Welcome back to BookLikes! That sounds like you've experience some truly life-changing things in the past 3 years -- I'm sorry, in particular, to hear you lost not one but *three* people close to you. :(
Here's to picking up the BL thread right from back in 2015 ... you'll find plenty of people who share your reading interests (particularly along the Conan Doyle / Agatha Christie / Dorothy L. Sayers / Georgette Heyer / Golden Age mysteries line). We do have a few discussion groups you might be interested in, e.g.
-- but the fact of the matter is that most of the discussion (still) takes place in the comments sections of people's blog posts (you may have noticed that back in 2015 already), so the best idea definitely (still) is to follow as many people as possible. (The members lists of the discussions groups you might be interested in may provide a clue or three, though ... also the members list of the "bookish bingo" group:
Thanks for the welcome and the club links are truly appreciated - I took a look at the clubs section and didn't know where to start as so many seemed inactive.
Can't blame you. I'll put together a post listing those that are (to my knowledge) currently active -- I don't think you're the only one wondering about that.
Here's to picking up the BL thread right from back in 2015 ... you'll find plenty of people who share your reading interests (particularly along the Conan Doyle / Agatha Christie / Dorothy L. Sayers / Georgette Heyer / Golden Age mysteries line). We do have a few discussion groups you might be interested in, e.g.
the Detection Club (http://booklikes.com/groups/show/1012/the-detection-club) and
the Agathytes (http://booklikes.com/groups/show/1316/the-agathytes)
-- but the fact of the matter is that most of the discussion (still) takes place in the comments sections of people's blog posts (you may have noticed that back in 2015 already), so the best idea definitely (still) is to follow as many people as possible. (The members lists of the discussions groups you might be interested in may provide a clue or three, though ... also the members list of the "bookish bingo" group:
http://booklikes.com/groups/show/688/booklikes-bookish-bingo-club