TBD on Ning
The holidays are now history so is everyone finding time to settle down with a good book?
I'm reading Ann Patchett's STATE OF WONDER and am finding it a page-turner. Nothing like a trip to the Amazon jungle to pique my interest. Also medical research intigue which fascinates me. Loved Patchett's BEL CANTO and this is just as good!
Douglas Preston's TWO GRAVES is enroute to library for me.
What are you reading now???????
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Mandy, any idea if Wroblewski has honored his contract to write a prequel to Sawtelle?
This is the only reference I could find: http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/21/edgar-sawtelle-th...
I tried it again it again and it opened for me but here is what the site says:
David Wroblewski has just revealed that he is writing a prequel to his best-selling book, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Says Wroblewski in a statement issued by publisher Ecco:
“My fascination with the Sawtelles and the Sawtelle dogs is far from over. This new novel is a chance to look more deeply into their story, and a tremendously exciting project to me.”
No word yet on the title of the new book or when it will be released.
Oh lordy, y'all know I'd have to weigh in on this! I can't believe more trees will die because of the tales about the Sawtelle!!! I know, I know, diferent strokes but this was just the worst for me. Sorry to all the lovers of this book but I just kept thinking "if I have to walk to that barn one more time I'm slitting my wrists." Just made it halfway thru & couldn't do it anymore. Y'all enjoy........I'm sorry.....
After reading that there was going to be a follow up story I went back and read the last few chapters again. I can only see one way that could happen and it did lead a way to something else.
I finished "Hunted," the second book in the "Chosen" series by Denise Grover Swank, and can't wait to start the next action-packed edition. I just love my Nook.
"Action packed" resonated, Gerald....I ordered ($.99) Chosen,1st in the series,without reading the reviews.
Tut-Tut-Tut
If you like your history nice and crisp, with some personal touch and a bit of fictionalization, Patterson's “The Murder of King Tut” may be just right for you. http://www.amazon.com/The-Murder-King-James-Patterson/dp/1607886545
The 322 page book was an easy one day read for me, as I consumed the 100 short chapter yesterday, lying in the warm Florida sun. I sure beats going through difficult scholarly works on Egyptology and the history isn't half bad.
James Patterson is a prolific writer of quick-read detective yarns and human interest stories who is always on the best seller list. If you need a three hour read for a plane flight, he fits the bill. In this story he takes you to ancient Egypt, the Carter dig site and into his own home which I found very interesting as he talks about the method he uses to produce his many novels.
I have been to the Valley of the Kings and toured the Tut site on a Egyptian sojourn some years ago and enjoyed the fast paced romp that also informed me about Patterson's West Palm Beach home life and his favorite golf course.
I would call it “Egyptology for Dummies.”
A couple of days ago I finished "Sly Fox," Judge Jeannie Pirro's first novel. I't autobiographical fiction about the ground-breaking assistant-DA and future judge. I loved it, especially the courtroom wranglings.
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