Hayley Posted January 12 Posted January 12 It is not the start of the month any more but better late than never! I would love it if people would still like to join in with some group read themes this year. Same rules as last year, you can choose any book of any genre as long as it connects to the theme of that quarter (topic to change every three months). I'd like to immediately suggest the (I feel, appropriate) theme of time for this one (although I'm aware that it will have some overlap with our last historical theme!). So, what do you think? Would anybody like to join me? Do you have any good theme ideas? Quote
Hayley Posted January 14 Author Posted January 14 We should! Winter does actually fit my next planned book. I’m not sure what I’d go for after that, I’d have to dig around a bit, but I’ll give my vote to winter 1 Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted January 14 Posted January 14 I can’t make up my mind so will go with the majority vote Quote
Madeleine Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Winter actually suits the book I'm reading now, which might be why I thought of it as a theme. Happy to go with time though if that wins the vote! Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted January 15 Posted January 15 We need to come to a decision and I’m the guilty one here. Why don’t we vote winter because it is winter just now and we can use time another ………. time? Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted January 16 Posted January 16 I have more unread books on the subject of winter than I thought 😃 2 Quote
Madeleine Posted January 17 Posted January 17 I've almost finished mine so I'll see if I can find any others. Quote
Madeleine Posted January 19 Posted January 19 "A Devon Midwinter Murder" by Stephanie Austin - this is the 7th book in the Dartmoor Murders series ,but the first one I've read, and as it's set over Christmas and into January it fitted in nicely with the first Reading challenge of 2025! it worked well as a stand-alone, though there's obviously a lot of history, but the main character is Juno Browne, a 30-something woman who lives in the Dartmoor area, runs an antique shop, and a dog-walking business, and does cleaning for a few local people, and also finds time to be an amateur investigator, who is as usual a hindrance to the police, except for one, Dean Collins, with whom she seems to have a mutual if grudgingly respectful relationship - and no other relationship, as he's happily married and she is reeling from a previous romantic break-up. The story starts when a man is murdered during the Christmas fair, and when Juno is contacted, out of the blue, by an old astrologer friend, it looks like there could be a connection to some earlier deaths. After another attack, this time at the local wassailing, Juno and the police start to wonder if there's a repeat offender in their midst. I enjoyed this, it was quite well-written and the wintry atmosphere, and local rural traditions, were nicely described, and Juno comes across as a believable, and slightly cynical but likeable, character. 8/10 1 Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted January 21 Posted January 21 I am currently reading If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller, Italo Calvino Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted February 5 Posted February 5 (edited) I’m currently reading The Snow was Dirty, Georges Simenon. Not Maigret! Edited February 5 by lunababymoonchild Quote
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