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Finished:The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters --- Amelia & Emerson are excavating a tomb in Egypt and, as usual, there are people trying to stop them by any means possible. Always a fun read, although this one did seem to drag a little. Abandon by Carla Neggers --- A continuation of the U.S. Marshals series. Deputy U.S. Marshal Mackenzie Stewart is relaxing at a friend's lakeside cottage when she is attacked and stabbed. As she begins to investigate, she finds several aquaintances are linked together, but she doesn't know how or why, until some start dying and FBI Agent Andrew Rook becomes involved. Mallets Aforethought by Sarah Graves --- "Jake" Tiptree and her friend, Ellie White are once again in the middle of 'snoping'. This time they find two bodies sealed up in a hidden room of an old house they are helping to renovate. When Ellie's husband is arrested for the murder of one of the bodies, things get very serious. A fun cozy mystery series. Games to Keep the Dark Away by Marcia Muller --- If you aren't familiar with Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone series, I highly recommend them. The first ones were written in the 1980's era [and therefore no cell phones, etc] but they continue into the 2000s and they are smartly written, and very engaging reading. Most are fairly short, 200+ to 300+ pages, and read very quickly due to Muller's writing style. Sharon McCone is a private eye who is very good at her job, so when she's hired by a reclusive photographer to find his missing roommate, she stops at nothing to do the job, including finding two dead bodies along the way. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly -- I put this one aside for now, couldn't get into it although I loved the first one, The Poet. I'll try this one at a later date when I'm more in the mood for it. Murder in Minature by Margaret Grace --- I guess I just needed some lighter reading and this book fit the bill. Geraldine Porter assembles minature houses and rooms as a hobby [lots of interesting hints if the reader wants to try this] and she becomes involved in trying to help a friend whose son is suspected of robbing a jewlery store and then a couple bodies turn up. A fun read and I think it will be an interesting series. Die For Me by Karen Rose --- A sadistic serial killer has murder at least 9 people in horrendous ways and buried them in a field. The graves were discovered by a man with a metal detector and it's up to Detective Vito Ciccortelli and archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to identify them and find the killer. Karen Rose writes a taut thriller that keeps the reader turning the pages. Out of the Blue by JoAnn Ross --- Part of a trilogy [wish I knew when I was beginning in the middle!] Lark Stewart's stalker has escaped from prison so her aunt asks Lucas McCloud to protect her since he is former FBI [also her former lover]. Guess I'll have to find the other 2 books so I can catch up and continue with the series. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows -- This is one of the best books I've ever read!! The writing is engaging, witty and so believable, written in the form of letters between several different people. I had no knowledge of the German occupation of the island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of England, during WWII. This tells the story of the ones who endured that occupation, what they went through and how they survived it. It's the type of story the reader doesn't want to end, with the characters becoming like old friends. I highly recommend this book!! Mama Makes up Her Mind by Bailey White -- A series of short essay type stories about life in the rural South. Fun to read even if some are a little unbelievable. Currently reading: Up next: undecided Last Edited on: 1/1/16 12:45 PM ET - Total times edited: 9 |
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December books: Bettyville George Hodgman The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin Winter Street Elin Hilderbrand Shopaholic to the Rescue Sophie Kinsella The Boston Girl Anita Diamant Winter Stroll Elin Hildebrand Somebody I Used To Know David Bell As Night Falls Jenny Milchman Deep South Paul Theroux The Rumor Elin Hildebrand Last Edited on: 12/29/15 4:08 PM ET - Total times edited: 8 |
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I am about a third of the way into All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Oh my gosh it is so charming and yet so deep. It tells two stories during World War II--a young blind girl and her father in France with the war coming ever closer, and a German boy lured into the Hitler Youth. Each scene is short but wonderfully detailed, can be seen so clealy in my mind's eye. I wish I had more time to do nothing but read this wonderful book.
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Currently Reading: Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton Strange Pilgrims, Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls Uzbekistan: Transition to Authoritarianism on the Silk Road by Neil Melvin Finished: Coffee & Kung Fu by Karen Brichoux The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts by Tom Farley Jr and Tanner Colby Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away by June Cross O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton P is for Peril by Sue Grafton Last Edited on: 12/30/15 10:28 PM ET - Total times edited: 6 |
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Finished: A Corpse's Nightmare byPhillip Depoy. Good mystery but left a few questions at the end. Maybe the next book will provide more info? Now Reading: The Straw Men by Michael Marshall Last Edited on: 12/4/15 11:00 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin The author died about ten years ago, and her work was not well known during her lifetime, though this volume has been well-reviewed. These stories may not be for everyone as they are from her life in the 50-80's mostly, gritty tales of working class people and families, folks struggling with alcohol addiction. But she has a great voice. Introduction by Lydia Davis, another short story writer. |
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HAHA! Did you notice the year for this thread? |
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So, ok, for December 2015: Print: Choteau Creek...A Sioux Reminiscence Three Junes by Julia Glass Quit this one pretty quickly. Had tried the audio years back and quit that one, too! Dinner with Buddha by Roland Merullo. Third in the series and I love love love it. These 3 books will be on my keeper shelves forever! Audio The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. So many liked this one, but I trudged through it. Didn't like a single character, so I think that was why. Soul Catcher by Michael White The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini Didn't like the narrator at all, definitely did not like the two main characters, so what is left? Quit it. A Christmas Story by Jean Shephard and narrated by Dick Cavett. Boy, once you've seen and heard the movie, this audio just doesn't cut it. Last Edited on: 12/24/15 5:24 PM ET - Total times edited: 3 |
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John Paul Jones, a Sailor's Life by Samuel Eliot Morison. very interesting so far. The book I have is an old Time Reading Program. The book is very old and the covers are stiff and brittle. The front broke off and the back may come off as well. Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion. This is one of those books I have always wanted to read. Saw the movie over 30 years ago and have wanted the read the book ever since. Finally got to it. |
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Bonnie, I couldn't do Three Junes either! I tried twice and put it down and got rid of the book finally. But, I do want to recommend the author Will North. I read The Long Walk Home last year and couldn't believe how much I loved it. Now I am finishing Water, Stone, Heart. Both books are like watching a movie. Perfect vacation books in that they read effortlessly, are very well written both for place and characters and never boring. This guy has me wanting to visit England so bad. |
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I also just finished Charles Martin's book, Unwritten. Don't bother, unless you like to hear the super rich whine about their lives. It isn't that these characters didn't have really, really bad things happen to them. But you end up wondering if the wealth of these people somehow made them unable to withstand the sorrow and loss like the rest of the people involved. |
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FINISHED Memory Man Author: David Baldacci Really liked this. Suspicion Author: Joseph Finder I couldn't put this down. Seekers: Return to the Wild #4: Forest of Wolves Author: Erin Hunter Another good one in the series.
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Reading: The Murder House by James Patterson - I'm liking this alot more than his last one. |
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Pam, I just noticed where you said you quit 3 Junes also. Couldnt figure it out, why I disliked it so. But often if I can't do the audio I can do the print, or v.v. New year's coming, folks. Time for new lists and lots of good reads. |
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