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After putting down 4 of the 10 books that I started this month, I was beginning to think there were no more good ones out there...
However I just started The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan and I think it'll be an interesting read. Time: 1914... Grace is both a newlywed and a widow and she is on trial for murder. Grace's new husband had gotten her a seat on an overloaded lifeboat when their ocean liner sinks. Its occupants quickly realize for anyone to survive, some must die. It is touted as a story of hard choices, ambition and endurance... hmmm
The ones I stopped reading were The Divide (Nicholas Sparks), Charlotte Gray (by ?), The Little Paris Bookshop (Nina George) & Gilead (Marilyn Robinson)...
The best one so far this month was Early One Morning by Virginia Bailey, a WWII novel.
For those of you who liked The Life we Bury, be sure to get and read The Guise of Another, Eskens second novel. I just finished it and found it to be equally as readable as his first. It was difficult to put down and is highly recommended.
I am now about to start what looks to be a futuristic novel that John Sandford (of Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers fame) wrote along with someone by the name of Ctein. The title of the book is Saturn Run, but who this Ctein is, I have no idea. Has anyone here come across this one?
I have not read either of those book but thanks for posting your take on them because I usually get around to reading Lee Child's but will forgo this one. I have been catching up with John Gresham and I am reading, "The Last Juror". It is really good and I only have about 50 pages left. Not sure what I will read next.
BTW Happy very late Birthday Rapa. And to everyone I hope if you celebrate Thanksgiving that you had a nice one.
I've got "The Life We Bury" next on the reading schedule. I've got about another day of reading "Stone's Fall" as a huge financial crisis is threatening to collapse Europe at the turn of the 19th century. Intrigue is everywhere as a rich industrialist influences politics to his advantage. Named Stone, he dies from an accidental fall from his second floor library in the first few pages of the book and the story tries to discover the circumstances.
Yesterday I finished The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan. It was OK but I don't think I'd read it again. There were too many starts and stops and too much was left unsaid. Also, I didn't really like the main character and that is a killer for me.
I just started The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. I got it because I loved the title and this satire has me smiling and chuckling on every page. It was recommended for those who liked A Man Called Ove. So far, so good.
I only read one Louise Penny book, never got into enough to check out another.I am jusst starting A Guise of Another- really liking it.
I remember years ago we all read one of her books together. I believe it was the first time we all read her together. While I enjoyed the book I found it somewhat pokey. But I remember too that Ms. Penny came on to the group and we got to ask her questions. As a person she was very nice (from her answers I gathered that she was nice) so I have always wanted to give her a try again. Do you remember the name of the book we all read together?
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