DECEMBER READS

[rapa]

Christmas is creeping close and I'm at least two months behind. This afternoon started a Kindle book involving a Golden Retriever on the flight home from Utah. Full flight! Excellent wheel chair service and great chats with others; most of whom were carrying books.

Just wanted to ask what you're reading this December. Hope we all find a bit of time in the midst of December to relax with our books. Please keep us posted!!!!!!!!

[Ursula]

Where does the time go???  Some days I feel like I'm a year behind!!  I did just finish the final book in Ken Follett's Century trilogy.  The Edge of Eternity was an excellent end to 3 very well-written and well-researched novels.  It was especially interesting since I lived through all of that history.  Actually I feel better informed after reading these books.

So now I'm reading Meg Woolitzer's The Interestings.

Rachel, I read your post too quickly and thought the dog was on the plane.  Might make for a good traveling companion :-)

[Slopok]

Finished the latest "Reacher" book, Personal, definitely not the old Reacher, a good read but I was disappointed.

[Carci]

I agree... I'm half way through Personal now and it seems like a chore to go back to it...  very tedious.  Seems like he is just trying to fill pages with words...  why use one sentence when you can stretch each thought to 2 pages...

Guess he ran out of ideas and needed to fill a contract... so disappointing as I eagerly awaited the next Reacher.

[Carolyn Tewell]

URSULA...I just finished "Edge" and did keep me engrossed...Follet has amazing writing skills to take history which could be dry and boring...instead weaves drama, suspense and a personal connection. Yes, l became an adult during the timeline. (Um, er, uh...still working on that discription)

SLOPOK...just started PERSONAL...can't say it is gripping...at least so far.

[Carci]

I'm in the middle of an old Jeffrey Deaver mystery... Shallow Graves, written under pen name William Jeffries.  I picked it up on impulse from a paperback rack near the library checkout last week.  After I was almost 1/2 way through it, I was in the basement perusing some stuffed bookshelves and there it was among my own books and a hardcover at that!   lol  

It's mildly entertaining but it doesn't draw me back like some books do... 

[Thomas William Farquhar vii BA]

Re-readin "A Christmas Carol" - it is that time of year again.

[Mandy Muffin]

I have been taking advantage of the Kindle offers on top selling books.  Purchased all for less that $4.00:

--"Gray Mountain" by John Grisham is fairly good lawyer book on the issues of dealing with the coal mining industry in the small towns of Appalachia. 

--"Killing Patton" by Bill O'Reilly is an excellent living history book on the final days of WWII  -  the Battle of the Bulge, Potsdam, Berlin and the antics of America's rebel general, George Patton. 

--"Mr. Mercedes" by Stephen King is a no-nonsense, straight detective story about the investigation of the murder of 8 people standing in line for a job by a nut who drives a Mercedes automobile through the assembled applicants.  The first quarter of the book flew by, as I didn't have to figure out what was going to be weird about this Stephen King story.  So far, no strange people or funny noises has disturbed the plot.

[Ioruach]

I have just put down The Heist by Daniel Silva for the final time and, as usual, was sorry to do so. It is always with much regret when I read the final words of any book that I so thoroughly enjoy. But then there is always another one waiting for me to pick up. I doubt it is possible to run out of good books. At least I hope not.

One thing that impresses me every time I read a Silva novel is the amount of research he obviously puts into each one of them. His descriptions of the various locations in the books, for example, are so detailed that you almost feel like you are actually there. And maybe in a sense you are.

[Carci]

I just picked up the first Silva book, The Kill Artist...  have not read him before and am hoping to find a new author to enjoy on your recommendation...   :)

[Mandy Muffin]

Silva is so good that in an early book he described the assassination  of an arms dealer in a hotel in Dubai by the Israelis.  A couple of years AFTER the book was published the incident actually happened!  I guess the Israeli intelligence service reads his book for tactics to fight terrorism.   

[Carolyn Tewell]

Finishing up John Sanfords DEADLINE...well, engrossing enough...not compelling but better than some I've read this Winter so far.

About to start Michael Connelly's THE BURNING ROOM.. Danl reject 'cause he no like the "cold case" stuff. I usually do...so see what happens.

Have much on order and need to get some Playaways for my trip to Florida next week.

Chick lit. I finally got after being #70 or something in line for Jan Karon's SOMEWHERE SAFE WITH SOMEBODY GOOD. Will start that soonly...maybe even take to Florida...tho to be honest I don't like to travel with Library books (other than PLAYAWAY...they very small, tuck into purse)

One book that was recommended by Library...THE MARTIAN. Now understand this seems like could happen. Send men into space. One gets lost...can't connect to crew, ship takes off without him...and he needs to survive. Reminiscent of a favorite book and movie,..name not available until my next post.

BTW, I'm not getting "alerts" on my internet of posts? This has never happened before?

[Carolyn Tewell]

ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS...thank you BING!