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I have loved every book of Dave Barry's that I have read - just ordered this one from my local library system...can't wait to read it!
Went this week end to a literary Sojourn in Steamboat springs, co. 6 interesting authors, very funny, they make you want to go out at buy all there books. They sold 500 tickets for the event and were sold out in 7 min on line. this is the 23 year for it. The whole town gets involved in it. Next year it will be in Sept. Which might be good since its in the mountains and Oct is usually pretty iffy. We were lucky it was in the low 60;s.
A French detective story...
Somewhere in my E-book archives I found this unread detective story: http://indevenden.bookshare.website/download-book/23387402-heart-co... I think it was part of promotion by Amazon but the web site says it is free to read on line or download. So far, it's a great read, taking place in the city of Grenoble, France and involving the taking of human hearts from unsuspecting young ladies. I think this may go along with the theme of the French novel, which was discussed earlier in the month. I have read detective novels from all over the world and enjoy the different slants involved in the investigation of a crime.
Carolyn thanks for the heads up on Diane Chamberlain - I am reading it on the computer - was looking for another book and it popped up. You are so right about her writing. I feel as if I am in the story and only one third of the book read. Will have to check on more of her books. And had so many books ahead of hers to get read - ah well there is this thing called winter coming to our neck of the woods. Thanks again.
In The Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters.Don't know how I came upon the book, but I really enjoyed it. I gave it a 4.5 and so did Amazon:
In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate mourners flock to seance and spirit photographers for comfort, but she herself has never believed in ghosts. During her bleakest moment, however, she's forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death, for her first love, a boy who died in battle and returns in spirit form. But what does he want from her? Featuring haunting archival early-twentieth-century photographs, this is a tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time.
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Hey Slopok That book is one of the featured for The Big Read in Ohio EBook Overdrive Library this month. Glad to hear you liked it. Thanks.
Charlotte Gray... started it... 3 days to get through 20 pages... very dry (English)... put it down
Deep Down Dark by Hector Tobar
subtitled: the untold stories of 33 men buried alive in a Chilean mine, and the miracle that set them free. This is a non-fiction which is not my usual forte' but it is so well told and so darn interesting that I am called back to it several times a day. I'm learning so much about mining and can't believe they got these guys out alive. There are personal stories of many of the men and their families which keep you from getting too bogged down in the deep dark. I am definitely wondering what that miracle was...
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