TBD on Ning
OCTOBER READS
The last couple weeks I read Penny's A GREAT RECKONING and think it was one of her best! Started a bit slow but kept getting better and better.
Also read Sandra Brown's latest, STING. It read like a large Harlequin but did have a "WOW" ending so glad I read it.
Also enjoyed Joyce Carol Oates THE DOLL MASTER, a collection of terror stories. Excellent creepy tales that unbelievably could really occur, not only in our nightmares!
Currently reading a good medical mystery MERCY by Palmer and Palmer. Am assuming they are brothers with one currently deceased. Will have to research them. Lots of good medical stuff that keeps you on edge.
Happy reading y'all!
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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Tewell on
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CurrenTly reading "The Power of When" by Michael Breus, MD...tells when is our best time to eat, sleep, tackle big projects. So far I don't really fit into the catagories very well. Dolphin, Bear, Lion, wolf. It's complicated...lol
I have on hold:
Back to Blood, Tom Wolfe
Manitou Canyon, Krueger
Commonwealth by Ann Patchette
Seduced by Randy White
The Whistler by hugely famous writer whose name just dropped off my mind. I am #58 on hold list. Plus some titles by lessor known Authors.
Currently listening to all of Adrian McKinty's stuff..Publish date is 2006 is my current play. -
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John Grishom...the Whistler...just thought of it.
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Permalink Reply by rapa on
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Thanks for asking, Carolyn. Am staying busy with paper work, etc. Also dealing with some kidney issues. Seems my parathyroids are acting crazy. Have probate on Oct. 10. Then will do some traveling for the first time in 3 years. Heading to Virginia later this month to visit daughter. In Nov. will spend a few days in Utah as one of my grandsons is leaving for two years in Africa. Will be stationed in Ghana. Want to attend his farewell. Always something to do! Still reading at night!
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Did most of you receive Louise Penny's Oct. letter that arrived via e-mail this morning? It was a most touching tribute to Michael. Today is his funeral and they have been much in my thoughts.
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Permalink Reply by CaliforniaNow on
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For fans of James Thurber (my Christmas gift arrived only recently as my daughter brought it in person), The Thirteen Clocks. This is not your average Thurber but more of a "fractured fairy tale." As always, the way he says things is what makes it a joy to read.
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Permalink Reply by Mandy Muffin on
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Woman in Charge: Regardless of your politics, the possibility of a woman in charge is eminent. So if you want to visit the classic on this subject, as I am doing, you may want to read (or reread) "She" by H. Rider Haggard. In the Victorian world of 1887, Haggard shocked society in his tale of an African society where a woman ran the place, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682681.She "She" was in a list of 10 novels everyone should read in their lifetime.
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Permalink Reply by Ursula on
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Finished reading Ann Patchett's Commonwealth and then had the pleasure of watching her interviewed on Well Read. Do any of you watch this show? It's on PBS and each week they interview a different author, usually somebody good (IMHO), like Geraldine Brooks. Here's a link to their website: http://www.wellread.org/. Just discovered they have a book club; might be worth investigating.
Back to the book: I loved it, but then I am a fan of novels dealing with dysfunctional families. Listening to Ann Patchett discuss how unstructured how childhoods were, did give a perspective to the exploits of these children. Interesting story about families and love and divorce and it all starts with an inappropriate kiss at a Christening party.
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Am having trouble sticking with COMMONWEALTH but will get back to it. Currently reading Nicholas Sparks's TWO by TWO and enjoying it. Yep, another disfunctional family! Tomorrow will fly from Virginia back to Texas after spending a week at daughter's house in Leesburg. Loved strolling through old Leesburg yesterday. Out for crab cakes tonight. Have enjoyed dog sitting while they are at work!
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I had trouble with Emma Cline's debut novel, The Girls, and quit reading after 100 pages. I had read wonderful reviews and will agree that she is very talented, but I just couldn't buy into the story, which was based (I think) on the young girls who got involved with Charles Manson. Maybe I just didn't want to see where it ended, but these characters didn't grab me. However, I did particularly like one section where she talked about young girls waiting around for young boys to want them, while young boys were busy finding out who they were. Here's hoping for a second novel with a more appealing story line.
Rapa, so glad to hear you have had a change of scenery; it does the soul good, even if coming home is the best part of the journey.
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Permalink Reply by Lip Service on
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Also I am a big fan of Well Read and saw Ann Patchett's interview
I also like the section of Mary Ann Guinn where she suggests further readings around the same author or theme
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Permalink Reply by Carci on
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Hi Bookies... I haven't been here for awhile but my October reading is as follows:
Jelly's Gold by David Housewright, a Rush Mackensie series book, about a 1933 bank robbery and hidden gold which has never turned up. The series is set in the Twin Cities and I have enjoyed several of them so far.
Going Home by James Shipman, set in the civil war and based on the author's great-grandfather. If you like civil war/love stories you might enjoy this.
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks, a sappy romance with a trite ending... not recommended.
Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt, the latest Andy Carpenter/dog based story... witty, entertaining, hightly recommended!
Love the shirt, Lip Service!
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The T-shirt is Rapa's who is wearing it
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