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Originally Posted by alansplace

Fantastic!! I really enjoyed The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I believe that I'll be reading more of these in the order that Goodreads has them labled. I'd previously read the 4 Agatha Christie books that I'd seen as movies, 3 Poirot books, Death on the Nile (1978), Murder on the Orient Express (2010), Evil Under the Sun (1982) and a free-standing one called And Then There Were None (1945).

Next I'll read the 5 chapters of Skin Game (The Dresden Files #15) by Jim Butcher that have been posted on jim-butcher.com. Then I'll continue the book after the next-week release on Tuesday, May 27th!

Originally Posted by alansplace

I finished the available 5 chapters of Skin Game - LOVED IT!

While waiting for Skin Game's imminent release I've begun reading Savage Run (Joe Pickett #2) by C.J. Box.

Originally Posted by alansplace

Skin Game was released on Tuesday so I paused in reading Savage Run (I've read 25% so far) and read the rest of Skin Game, finishing it last evening. It's really a blockbuster! Now back to Savage Run.

On Thursday evening I finished reading Skin Game! LOVED IT!

On Friday I didn't much feel like going back to Savage Run. On Saturday I got a new freebie from Amazon Kindle First, a month before the publication date - Artful by Peter David. I'm at 12% and so far it's quite unusual and very interesting.

Publication Date: July 1, 2014

Oliver Twist is one of the most well-known stories ever told, about a young orphan who has to survive the mean streets of London before ultimately being rescued by a kindly benefactor.

But it is his friend, the Artful Dodger, who has the far more intriguing tale, filled with more adventure and excitement than anything boring Oliver could possibly get up to. Throw in some vampires and a plot to overthrow the British monarchy, and what you have is the thrilling account that Charles Dickens was too scared to share with the world.

From the brilliant mind of novelist and comic book veteran Peter David, Artful is the dark, funny, and action-packed story of one of the most fascinating characters in literary history.