What Are You Reading?

[MercedesV]

One of my favorite Christmas presents is books. I love to receive them, and I love to give them.

So, have you read anything good lately? What are you reading now? Any new favorite authors/series?

[kaelieanne]

One of my favorite Christmas presents is books. I love to receive them, and I love to give them.

So, have you read anything good lately? What are you reading now? Any new favorite authors/series?

Great thread, Mercedes! I've just finished reading "The Sociopath Next Door" which is very eye-opening about people like Casey Anthony.

For christmas I got "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. I love her books, but this is one that I've shied away from because its supposed to be quite disturbing. I will read it.

[sunflowerseeds]

The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (love him) and Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher....am reading both of them now and really REALLY am enjoying them.

Reviving Ophelia is about saving our teen girls and understanding the trials and tribulations they are going through. A must read for anyone that has teenage girls.

I am also doing a bible study on the book of Daniel....the bible study is by Beth Moore and she is awesome!!!!

[sunflowerseeds]

I just finished reading a book called No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. The book is a fiction mystery about a young girl who wakes up one morning to find that both of her parents and her brother have vanished without a trace. When she went to bed the prior evening, everything was fine, but now there is no sign of her family anywhere. 25 years later, she has married and has a daughter of her own. She struggles on a daily basis to move on from this strange, and unsolved mystery which has become a part of her life. Just when she thinks that she has put the disappearance of her family behind her, a series of events change everything. It was very well written. I now plan on going out and getting more books by this author. He is very good.

Currently, I am reading the latest book my favorite author. It's called Dying Breath by Wendy Corsi Staub. The story revolves around a lady who has had many struggles in her life. Her mother vanished when she was a child, and her sister died in a mysterious fall off the roof of a college library less than a year after the mother vanished. The main character in the book, Camden, keeps having visions of missing children before the kids disappear. She is dealing with some marital problems as well, and decides to take her daughter on vacation at the beach. The visions of the missing children caused her to become an alcoholic, so she is struggling to get past that in her life too. A killer is on the loose at the beach, and when she decides to act on one of her visions of missing children, she places herself in danger. I am only about half done with the book, but like all of the books by this author, it is very good.

I loved No Time for Goodbye....it was so well written and it has been a loooooong time since a book had taken me in like that one did!! My 14 year old DD read it as well and passed it on to friends!!! Super book!:thumbsup:

[MercedesV]

Great thread, Mercedes! I've just finished reading "The Sociopath Next Door" which is very eye-opening about people like Casey Anthony.

For christmas I got "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. I love her books, but this is one that I've shied away from because its supposed to be quite disturbing. I will read it.

Why thank you. I love sharing ideas on books and authors. Some great responses. I read 19 Seconds by Picoult and could not put it down. It was, like all her books, a rather dark book. But so moving and well written. If you haven't read it yet I highly recommend it.

[MercedesV]

I just finished reading a book called No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. The book is a fiction mystery about a young girl who wakes up one morning to find that both of her parents and her brother have vanished without a trace. When she went to bed the prior evening, everything was fine, but now there is no sign of her family anywhere. 25 years later, she has married and has a daughter of her own. She struggles on a daily basis to move on from this strange, and unsolved mystery which has become a part of her life. Just when she thinks that she has put the disappearance of her family behind her, a series of events change everything. It was very well written. I now plan on going out and getting more books by this author. He is very good.

Currently, I am reading the latest book my favorite author. It's called Dying Breath by Wendy Corsi Staub. The story revolves around a lady who has had many struggles in her life. Her mother vanished when she was a child, and her sister died in a mysterious fall off the roof of a college library less than a year after the mother vanished. The main character in the book, Camden, keeps having visions of missing children before the kids disappear. She is dealing with some marital problems as well, and decides to take her daughter on vacation at the beach. The visions of the missing children caused her to become an alcoholic, so she is struggling to get past that in her life too. A killer is on the loose at the beach, and when she decides to act on one of her visions of missing children, she places herself in danger. I am only about half done with the book, but like all of the books by this author, it is very good.

Your book sounds very interesting, haven't read that author yet and will have to look them up. I'm a big fan of Staub, so I will probably enjoy your current read too. Or rather the book you just finished. Great write up, thanks.

[MercedesV]

I'm reading "They All Sang on the Corner."

It's the history off doo-wop groups.

The book almost reads like an encyclopedia.

Love that music. :thumbsup:


imo

Sounds great. Makes me wish they had a cd of the music to go with it. Or DVD.

[MercedesV]

Wow! I have never actually come across anyone that has read Staub, so this feels a bit strange! :beer: If you like Staub than try Carlene Thompson. Her books are just as good. Staub and Thompson are two of my favorite authors. :biggrin:

I love to read, and most of my favorite authors aren't the Grisham's and Cornwell's and others pushed by the publishers. I think Staub is great and now I'll look up Thompson. Thank you very much.

Sara Paretsky has a new book out called Bleeding Kansas. I always enjoy her books and I'm looking forward to reading it. Anyone read it yet?

[MercedesV]

Try googling "Doo Wop 50" for the Doo Wop Reunion show DVD on Public television.

Also youtube has all the original groups. :thumbsup:

That sounds great, I'm going to try looking that up. Good music.

[sunflowerseeds]

No Time For Goodbye was probably one of my favorite books that I read this year. The funny thing was that right after reading this really good book, I read probably the worst book ever in my view (You've Been Warned by James Patterson). The contrast between these two books is startling (especially when you read one right after the other). I guess with books you just have to take your chances and hope that you get more hits than misses.


ITA about You've Been Warned! James Patterson is always a gamble.

My family loves the Janet Evanovich series with Stephanie Plum....we pass those around like they are some yummy treat!!! They are just an easy read!

[nellbell]

I love Suzanne Brockman. Most of her books are related. The characters she writes about continue in each book. Each book tells a different story about a cop,p.i. or a Navy Seals. She writes in the present and she is very creative. Read in order though. She has a website so you can read parts of books to see if you like her writing. Lee Child is also an awesome author. Read those in order too. He has a character named Jack. Both are great authors. I like reading books that interact with each other.

[RiverWalk]

Dean R. Koontz . . . "The Darkest Evening of the Year".

[daniel green]

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Me Talk Pretty One Day

One of my favorite things ever written. I've read all of Sedaris' stuff and laughed out loud reading them. This one is one of my favorite books of his. If you have not read it--not sure if it's in this one or Barrel Fever?--pls read the chapter/story, The Santaland Diaries. There is an audio of Sedaris reading the story at NPR. He read it outloud when my daughter and I went to a reading of his a few yrs ago, and I still laugh remembering it.

I read his latest a few months ago--cannot think of the title--and it's great to see he has not lost his bite, his wit or his quirks.

[5boxersmom]

Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell. It was a Christmas present.

[daniel green]

Is the Santaland Diaries about his adventure as an elf? I listened to that one on CD not too long ago. I'm going to see him in a few months and can't wait. He has a wicked sense of humor.

He does have that wicked sense of humor.

Yep, the SDiaries is when he was an elf for Maceys in NYC. I never get tired of the last line in it. Priceless.

His newest book, When You Are Engulfed By Flames, has a lot of politics in it. Loved it.

[RiverWalk]

I only recently started reading Koontz, so I have only read a few of his stuff. I got hooked on his books after seeing a late 90's TV movie version of one of his books called Intensity. That was probably one of the best things I have ever watched, and so I ran out and got the book and have been reading him ever sense.

My oldest son and I love his books. First one I read was Lightening and I passed it on to my son. Then he bought/read Watchers and then I did. We were hooked! That was many years ago and many books read/shared.

This newest book has the return of a Golden Retriever.

[mood*ring]

I've started New Moon. Christmas gifts waiting on the shelf are

Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
The Road
Me Talk Pretty One Day


My friend and I have also done twilight, new moon, eclipse and we are waiting for breaking dawn. We checked them out from the library as audio books. I love taking them to work and listening to them instead of the radio. and dowloading them to the ipod for when I am doing things by myself.

Stephenie Myers has also wrote a book called The Host. I checked it out and will start it when I go back to work after the holidays.

that is supposed to be about an entity that takes over the body of a woman and falls in love with the same man and in a sense its a type of love triangle. my friend says its awesome, i'll let you know.

[desmom]

After my day of true crime, my down time are cozy mysteries....

Right now I am reading a Jacobia Tiptree Home Repair is Homicide series...

"A Trap Door" http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Trap-Door/Sarah-Graves/e/9780553588026/?itm=6

[Wukong]

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

I am on the first story which is about a writer of detective stories, who writes under a pen name who has taken over his life and then he gets a mysterious phone call, a wrong number looking for a detective, and he pretends he's the detective. He gets involved in this case and the new detective personna takes over his life. Really interesting...not sure if I like it yet though. LOL

[cassidy]

Wow! I have never actually come across anyone that has read Staub, so this feels a bit strange! :beer: If you like Staub than try Carlene Thompson. Her books are just as good. Staub and Thompson are two of my favorite authors. :biggrin:

I read Staub too! One of my favorite authors. Thanks for the tip on Thompson, I'll look for her books.

[razrbladromance]

I'm reading "Inside the Mind of BTK" by John Douglas. It's about Dennis Radar and John Douglas' pursuit of this elusive serial killer.


It's an interesting read. :thumbsup:

[Katt2]

I am reading an old Maeve Binchey book "The Glass Lake". I go to yard sales in the summer and buy books. Doesn't matter to me when they were written as long as I have not read them.

[Katt2]

Nearly all of the Maeve Binchey books are wonderful, in my opinion. There have been one or two clunkers but even those are soothing books to read. May I recommend Light A Penny Candle as one of her best, and also, if you enjoy Maeve Binchey you might like Rosmund Pilchers The Shell Sheekers.

What a fun thread! I have a list of books now to go look for!

Oh "The Shell Seekers" is one of my all time favorite books. I also read somewhere it was also Nancy Grace's favorite book.

[courtsinsession]

I just finished reading a book called No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. The book is a fiction mystery about a young girl who wakes up one morning to find that both of her parents and her brother have vanished without a trace. When she went to bed the prior evening, everything was fine, but now there is no sign of her family anywhere. 25 years later, she has married and has a daughter of her own. She struggles on a daily basis to move on from this strange, and unsolved mystery which has become a part of her life. Just when she thinks that she has put the disappearance of her family behind her, a series of events change everything. It was very well written. I now plan on going out and getting more books by this author. He is very good.

Currently, I am reading the latest book my favorite author. It's called Dying Breath by Wendy Corsi Staub. The story revolves around a lady who has had many struggles in her life. Her mother vanished when she was a child, and her sister died in a mysterious fall off the roof of a college library less than a year after the mother vanished. The main character in the book, Camden, keeps having visions of missing children before the kids disappear. She is dealing with some marital problems as well, and decides to take her daughter on vacation at the beach. The visions of the missing children caused her to become an alcoholic, so she is struggling to get past that in her life too. A killer is on the loose at the beach, and when she decides to act on one of her visions of missing children, she places herself in danger. I am only about half done with the book, but like all of the books by this author, it is very good.
Hi and Merry Xmas: I just bought this book and began reading it last night; looks pretty good so far.

[courtsinsession]

what a riveting (but depressing book); it is about the torture and murder of three year old James Bugler in England in 1993; the book takes you through the day it happened when his mom was shopping and was in a butcher shop; she lost track of her son for a few seconds and in that time two 10 year old boys had abducted him and had killed and tortured him within a matter of hours; There is video which captures little James going away with his abductors.
The book itself is not that well written in my opinion but the content is riveting. The police were astounded when interrogating these two children; they couldn't believe they were so small and that they could have committed such a horrific murder. I never forgot about James Bugler and this book provided so many details I never knew like what became of these two child killers. They were freed from Prison at age 18 in 2001 and given new identities. If you read the details of this murder you will believe that these two miscreants are capable of committing murder again. Poor little James Bugler, a delightful intelligent child that died so tragically.

[TealMermaid]

I am reading an old Maeve Binchey book "The Glass Lake". I go to yard sales in the summer and buy books. Doesn't matter to me when they were written as long as I have not read them.

I read that book years back, and I LOVED it! How do you like it?

[sunflowerseeds]

Wally Lamb is one of my favorite authors. I loved She's Come Undone and the other about the twins...I have forgotten the name. Wonderful to hear he has another book out - off to Borders I go!


I Know This Much To Be True (?) is the name of his other book. He is such an awesome writer!

[TealMermaid]

I just finished "Three Little Words-A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter. It's a great book about a girl who spends 9 years in 14 different foster homes. One home is very abusive, and Ashley clings to fantasies about returning to her drug addicted mother.
It's inspiring how Ashley rises above all this!:read:

[nc1948]

Great thread, Mercedes! I've just finished reading "The Sociopath Next Door" which is very eye-opening about people like Casey Anthony.

For christmas I got "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. I love her books, but this is one that I've shied away from because its supposed to be quite disturbing. I will read it.

I just finished reading "My Sister's Keeper" very intense book. But well worth reading.

[nc1948]

Why thank you. I love sharing ideas on books and authors. Some great responses. I read 19 Seconds by Picoult and could not put it down. It was, like all her books, a rather dark book. But so moving and well written. If you haven't read it yet I highly recommend it.

I too recommend "19 seconds". Her books are rather dark, but the are well written and once you get started you cannot put them down.

[Kether]

I've started New Moon. Christmas gifts waiting on the shelf are

Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
The Road
Me Talk Pretty One Day

I just finished New Moon. It is not what I expected, but it is a good read. I read Twilight first, then new moon. I will start Eclipse some time this week. Stephanie Myer has another book that you would probably enjoy if you like New Moon. It is called The Host.

[summit]

I am reading a really good mystery by Margaret Maron it's Death's Half Acre. It's a Deborah Knott Mystery. I have really enjoyed all her books. She writes so well you feel like you know all the folks in her books. She makes each person come alive both good and bad ones.

[MercedesV]

Nearly all of the Maeve Binchey books are wonderful, in my opinion. There have been one or two clunkers but even those are soothing books to read. May I recommend Light A Penny Candle as one of her best, and also, if you enjoy Maeve Binchey you might like Rosmund Pilchers The Shell Sheekers.

What a fun thread! I have a list of books now to go look for!

I was thinking along the same lines as you. Maeve Binchey is great, and I thought of Pilcher. The Shell Seekers is just great. May I also recommend Pilcher's son, I believe his name is Robin, who is also an author. I've enjoyed his books a great deal as well.

I agree it is a fun thread and I love getting ideas about what books to look for and authors. Thanks to all.

[MercedesV]

I am reading a really good mystery by Margaret Maron it's Death's Half Acre. It's a Deborah Knott Mystery. I have really enjoyed all her books. She writes so well you feel like you know all the folks in her books. She makes each person come alive both good and bad ones.

I agree about Maron, enjoy the books in the Knott series. She also has another series that isn't nearly as popular. In fact I can't think of the name right now but different than the Knott series.

Okay, I stopped being lazy and looked it up. It is the Sigrid Harald series, about a police lt. in NYC. It appears she hasn't added to the series in a long time, 1995. But also very enjoyable.

[MercedesV]

Wow! I have never actually come across anyone that has read Staub, so this feels a bit strange! :beer: If you like Staub than try Carlene Thompson. Her books are just as good. Staub and Thompson are two of my favorite authors. :biggrin:

Did a little research on Thompson and thought you might like to know she has a new book being released on March 3,2009 titled You Can Run.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0312372868/stopyourekilling

[TealMermaid]

I just finished reading a book called No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. The book is a fiction mystery about a young girl who wakes up one morning to find that both of her parents and her brother have vanished without a trace. When she went to bed the prior evening, everything was fine, but now there is no sign of her family anywhere. 25 years later, she has married and has a daughter of her own. She struggles on a daily basis to move on from this strange, and unsolved mystery which has become a part of her life. Just when she thinks that she has put the disappearance of her family behind her, a series of events change everything. It was very well written. I now plan on going out and getting more books by this author. He is very good.

Currently, I am reading the latest book my favorite author. It's called Dying Breath by Wendy Corsi Staub. The story revolves around a lady who has had many struggles in her life. Her mother vanished when she was a child, and her sister died in a mysterious fall off the roof of a college library less than a year after the mother vanished. The main character in the book, Camden, keeps having visions of missing children before the kids disappear. She is dealing with some marital problems as well, and decides to take her daughter on vacation at the beach. The visions of the missing children caused her to become an alcoholic, so she is struggling to get past that in her life too. A killer is on the loose at the beach, and when she decides to act on one of her visions of missing children, she places herself in danger. I am only about half done with the book, but like all of the books by this author, it is very good.

Hi!:seeya:
Thanks for recommending "No Time for GoodBye". I got it out of the library today, and I don't want to put it down.:read:

[MercedesV]

here is a 'tween or young teen series for those with kids or grandkids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39_clues

The first two books are out now and I think each new one will be released every 4-6 months.

My grandkids grew up on Harry Potter, Pendragon, Warriers so this was a natural progression.

Sounds interesting. I love the Harry Potter books. It's great to see kids learn to read and learn to love books.

[sunflowerseeds]

Hi!:seeya:
Thanks for recommending "No Time for GoodBye". I got it out of the library today, and I don't want to put it down.:read:

Check back in when you are done and let us know what you thought of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RiverWalk]

These are the ones that I have read by Dean Koontz:

-Intensity
-The Voice of the Night
-The Face of Fear
-The House of Thunder
-Strangers
-Midnight

I liked all of them, but the one that creeped me out was The House of Thunder. Just the fact that the lady was in the hospital, and kept on seeing all those dead people from her past was creepy enough. When I was reading it, I kept telling myself: Thank goodness you aren't in the hospital right now. Thank goodness you aren't in the hospital right now! ....LOL!

LOL. So true. I felt that way with Face of Fear. Took me forever to go in a high-rise building!!! :w00t:

[txsage]

I was thinking along the same lines as you. Maeve Binchey is great, and I thought of Pilcher. The Shell Seekers is just great. May I also recommend Pilcher's son, I believe his name is Robin, who is also an author. I've enjoyed his books a great deal as well.

I agree it is a fun thread and I love getting ideas about what books to look for and authors. Thanks to all.

:thumbsup:

[MercedesV]

I'm reading one by W.E.B. Griffin, called The Last Heros. The first in his Men at War series. It's about the OSS ( forerunner of the CIA ) in World War 2. I started the series with the middle book and now get to backtrack.:laugh:

My son really enjoys these books and has read quite a few if not all of them.

[J. J. in Phila]

by James Renner

He almost writes like a hard bitten film noir movie. He brought out a lot of the facts in the Gricar case first.

[MercedesV]

by James Renner

He almost writes like a hard bitten film noir movie. He brought out a lot of the facts in the Gricar case first.

Is this a true crime book?

[Dells]

I too recommend "19 seconds". Her books are rather dark, but the are well written and once you get started you cannot put them down.

That was a good book. I really like her writing style and her books are so easy to get into. I've also read several other books by her (The Pact and Picture Perfect). I have a few others of hers on my Kindle that I hope to read soon.

[Dells]

Have you read Plain Truth? That was my favorite of hers.

Not yet. It's on my to read list.:biggrin:

[MercedesV]

Have you read Plain Truth? That was my favorite of hers.

As much as I liked Plain Truth, and it was very good, I thought 19 Seconds was even better. Certainly both well worth reading.

[CookieCutter]

Dean R. Koontz . . . "The Darkest Evening of the Year".

I have this one, but haven't started it yet. Right now I am in the middle of Stephen king's "Just After Sunset". It is a collection of short stories, and so far, King has me hooked AGAIN.

[Dragonfly]

Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell. It was a Christmas present.


I got that book for Christmas too. I'm almost done reading it. I can hardly put it down.

Patricia Cornwell is one of my favorite authors. I have all of her books, even the Kay Scarpetta cookbooks.

[forensicfan]

I'm reading Dexter in the Dark (3rd book in the series). I love the show. There are few differences between the book and the series but for the most part, it's the same. The characters are easier to like in the Showtime series.

I usually stick to autobiographies. Especially musicians for some reason. Not exactly sure why.

I've read the following autobiographies:

Coal Miners Daughter (Loretta Lynn)
I, Tina (Tina Turner)
Clapton (Eric Clapton)
The Dirt (Motley Crue)
The Heroin Diaries (Nikki Sixx)
And I Don't Want to Live This Life Anymore (by Nancy Spungeon's mother, Debora about the girlfriend of Sid Vicious)

All very good stories.

[TealMermaid]

Have you read Plain Truth? That was my favorite of hers.

Is that the one that takes place in an Amish village? I enjoyed that one.

[TealMermaid]

I finished "No Time for Good Bye". It was EXCELLENT!!!:read:

[MercedesV]

Is that the one that takes place in an Amish village? I enjoyed that one.

You are right, Plain Truth is about the Amish. A very good book.

[StillEG]

Check back in when you are done and let us know what you thought of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I went and picked up that one and Shell Seekers at Half Price Books yesterday...I'll let you know how it goes.

I read all 4 of the Twilight series pretty quickly at my nieces demand :glare: (they were good though)

[StillEG]

This is not a new release, but one of my favorite books is The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton. Have any of you read it? It's excellent.

I looked for this book yesterday but they didn't have it at the HPB closest to me. I'm going to check for it again this weekend.

I read the first six pages online and now want to read the rest of the book!

[Vol Fan]

I finished "No Time for Good Bye". It was EXCELLENT!!!:read:


That was excellent, but his next one "Too Close to Home" was probably the best book I read in 2008! Even better than "Goodbye".

I'm reading Seductive Poison. It's a true story by Deborah Layton. She was in the Jim Jones/Jonestown cult and escaped before the massacre. Really good book. I want to read "Raven" next, but my bookstore was out of it. I will probably order it from Amazon. It's the one by Tim Reiterman, who was traveling with the Senator & was shot during the massacre. It has gotten rave reviews too.

Recently finished "Sugar Daddy" & "Blue Eyed Devil" by Lisa Kleypas. They were both good too. Contemporaries. Looking forward to the 3rd installment coming out in March.

Also looking forward to Kristen Hannah's newest (late Jan.), Greg Iles newest (June), Susan Elizabeth Phillips (late Jan) and Church of Lies by Flora Jessop.

If you are looking for a good author, try Harlan Coben. He is great too, though I don't care for his Myron Bolitar series. The Woods and Hold Tight were fabulous.

[summit]

I am reading a good mystery by Rober B p arker, It's one of his with Spenser and Hawk together. What a good team they make. The title is Rough Weather, a really good read..

[Mathis]

Hi, everyone!

I recently finished Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise and have just begun reading her Fire in the Blood.

[TealMermaid]

I just finished reading a book called No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. The book is a fiction mystery about a young girl who wakes up one morning to find that both of her parents and her brother have vanished without a trace. When she went to bed the prior evening, everything was fine, but now there is no sign of her family anywhere. 25 years later, she has married and has a daughter of her own. She struggles on a daily basis to move on from this strange, and unsolved mystery which has become a part of her life. Just when she thinks that she has put the disappearance of her family behind her, a series of events change everything. It was very well written. I now plan on going out and getting more books by this author. He is very good.

Currently, I am reading the latest book my favorite author. It's called Dying Breath by Wendy Corsi Staub. The story revolves around a lady who has had many struggles in her life. Her mother vanished when she was a child, and her sister died in a mysterious fall off the roof of a college library less than a year after the mother vanished. The main character in the book, Camden, keeps having visions of missing children before the kids disappear. She is dealing with some marital problems as well, and decides to take her daughter on vacation at the beach. The visions of the missing children caused her to become an alcoholic, so she is struggling to get past that in her life too. A killer is on the loose at the beach, and when she decides to act on one of her visions of missing children, she places herself in danger. I am only about half done with the book, but like all of the books by this author, it is very good.

Hi. :seeya: I got "Dying Breath" out of the library. I can't put it down! Have you finished it? What did you think?

What other books do you recommend? I'm enjoying your book picks. Thanks!:thumbsup:

[Vol Fan]

I finished Seductive Poison & it was great. Now I'm reading Raven by Tim Reiterman. It is fabulous too. Reiterman was one of the journalists that was shot during the Jonestown massacre. He was traveling with Senator Ryan (who was killed). It took him 4 yrs to write. It was published some time ago, and out of print, but reissued for the 30th anniversary. Got rave reviews. It's a very thick book, but well worth the read and a very easy read too. I'm about 1/4 into it now. I wasn't sure if I wanted to read about Jim Jones, but now that I have started, I am fascinated. I am learning a lot about what really happened. I highly recommend these two books.

[islandgirl36542]

I am Not an avid reader But I received "The Long Shadow of Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant" by Dr. Gaylon McCollough as a gift(signed copy:smile: & he just lives about a mile from me) I've read just about every book concerning Coach Bear & Alabama football~this one Is The Best!!! I've laughed & cried reading~Coach Bear was a great coach & great man~he was more like a father to those players who feared, loved, and respected him~Coach Bear imo taught them probably more then their actual fathers did.
McCollough's book is a personal account of the patriarch of the Alabama football family, addressing Bryant's gut-wrenching decision to relinquish power, his prediction of a turbulent future for Alabama football, and his bridge-building plan to produce the Tide's next larger-than-life coach. Few people knew the man behind the coaching legend, and McCollough was one of them.
http://www.ussa.edu/news/2008/10/bears-close-friend-dr-mccollough-pens-book-coach-plans-release-event-and-signing-academ

RTR

[Grayson]

Oh wow you all reminded me that I like mystery novels. As of right now I am not reading any novels but a book about Media, a textbook really. Called Making Sense Of The Media. It's pretty good. It covers all the basics of media and communication from print-books, magazines,newspapers, to radio, music, and film.
And on my schedule to read are books about sewing,architecture,gymnastics,marketing and advertising, and personal finance.

[Vol Fan]

Has anyone read Wicked Intentions by Kevin Flynn? I just got that in the mail yesterday (Amazon-where it got great reviews) and wondered what you all thought of it.

[summit]

I have just finished one of the best books I have ever read. It's Testimony by Anita Shreve. It's about Teen agers who made a very bad decision one night and how it affected them and others for the rest of their lives. It was really a book that when you finished the last page it stays with you for quite awhile.

[Vol Fan]

I have just finished one of the best books I have ever read. It's Testimony by Anita Shreve. It's about Teen agers who made a very bad decision one night and how it affected them and others for the rest of their lives. It was really a book that when you finished the last page it stays with you for quite awhile.

Thanks Summit! Adding that to my list to get.

I love getting recommendations!

[TealMermaid]

I have just finished one of the best books I have ever read. It's Testimony by Anita Shreve. It's about Teen agers who made a very bad decision one night and how it affected them and others for the rest of their lives. It was really a book that when you finished the last page it stays with you for quite awhile.

OOH! It sounds good, and I've never read anything by that author before.:read:

[tiny paw-prints]

An excellent book to let the world know which way the wind is blowing: "They Must Be Stopped" by Brigitte Gabriel.

[summit]

I am reading an excellent book by Michael Connelly it's The Brass Verdict. It's really a good who done it. It's got the Lawyer Mickey Haller and Police Dective Harry Bosh. What a good team they make up.

[withay]

Isn't "Derailed" the book that was made into a movie with Jennifer Anniston and Clive Owen a few years ago? The movie was great so i bet the book was too.

[courtsinsession]

" To have and to Kill"- I am about 1/4 of the way throiugh it and can hardly put it down. It is really well written although the photos are lousy.The author says that the authorities believe someone assisted her in the dismemberment process and at this point I am trying to figure out who this person could be; was anyone ever charged as an accomplice? This is such a sad story for Bill McGuire; he never saw it coming poor man. She really is evil and deserves every day in prison she got.

[summit]

I am reading a really good book, by Faye Kellerman, It's called The Mercedes Coffin. A Decker and Lazrus Novel. It's really a good book the ending is really good the whole book keeps you quessing till the end.

[MercedesV]

I am reading an excellent book by Michael Connelly it's The Brass Verdict. It's really a good who done it. It's got the Lawyer Mickey Haller and Police Dective Harry Bosh. What a good team they make up.

One of my favorite authors. I think his whole series is great, he has written some stand alones as well.

[summit]

I am almost finished with another Good Book, it's Killer View by Ridley Pearson. If you like a good mystery with alot of twists and turns I think You will really enjoy this book.

[tiny paw-prints]

I just finished reading "A Royal Duty" and "The Way We Were" by Paul Burrell, the butler for the royal family for 21 years. Both were excellent.

[Poe]

I just finished "The Shack" by William P. Young .

It is a story about a man meeting with God. I thought is one of the best books I have ever read.

[tiny paw-prints]

I just finished reading another excellent newly released book:

147 pages: "The Sea is So Wide and My Boat is So Small--Charting a Course for the Next Generation" by Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (the author's royalties are donated to the CDF). Edelman is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller "The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours" and eight other books.

Children's Defense Fund: www.childrensdefense.org

[Mathis]

I've just finished a fascinating book called Crossing Hitler, the biography of Hans Litten, a young Jewish German lawyer who had the nerve to call Adolf Hitler as a witness in an attempted murder trial in 1931. It's utterly fascinating, and I wish it hadn't ended. If you like historical trials and such, this should be a good read.

BTW, the title comes from Litten's cross-examination of Hitler, who virtually melts down and goes into a tirade during Litten's cross. The transcript of Hitler's testimony is included. It's a really good read of a little-known trial, and Litten's fate is pretty much as one might expect, sadly.

[sunbunny]

I just finished reading The Mask by Dean Koontz. It was an excellent book! The story revolves around Carol and Paul Tracy, a young couple who are unable to have kids. Since they can't have children, they start looking into the possibility of adopting a child. One day, while Carol is driving to work, a teenage girl jumps in front of her car, and is nearly killed. The girl has no idea what her name is, where she is from, or anything about her past. Forming a connection with "Jane Doe", Carol convinces Paul to let the girl stay with them until the police find her parents. Upon meeting the girl, strange things start happening to Paul and Carol: pounding noises that shake their house, bizarre dreams that don't make any sense, and a strange figure that is seen lurking on their property, just to name a few. What is going on? And WHO is Jane Doe?
The Mask was a good one, to say the least..........

that sounds like my kind of book!! thanks! will look for it after i finish reading "Stalker" which i just bought last week. so far, so good! :thumbup:

[TennVol]

I love this thread and thank you all for your recommendations. i bought a Kindle cause I read so much...........it is really saving me money and space in my house............LOL. I just started No Time To Say Goodbye. Thank you all for your recommendations. The book that I love is The Last Lecture. It will really make you think about things and see how someone who is dying can really live.

[Themis]

Right now I am reading 'The Devil's Alternative' by Frederick Forsyth, an English author.

It was written back in 1979 so you have to make allowances for the characters not making those all important calls on their cell phone or having a laptop handy -- LOL!

Forsyth is a former journalist and his books are filled with historical facts and a lot of detail -- I enjoy his books. He has been fairly prolific with well over a dozen books.

His most popular book was 'The Day of the Jackal' which was made into the excellent and well-known movie.

His own biography is fairly interesting if you want to read about him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Forsyth

While I am not a huge fan of wik as a 100% reliable source of info, it's a quick read and easy to find.

Tennvol, I know what you mean by book space and cost of books these days. I'm lucky I live in a community with 2 excellent used book stores and several charity thrift shops which are great places to pick up books. Most of what I read is donated back to a charity thrift store but Forsyth gets his own private shelf in my book case.

[summit]

I have just finished another good book. It's Break Neck, by Erica Spindler. A really good mystery the kind that keeps you guessing until the end about who did it.

[summit]

I just finished a really wonderful book. It's called Swan Peak by James Lee Burke, its A Dave Robicheaux series. I love all his books but I thought this one was extra good.

[Themis]

I just finished a really wonderful book. It's called Swan Peak by James Lee Burke, its A Dave Robicheaux series. I love all his books but I thought this one was extra good.
I like James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux series, too; I am adding it to my list.

Thank you especially for the recommendation on Erica Spindler.:smile:

I'm always looking for new authors and am definitely adding her to my list of 'to buy.' I just checked her out and she's written quite a few:

http://www.ericaspindler.com/bookshelf.cfm

[summit]

Dear Themis, I am glad you enjoyed the Book, I do love to hear about Good Authors and their books.

[incidentally]

I just finished "The Shack" by William P. Young .

It is a story about a man meeting with God. I thought is one of the best books I have ever read.

Hey Poe,

I'm about 1/2 through "The Shack". It was passed along to me, as the author request.

[summit]

I have almost finished reading an excellent,book by a Writer I haven't read before. It's By Declan Hughes an Irish Man the book is The Price of Blood a wonderful deep mystery. I checked it out of the library. I see He has written two other books, The Color of Blood, and The Wrong Kind of Blood,

[AlbertT]

I'm currently reading "To Keep The British Isles Afloat" by Thomas Parrish. Excellent so far and unputdownable. FDR hears that Churchill is a drunk and makes continual rash decisions, therefor before investing heavily to help the Brits out after the French frontier was squashed at Dunkirk, FDR sends two of his long time close associates to investigate the allegations made with regards to Churchill's character.

The surprise is who he sends. Not any political colleague but a shrewd businessman and a former friend of his wife Eleanor. The two gather needed info............and what an account of how they exercised these duties.......

This is the best book that I've ever read on WW2 history.

[Vol Fan]

I am currently reading Final Breath by Kevin O'Brien. This story revolves around a young reporter named Sydney Jordan. Sydney works for a TV newsmagazine, doing stories about every day heroes. She recently seperated from her husband and moved across the country to Seattle with her son, to get a fresh new start on her life. Meanwhile, someone is brutally murdering people across the country......people who don't seem to have any connection at first. However, with growing horror, Sydney realizes that she is THE connection between these people. Now the killer is watching Sydney.....looking for the perfect moment to take her down. At times I have had to read this book with all of the lights on, because some of the scenes have left me literally chilled. :scared:

That sounds really good & has gotten 5 stars at Amazon! I'll be picking this one up for sure! Thanks for the recommendation.

[summit]

I am reading a really good book By Jeffery Deaver it's called The Bodies Left Behind, a really good Mystery. I was really lucky the last time I went to the Library, some time it's hit or miss.

[summit]

The latest book I am reading by J Deavers is really super every page is really a excellent read so many chacters and plots it keeps you on the edge of your seat.

[muska]

I'm reading "Against Medical Advice" by James Patterson. It is his first nonfiction book. It's about a boy with Tourette's Syndrome. His father worked with Patterson at one time and they teamed up to tell the son's story. It's excellent - it gives an understanding of the illness, what the boy is feeling/thinking and what his family goes through as they look for treatment. Very fast reading.

[Themis]

I just finished The Hard Way, by Lee Child. This is his 10th Jack Reacher book. There are 13 Jack Reacher books to date, so if you like Child's writing and Jack Reacher as the protagonist there's plenty of books to keep you busy.

This book kept me very interested and entertained throughout. Jack Reacher is an enigmatic character, born into a military family and was in it himself for many years. While each book is a stand-alone it is best to read them in order but one certainly does not have to.

Lee Child has his own website -- very complete and thorough. Just use your favorite search engine to see what his website has to offer.

[summit]

I am so glad you wrote about Lee 's latest book I'll look for it the next time I go to the library.

[summit]

I am reading another good Book It's Bones Of Betrayal , A body Farm Novel By Jefferson Bass.

[september]

Thanks guys for the recommendations......I plan to follow up on several of them.

My recommendation is Jeffrey Deaver's THE VANISHED MAN. The killer is an illusionist and the way he gets away with his crimes is amazing. It is clear that Deaver did a lot of research on how magician's accomplish their amazing tricks. I've read lots of mysteries and this killer was unique. It will keep you entertained......the guy even gets into Lincoln's bedroom.......terrifying for this helpless man.

[Vol Fan]

Ocean, thanks for the recommendation of Final Breath by Kevin O'Brien. I really enjoyed his book & went and got several others by him.

I started Murdered by Mumia last night. Very good book so far. It's mind-boggling what Mrs. Faulkner & family has had to go through with the murder of her policeman husband and ever since then with idiotic celebrities.

[summit]

Don't Ever Tell, sounds like a good book I'll put it on my list .

[AlbertT]

How did you get a copy of it before its April release date?

I got a hold of an unedited readers advanced copy. There are several hundred of these distributed before the release of most published books. They are well stamped, in order to make it impossible to sell them, they are also paper back, with a hard back price tag.

[Vol Fan]

No problem Vol Fan........:smile:


I just finished reading Don't Ever Tell by Brandon Massey. This is a new author that I have not tried before. The story revolves around a young couple named Joshua and Rachel Moore. Newlyweds, they are living the perfect life in their home in the Atlanta suburbs. She is a hairstylists and he is a self emplyed graphic designer. Several months into their marriage, Joshua begins to get an uneasy feeling that Rachel is hiding something from him. When Rachel starts acting strange (sneaking around, bizarre nightmares), Joshua becomes suspicious. Meanwhile, Rachel's past is starting to catch up with her, a past that is deadly and threatens to destroy everything that she holds dear. This book was a fast read, and moved at a brisk pace. I loved the fact that the author didn't dance around what was going on in the story, the way that some books do. You know what is going on pretty much from the first page.

Ocean, sounds like another great recommendation that I'll be taking you up on!

I'm currently reading "Until Proven Innocent" by Stuart Taylor, about the Duke Lacrosse rape case. Very good book. Amazon readers gave it 4 1/2 stars. Here's what Amazon says:

Guilty until proven innocent was a concept expressed by Duke University's president Richard Brodhead, among others, betraying a stunning misapprehension of America's justice system in the case of the Duke lacrosse players wrongfully indicted for raping a black stripper in 2006. As well reported in detail by respected legal journalist Taylor and Brooklyn College historian Johnson, the facts of the case speak for themselves: rogue prosecutor Mike Nifong willfully disregarded evidence of the boys' innocence; Duke administrators hung the team members out to dry; much of Duke's faculty and the media rushed to assume guilt in the racially charged case (the New York Times comes in for special opprobrium). But these facts are embedded in repetitiously hammering home the basic points, sarcasm and ranting against the political correctness (i.e., obsession with the race-class-gender triad) of academia and the media. The authors challenge the academic credentials of the black faculty members who attacked the team and criticize the Times's Selena Roberts for choosing to live in lily white Westport, Conn. In total contrast, the closing chapters offer balanced, tautly argued discussions of, and remedies for, the central problems: prosecutorial abuse, the frequency of false rape accusations and academic groupthink. 8 pages of color photos. (Oct. 1)

[nanieliz]

kinda new to this side of insession. I usually read only true murder/abuse/kidnapping. In my wandering on the net I met a new auther,Jessie Terwilliger.

She's young,refreshing. Don't let her age or anything else fool you tho!

I finished The Fight for Golden Dawn in 2 nites,261 pgs. This story is mostly a true look at CPS,fostercare,the people who are having kids that shouldn't,the people who make life hard for others.

I rate this book 5 stars! It may not be a book you want to believe but it's a book thats true!

I'm starting her next book Bombshell tonite. My fingers are itching!!!!


Liz P

[Reality11]

Some books that I have recently finished reading:

-The Unforgiven by Patricia MacDonald: This is a thrilling suspense story about a young woman named Maggie Fraser, who is convicted and sent to prison for murdering her lover. Although she is innocent, a jury thought otherwise, and convicted her. While in prison, she attempts to commit suicide, after losing all hope that she would ever get out. Now, twelve years later, Maggie has served out her sentence, and simply wants to forget about what happened to her, and how her life was changed forever. Thinking that she can run away from her past, she arrives on a tiny island off the coast of New England, where, under an assumed name, she has gotten a job with the little island paper. Maggie thinks that things are looking up for her. However, her hopes at a new life on the island are changed forever when she realizes that someone in the community knows all about her past.....someone who is going to make sure that Maggie pays dearly. I really enjoyed this book. There was a small town, island atmosphere to the book, which really drew me in, and the characters were ones that I could easily identify with.

-Tell No One by Harlan Coben: A lovely thriller about a doctor named David Beck, who's wife was murdered eight years ago. Since the tragic death, he has tried to rebuild his life as best as he can. However, it has been very difficult without his wife. On the anniversary of the day that David and his deceased wife shared their first kiss, a bizarre e-mail shows up on his computer....an e-mail that indicates that his wife may not be dead after all. Trying to get to the bottom of what is going on, David uncovers shocking secrets that will change everything. This one really had my heart beating. I ended up reading the whole book in one evening, it was that gripping.


Currently, I am reading a really good book called The Patient by Michael Palmer. The story revolves around a neurosurgeon in Massachusetts named Jessie Copeland. She is one of the best doctors in her field, and is on the verge of creating a tiny robot, which has the ability to help doctors during difficult brain surgeries, where the patient has a high risk of dying. Meanwhile, someone is traveling around the country, murdering neurosurgeons just like Jessie. Someone who is dying of a brain tumor and needs the best medical help they can find. The only problem.....he is an assassin (not exactly the best patient to have around :rolleyes:). It will be up to one man to save Jessie and to stop the killer in his tracks before he kills again. This one drew me in right from the start. So far so good...........


What are you reading?

[MercedesV]

We seem to have similar reading tastes. The Palmer book was very good I thought.

Right now I'm in need of some more books. I finished reading Blue Heaven by CJ Box which was a standalone not one of his series. Well done. Two kids witness a murder, and have to hide to prevent being killed themselves. Twists and interesting sub plots.

The Two Minute Rule by Crais. He is one of my favorites and this was really good as well.

[Riverwalk!]

I just started reading Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian.

In Jan. 1945, in the waning months of WWII a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from the Russian front to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.....................

[Patriot]

I'm finishing up "The Centurion's Wife" by Jeanette Oke. It's the first book I've read by her and I will be getting more. It's historical fiction about Jesus. Great reading, especially this time of year. :)

Caught up in the maelstrom following the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine, Leah finds herself also engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier, Alban, who seems to care for nothing but his own ambitions. Head of the garrison near Galilee, he has been assigned by Palestine's governor to ferret out the truth behind rumors of a political execution gone awry. Leah's mistress, the governor's wife, secretly commissions Leah also to discover what really has become of this man whose death--and missing body--is causing such furor.


http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Centurions-Wife/Davis-Bunn/e/9780764205149

[SavannahStar]

I'm a huge Harlen Coben fan!!! I've read most of his books, thanks to recommendations on here and elsewhere. I've now moved on to Jeffrey Deavers....love his books. One that is especially good is "A Maiden's Grave" about a hostage situation. I've also recently finished "Second Glance" by Jodi Picoult. LOVED it. It's a combination murder mystery and love story through the ages.....very unusual for her.

[MercedesV]

I'm a huge Harlen Coben fan!!! I've read most of his books, thanks to recommendations on here and elsewhere. I've now moved on to Jeffrey Deavers....love his books. One that is especially good is "A Maiden's Grave" about a hostage situation. I've also recently finished "Second Glance" by Jodi Picoult. LOVED it. It's a combination murder mystery and love story through the ages.....very unusual for her.

Have you read 19 Seconds by Picoult? It was excellent. Very sad, but excellent.

[joolz]

Has anyone read Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell? It's his first novel (he's a doctor) and it's a real rollercoaster of thriller and very dark comedy. When I started it I rolled my eyes because it's about a hitman-turned-doctor; but within ten pages I was hooked and couldn't put it down. :thumbsup:

[SavannahStar]

Have you read 19 Seconds by Picoult? It was excellent. Very sad, but excellent.

Oh yes. I loved it. I've read pretty much all of Picoult's books. A few I didn't like, not many....."Tenth Circle" is one off the top of my head. Only read a bit of it and quit. I can't think of my favorite, maybe something with "heart" in it? Anyway it was about a married couple and the wife left to "find herself" or something. It's one of her older books I think. That was tops for me. But most all her books I've really loved.

[Noahs ARK]

I recently discovered Lee Child, so I've been reading all his "Jack Reacher" books. I'm on the last one right now and then I'll move on to Harlan Coban's new book.

[Reality11]

We seem to have similar reading tastes. The Palmer book was very good I thought.

Right now I'm in need of some more books. I finished reading Blue Heaven by CJ Box which was a standalone not one of his series. Well done. Two kids witness a murder, and have to hide to prevent being killed themselves. Twists and interesting sub plots.

The Two Minute Rule by Crais. He is one of my favorites and this was really good as well.


Blue Heaven sounds very good......I will put it on my list. Luckily it is a standalone.....for some reason I never have the patience to read any books that belong to a series (probably because I don't like waiting for the new book to come out once I have finished all the others in a series).

[aproudmom]

What am I reading well the MonsterMom Anthony documents who needs a book these days...:lol:

No really I do love to read but it has to be true storys no love novels boring:thumbdown:The last books I read was
Nancy Graces Book I love Nancy:thumbsup:
Ryan White book very sad
Laci Peterson book wrote by her mother very good.
A boy called IT was a great book but sad
last one I just got done reading was
Mistaken Identity
happened here in Indiana great book recommend it

My problem is when I start one I can read it in one night I can not put it down.

[Katt2]

I am reading another of my yard sale finds. "The Morgan Women" by Beverly Byrne.

[kenobicat]

Right now I'm in the middle of James Patterson's "Run For Your Life".

I'm reading it on my Kindle 2. I LOVE this Kindle. I will never buy another paper book again. When I'm doing a chore (like dishes) I can click on my Kindle and it reads to me where I left off. :thumbsup:

I already have 2 of Patricia Cornwell's books waiting for me.
"Book of the Dead" and "Scarpetta".

[crocdog1]

Am reading Lincoln and Douglas--The Debates That Defined America, by Allen C Guelzo.

I've read less than a 100 pages, but one thing that stands out is that "everything old is new again."

The same passions, the same antagonisms, the same hates and loathing over issues is with us today.

the only difference is the main issues then were slavery, commerce, and morals.

Today, the issue seem to me, to evolve more around faith based social values, than anything else (I get this feeling is from the posts on the Political Forum.

The book is a very interesting read to those interested in American History and/or those whose interests are mainly political.

Besides the actual Debates, you have a complete overview on what was going on in America during these times.

[Poe]

What am I reading well the MonsterMom Anthony documents who needs a book these days...:lol:

No really I do love to read but it has to be true storys no love novels boring:thumbdown:The last books I read was
Nancy Graces Book I love Nancy:thumbsup:
Ryan White book very sad
Laci Peterson book wrote by her mother very good.
A boy called IT was a great book but sad
last one I just got done reading was
Mistaken Identity
happened here in Indiana great book recommend it

My problem is when I start one I can read it in one night I can not put it down.

A Boy Called It- I read that a long time ago and it ripped my heart out! Such a sad story.

[Poe]

Right now I'm in the middle of James Patterson's "Run For Your Life".

I'm reading it on my Kindle 2. I LOVE this Kindle. I will never buy another paper book again. When I'm doing a chore (like dishes) I can click on my Kindle and it reads to me where I left off. :thumbsup:

I already have 2 of Patricia Cornwell's books waiting for me.
"Book of the Dead" and "Scarpetta".

I have been wanting one of those Kindles but I don't want to spend that much. Have been looking for a used one for a while now. They are so cool.

[Poe]

Right now I am reading Chicken Soup for the Spiritual Soul. It is light and enjoyable. I have a George Anderson book waiting on me.

I recently finished The Shack, which has to be one of the best books I have ever read. I just loved it. About a man meeting with God.

Happy Easter.

[summit]

I do love the reading section I haven't gotten alot of good ideas for books.

[Shells2]

I am 1/2 way through the Twighlight series, for the second or third time.. haha.

[summit]

I just reread my last post, I mean't to say I have gotten many good book ideas.

[MercedesV]

I just reread my last post, I mean't to say I have gotten many good book ideas.

I'm glad you clarified that because I was confused for a bit there.

Does anyone read Stephen Booth? He is a British author writes a police procedurial series set in England. A great writer.

[lindasbaitsh]

Current read: The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw

[bchand]

Right now I'm in the middle of James Patterson's "Run For Your Life".

I'm reading it on my Kindle 2. I LOVE this Kindle. I will never buy another paper book again. When I'm doing a chore (like dishes) I can click on my Kindle and it reads to me where I left off. :thumbsup:

I already have 2 of Patricia Cornwell's books waiting for me.
"Book of the Dead" and "Scarpetta".

I really liked Scarpetta. I haven't read Book of the Dead though.

I have the first edition of the Kindle and love it also. I am going through books like crazy though because I take it to the gym and read while I'm on the treadmill.

I just finished Run for your Life. Loved it too.

I have the Twilight series. I got them for my daughter but I haven't read them. I didn't think books about Vampires would interest me but I may have to reconsider with all I hear about the series.

[SavannahStar]

I really liked Scarpetta. I haven't read Book of the Dead though.

I have the first edition of the Kindle and love it also. I am going through books like crazy though because I take it to the gym and read while I'm on the treadmill.

I just finished Run for your Life. Loved it too.

I have the Twilight series. I got them for my daughter but I haven't read them. I didn't think books about Vampires would interest me but I may have to reconsider with all I hear about the series.

Vampires never interested me at all, except one book by Ann Rice, and I forget the name of it offhand.

However, I heard SO much about Twilight, I did pick it up. I was enthralled. LOVED the first book, and the third. The second book was so-so.

I haven't as yet seen the movie; waiting for it on my queue at netflix.

[bchand]

Vampires never interested me at all, except one book by Ann Rice, and I forget the name of it offhand.

However, I heard SO much about Twilight, I did pick it up. I was enthralled. LOVED the first book, and the third. The second book was so-so.

I haven't as yet seen the movie; waiting for it on my queue at netflix.


It probably was Interview with the Vampire. I remember her being upset when they put Tom Cruise in the movie.

I have the entire Twilight Series on my Kindle so I'll eventually read them but everyone here keeps coming up with great books so I'm reading as fast as I can. My daughter in law had book 3 I think with her when she came last week. That book was HUGE !

[SavannahStar]

It probably was Interview with the Vampire. I remember her being upset when they put Tom Cruise in the movie.

I have the entire Twilight Series on my Kindle so I'll eventually read them but everyone here keeps coming up with great books so I'm reading as fast as I can. My daughter in law had book 3 I think with her when she came last week. That book was HUGE !

Actually no, I just looked on my bookshelf and it was The Witching Hour. I did pick up Interview with a Vampire some time back and just couldn't get into it. But The Witching Hour, I just got so mesmerized by the locale, etc. (New Orleans), had a real "feel" in that book for time and place.

But that's the extent of my interest in vampire books, that one plus the Twilight series.

[ttcRider]

Hello everyone!
Has anyone read Spellsinger by Foster? Its really hard to find and the prices are high for used copies. I just wonder if it will be worth the price?

tia
ttc

[summit]

I have just finished a really wonderful book By Ron Rash it's Serena. He is a wonderful writer. This book is all about Love, honor and how people act when they are betrayed. This is the first book I have read of his.But He has sevelar others. One Foot in Eden, Saints at the river, The World Made Straight.

[darjeeling]

I just finished Bones by Jonathan Kellerman. I don't usually get into crime/mystery books but this one was good. It was an easy read and Kellerman did a good job of hooking the reader to keep on turning the pages to the end.

So has anyone else read Kellerman and are there any other in his Alex Delaware series you would recommend?

[summit]

I am reading a really good Mystery, By Perri O'Shaughnessy called Show No Fear. It's a Nina Reilly Novel. It's the great kind of mystery You have no idea who did it till the last page.

[bchand]

I am reading a really good Mystery, By Perri O'Shaughnessy called Show No Fear. It's a Nina Reilly Novel. It's the great kind of mystery You have no idea who did it till the last page.



Thanks summit - I might get that next.

Right now I'm reading Mary Higgins Clark's latest. It's called "Just Take My Heart: A Novel"

From Amazon:

In her new thriller, America's #1 bestselling Queen of Suspense delves into a legal battle over the guilt or innocence of a man accused of murdering his wife. Woven into her plot is an eerie, little-understood but documented medical phenomenon -- the emergence of a donor's traits and memories in the recipient of a heart transplant.

I think long-time posters will really like it because all throughout the book so far (I'm half-way through) the old CourtTV show is interwined in the story.

After each day in court, there is a show on TV called "Courtside" where the host could be any of our favorites on the old CourtTV show and other lawyers come on to discuss the day's happenings in court.

I'm loving it so far.

[Themis]

I just finished Bones by Jonathan Kellerman. I don't usually get into crime/mystery books but this one was good. It was an easy read and Kellerman did a good job of hooking the reader to keep on turning the pages to the end.

So has anyone else read Kellerman and are there any other in his Alex Delaware series you would recommend?
We have enjoyed the Alex Delaware series by Jonathan Kellerman, too; but I cannot name any that we have particularly enjoyed.
Because he is so prolific your local library should carry most of his books. And because he has a good reputation for writing best sellers all his books are published in paperback form. It is not difficult to find his paperbacks at used book stores and thrift shops. Our charity shops charge anywhere from .50 to $1 per paperback -- a real bargain.
In our locale we have a group called "Friends of the Library" who receive donated books throughout the year and then have book sales 2 times a year -- in the spring and in the early fall, so that is another source for buying used paperbacks inexpensively. Your local library may hold book sales too with the money generated then donated to the library to buy new books. Good luck and enjoy! [JMO * Themis]

[Themis]

Hello everyone!
Has anyone read Spellsinger by Foster? Its really hard to find and the prices are high for used copies. I just wonder if it will be worth the price?

tia
ttc
I am not familiar with Spellsinger by Foster so I did a quick google and learned that this is a series of fantasy books. Are these what you are looking for? As for being really hard to find and prices high, have you tried a website callled 'Fetchbook'? If not, here is the link, and I hope you find it useful for finding that hard to locate book(s). Good luck!

http://www.fetchbook.info/

[summit]

I am going to put the New Mary Higgins Clark on my list that sounds like a really good book.

[Vol Fan]

I just finished reading "The Stranger Beside Me" by Ann Rule. It is the story of Ted Bundy.

It was very detailed and very scary. Bundy was killing women when I was in my 20's. It is so creepy to think about that. What sticks with me is that he is very handsome and I would have been interested in him if I had never met him. The women that survived said he was charming and handsome.

So I guess women need to know that not every evil man that wants to harm them is not going to look like Dracula. We really need to remember this. Women looked at Bundy and listened to him and thought he was cool. They had no idea what he was. There was nothing they saw that caused a warning bell to go off.

The Stranger Beside Me was one of Rule's best IMO! Funny thing was, I didn't read it for many years and I read all her books. Figured I had read enough of Bundy & didn't think there was any new info out there. Boy was I wrong!!! That book was fabulous - with her twist of having known him, worked with him & in contact with him after his arrest.

Right now, I've discovered another author I've never read. Laura Griffin. I'm reading her book "Thread of Fear" and I love it! I'm going to get all her books and read them now. "Thread" has a sequel out called "Whisper of Warning" which I am going to buy during my lunch break today. I highly recommend her.

[FurthurBB]

What am I reading well the MonsterMom Anthony documents who needs a book these days...:lol:

No really I do love to read but it has to be true storys no love novels boring:thumbdown:The last books I read was
Nancy Graces Book I love Nancy:thumbsup:
Ryan White book very sad
Laci Peterson book wrote by her mother very good.
A boy called IT was a great book but sad
last one I just got done reading was
Mistaken Identity
happened here in Indiana great book recommend it

My problem is when I start one I can read it in one night I can not put it down.

My daughter read a boy called it when she was in high school. She could not stop talking about it. I might have to read it some day. IMO

[summit]

I am reading a really good mystery called Don't Tell A soul. By David Rosenfelt. It really is a thriller, this is the first book of his i have read.But i see He has six other novels Featuring Lawyer Andy Carpenter. those are next on my list when I hit the Library.

[Vol Fan]

I'm now reading "The Forgotten Man" which is a new history of the great depression, by Amity Schlaes. Very good book.

[kenobicat]

Thanks summit - I might get that next.

Right now I'm reading Mary Higgins Clark's latest. It's called "Just Take My Heart: A Novel"

From Amazon:

In her new thriller, America's #1 bestselling Queen of Suspense delves into a legal battle over the guilt or innocence of a man accused of murdering his wife. Woven into her plot is an eerie, little-understood but documented medical phenomenon -- the emergence of a donor's traits and memories in the recipient of a heart transplant.

I think long-time posters will really like it because all throughout the book so far (I'm half-way through) the old CourtTV show is interwined in the story.

After each day in court, there is a show on TV called "Courtside" where the host could be any of our favorites on the old CourtTV show and other lawyers come on to discuss the day's happenings in court.

I'm loving it so far.

I'm going to order this on Kindle. I was hesitating because I kept thinking I had read it, but just realized I finished Dean Koontz book "Your Heart Belongs To Me" :huh:

I'm just about done with "Scarpetta". I've found in her last 2 books that I really don't like Lucy anymore and she almost totally ruined Marino in her last book and seems to be trying to redeem him in this book. Maybe the Scarpetta books have run their course. At least for me.

Thanks for the heads up on Clark's book. I've always liked her books.

[summit]

I just finished reading a book I posted about earlier it was Don't Tell a Soul By David Rosenfelt, It was one of the best mystery's I have read in a long time.

[bchand]

I'm going to order this on Kindle. I was hesitating because I kept thinking I had read it, but just realized I finished Dean Koontz book "Your Heart Belongs To Me" :huh:

I'm just about done with "Scarpetta". I've found in her last 2 books that I really don't like Lucy anymore and she almost totally ruined Marino in her last book and seems to be trying to redeem him in this book. Maybe the Scarpetta books have run their course. At least for me.

Thanks for the heads up on Clark's book. I've always liked her books.

I liked Scarpetta better than her last book.

This thread is costing me $$$. I read my first Jack Reacher novel and now am hooked. I'm starting from the beginning of the series and even pre-ordered the new one coming out in May !

(My son asked what I wanted for Mother's Day and I said Amazon gift certificates !!)

I'm addicted to the one-click ordering for my Kindle.

[kenobicat]

I liked Scarpetta better than her last book.

This thread is costing me $$$. I read my first Jack Reacher novel and now am hooked. I'm starting from the beginning of the series and even pre-ordered the new one coming out in May !

(My son asked what I wanted for Mother's Day and I said Amazon gift certificates !!)

I'm addicted to the one-click ordering for my Kindle.

I love clicking too. :laugh: I ran across their free Kindle books and got a couple. I also found a Stephen King book for $2.99. Actually some of the free books look pretty good.

[bchand]

I love clicking too. :laugh: I ran across their free Kindle books and got a couple. I also found a Stephen King book for $2.99. Actually some of the free books look pretty good.

I agree kenobicat. Somehow I got a Lee Child book free. I can't remember how but that has me hooked on the Reacher series now!

[kenobicat]

I agree kenobicat. Somehow I got a Lee Child book free. I can't remember how but that has me hooked on the Reacher series now!

I'm so excited, my kids got me a $50 gift cert for Amazon.

If you like Stephan King, the book I downloaded was "UR" for $2.99. It is about a man that gets a Kindle, but it has some pretty strange downloads.

I'm going to try a Reacher now. What is the first book in the series?

[kenobicat]

If you go to Amazon and type in Lee Child, they have the books in order. I liked them all except the last one and the new one looks like it could be good. Lee Child, Elizabeth George and Nelson DeMille are three of my favorites and bought all their last books in hardback. All three were bad. I had a hard time finishing all three books but found so did most folks who wrote a review on Amazon. I should have read the Amazon reviews and waited for the paperback. I will buy the new Child in hardback but if Lee feels the necessity to elaborabte on his liberal agenda again for of all people, Jack Reacher, I am going to have to quit him.

Thanks for the info. I'll start looking tomorrow.

[summit]

I am reading a really good book. I usually stick with myster's cant spell today. But this book is about family, love good times and bad times. The people are so real you feel like you know them. It's called Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos. She has written another book Broken For You thats next on my list.

[CHITCHAT]

My usual read is true crime stories, but I picked up a book at a yard sale last weekend "She's come undone" I'm only into the first 20 pages but its good...like a say a very differ. read for me...

[TBIBeg]

My usual read is true crime stories, but I picked up a book at a yard sale last weekend "She's come undone" I'm only into the first 20 pages but its good...like a say a very differ. read for me...


LOVED this book! Hope you enjoy it.

[bchand]

Went to B and N today for the new Reacher. I am six days to early but did pick up "Sarah's Key" which is about children being hidden during the Holacoust. Looks very interesting.


I was pleasantly surprised to see the new Reacher book downloaded to my Kindle this morning !!! Woo hoo.

I don't know if I should go out of order and read it or not...
decisions, decisions.

[Staceylee]

I am on the last book of the series of "Twilight". It's a 4 book series and I have really enjoyed it. I have to admit I did not think I would like it because it is based around vampires but I have been pleasently surprised. It has been a nice change from what I usually read. A friend recommened it to me and passed her collection on to me otherwise I most likely would not have bought it but I am glad that I gave it a chance. I could not put it down. Very interesting read. The arthur is "Stephanie Meyer". You should try it. I think you would enjoy it as I have.

[Vol Fan]

I am on the last book of the series of "Twilight". It's a 4 book series and I have really enjoyed it. I have to admit I did not think I would like it because it is based around vampires but I have been pleasently surprised. It has been a nice change from what I usually read. A friend recommened it to me and passed her collection on to me otherwise I most likely would not have bought it but I am glad that I gave it a chance. I could not put it down. Very interesting read. The arthur is "Stephanie Meyer". You should try it. I think you would enjoy it as I have.

Staceylee, have you read the True Blood books? Some call them the Sookie Stackhouse books. Written by Charlaine Harris & brought to HBO & renamed True Blood. Fabulous books! They are about Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress in a country bar named Merlotte's which is in Louisiana. She has a "disability" in which she can hear some people's thoughts. Vampires have come out of the "coffin" so to speak. There has been a synthetic blood invented (TruBlood) that will allow vampires to drink this & not kill for blood (supposedly). They are realllllly good books. Fun books with a lot of drama and action. I haven't seen the HBO series, but it's gotten tons of great reviews. You really should check these books out. If you enjoyed Twilight, I think you will love True Blood books.

[bchand]

I liked reading the books in order when I discovered Jack - Think it was "Persuader" but each book is self contained also. As I have three books waiting on the shelf, I will give Jack a chance to go on "sale" or at least hoping for the 20% discount and the extra BN Membership card discount. Will be interesting how the new book sells as the "Nothing to Lose" book was bad (the only Reacher book I did not like) and see the reviews on Amazon.
I started reading "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana De Rosnay last night and could barely put it down. It is so well written, a mystery, suspensefull and intriguing. Highly recommend it. Its a large paperback with good print. I suspect I will be crying a few times as I read on.

ABC, how did you come across Sarah's Key? Let us know how you like it when you're finished.

[summit]

I have just finished a really good book, By John Sandford called Wicked Prey. It was a really good read,

[bchand]

Just peeked a little on Amazon for a little review of "Gone Tomorrow" and so far is noted as one of the best. I quit, I will get it tomorrow.:loveeyes::loveeyes: Jack Reacher

I am loving it so far. I usually go 2 miles on the treadmill daily but I've done 3 miles a few times while reading it!

I hate to stop reading but I won't let myself read any more until I go back to the gym the next day.

I'm with you on Jack Reacher !

[SKARDYKAT]

I was so happy to hear Reacher is back.
The web site was not to hot for a while and I quit going. Now the new one is awsome.
I will interrupt my Lisa Scottoline when I get Lee Child.
I can't wait for the library. I signed up for the last David Baldacci and was last in a line of 300. I forget when that was and I'm still about # 160.

[summit]

I am reading a good book By Robert Ellis called The Lost Witness. He has written sevelar others . This one has Los Angels detective Lena Gamble as the main person , a good thriller that will make you wanting not to put the book down until the last page has been read,

[YoYo]

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92617?fp=1

Anyone familiar with this author and his books?

[Staceylee]

Staceylee, have you read the True Blood books? Some call them the Sookie Stackhouse books. Written by Charlaine Harris & brought to HBO & renamed True Blood. Fabulous books! They are about Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress in a country bar named Merlotte's which is in Louisiana. She has a "disability" in which she can hear some people's thoughts. Vampires have come out of the "coffin" so to speak. There has been a synthetic blood invented (TruBlood) that will allow vampires to drink this & not kill for blood (supposedly). They are realllllly good books. Fun books with a lot of drama and action. I haven't seen the HBO series, but it's gotten tons of great reviews. You really should check these books out. If you enjoyed Twilight, I think you will love True Blood books.

I have not but thanks for the tip. I will check them out. Hey, by the way I am a vol fan to..... Go Vols......

[iluvmua]

I'm currently reading Twilight. :)

[Grayson]

Wow this thread has been really interesting. It helped me out because I haven't been able to make it to a bookstore near me :sad:. I looked up architecture and gymnastics over the web, and learned alot and really enjoyed it. Right now I am thinking about reading about anthropology. And also classic literature, I have always liked classic literature, and haven't been able to read some classics yet.

[SKARDYKAT]

Wow this thread has been really interesting. It helped me out because I haven't been able to make it to a bookstore near me :sad:. I looked up architecture and gymnastics over the web, and learned alot and really enjoyed it. Right now I am thinking about reading about anthropology. And also classic literature, I have always liked classic literature, and haven't been able to read some classics yet.

If you like fiction, Kathy Reichs has a nice series about a forensic anthropoligist working for a medical examiner. She gives a lot of information in her booksabout her profession. The current tv show "Bones" is based on her and she is the exec producer. She is funny, light hearted and her life outlook is refreshing reading. Her main charactor must be a lot like her.

[summit]

I am reading a good Book By Carolyn Hart, it's It's one about the Ann and Max Darling. Ann Darling always gets mixed up in the murders and usually has quite an adventure before She solves them much to her Husbands dismay.The name of the Book is Dare to Die.

[Ladyhawk]

Wow this thread has been really interesting. It helped me out because I haven't been able to make it to a bookstore near me :sad:. I looked up architecture and gymnastics over the web, and learned alot and really enjoyed it. Right now I am thinking about reading about anthropology. And also classic literature, I have always liked classic literature, and haven't been able to read some classics yet.

If you can't get to a book store or library, a good way to satisfy the need to read is downloading ebooks. There are several sites where you can download for free or read online. Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org) was the first producers of free online books and has since expanded to include audio books and sheet music. All the classics are online at gutenberg. Another site is free-ebooks.net...I still love holding a book and using cool bookmarks and reading outside but I also use ebooks when researching topics of interest.

Right now I'm reading Undress me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman. It's a memoir and a good one....she and a friend begin a backpacking trip around the world after graduating from Brown in 1986 and they start in China. Neither has ever been out of the US and are totally unprepared for what awaits them. It's like "what were they thinking?".

[PaKettle]

I am reading a good Book By Carolyn Hart, it's It's one about the Ann and Max Darling. Ann Darling always gets mixed up in the murders and usually has quite an adventure before She solves them much to her Husbands dismay.The name of the Book is Dare to Die.

Ha! I just finished that, and I loved it! :)

[ExArkie]

I have just finished a book by Tatiana deRosnay called, "Sarah's Key."

I will not forget this book for some time - brief outline - a 4 year old boy and his 9 year old sister live with their parents in July, 1942 Paris. The family is Jewish.

When the police come to their apartment to arrest them, Sarah (the 9-year) thinks she can hide her little brother and that they will be back soon to get him - so, she gives him water and flashlights and locks him in to their "secret hiding" place - which is a well hidden cupboard - the sister keeps the key. But, they do not come back - at least, not for a long time - and the parents, never. Just awful to think about.

[ABC]

I have just finished a book by Tatiana deRosnay called, "Sarah's Key."

I will not forget this book for some time - brief outline - a 4 year old boy and his 9 year old sister live with their parents in July, 1942 Paris. The family is Jewish.

When the police come to their apartment to arrest them, Sarah (the 9-year) thinks she can hide her little brother and that they will be back soon to get him - so, she gives him water and flashlights and locks him in to their "secret hiding" place - which is a well hidden cupboard - the sister keeps the key. But, they do not come back - at least, not for a long time - and the parents, never. Just awful to think about.

The scenes in the Concentration Camp where the toddlers and children are seperated from their parents and left to fend for themselvs are haunting. I could not put it down.

[ExArkie]

The scenes in the Concentration Camp where the toddlers and children are seperated from their parents and left to fend for themselvs are haunting. I could not put it down.

I have two grandsons - one and three - and this description REALLY upset me. I cannot imagine how human beings can respond to suffering as these did - there is no word in the English language to describe it!:crying:

[ABC]

Just got done reading the first chapter of the new Jack Reacher novel. WOW. Glad to see Lee Child back in form.

[bchand]

Just got done reading the first chapter of the new Jack Reacher novel. WOW. Glad to see Lee Child back in form.

I am officialy a Jack Reacher junkie ABC. When I finish one, I can't wait to read the next. I am going in order, except I did cheat and read the latest. It was great !

[SavannahStar]

How would you feel if a friend you had when you were a teenager wrote a book about an incident that happened to themselves when they were young, didn't use their name, cos it was an awful incident when they were attacked, but wrote about you in the book, at the time, as their friend and used your name. I was not aware until the book was published that this was done and it names our small town and everything, so it won't take much for people to work out. I am named in this book and not everything that is said is entirely accurate tbh, but its out there. Its nothing awful or anything, but just wondered, how would you feel if someone you know wrote a book and included you in it and you weren't aware until it was published?

Thanks in advance.

Snooky


Now that is truly weird. :mellow:

[summit]

I am reading a really good Book By Elmore Leonard called Road Dogs, I do think it's one of his best books.

[Vol Fan]

I am reading probably one of the best books ever written about Bonnie & Clyde. It is "Go Down Together: The True Untold Story of B&C" by Jeff Guinn.

I've always been fascinated by Bonnie & Clyde since seeing the old Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway movie years ago. This book tells the real story, starting with their childhoods, growing up in the depression, and the poverty they lived in. How they met & started on their path together. It really gets past the glamourized Hollywood version and tells the truth. Truly a fabulous book and written more like a novel, rather than non-fiction.

I picked it up at the library & it is well worth the read.

[SavannahStar]

I am reading probably one of the best books ever written about Bonnie & Clyde. It is "Go Down Together: The True Untold Story of B&C" by Jeff Guinn.

I've always been fascinated by Bonnie & Clyde since seeing the old Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway movie years ago. This book tells the real story, starting with their childhoods, growing up in the depression, and the poverty they lived in. How they met & started on their path together. It really gets past the glamourized Hollywood version and tells the truth. Truly a fabulous book and written more like a novel, rather than non-fiction.

I picked it up at the library & it is well worth the read.

I read a review of that book not too long ago in my local newspaper. It also reviewed another book about Bonnie and Clyde just published recently as well.

I share your fascination!!

I'll have to check with my library to see if they have this one in yet.

[ABC]

I read a review of that book not too long ago in my local newspaper. It also reviewed another book about Bonnie and Clyde just published recently as well.

I share your fascination!!

I'll have to check with my library to see if they have this one in yet.


I saw the shot up Bonnie and Clyde car at a Casino in Primm about ten years ago.

[Grayson]

That sounds like a great one. Considering this is a true crime board after all :w00t:.
Right now, I have just recently gotten into "tell-all" books, specifically Hollywood tell all books.

[Vol Fan]

I saw the shot up Bonnie and Clyde car at a Casino in Primm about ten years ago.


Cool.

The last chapter tells of our fascination with them, talks about the making of the Warren Beatty movie and what the differences were in it and reality. How the public loved the movie, but the families of B&C hated it. It also tells of what happenned to their families through the years. I was surprised to have seen how some of them lived until not so long ago. I guess I just assumed they all had died off already. It also tells of some of the awful things after they died that the public did in trying to get their "souvenirs" and how for years, traveling museums (so to speak) would showcase memorabilia.

Another tidbit is that the posse of law enforcement that killed them took everything out of the car & made their own profits off the couple.

[Patriot]

Just finished "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall (about leaving the FDLS and testifying against Warren Jeffs) and "The Bike Path Rapist".

I'm reading fiction now for a change - Grisham's "The Partner" and after that, a book about Natalee Holloway, written by her mom that I picked up in WalMart today.

[ABC]

Just finished "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall (about leaving the FDLS and testifying against Warren Jeffs) and "The Bike Path Rapist".

I'm reading fiction now for a change - Grisham's "The Partner" and after that, a book about Natalee Holloway, written by her mom that I picked up in WalMart today.
Hey Pat. I am reading Lee Child's Gone Tomorrow with Jack Reacher. Its very good but wish Lee would stop dressing Jack like a bum and give us some more novels with his Army team. Thankfully, Jack is not in his liberal mode like the last novel. . I have the new book on Napolian and the French Army marching off to Russia and their bout with Typhus called the "Illustrious Dead". Like the Holocoust Museum and Vietnam Memorial, I have to prepare myself mentally to go there and likewise to read this book. I also have the new John Sandford and Kathy Reichs waiting in the wings. Hope all is well.

[Patriot]

Hey Pat. I am reading Lee Child's Gone Tomorrow with Jack Reacher. Its very good but wish Lee would stop dressing Jack like a bum and give us some more novels with his Army team. Thankfully, Jack is not in his liberal mode like the last novel. . I have the new book on Napolian and the French Army marching off to Russia and their bout with Typhus called the "Illustrious Dead". Like the Holocoust Museum and Vietnam Memorial, I have to prepare myself mentally to go there and likewise to read this book. I also have the new John Sandford and Kathy Reichs waiting in the wings. Hope all is well.

Hey ABC, good to see you. "Illustrious Dead" sounds like a book my husband would love. I'll have to look for that one on Amazon for him. Thanks!

[Vol Fan]

I'm reading The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner. What a fantastic book so far! One of her best IMO.

[summit]

I'll have to put Lisa Garnder on my list She does write wonderful books.

[Staceylee]

I'm currently reading Twilight. :)

It's really good isn't it? After you read the book you will have to see the movie. It is as good as the book.

[misty jade]

I'm presently on a serious vampire kick with J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Gotta love those tortured heros and their shellans (wives.) Just reading and rereading and dreaming...sigh. :drool:

I own the first one, Dark Lover, and I have almost the entire rest of the series checked out from the library now. Which would be, respectively, Lover Eternal, Lover Awakened, Lover Revealed, Lover Unbound, and Lover Enshrined. Sadly, the last of the series, Lover Avenged, had to finally be returned to the library because someone else had placed a hold on it (but I'll buy it when it's released in paperback in Nov.)

The BDB Insider's Guide is on hold for me. I'll pick it up today. :thumbsup:

And I'm on tenterhooks waiting for Lover Mine to come out in spring 2010. Can't wait!

[AlbertT]

"The Case of the Missing Servant" by Vish Puri is a very refreshing mystery novel. Puri normally writes current event or social accounts on Indian immigration to the UK. This is his fictional debut and it is old English style mystery based in Southern Delhi. It gives the reader a very good insight into the merge between Delhi's old and new culture. The clash between the traditional Indian way of life and values as opposed to the new, western influences. It's reading candy for when one wants a rest from heavy subject matter and study. Loved it's main and lesser characters. Loved the tour through the streets and neighbourhoods of Southern India, not to mention a really, clever and well thought out murder, mystery plot.

[texaslb218]

South of Broad is coming out Aug. 11. His fist book in years. I am there!

[summit]

I am reading a really good book it's Dead Silence By Randy Wayne White. It's one of the Doc Ford series. A really good thriller that keeps You going to the very last page.

[ABC]

I am reading another little book by Alafair Burke called "Dead Connections". The first one I read was "Angel Tips". Both are engaging, interesting, good dialogue and moves along well. Alafair is a a new author for me and I think she writes very well. Good summer read.

[Great Dane]

Several years ago, I read Million Little Pieces by James Frey 9as did half of America) but recently stumbled upon what I guess was intended to be a sequel of sorts (although not charactorized as an autobiography) entitled "My Best Friend Leaonard" and I REALLY enjoyed it and wondered why it didn't recieve the same level of praise as the first....in order to have full appreciation, I think you HAVE to read both...but, I thought the first was such as excellent depiction of drug abuse/addiction....

Another great book about that- regarding alcoholism was "DRY" by Augusten Burroughs....I think he is brilliant, very off the wall...

[ExArkie]

I have not read this book as yet; but, it really sounds like something we could all benefit from reading. Do young people study the "Bataan Death March" in schools? I do not even remember if we studied it - way back in the dark ages - since I read a LOT and always knew about it. This man, now in his '90's, is one of the few survivors from the "March."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/13/bataan/index.html

[Grayson]

Well next reading is going to be about Robert's Rules of Order. Sort of have an idea, but really need to learn it, you know. And also how to properly write in MLA format.
I am very excited to learn how to write in properly in MLA format though.

[Vol Fan]

I finished Greg Iles "The Devil's Punchbowl" last night. Really good book, but not for the squeamish. I started Undone by Karin Slaughter right afterwards & I am enjoying it too.

If you like thriller and mysteries, these two are great writers, but they can both be pretty graphic.

[Great Dane]

Isn't "Derailed" the book that was made into a movie with Jennifer Anniston and Clive Owen a few years ago? The movie was great so i bet the book was too.

The book was TEN times better than the movie, I didn't like the movie at all...

[Great Dane]

My usual read is true crime stories, but I picked up a book at a yard sale last weekend "She's come undone" I'm only into the first 20 pages but its good...like a say a very differ. read for me...

That was a really good book...

[Great Dane]

How would you feel if a friend you had when you were a teenager wrote a book about an incident that happened to themselves when they were young, didn't use their name, cos it was an awful incident when they were attacked, but wrote about you in the book, at the time, as their friend and used your name. I was not aware until the book was published that this was done and it names our small town and everything, so it won't take much for people to work out. I am named in this book and not everything that is said is entirely accurate tbh, but its out there. Its nothing awful or anything, but just wondered, how would you feel if someone you know wrote a book and included you in it and you weren't aware until it was published?

Thanks in advance.

Snooky


I think I would have to question the reasoning behind it....

Perhaps for this person, writing it down, sharing it with others...helped them get over the attack, if that is the case...I'd be happy they wrote it....and 98% of people that read it, won't know who you are, what your role was....perhaps in the town, but overall you would be somewhat anonomys...and the people in the town, won't know for certain what was accurate, what may have been exagerated....I think I would contact the author, make it known that it did upset you...but, then I would just let it go....it can not be changed now and in some small, horrible way....it's kind've an honor...even if it isn't necessarily stuff you wanted to share, it may be a good thing to have it out there, to have it touch the lives of others.....isn't that what books do? Make us relate, imagine, engross ourseleves?? JMO

[ABC]

For all the Keller fans out there. Lawrence Block has a new Keller out called Hit and Run. The prior books being Hit Man, Hit Parade, Hit list. Any one here a fan of the assassian?
Enjoyed both of the Alafair Burke's , Detective Hatcher stories.

[summit]

I am so glad You wrote about His new book Hit and Run, I think He is awonderful writer.

[bchand]

For all the Keller fans out there. Lawrence Block has a new Keller out called Hit and Run. The prior books being Hit Man, Hit Parade, Hit list. Any one here a fan of the assassian?
Enjoyed both of the Alafair Burke's , Detective Hatcher stories.

Thank you ABC. I'm on my last Jack Reacher book and I didn't know what to read next.

[ABC]

Thank you ABC. I'm on my last Jack Reacher book and I didn't know what to read next.

I noticed the other day at BN that two of my favorite action books have been reissued in paperback. Nelson De Mille's "Catherdal" which is about IRA terrorist taking over St Pats on St Patrick's Day. And "By the Rivers of Babylon" which is about an Israeli plane being forced down in Iraq by terrorist.

[Vol Fan]

I'm reading Columbine by Dave Cullen. It is very good. Very detailed as to what really happened, what the killers were actually like, how the media got so much wrong and all of the aftermath. Really worth the read. He spent 10 years researching and writing this book. He was one of the reporters at the scene too. It is very well-written and easy to read. I highly recommend it.

[Dragonfly]

I am reading a true story called "Hope's Boy, a memior" by Andrew Bridge. It is about Andrew Bridge and how his mother, who was very young and mentally ill, tried to take care of him and then the was taken away and lived in foster homes for many, many years. He went to college and became a lawyers and his life turned out very good.

[summit]

I am reading a really good mystery Called Death and Honesty by Cynthia Riggs. It's the Marthas Vineyard Mystery. I have read some of Her earlier books and they are all good.

[ABC]

I am reading a really good mystery Called Death and Honesty by Cynthia Riggs. It's the Marthas Vineyard Mystery. I have read some of Her earlier books and they are all good.


STill laughing from Hit and Run. Keller is a hoot. Rereading Thomas Perry's "Sleeping Dogs" and the "Butcher Boy". I seem to be on a Hit Man kick.

[KatieLady]

I just finished reading "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"

Not usually my cup of tea as I like crime books (go figure lol) but I loved it!!!

Here is a bit about it:

From Publishers Weekly
The letters comprising this small charming novel begin in 1946, when single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton (nom de plume Izzy Bickerstaff) writes to her publisher to say she is tired of covering the sunny side of war and its aftermath. When Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams finds Juliet's name in a used book and invites articulate—and not-so-articulate—neighbors to write Juliet with their stories, the book's epistolary circle widens, putting Juliet back in the path of war stories. The occasionally contrived letters jump from incident to incident—including the formation of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society while Guernsey was under German occupation—and person to person in a manner that feels disjointed. But Juliet's quips are so clever, the Guernsey inhabitants so enchanting and the small acts of heroism so vivid and moving that one forgives the authors (Shaffer died earlier this year) for not being able to settle on a single person or plot. Juliet finds in the letters not just inspiration for her next work, but also for her life—as will readers

[RayStar]

Wow I wish I could name one I finished lately. I started an old one. Susan Powter's Sober and staying that way. I like her.

[Irish Eyes]

A relative recently brought me a bag full of paperbacks which she thought I might enjoy reading on the beach!

I just finished one by Emilie Richards called Iron Lace. Never heard of the author or the book but it was one of the best I've read and a real page turner. Briefly, it's about race relations intertwined with New Orleans history. Has anyone here by chance read this?

[summit]

I am reading a relly good superb mystery its Runner By Thomas Perry. It's a Jane WhitrField series it will keep You wanting to turn the pages quickly to the very last page.

[Great Dane]

I noticed the other day at BN that two of my favorite action books have been reissued in paperback. Nelson De Mille's "Catherdal" which is about IRA terrorist taking over St Pats on St Patrick's Day. And "By the Rivers of Babylon" which is about an Israeli plane being forced down in Iraq by terrorist.

Did you ever read the Lions'a Game? I read that right after 9/11 and I couldn't put it down. He's an excellent author, I have also read The Gold Coast, Plum Island, The Generals Daughter, Charm School....he's excellent....

[ABC]

Did you ever read the Lions'a Game? I read that right after 9/11 and I couldn't put it down. He's an excellent author, I have also read The Gold Coast, Plum Island, The Generals Daughter, Charm School....he's excellent....
Yes. He is great and one of the few I buy in hardback. The Generals Daughter, Catherdal and By the Rivers of Babylon are my favorites but enjoy John (Is it Conroy??) from Plum Island and the sequel, Night Wing ????? Shade??? about the TWA plane that went down off Long Island.

[summit]

I am reading a really good mystery by Walter Mosley, It's called The long Fall, its the first in a new series Leonid McGill. It's a really good read,

[MercedesV]

It is always fun and interesting to discuss what everyone is reading, discover new books and authors.

I just recently reread Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. It had been a long time since I read it, and I was surprised how much I had forgotten until I picked it up again. It is such a moving book.

So, please share what you are reading now.

[desmom]

I read cozy murder mysteries. Those funny little bumbling/clumsy amateur arm chair detective type. I just finished reading Betty Hechtman's Crotchet Mystery Series.

Now I am reading the 2nd book in the Mace Bauer Mystery series titled "Mama Rides Shotgun".

My favorite cozy mystery author is Janet Evanovich.

[Rucky*Ron]

For me, normally anything written by Dean Koontz, John Grisham, James Patterson, Stephen King.

"Twilight" is what I just started yesterday.
A friend passed them down to me.
Never thought I wanted to read the series, but I'm already pleasantly hooked.

[daniel green]

I am about half-way through Renegade, by Richard Wolffe. Great book, excellently written. Very impressed with the writing.

Just finished an incredibly eye-opening book, The False Prophets of Autism, which outlines the horrific way that ppl have made money off "cures," and the scientific facts and history of all the crazy allegations re MMR vacines as the culprit, etc.

[VC2]

I am about half-way through Renegade, by Richard Wolffe. Great book, excellently written. Very impressed with the writing.

Just finished an incredibly eye-opening book, The False Prophets of Autism, which outlines the horrific way that ppl have made money off "cures," and the scientific facts and history of all the crazy allegations re MMR vacines as the culprit, etc.

Renegade is GREAT. I loved it even though i wish i hadn't bought it once i discovered he joined a lobbying company lol. Gave my copy to my dad for his birthday on wednesday

I just finished Nora Roberts "Black Hills", a terrific mystery/suspense novel of hers that is based on a wildelife refuge. Now i am in the middle of Catherine Coulter's Tailspin, the new FBI dillon savich novel.

My favorite book in the last 3 months though was Anne Perry's Execution Dock, a Monk novel that has to be one of her best books ever. Normally i prefer her Thomas Pitt mysteries (both series are set in the 1800's though), yet this one was just superb..on the level of her "Silent Cry" about a man getting raped. I always loved her but now read with a recognition that she and her best friend murdered the friends mom at age 15, and see how she puts her empathy for those with are criminals and those who are the detectives into play with a sociological perspective. Another great one of hers was about a man sued for breach of promise and turned out it was a woman forced to live as a man because she was a brilliant architect but back then no one would take her seriously as a woman. She was murdered in the end.

[ttcRider]

I'm half way through World War Z. Its pretty creepy... :ohmy:

[Themis]

I read cozy murder mysteries. Those funny little bumbling/clumsy amateur arm chair detective type. I just finished reading Betty Hechtman's Crotchet Mystery Series.

Now I am reading the 2nd book in the Mace Bauer Mystery series titled "Mama Rides Shotgun".

My favorite cozy mystery author is Janet Evanovich.
Speaking of cozy murder mysteries ... you have read the "Cat Who..." series by Lilian Jackson Braun, right?

There are at least a couple of dozen or so because she has been writing them for decades. While I cannot recommend the most recent books (they have not received kind reviews) the first couple of dozen are good easy reads. Yes, there is a murder but not a lot of gory details. While it is best to read them in order to see the main characters progress, each book stands on its own.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/lilian-jackson-braun/

[desmom]

Speaking of cozy murder mysteries ... you have read the "Cat Who..." series by Lilian Jackson Braun, right?

There are at least a couple of dozen or so because she has been writing them for decades. While I cannot recommend the most recent books (they have not received kind reviews) the first couple of dozen are good easy reads. Yes, there is a murder but not a lot of gory details. While it is best to read them in order to see the main characters progress, each book stands on its own.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/lilian-jackson-braun/

I have read them and I agree with your review re the most recent.

My taste in books seem to change with the seasons. I read everything from Patterson, Cornwell, Scottoline, Connelly Patterson, both Kellermans to true crime to cozy mysteries.

Lately, I have been hooked on the cozy mysteries.

[bchand]

I've recently finished all of the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child. I started by getting a freebie for my Kindle and was hooked.

I loved pretty much all of them and was sad to read my last book.

[Themis]

Another author I like is Daniel Silva -- particularly his series with Gabriel Allon as the protagonist. Again, it is a series so best to read them in order but each book stands alone. His books are classified as 'Thrillers -- espionage / intrigue." List of these books at the link:

http://www.danielsilvabooks.com/content/books.asp


P.S. Glad to hear back from you, DesMom. You probably know about this website, too:
http://www.cozy-mystery.com/

[SavannahStar]

Another author I like is Daniel Silva -- particularly his series with Gabriel Allon as the protagonist. Again, it is a series so best to read them in order but each book stands alone. His books are classified as 'Thrillers -- espionage / intrigue." List of these books at the link:

http://www.danielsilvabooks.com/content/books.asp


P.S. Glad to hear back from you, DesMom. You probably know about this website, too:
http://www.cozy-mystery.com/


Interesting. I've never heard the term "cozy mystery" until this thread!

[desmom]

Another author I like is Daniel Silva -- particularly his series with Gabriel Allon as the protagonist. Again, it is a series so best to read them in order but each book stands alone. His books are classified as 'Thrillers -- espionage / intrigue." List of these books at the link:

http://www.danielsilvabooks.com/content/books.asp


P.S. Glad to hear back from you, DesMom. You probably know about this website, too:
http://www.cozy-mystery.com/

Yep, I have it bookmarked along with http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/

Thank you for the link to Daniel Silva. I am not much on espionage books, but I have a friend who loves them. I sent him a link to Silva's website.

[ExArkie]

Cormac McCarthy! "No Country for Old Men" and "The Road" are just about the best writing I've seen since Steinbeck. Especially, "The Road!" It is chilling!

However, if you are easily depressed, forget these books!:w00t:

[MercedesV]

Renegade is GREAT. I loved it even though i wish i hadn't bought it once i discovered he joined a lobbying company lol. Gave my copy to my dad for his birthday on wednesday

I just finished Nora Roberts "Black Hills", a terrific mystery/suspense novel of hers that is based on a wildelife refuge. Now i am in the middle of Catherine Coulter's Tailspin, the new FBI dillon savich novel.

My favorite book in the last 3 months though was Anne Perry's Execution Dock, a Monk novel that has to be one of her best books ever. Normally i prefer her Thomas Pitt mysteries (both series are set in the 1800's though), yet this one was just superb..on the level of her "Silent Cry" about a man getting raped. I always loved her but now read with a recognition that she and her best friend murdered the friends mom at age 15, and see how she puts her empathy for those with are criminals and those who are the detectives into play with a sociological perspective. Another great one of hers was about a man sued for breach of promise and turned out it was a woman forced to live as a man because she was a brilliant architect but back then no one would take her seriously as a woman. She was murdered in the end.

I like both of Perry's series but usually prefer the Monk series. I like how her characters develop, time moves on and so do their life circumstances. I thought Breach of Promise was one of her best.

[MercedesV]

Speaking of cozy murder mysteries ... you have read the "Cat Who..." series by Lilian Jackson Braun, right?

There are at least a couple of dozen or so because she has been writing them for decades. While I cannot recommend the most recent books (they have not received kind reviews) the first couple of dozen are good easy reads. Yes, there is a murder but not a lot of gory details. While it is best to read them in order to see the main characters progress, each book stands on its own.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/lilian-jackson-braun/

I usually don't care for cozy mysteries, but the Cat Who series is one I have enjoyed. I agree with you the last was horrible. I really don't have the main characters left hanging in that manner. The earlier books are certainly better.

[AHairyPotter]

I filled my Kingle 2 up with all my old time favorites and am going through them one by one now.

Anything Maeve Binchey.
The Shell Seekers - Rosmund Pilcher
A Prayer for Owen Meany

These are all comfort books for me and get a read at least once a year.

[SavannahStar]

I filled my Kingle 2 up with all my old time favorites and am going through them one by one now.

Anything Maeve Binchey.
The Shell Seekers - Rosmund Pilcher
A Prayer for Owen Meany

These are all comfort books for me and get a read at least once a year.


Loved, loved, loved A Prayer for Owen Meany. Haven't read that in years and years. Thanks for reminding me!

Today I was at the bookstore, they had a good sale. I bought Outlander and the second in the series, Dragonfly in Amber. Anyone familiar with those? I think I read Outlander but it had to have been forever and ever ago. I don't much remember it.

[carterkatt]

For me, normally anything written by Dean Koontz, John Grisham, James Patterson, Stephen King.

"Twilight" is what I just started yesterday.
A friend passed them down to me.
Never thought I wanted to read the series, but I'm already pleasantly hooked.

A friend talked me into reading the "Twilight" series... read them all... You'll have to tell me later on... if you're in "camp Edward" or "camp Jacob"!!!! :thumbsup:

[carterkatt]

Anyone a fan of the character Odd Thomas from Dean Koontz?

Anyone read "The Shack"? Thoughts???

[SavannahStar]

A friend talked me into reading the "Twilight" series... read them all... You'll have to tell me later on... if you're in "camp Edward" or "camp Jacob"!!!! :thumbsup:

Camp Edward here. :thumbsup: Couldn't stand Jacob. Loved the first book and the last book the best. The first book......was ABSOLUTELY enthralling. I fell in love. :w00t:

The Twilight series amazed me. Like a lot of others, I just couldn't see ME...at MY age....getting into the books. But I did. Big time.

[Dells]

Speaking of cozy murder mysteries ... you have read the "Cat Who..." series by Lilian Jackson Braun, right?

There are at least a couple of dozen or so because she has been writing them for decades. While I cannot recommend the most recent books (they have not received kind reviews) the first couple of dozen are good easy reads. Yes, there is a murder but not a lot of gory details. While it is best to read them in order to see the main characters progress, each book stands on its own.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/lilian-jackson-braun/

That's a great series and I have read all the books. I agree in that the last few books haven't been up to par with the rest of the series. I've read them anyway just because I have been reading the series for so long. You are right in that there are not a lot of gory details, it's just good clean fun. Cat lovers will especially enjoy this series.:thumbup:

[Dells]

I have read them and I agree with your review re the most recent.

My taste in books seem to change with the seasons. I read everything from Patterson, Cornwell, Scottoline, Connelly Patterson, both Kellermans to true crime to cozy mysteries.

Lately, I have been hooked on the cozy mysteries.

Bolding mine....

Oh, I love both Kellerman's too.:thumbup: I know a lot of people that read Jonathan, but not Faye. I have The Mercedes Coffin on my Kindle, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. I just love her books.

[SavannahStar]

Bolding mine....

Oh, I love both Kellerman's too.:thumbup: I know a lot of people that read Jonathan, but not Faye. I have The Mercedes Coffin on my Kindle, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. I just love her books.

That's me......love Jonathan, don't care at all for Faye's books.

[Dells]

Loved, loved, loved A Prayer for Owen Meany. Haven't read that in years and years. Thanks for reminding me!

Today I was at the bookstore, they had a good sale. I bought Outlander and the second in the series, Dragonfly in Amber. Anyone familiar with those? I think I read Outlander but it had to have been forever and ever ago. I don't much remember it.

Bolding mine.....

Outlander is seriously the best book I have ever read in my life!:thumbup: The whole series is excellent. I think there are 6 or 7 books in the series now, and a new book in the series is slated to come out this Fall (I think September). The whole series is outstanding, but the first book in the series is especially extraordinary. Happy reading!

[Dells]

Camp Edward here. :thumbsup: Couldn't stand Jacob. Loved the first book and the last book the best. The first book......was ABSOLUTELY enthralling. I fell in love. :w00t:

The Twilight series amazed me. Like a lot of others, I just couldn't see ME...at MY age....getting into the books. But I did. Big time.

I am team Edward as well. I started reading them because my niece and sister read them and were raving about them. They are classified as young adult books so I felt a little bit silly reading them at first. Twilight had me hooked really fast and I read all 4 books in a matter of weeks. I was glad that I got into the series after all the books had come out so I didn't have to wait for a new book to come out.:laugh:

I had to talk my daughter into reading them and from the first chapter of Twilight she was hooked. She's in high school and all the girls there are totally hooked on the series. They all can't wait until the movie New Moon comes out later this year.

[StickyBeak]

Ahh, Rosamund Pilcher and Maeve Belchey, just take me away to maybe my last life, LOL.

Lately, I have consumed Michael Connelly, Brass Ring and Scarecrow.
He amazes me. Onto Kellerman "Bones", have that done by tomorrow.
I did sneak in a biography of Katherine O'Hara, an old favorite actress of mine. I loved it, what a woman of strength and character.

Just realized my next books up are another Kellerman and Patterson.
Yikes, Run for your Lives and True Detective.

All this murder and mayhem, ahem, I mean cozy mysteries, no offense.
But, yeah thats exactly what they are. Get all comfy and cozy, cause you know your hooked and not getting up too soon.

Still waiting on library list for The Help and My Sisters Keeper.
Maybe by November.

[AnniePie]

Interesting. I've never heard the term "cozy mystery" until this thread!

I admit that I live under a rock, but this is my first time hearing this term as well! :laugh:

Right now I'm just going to start reading "The Prince of Tides". Someone recommended this book on the last open forum we had, and I've been thinking of reading it ever since.

It was a movie in the 70s starring Nick Nolte, and Barbra Streisand and it was a great movie. But the book is supposed to be far superior to the movie (as is usually the case).

[Themis]

That's a great series and I have read all the books. I agree in that the last few books haven't been up to par with the rest of the series. I've read them anyway just because I have been reading the series for so long. You are right in that there are not a lot of gory details, it's just good clean fun. Cat lovers will especially enjoy this series.:thumbup:
As for Braun's most recent books I take into account the Internet says she was born in 1913 so, if true, she is 96! If she does not have assistance in 'telling' her stories I can't help but hold her editor mostly responsible. Yes, anyone who likes cats would probably like her simple clean books -- from an older child to an elderly grandmother.:smile:
And that is certainly not true for many books these days.

I'm another one who likes Jonathan Kellerman but not Faye because she uses words and phrases which I don't understand and which she doesn't always explain.

Thanks for the link to another website, DesMom, I've bookmarked it!

[SavannahStar]

I admit that I live under a rock, but this is my first time hearing this term as well! :laugh:

Right now I'm just going to start reading "The Prince of Tides". Someone recommended this book on the last open forum we had, and I've been thinking of reading it ever since.

It was a movie in the 70s starring Nick Nolte, and Barbra Streisand and it was a great movie. But the book is supposed to be far superior to the movie (as is usually the case).


OMG. :ohmy: Well, Prince of Tides was an OUTSTANDING book. One of the best I've ever read. Would never read it again, though.....one part in particular was too depressing for me.

Books that are too depressing, or have parts that are too depressing for me, are few and far between. Two others I can think of are Sophies Choice and Roots.

[SavannahStar]

Bolding mine.....

Outlander is seriously the best book I have ever read in my life!:thumbup: The whole series is excellent. I think there are 6 or 7 books in the series now, and a new book in the series is slated to come out this Fall (I think September). The whole series is outstanding, but the first book in the series is especially extraordinary. Happy reading!


Oh thank you thank you thank you, Dells. Now I'm excited! I absolutely LOVE huge, fat books that I can sink my teeth into. This one looks to be just that. And historical romance, time travel....well I can get into that. I'm planning on taking this book on a cruise, and know I will absolutely love it laying by the pool and beaches! :thumbsup:

[FurthurBB]

I am reading The God Of Small Things
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_of_Small_Things
War and Peace (1/2 reading, 1/2 listening to audio book)
and Maggie:A Girl of the streets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie:_A_Girl_of_the_Streets

[FurthurBB]

I filled my Kingle 2 up with all my old time favorites and am going through them one by one now.

Anything Maeve Binchey.
The Shell Seekers - Rosmund Pilcher
A Prayer for Owen Meany

These are all comfort books for me and get a read at least once a year.

Oh, The Shell Seekers, I loved that book, I read it in high school.

[ExArkie]

One would certainly NEVER call Cormack McCarthy "cozy!" Some parts of his books make me...:blink:

I LOVED "The Prince of Tides" and "Roots."

[FurthurBB]

OMG. :ohmy: Well, Prince of Tides was an OUTSTANDING book. One of the best I've ever read. Would never read it again, though.....one part in particular was too depressing for me.

Books that are too depressing, or have parts that are too depressing for me, are few and far between. Two others I can think of are Sophies Choice and Roots.

I am not sure about in fiction, but, ever since I read The Diary of Anne Frank in the second grade I have read every Holocaust and just crazy survival story I could get my hands on. Depressing stories always inspired me. IMO

[ExArkie]

I am not sure about in fiction, but, ever since I read The Diary of Anne Frank in the second grade I have read every Holocaust and just crazy survival story I could get my hands on. Depressing stories always inspired me. IMO

Have you read a book called, SARAH'S KEY by Tatiana de Rosnay? I will never forget this Holocaust story - even though it is not as gruesome as some I have read. Finding the little boy in the cupboard is a scene I will never forget. Makes my backbone crawl.:sad: Also, the scene when the children are separated from the women, just horrible! Inhuman!

[AnniePie]

I am not sure about in fiction, but, ever since I read The Diary of Anne Frank in the second grade I have read every Holocaust and just crazy survival story I could get my hands on. Depressing stories always inspired me. IMO

Further, have you ever read "Anya" by Susan Fromberg Schaefer? I read it and reread it over the years until it felt apart in my hands. Just the other day I ordered it from Amazon, so I can read it again. It is a wonderful book.

[Noahs ARK]

Anyone a fan of the character Odd Thomas from Dean Koontz?

Oooh - I am! I am!

I'm reading the Left Behind Series right now - #1 thru #16. I'm on #12 right now.

[carterkatt]

Oooh - I am! I am!

I'm reading the Left Behind Series right now - #1 thru #16. I'm on #12 right now.

Noah... I love Koontz...and have read all his stuff, for years... but honestly.. the last book (don't even remember one thing about it) was a disappointment to me. You???

No team Jacob (Twilight) fans here?????? :sad:

Anybody read J A Jance with her characters JP Beaumont and Joanna Brady (different series)?

Gotta love Evanovich's Stephanie Plum!!! (Ranger or Morelli????)

[Noahs ARK]

Noah... I love Koontz...and have read all his stuff, for years... but honestly.. the last book (don't even remember one thing about it) was a disappointment to me. You???

Gotta love Evanovich's Stephanie Plum!!! (Ranger or Morelli????)

Hm...the last one I read was "Your Heart Belongs To Me" and I can't remember much about it, which tells me it might not have impressed me too much.

I can't make up my mind between Ranger or Morelli - I'd have to keep them both. :tonguewag:

[FurthurBB]

Have you read a book called, SARAH'S KEY by Tatiana de Rosnay? I will never forget this Holocaust story - even though it is not as gruesome as some I have read. Finding the little boy in the cupboard is a scene I will never forget. Makes my backbone crawl.:sad: Also, the scene when the children are separated from the women, just horrible! Inhuman!

I have read this book, it is very good. IMO

[FurthurBB]

Further, have you ever read "Anya" by Susan Fromberg Schaefer? I read it and reread it over the years until it felt apart in my hands. Just the other day I ordered it from Amazon, so I can read it again. It is a wonderful book.

I have never read this one, I will have to check it out. IMO

[aubrey04]

I am reading, "A Descent Into Hell" by Kathyrn Casey about the murder of Jennifer Cave by Colton Pitonyak. I watched the trial on TTV and now I am reading the book. It's very good so far.