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[YB]

Good to hear from you, Mo. Hope things are going OK for you & Dave.

Although I wasn't born for World War 2, we have been sorting through some old photos today. Some of them are from the 1930's and ones taken during the war years, some of which are of my Dad when he was in the army in India

[momckee]

I hope everyone had a marvellous festive season and an equally exciting New Year's Eve celebration. Quite quiet at our house, just the three of us but pleasantly so.

I guess at the beginning of a new year, also a new decade, there might be the tendency to feel a bit nostalgic for times gone by. I’m reading a book set in 1940’s Liverpool, England just after WWII and the landlady of a pub near the docks is trying to get the customers to go home as she wants to listen to Valentine Dyall in the BBC program “The Man In Black on the wireless. Gosh, did that ever take me back, Mum and I used to listen to that each week, the program was popular and must have been on the radio for quite a while. Felt a bit of a tug at my heart, a bit of my childhood.

The actual name of the BBC program was Appointment with Fear and Mum and I got our weekly supply of tingly excitement, sort of a horror type drama. It continued into the 1950's I think and was very popular.

In the same book there was reference to the program ITMA, It's That Man Again, featuring Tommy Handley. Us Brits were really reliant on the wireless, even me as a youngster was always keeping asking questions about the war but my Uncle George used the scare me as he would in a quiet voice say "Hitler's got a new secret weapon" and, of course, he scared me good. Long time ago!

Hope as a Canadian I never have to experience the sound of guns or the sound of an air raid siren and I wish the same for each and everybody in the whole world although many people are experiencing bad times of violence now. Wishing everyone a good and peaceful 2020 and I also hope there is some movement on the climate change question.

[4AMNTN]

Nice list!
I read a good book last Fall - The Deserter ... a new character to me. An Army investigator - This from the guy that wrote The General's Daughter - which I loved! Nelson DeMille.
And 2 books by James Patterson : about an F.B.I. agent Emmy Dockery. Invisible, Unsolved.

[YB]

Linda Coles - Scream Blue Murder. New author to me - good
Susan Hill - The Benefit of Hindsight. Latest in Simon Serrailler series
Ann Cleeves - The Long Call. This lady writes the Vera and Shetland series which are also shown on UK TV. This is a new set of characters for her, set in the South West of England. Not as good as the others but may inprove when i get to know the characters better
Quintin Jardine - The Bad Fire. New one in the Bob Skinner series. This guy can kick the bad guys asses just as well as Reacher does!
Angela Marsons - Evil Games. I have read a few previously by this author. They are good
Lee Chils - Blue Moon. See separate topic above

[4AMNTN]

Sounds nice. My sister introduced me to a female Homicide Lt. Taylor Jackson character based out of Nashville and it is funny to KNOW exactly where they are throughout the book. (J.T. Ellison) I've gone on to read the Medical Examiner series spin off too.
Good to see you post Mo!

[momckee]

Reading books by Margaret Thornton who taught in Blackpool, England, my hometown so I’m enjoying the nostalgia n reading books with the plots centred around locations I’m familiar with.

[4AMNTN]

Gis - your Blue Moon thoughts?


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[Gismo]

Away to start on Blue Moon, no spoiler

[4AMNTN]

About to start Genesis.

[4AMNTN]

I do that a lot too Mo. Tuesday a Robin Cook book comes out Genesis ... sounds to be about Montgomery of Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery ... but just her and another Lab lady. Finished Evanovich's 26 & it was good, funny.... still on George up to June 21 1776!!!

[momckee]

Mostly re-reading books on my Kindle.

[4AMNTN]

Tomorrow the 26th Janet Evanovich comes out. And YEEESSSSS I am still reading The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer. It's VERY good, lots of info - puts you right in there - I can SEE all this unfolding in my mind & that's awesome! But....

[YB]

Rick Mofina - Before Sunrise. I have read a few previously by this author and liked them. This was not one of his best

Alex McClean - Sorrowful Road. OK

Stephen Booth - Drowned Lives. His previous books that I have read all featured detective duo Ben Cooper and Diane Fry. I have liked this series. This new one was a standalone and whilst it was an interesting story and well written I much prefer the Cooper & Fry series

Matt Hilton - False Move. Abandoned one third in

Rennie Airth - Dead of Winter. Set in 1944 wartime London. I'm not usually keen on books going waaaay back but I liked this one

Peter Robinson - Many Rivers to Cross. The new one in the Alan banks series, excellent as always

Mark McKay - Terminal Agenda. New author to me, it was good. 8/10

[4AMNTN]

Yeah, started Blue Moon a few days ago - Tuesday - looking forward to the next Evanovich Plum book out on the 12th.

[4AMNTN]

Yep that was very good . Kinda John Corey-ish.


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