I liked S. J. Rozan’s The Art of Violence well enough, though the comment that led to the detective’s epiphany was a bit unsatisfying. You can see the author thinking, “Hm, how do I get him to realize that…oh, well, I’m already a month over deadline, this will just have to do.” Enjoyed it mostly, though.
I also read Alice Henderson’s A Ghost of Caribou. A wildlife biologist tracking caribou in the Pacific Northwest becomes mixed up in a search for missing women. The writing style is clunky, the characters are kind of cardboard, and the plot relies on the Villain That Will Not Die. On the other hand, I learned a lot about mountain caribou, and that was interesting.
And Simon Brett’s Waste of a Life. A declutterer in Chichester, UK, and what looks like a murder. Interesting characters; the central character has two young adult kids who are not in great shape emotionally, and this is well- and compassionately described. The plot was all right, but the book for me was better for the interpersonal relationships.
Finished Sorceress of the Witch World, by Andre Norton.
Started An Oblique Approach (Belisarius #1), by David Drake and Eric Flint.
Next up: In the Heart of Darkness (Belisarius #2), by Eric Flint and David Drake.
I started Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh. An ancient forest spirit mets and falls for curious, bright spark young man.
Currently reading The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner. It’s a novel about two women trying to solve some murder mysteries by contacting the dead. One is a believer and one is not. It’s mildly interesting, but reads YA although it isn’t. At least, it has some scenes in it which would get Florida public school librarians fired.
Finished Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh. Meh, the ending really fell so flat even Discworld looked away in embarassment.
Readin Witch Mark by C.L. Polk now. The premise looks interesting…
Another dud. I’m not finishing this.
Finished Greenglass House, by Kate Milford, which I enjoyed.
Now I’m reading Spilling the Beans: Eating, Cooking, Reading, and Writing in British Women’s Fiction, 1770-1830, by Sarah Moss.
The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.
It’s a favorite of mine; my youngest son just read it and also liked it, although not as much as I.
Finished Replay and think it is fantastic and absolutely should be a movie. Not many books get to me emotionally, but I was a little verklempt at the end.
I’m thinking a 2-3 season TV show.
His memory for sports events outpaced mine. I’d be hopeless 25 years ago in terms of longshot bets.
I’d bet on presidential election results. Heheheheh.
Yeah, that would be a better format. It would be hard to get this book into a 2-hour movie and do it justice. HBO…where are you? 
I just finished The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker. By that I mean I just now, after having stayed up late reading and then lolling in bed reading and then carrying it into the kitchen to read while feeding the cats, finished this book and then rushed right here to tell everyone.
It was published in 2019, and it’s listed as science fiction, but this is a book about an epidemic of people falling asleep and staying asleep, and in 2023, it doesn’t feel like science fiction the way it would have in 2019. It’s focused as much on the internal lives of the people in a small college town where the illness strikes as on the external action, and that puts it right up my alley.
Innnteresting. Do they dream? If left unattended, do they starve to death?
Yes, very much so, and yes. Some of them fall asleep while doing activities, with predictable consequences, and the ones who are alone (or in a company who all come down with it at the same time) are screwed if no one checks in them.
It sounds a little like Blindness by José Saramago, which is one of my favorite novels. I’ll have to give this a try.
I added it to my list as well. No pressure,
@InternetLegend. 
Hey, if you don’t like it, you don’t like it. I can’t be responsible for others’ lack of taste! 