Finished THE GIRL WHO TAKES AN EYE FOR AN EYE

Really masterfully written.  It started in conflict, but, I swear the climax started a quarter of the way in and just grew from there keeping me at the edge of my seat.  Whew.

I have now started book #6 in the Poldark series, The Four Swans.  I have already read #7, The Angry Tide, because although TR had and read The Four Swans, I could not find it anywhere.  So, I had to order it again.  I thought I could just skip it because I'd been watching the TV series, but he was adamant that important things happen in this book that weren't on TV.  So, I'm reading it.  It has started with George's suspicions about Valentine not really being his son and has continued with his confiding in Elizabeth about his political ambitions.

Finished THE CURSED

Yes, the plots of these Krewe of Hunters books are fairly predictable, although we don't know how or how much the ghosts will help solve the mystery.  What we do know is that there will be romance, ghosts, and a US location that will be lovingly depicted.  What's not to like?

I have now started The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz, a Lisbeth Salander novel.  It starts with Lisbeth in prison for kidnapping (an Autistic child who was marked for death).  Because she saved his life and protected him, it was only for a couple months, but....?

Finished WIZARDS AND WITCHES

Another beautifully illustrated book in the Enchanted World series.  This includes everything from Medieval scientists (Francis Bacon) to evil witches (Baba Yaga), from ancient wizards capable of controlling all of nature to old women growing poisons in their gardens.



I have now started The Book of Christmas of The Enchanted World series.  It is just a coincidence--this book was next on my Enchanted World shelf.   It begins with the traditional Christmas story--Mary and Joseph headed for the city of David to be taxed.

I have now made some progress in War and Peace--50 pages.  It has started at the parties and homes of ruling class Russia, amid speculation about Napoleon's next moves, his predicted success or failure and some people preparing to join the military.



I am now about to begin another Heather Graham Krewe of Hunters novel, The Cursed.  I enjoy these mysteries in which ghosts help to catch the murderers.  This one will be set in Key West--another place I have visited.

Finished WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES

This unlikely story of the Holocaust is actually based on truth.  A large family actually survives.  This novelized retelling shows us how.  The author is the granddaughter of one of the survivors.  How did they survive?  They were very well off at the beginning, but that only really explains maybe one year of survival.  After that, determination, courage, skill, all caused by they love they had for each other gave them so much to live for.  I kept saying, this couldn't be true.  But essentially, it is.  A couple names were changed, dialogue added, but it happened.  It happened!

I have now started War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.  I know, I know.  Lord only knows how many  years it will take and if I'll even finish before I die.  I will work in 50 pages at a time between my other books as I did with Les Miserables and am doing with Alexander Hamilton.  The book was in my new mobile when I bought it along with Les Miserables.  I'd already read the latter, but not War and Peace, so I took it as a sign that I should read it.  It has started in the drawing rooms and parties of the rich.  The topic of discussion is of Napoleon and the prospect of war.  Some seem to think if you ignore it--opt out--it will go away.  Others believe that Russia is honor bound to step in and become Europe's stabilizing factor.

Finished THE JUDAS STRAIN

These books just keep getting better.  The action starts on the first page and lets up only a bit occasionally to explain the science, thinking to unlock a code, or phenomenon.  This contagious disease is terrify and the action divides into several people and places to solve a mystery and come up with a cure before it is shopped to terrorist groups around the globe.  The books looks really long when I start, but it is so exciting, I just whip through.

I have now started We Were the Lucky Ones, by Georgia Hunter.  Though this is a novel, the author has done a lot of research on how her grandfather survived the Holocaust and how the rest of his family fared.  This novel is the beneficiary of that research.