Mid-Continent Public Library discussion

Filling in for the vacationing Mariah. What are you reading this month?

Hi Amy, I'm reading Taken by Dee Henderson, interesting read so far!

Just finished reading the ARC of A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn. Started off shaky but definitely go better at the end.

I'm reading Laura Griffin's Tracer series and listening to Heather Graham and Sandra Brown at work. Not sure what I'll blister to after that, open to suggestions.

Not, blister. Listen.

I'm reading Lost in Shangri-La

I'm reading The Scorch Trials and Beauty Queens.

I just finished The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Didn't love it but didn't quite hate it.

Lisa Palmer, I accepted your challenge to read Gifted Hands by Ben Carson, Thank You, I loved it!

Amy wrote: "I just finished The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Didn't love it but didn't quite hate it."

I'm grinning!!!!!!!

I just finished Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean, Worthy Brown's Daughter by Philip Margolin and The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh all for book groups I had this week. Second time reading the two romances. I read them years ago. Bet Me is about a Minerva, who's dumped in a bar and overhears now ex-boyfriend betting a gorgeous guy he can't get her in bed within a month. She's now angry and determined to teach him a lesson. He doesn't take the bet, but she walked away before hearing that part. He tries distracting the boyfriend from first bet by making simpler bet. Ten bucks I get her to leave the bar and have dinner with me. One good guy and one angry woman make for a fun read. Nine rules... is a historial romance and isn't bad. MacLean's gotten better with time. An on the shelf spinster decides to spice up her life and the rake goes along for the ride. Worthy... made for a good discussion. It's a bit flat. Not a lot of character development, but was readable and quite discussable. The Weight of Blood was a surprise. I didn't expect it to be so intense. It was intense in the vein of Daniel Woodrell(I hope I got his name correct. Winter's Bone author). One member pointed out that what makes it a bit easier to read than Woodrell is that it's from the women who live within the town's point of view. That somehow softens the read a bit. Oh, and just for me I am listening to Kindness goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson and started The Fraud by Brad Parks.

Just started Lover Mine by JR Ward- it's book #8 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and I'm happy to be starting that series back up again. I like to take mini vacations from series to read other stand alones :)

I am reading The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa, Angel Killer by Andrew Mayne, and Opposition by Jennifer Armentrout. I have a terrible obsession. Don't Judge me.

Eclectic Book Club just finished Farm Fresh Murder, author Paige Shelton's debut cozy mystery from 2010. This cozy read like a debut novel - 100 pages devoted to a one-dimensional rundown of suspects. If you make it past the first 100 pages, the novel picks up steam then finishes with quite a psychotic, uncozy finale! Eclectic Book Clubbers give it a thumbs up for light, fluffy reading. If you enjoy cozy mysteries and love the farmer's market you may enjoy this series.