof of My Innocence currently.

Hôtel reading. It‘s 3.40am and jet lag has hit, today will be a joy. In China for work stuff.

Just a bit bonkers. I don‘t think it could decide whether it was a supernatural horror or an everyday thriller 🤷‍♀️
As an aside- people who buy those big posh houses in the south in the US, do they really just casually say ‘the slave quarters‘ when they remodel them into something else? (E.g a home office). Because this MC did, a lot. I found it very creepy.

Good medieval/wars of the roses historical fiction. Already ordered the next one.

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Finished the re-read of The Mime Order, still love this series.
Read Sea State - it was in my kindle and it just got lucky- enjoyed. But of a cosy vibe but has a DV theme so not all cosy.
Fire- dark, sometimes very uncomfortable, next novella in this series.
Currently reading Wheel of Fortune as wanted a bit of Wars of the Roses.

A dark, uncomfortable, but very compelling read.
These have been an excellent series so far, make you think a lot.

Really enjoying my re-read with the authors preferred text. Getting ready for new book in February, so good to refresh my brain.
Paige is such a great character.

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Loved I Who Have Never Known Men- so thought provoking, still thinking about it.
Loved The God of the Woods.
Half way through my read of ‘authors preferred text‘ of The Mime Order, in preparation for the new one in February.

I thought this was great. Not really the thriller aspect , which was a slow burn, but the rich family vibe. Always thinking they have the right to influence everything their own way!

Brilliant, short, dystopian novel. I have so many questions. Really thought provoking.
And that last sentence 🥲
Thanks Barbara 😘

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The birthday books are winning the game at the moment!
A Sunny Place was a fabulous collection.
Drowning was a full on action thriller.
Half way through I Who Have Never Known Men and really enjoying it.

Thank you Carolyn 😘 the birthday that keeps on giving. Thank you so much for thinking about me. This looks fab- just been reading the reviews.

That was a seat of your pants, anxiety inducing ride!
Don‘t read if about to fly….
Thanks Cathy- a thoroughly entertaining read 😘

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This book has your heart pumping!

For those that loved Our Share of Night this is a lovely little collection of short stories whilst we wait in anticipation for the next chunkster.
I‘m not a big short story fan but I loved these like I love Kings- imaginative and creepy and slightly melancholy.
Turning into a favourite author, write quicker please.
Emma- you‘ll love these! Thanks Helen 😘

#motherdaughterread
C reading Small Things before we go and see it next week at the cinema.
Me starting A Sunny Place..

Beautiful writing.