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Last night I finished THE KASHMIR SHAWL, an interesting book by Rosie Thomas. The story goes between 1941 when newyweds move from Wales to India where the husband is assigned to a Presbyterian mission area. Years later their granddaughter finds a shawl and lock of hair while she was cleaning out her deceased father's house and she goes to India to find the story behind the shawl. .....and quite a story it is! Very interesting read that provides insight into colonial India along with some romantic capers!

http://www.amazon.com/Kashmir-Shawl-Novel-Rosie-Thomas/dp/146830246...

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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Tewell on February 15, 2013 at 5:11pm

Ok...so where is my "bold" key? Not available when's posting on an iPad?

Ok...whatever! So I wrote down all the stuff everyone was highlighting. My tastes are so...um, er, uh...weird...went to Barnes/Noble dot com and saw their reviews, etc. Rapa and reads to much I usually follow YUNZ...checked out The Affair...not the regular Lee Child Title...which I already read last summer. Looked at Silver linings play book...Round House...all seemed sort of depressing...so correct me if I am wrong. (Wait for me) forget who reading...need more info about that, too.

What I did find was an author that I had forgotten about! James Grippando! So order 3 books by him...also is anyone here old enough to remember the black and white TV show, I Spy? Kim Philby? How quirky I bump into a 5 * (star) rated book called Young Philby! Now all this is conjecture...as not read yet...could be a bust!

Light Between Oceans ...going to check that out in a moment...oh! Also I place on hold A Week In Winter...let's see, I am number 32 on the list...so cool that she is so dang popular!

Thanks to all who are sharing...I hope to hang out more often...but disappointing books...The Ledge is, well, an acquired taste..unless you are a mountain climber and know the equipment names and what duties they perform, challenging...but the writer does share a lot of emotional and philosophagal (sp) eeeek that reads like a throat exam? You know what I mean...someone who climbs every dang mountain, including Ranier and Napal is gonna have issues...BARB...he does a lot in Colorado! Lets just say, I'm not going to purchase any climbing equipment soonly!

I also hoped to read Randy Wayne White books - all about tracking killers in Florida...just too grim...so gave up! Hopefully I'll have something to recommend in near future. Well teebeedee is free but I know your time is not! The challenge continues!~mellowgal

Permalink Reply by officerripley on February 16, 2013 at 6:18pm

I just finished Week in Winter, it was very good, sad that it's Maeve Binchy's last book & that she passed away at the young age of 72.

And I remember that tv show I Spy; it was good too! :-)

Permalink Reply by grammyk on February 16, 2013 at 6:38pm

I plan to start Week in Winter tomorrow. Glad to hear you liked it!

Permalink Reply by tnbopeep on February 16, 2013 at 3:10pm

McLady, I too love Maisie! There's a new one coming out the end of next month, Leaving Everything Most Loved, that's due 3/26. Can't wait!

Permalink Reply by Mandy Muffin on February 17, 2013 at 4:42am

I'm now reading a couple of Catherine Coulter books, "Whiplash" and "Knock Out." They were left at the book exchange at my retirement complex's library. Good FBI action and some interplay between the investigators. This lady has written 68 books over her career. I have read a few and all were well written and action packed.

http://www.amazon.com/Whiplash-Catherine-Coulter/dp/B004TO3QOA

http://www.amazon.com/KnockOut-Fbi-Thriller-Catherine-Coulter/dp/05...

Permalink Reply by Carci on February 17, 2013 at 8:25am

I just finished The Round House and it was pretty good... I little too many mystical Indian legends for my taste but I skimmed over a couple and enjoyed the basic story line. I had read about the Windingo in other books as well.

I am starting Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. It was recommended by Jerry's therapist, who said she read it in 2 sittings and was sure I would love it... we'll see... lol

Permalink Reply by Mandy Muffin on February 22, 2013 at 4:02am

Yesterday, I got hooked on a gripping thriller that I went thru in one day. "Already Gone" grabbed me from paragraph one and didn't let me go until I turned the last page on my Kindle. Great read! http://www.amazon.com/Already-Gone-John-Rector/dp/1612180876

I am now starting two Picoults that I picked up at my retirement complex's book exchange: "Handle With Care" and "Change of Heart." I love Picoult's human interest stories. IMHO, she is one of America's top writers who's books should not be missed. The last one I read by her was "Sing You Home" with dealt with gay love and family matters. It even had a musical accompaniment to the book.

Permalink Reply by Carci on February 22, 2013 at 10:28am

Finished Where'd You Go Bernadette in a couple of days... What a strange, compelling story line... I wasn't liking it for awhile but now that it's done I keep thinking about it and ended up liking it alot. Excellent ending! If you want a real change of pace, this is it!

This from Amazon:

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.
Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle--and people in general--has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic.
To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, secret correspondence--creating a compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.

Permalink Reply by Ioruach on February 25, 2013 at 10:43am

Here are two mystery/thriller novels I recently finished that most of you might enjoy. One was The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins, an Edgar Award nominee for 2012. The other The Big Exit by David Carnoy. Both were very well done.

Permalink Reply by Carci on February 25, 2013 at 11:39am

Read The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey over the weekend. This was published a couple of years ago and I know some of you read it at that time but the title & subject just didn't seem interesting to me then. I opened the book last Friday and the print was so tiny that I almost closed it. But i decided to read a couple of pages and get it in large print if it caught my fancy. Well... after I read the first few pages I just kept reading... small print and all... lol

Very interesting and thought provoking... especially as I have a 96 yr. old mother who is slipping mentally at this time. I know how frustrated she gets at times when she can't think clearly and she knows she is losing it.

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