Wine, Books & More: February Reads

Here is this month's collection of reads discussed at Wine, Books & More:

Two Brothers - Ben Elton 
I really, really loved it. Based in Nazi Berlin it jumps between 1920-1950s. I got really emotional reading it. The book is based on Ben Elton’s family and I liked it from many different angles.

Pray for Silence –Linda Castillo 
Was a good read.

Pines – Blake Crouch

Didn’t like it. Thought it was weird.

The Hanged Man – K.D.Edwards
I LOVED IT!!!!

The Midnight Queen –Sylva Hunter

Fantasy thriller. 4 stars. Read it really fast, so absorbing.

Ducks, Newburyport –Lucy Ellmann

Told as a stream of consciousness. The story of the narrator’s life is interwoven with stream of consciousness. Pleased I read it. 4 stars.

Rewind – Catherine Ryan Howard

Really well written. Really enjoyed it.

Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Felt a bit dated, didn’t really get the humour. Overly English.

The Art of Dying –Ambrose Parry
Set in Victorian Edinburgh. Historical crime novel with a Sherlock Holmes twist. Very good read.

If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now – Christopher Ingraham
Non-fiction. Dataset journalist Christopher lives in Baltimore and travels to Washington every day. Currently compiling a dataset on the best places to live in USA. A town he mocked challenges him to come and visit their town before he can really judge their town.  Good read, slice of life.

Daughters of Gloriavale – Lilia Tarawa
Waited forever to read. NZ’s version of a fundamentalist society.  The book is a great read.

The Hideaway – Lauren Denton
Really nice book about a girl living in New Orleans. She inherits a villa and falls in love. So many unexpected plot twists. Would highly recommend.

The Coroner’s Lunch –Colin Cotteril
More enjoyable if you read it all at once rather than a bit at a time. Part of a series, wouldn’t rush out to read more of them.

Wine, Books and More Book Club - December Reads

A Tapestry of Treason – Anne O’Brien

Historical fiction. Richard ll vs Henry lV. Good read, really enjoyed it. Like the way she writes.

Sworn to Silence – Linda Castillo
Loved it, couldn’t put it down and I’m only a 3rd of the way through. I never would’ve picked
up if I hadn’t come to book club, recommended to me.

Words of Radiance – Brandon Sanderson

It’s been a really great series and good read so far. Slow world build but finally getting an
idea of what’s going on.

The Wife Between Us – Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Quite a clever book, didn’t see the end coming.

Wayward (Wayward Pines Book 2) – Blake Crouch
I didn’t see how it could be better than book one but it was! The end made you want to read
book three straight away.

The Last Town (Wayward Pines Book 3) – Blake Crouch
Not as complex as book two but more intense.Cold Granite – Stuart MacBride
Quite good. Tartan noir, set in Aberdeen. So well written.

Pig Island – Mo Hayder
Cult book. Nice twist at the end. Set as a standalone.

Confession – Martin O’Brien
French mystery. Series of books but really enjoy them. Have to be read in sequence.

The Hills Have Spies – Mercedes Lackey
Latest book in the Heralds of Valdemar series. Really enjoyed it.

Severance – Ling Ma
Set in New York then moves across America. Dystopian. 4 stars.

Teen Bookclub: Content Consumed

• Not if I Save You First – Ally Carter
• We Were Liars – E. Lockheart
• We Contain Multitudes – Sarah Henstra
• Swing Kids (Movie)
• Meet Cute – Katie Cotugno
• The Cerulean – Amy Ewing
• Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket
• Zion Covenant Series – Bodie and Brock Thoene
• Ghost Bird Series – C. L. Stone

• Chaos Walking Series – Patrick Ness
• Adventure Zone (Podcast)
• None of the Above – I. W. Gregorio
• Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
• Silence of the Lambs – Thomas Harris
• Vampire Academy – Richelle Mead
• Parasyte Series – Hitoshi Iwaaki
• Food Wars Series – Yuto Tsukuda