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What are you reading lately?

15 years ago

I finished Sue Grafton's Q Is For Quarry.

I read Birthright by Nora Roberts and I'm now reading Dream Makers by NR (thanks Patti!)

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Maura63
15 years ago
A friend just recommended "The Shack" and I am starting it tonight.
liz
15 years ago
just about to finish "Blood Mary" by JA Konrath...excellent set of murder mystery about a Chicago Cop named Jack Daniels...with some comedy thrown in...

next is some "Alex Cross" stories by James Patterson

before that was "Honor Thyself" by Danielle Steel...hers are always a great read with a happy ending...
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is probably one book that I read before seeing the movie - and I still enjoyed the movie!!! Unusual, and I have been to Savannah since, and was fascinated by the city!! I don't read nearly enough anymore - the upcoming hospital stay will change that. I love English mysteries - PD James, Deighton, Dick Francis - pure escapism. I am slogging my way through "And No Birds Sang", WWII, Farley Mowat - I love his writing, and it is the stories of the Allies landing in Sicily, and the battles up to Rome. My Dad was there, so I need to put it down often. If you are interested in the sea, Mowat's "Grey Seas Under" is a very moving biography of a tug boat. Yes, a tug boat, and you will come to care for that boat like a friend, or favoured pet!! Nancy. - oh yes, and I loved the mini-series a Year in Provence - how could you not love something with John Thaw in it!!!
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In case anyone missed the PBS special The Botany of Desire which premiered Wednesday, October 28, 2009, you can still watch the entire program online. It's incredible. Book turned documentary. BOTANY OF DESIRE is a documentary which tells the utterly original story of everyday plants and the way they have domesticated humankind. An interpretation of the relationship between plants and people. This two-hour documentary explores plant evolution and takes viewers from the potato fields of Peru and Idaho, the apple forests of Kazakhstan, and the tulip markets of Amsterdam. View online in it's entirety: here This is another related program by the same presenter on LINK TV (a cable access channel) which is timely: Deep Agriculture Traditional methods of agriculture in most developed nations have long ignored environmental concerns. Factors such as soil erosion, water shortage and the impact of chemicals on bio-systems have been overlooked in favour of massive crop yields and cheaper food. But what impact does this have on our health and our environment? View online in it's entirety: here __________________________ Sit down with a cup of tea or coffee and witness the evolution of an Organic Kitchen Garden.
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I'm currently reading "Game of Thrones", and really enjoying it. Terriks, I know exactly what you mean about the "porn" in the first episode--we got the 1st season on DVD (no HBO at our house...) and I was sort of appalled. However I liked the overall story so we stuck with it. Interestingly the later episodes did not have nearly as much--perhaps they felt like they needed to reel in a certain kind of viewer at the beginning. Eew! I also enjoy mysteries. Recently I enjoyed the "Lincoln Lawyer" series of books by Michael Connelly. There are five that follow that character. Some of my favorite "special" books I've read from over the past year: "City of Thieves" a great coming of age novel by David Benioff set during the siege of Leningrad. "The Whistling Season" by Ivan Doig. I LOVED this book, but I have to confess some of my book club buds were just okay with it, since it it not super plot-driven. If you like books about interesting people you just want to spend time with, and beautifully crafted language, this is great. Funny and sweet and wistful, narrated by a man looking back at a special year in his childhood in rural Montana. Especially good to read if you are a teacher. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrandt. Pretty harrowing non-fiction, but really fascinating, too. "Any Bitter Thing" by Monica Wood. Our book club read this and every person loved it. I've also recommend it to several people, and they all loved it as well. It can be a little hard to find unless you order online, and none of us can figure why it didn't become a huge bestseller. It has some mystery elements to it, but it's more than that. Happy reading to you all, and thanks for the suggstions
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Right now I'm "re-reading" an audiobook of High Five in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. I'm also reading Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Last week I finished Thereby Hangs a Tale; A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quin. Chet is a dog; Bernie is his detective human. The first book in the series was Dog On It Both books are great. http://www.amazon.com/Thereby-Hangs-Tail-Bernie-Mystery/dp/1416585850 I'm anxiously waiting for the new Stephanie Plum, Hamish Macbeth, Agatha Raisin, and Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood on HBO) books to come out. I'm reading all these series; I find each of them wonderful and entertaining in they're own ways. Hamish Macbeth books in order... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_7?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=hamish+macbeth+series+in+order&sprefix=Hamish+ Agatha Raisin series in order... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=agatha+raisin+series+in+order&sprefix=Agatha+Ra Sookie Stackhouse; Southern Vampire Mysteries series http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_6?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=sookie+stackhouse&sprefix=Sookie
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donner
15 years ago
Just finished Full Speed by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Huges. Starting the next one Full Tilt. I'm enjoying them, light reading.
earthlydelights
15 years ago
i just started The Wednesday Sisters by mae waite clayton. Just finished two books, "oh my stars" by lorna landvick and one by lisa scottoline "dead ringer".
pattico_gw
15 years ago
you are welcome Connie...
phyllis__mn
15 years ago
As usual, I'm reading three or four at the same time; one is still "Main Sreet" which I put aside for a moment, and one is an Elizabeth George mystery whose title I can't recall, and I don't want to run upstairs to check it out! The third is a Pat McManus book, and I always get such a chortle out of them. They are all library sale books. I just finished "Dewey", which was a Christmas gift. They are all good, but the Elizabeth George has so much angst in it, and I'm not reading it in order, so I know they will straighten all their personal lives out eventually! I have a gift certificate to our book store, so think I have to check to see if they have a Nevada Barr I haven' read yet.
vannie
15 years ago
I read "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb. I might give it 2.5 stars. It was so convoluted I doubt I'd recommend it. Today I finished "Shadow Walker" by Robert B. Parker and I would highly recommend it as I would any of his books.
socks
15 years ago
Flower Confidential--about the world flower market. It's interesting.
carol_in_california
15 years ago
The Other Side of Darkness by Melody Carlson.
I am finding it very interesting.
country_bumpkin_al
15 years ago
I just finished reading "The Shack" and loved it.
alisande
15 years ago
I haven't picked up a book in a couple of weeks, but I always have an audio book going in the car. This time it's another of JD Robb's ". . . in Death" series of mysteries. I'm in love with Roark. Is this what happens to romance readers? I want him to say "Darlin' Suze" instead of "Darlin' Eve." LOL
williamsburgjane
15 years ago
Just finished "A Can of Peas" by Traci DePree, have now started "Whistling in the Dark" by Lesley Kagen.
lindyluwho
15 years ago
T Is For Trespass - Sue Grafton.

Linda
Jasdip
15 years ago
LOL Alisande!!! I would LOVE to have a Roark!!

I just finished Heaven and Hell, an autobiography of The Eagles by Don Felder, a former member.
marygailv
15 years ago
Vannie,I am a big fan of Robert B. Parker, but I have looked at three book locations and do not find a book written by him with that title. Are you sure you have the right title or right author?
marygailv
15 years ago
I think I just answered my own question. I went to his website and found the listingof his books. It probably is Walking Shadow, a 1996 book. I haven't read that one, so will have to look for it.
donna37
15 years ago
Am about finished with Nora Robert's 'Homeport' at my shop and on book 9 of the Wagons West series here at the house. I usually have two books going at once, one at my shop and one here at the house.

I'll have to see what Robert Parker books I have, I have never read any by him but found a bunch at a thrift store the other day and just grabbed up the whole pile.
liz
15 years ago
but Alisande and Jasdip...who would play ROARK in a movie? I have someone picked out...who would you pick?
Jasdip
15 years ago
AAAhhh Liz.
Remember when Cane was on tv a couple years ago, then the writer's strike started? Some shows were brought back, but many were cancelled.

I LOVED Cane, and fell in love with Jimmy Smits in it. He was so sexy I thought, rough around the edges sexy and ruggedly handsome.

Looking forward to your and Alisande's pick! LOL
wanda_va
15 years ago
Just finished "Birthright" by Nora Roberts. Currently reading "Entombed" by Linda Fairstein. Next up is "Sam's Letters to Jennifer" by James Patterson.
alisande
15 years ago
I started to answer about Roark, then decided to give this juicy topic its own thread.
Eliza_ann_ca
15 years ago
I'm almost finished reading "House of Hate" by Percy James.
The book is based upon the destructive hate a family can turn upon it's self.
Ficton,loosely based on fact,set in the 40's in a small Newfoundland mill town.
Percy Janes is a Newfoundland author.
A very good read!
maryanntx
15 years ago
I'm still not reading as much as usual. I was reading The Friday Night Knitting Club but put it down to read this Month's bookclub choice, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.
whidbeykathy
15 years ago
Just finished the book by the three American (Columbian) Hostages,very intense.
Ingrid Bettancourt...what a piece of work! Kathy
evatx
15 years ago
I just finished Promises by Belva Plain and The Midnight Club by James Patterson.
jkayd_il5
15 years ago
Read "The Amber Photograph" by Penelope J. Stokes last week and finished "the novelist" by Angela Hunt last night. Liked both of them but "the novelist" was the best of the two. I have "I Heard That Song Before" by Mary Higgins Clark ready to start, maybe today. As soon as the weather gets warm my book reading stops, I have to many flowers.
lexi7
15 years ago
"The Man Who Talked With Angels" by Sharon White. It is a wonderful book.

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